The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-24

names, but will say that recognise
not few OF my colleagues by their
walk. by the information OF their voices.
by the way they wear their hair, and
the shape OF their feet and hands.
Then again | can tell who II talking
by the words used. Some men know
q few big words and they like to work
EN- off on every occasion.
Another point In Identification Is
the back OF mans head. There Is q
strangeness about the hack of ones
head that a man with a good eye can
tell friend or stranger as far off as
the eye can see, To fill the position
of whip you must not only know all
the members. but just where to find
them when needed at roll call or be-
fore. And right here, let me say,
there are many members OF the house
who do committee work who can al.
ways be found when needed. And
am giving away no secrets when l
make that statement People on the
outside think that Speaker Cannon
has the gift for names and faces be-
cause he never hesitates to call
member by name. but the fact Is. il
is the able clerk by the side of the
Speaker who passes the name up to
"Uncle joe" Yes, l will admit Uncle
Joe is great when 1t comes to recogni-
ton. but there are not few members
who fail to get his recognition when
they they think he sees them on the
floor"
The late Representative Walter P.
Brownlow OF Tennessee during his
fourteen years continuous service, did
not figure much in debate sin the
house. but he did constructive work In
committee where legislation is franz
ed He was called the easy boss by
his followers in Tennessee because OF
his good nature. Brownlow took a
prominent part in the national con-
yention that nominated Mckinley for
president He was the one who did
the trick with the Southern delegates
at the proper moment, although II.
| Clay Evans. also of Tennessee who
| had few trusty lieutenants claimed
| a share in the Southern delegates.
Evans friends, SO the story goes,
| were working to have him appointed
postmaster general, and 1t looked like
he would enter the cabinet, when
Easy Boss" Brownlow rounded up
some half dozen Southern republic
cans and called on President-elect Nc
Kinley ard presented the name of
| Judge Gary of Maryland as the choice
| of the South for postmaster general.
Mr.. Mckinley told the Brownlow dele
| cation that Mr.. Gary should have that
position in his cabinet.
AS may be imagined. Mr.. Brown
| lows influence in the postoffice de-
partment was good. and the Tennes-
see republicans, with few exceptions
placed their claims In his hands. It
| was common story that when Brown
| low could not be found in his commit
| tee room at the capitol, or at his
boarding house early In the morning.
| there was one place he was pretty
sure to be found, and that was the
post office department. Some OF his
! friends chided him, good-naturedly.
with sleeping in that department, SO
that no Tennessee post offices could
escape him.
Officials of the agricultural depart
ment say that there is no danger Of q
shortage OF food stuffs in the United
/ States for since the South has discov-
cred a process by which cotton seed
can be turned into a meal. or flour. a
short wheat crop would not create an
advance in the price of bread. Cot
ton seed meal, say officials of the de-
partment, is a good substitution for
flour. although 1t has not the light
color OF wheat, but, its nutritive quail
tiles exceed that contained In wheat.
If the men engaged in producing cot
ton seed meal advertised the merits
of cotton seed meal and quoted from
/ the reports of the experts OF the ag-
riculture department. which places
that product in the front rank OF food
/ stuffs the demand for 1t would soon
grow to such a point that cotton seed
would be a close second to wheat