The Washington herald., 1911-01-12
CAPITOL GOSSIP.

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Pitman Pulsifer, compiler of the Navy
Yearbook, secretary to the Senate Com
| mittee on Naval Affairs, and official in
| dexer of the Senate, has recently indexed
the Lorfmer investigation report. and is
also engaged on an index of the volumi-
nous report of the Ballinger- Pinchot in
vcstigation committee. The indexes are
! complete in every detail
The bill introduced in the House to
prohibit the United States government
printing the return address on the corner
| of envelopes has caused Il stir among the
| business men of the country. Senator
Penrose, chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Post offices and Post Roads.
| has received protests by the bushel, and
the clerks in the Senate post-office have
| been working like beavers asserting the
| mail for the Senator. He has received
in the last three weeks more than $4,000
letters, and in one day alone $500 were
piled into his committee room. This vast
amount of mail comes from every State
| in the Union, and the business houses
are unanimous in their desire to have
Uncle Sam continue the practice. On the
contrary, the trades union bodies are
making strenuous fight in favor of the
bill.
Visitors to the Senate side of the Capitol
have had their minds set at rest The
busts of the Vice Presidents that are
located in the corridor running by the
main entrance to the Senate chamber
were without names to identify them until
recently. Many visitors mfstook the bust
of Col Roosevelt for eSidenf (rleyp-
land. and others thought they recognized
the features OF President Taft in the face
of ex-Vice President Hobart.
The new Senator from Ohio, Atlee
Pomerene, bears remarkable resem-
blance to Sir Wilfrid Laurier. premier of
Canada The name Pomerene means
apple queen" Senator Jonathan Bourne
is. however. the apple king" for he
raises on his farm in Oregon the best
apples ever.
The printed roll calls of the Senate.
which are distributed abong the Senators
and members of the press when roll
call is to be had, has to be changed from
the stereotyped form every time new Sen
ator makes his appearance. Not so when
the new Senator Elkins appeared on the
scene. The printed form remains as 1t
was before the death of the senior SElkins.
1t is the first time in the history Of the
Senate that son Immediately succeeded
his father in that body. Young Senator
Elkfns has one distinguishing feature, In
that he wears the highest collar worn in
that august body, the United States Sen
ate. Senator ElkinS, whose advent into
the Senate was the result Of such
sad circumstance, is an object OF inter-
est to the visitors. and is much sought
by friends and newspaper men.
In discussing the bill for the relief of
Phoebe Clark, of Helena, Mont, such re-
lief being for a typewriter and the repairs
thereon, Representative Mann took occa-
sion to say something and maintain his
reputation as the .'one best objector.
The said Phoebe Clark was in Office in
Montana, and needed a typewriter. The
government refused to purchase one for
her, but. as Mr. Mann said: THE girl
wanted tn. job and purchased machine
which she used for ten years. He con-
tinued: How anybody could use type
writer for ten years is mystery to me.
My stenographer has chewed up a good
many typewriters in the course of ten
years"
l.
Mann's attention. to the fact that he
did not object when the bill was before
the House in the last Congress, Mr.. Mann,
not to be OutdOne or out-talked, said:
AT that time We hoped that the gentle
man would be reelected to Congress, and,
appreciating the impossibility of the State
of Montana paying the girl. I did not
object for fear it might retire the gen
tleman from his position here"
Ever since some Of the Georgia deiega-
ton in the House supported Uncle Joe
on the rules question in the early days of
the present Congress there has been a
division of sentiment among their re-
spective constituencies. In fact, the in
cident was the cause Of Uncle Lon Iiv-
ingston being left at home next Congress
Whenever one side approaches the other
with a harmony proposition it is like
talking in foreign language. and re-
minds one of a story Senator Depew
tells Of a visit to Crackerdom. The Sem
ator went into a hotel in Georgia and
said to the clerk, Where shall auto
graph Autograph asked the clerk.
Yes. sign my name. you know" ''Oh,
right here" Senator Depew signed his
name in the register. In a little while in
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them advanced to the desk. "Will you
asked the clerk with
smile. Certainly" said the cracker;
mines rye. What's yours. fellersT' The
clerk treated. Then he leaned back and
glared at the Senator. Senator Depew
felt sorry for him and was somewhat
.'Too bad he said.
This is what comes from speaking a
foreign language in your own country"
4
''The Life Of Joseph Quincy" a neat
little tome Of s7 pages, printed in small |
type. is the latest addition to Speaker
Cannon's library. w. Lewis Kane, Of
West Chester. Pa. one of Uncle Joe's ar
dent admirers, sent the book to him yes
terday. He forgot to pay the expressage. |
but as II was only 35 cents, and the vol /:
ume would bring more than that by the |
pound. Mr. Cannon made no audible pro-
Test. ?
Mr.. Kane. who IL genealogical sharp. |
b convinced that Mr.. Cannon II descend
ID from Norman baron who made that /
trip 10 England with Wfll-
lam the ConQueror about 100 years asu. |
Ar. Cannon's middle name IL ssGurney's
ana he comes OF Quaker stock.
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J. Rics w1nchell. Of Connectieut wasl |
yeseeraay by Pr1sIdsat raftj
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