The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-15
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

The mourners' bench IN the House Of
Representatives IS long and the mourners
are many Herbert Parsons and Hamil-
ton Fish, of New York. are among the
chief mourners. and the late catastrophe
is reflected in their solemn and detected
eountenances. a number OF the mourn
ers, or. as they are better known.
lame ducks" are taking advantage Of
every opportunity TO speak 10 the United
states through the Congressional Record
10 show the citizens OF their respective
districts what = serious mistake they
made by not rel ming them 20 the seat
Of government Hon. Richard Wayne
Parker in mou-nful tones addressed the
House yesterday and told the few who
were there that after January ne would
have mose 10 say. his last chance before
the retreat Representative Kennedy, Of
Ohio, is another OF the unfortunates. who
holds his hands up when the Ides OF
November is mentioned. A friend stopped
Kennedy a day or two ago and said,
Jim, what struck your district Novem-
Der So What" exclaimed the Ohioan,
why. the people were clean gone crazy:
you couldn't do anything with them"
Senator 'Tafe" Young has been a Sen
ator just six days. and in that time has
presented bills and occupied the presid-
ing officers chair for the space Of thirty
minutes. More than that. he is going to
| address the Senate to-day on that familiar
subject, "the tariff" The advance copies
show that il viii be an interesting effort.
James s Henry, who has represented
the Philadelphia Press for many years
as its Washington correspondent and
who is one of the most popular news
paper men in the press galleries. has
been appointed editor of the Congress
sional Directory. The appointment was
| received with much pleasure by his col
leagues in the galleries
Mr. Kennedy Rea, clerk 10 the Senate
Committee on Appropriations. and Mr.
Committee on Appropriations. have pre-
pared a comprehensive table showing the
comparison by bills OF estimates Of
regular annual appropriations for the
| fiscal year 1911 with those for 1872 II is
possible by glance at the tables to see
the amount of appropriations. and for
| what purpose 1t is an evidence Of the
| fitness of Mr.. Rea, who took the place
so long and so acceptably filled by the
| late Mr. Cleaves.
Something dropped on November 8, and
something Is dropping every day in the
political sphere. Senator Curtis was
seated at his desk in the Senate, husily
engaged In writing, when, without warn
| ing, his chair broke, and the Kansas
standpatter dropped a short distance
''Ha, ha" said a Senator standing near
| by; Curtis. such pronounced stand
patter as you had to take a tumble"
Mr. SRyan, of New York, is hustIine
for the clerkship of the House, and il
hustling prevails, the New Yorker vii
land the job now held by Mr. Mcdowell
of Pennsylvania.
Something doing in the Virginia del
egation. and it is rumored that thew arc
plugging for a son of the Old Dominion
for one of the judicial appointments
Ex-Gov. Montague was al the Capito
and hobnobbed with the members from
his State.
| $50
Two Of the newly appointed Senators
have served their States as chief execu.
tives and add to the already large num-
Der of ex-governors in the Senate. Sena,
| tor Terrell. from Georgia, is still under
fifty years of age. His full name /:
Joseph Meriwether Terrell and he repre-
sented Meriwether County in the genera
assembly. He served in the State sen
ate, was attorney general for ten years
and was for five years governor. Sena
tor Swanson is one year older thar
| Senator Terrell. He represented Vir
ginia In seven Congresses, and was tol
lnearly four years It's governor.