Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-25

Stack, of Illinois, has the most hair;
"Ollie" James. of Kentucky. Is the big
gest man and s. w. Smith. Of Michi
gan. is the smallest; Richmond P.
Hobson, of Alabama. has the strongest
voice and Gen. Isaac Sherwood. OF
Ohio has the one most nearly ap-
preaching whisper; the Beau Brum-
mel Is Jimmy" Burke, Of Pennsyl.
vania; Claude Kitchen. of North Caro-
lima is the most famous satirist; Hen.
~ w. Bingham. of Pennsylvania. Is the
oldest member and William F. MUIR
ray. Of Massachusetts, is the youngest:
the busiest man Is James r. Mann.
of Illinois, and the richest is William
B. Mckinley. of Illinois.
OF the above list five have been
picked for especial description in this
article and they are Burke. Bingham.
James, Mckinley and Kitchen.
The richest man in the house Of rep.
resentatives. William B. Mckinley, has
had a picturesque and phenomenally
successful career. He is a short man,
but little over Ave feet. The top of
his round bead Is as smooth az bill
lard ball, but his upper lip is decorated
By fringe of red mustache. His alert
gray eyes are his most distinguished
feature. In Illinois and in st. Louis
he is known best as traction mag
nate. He started in business with his
uncle, who was mortgage and loan
broker, when only Is years old and by
the time he was 20 he conceived the
idea of building an electric light plant
for his home city and little later a
water works. Seeking new fields to
conquer, he began the construction Of
similar plants in leading towns
throughout Illinois, Then he turned
bis attention to the street railway
business and now personally controls
| 800 miles of street and interurban
railways in Illinois.
Anyone who has seen Ollie M. James
Of Kentucky will freely acknowledge
that he can safely lay claim to being
q physical giant. He is the biggest
man his state has ever sent to con-
gress. and some giant statesmen have
come to Washington from the noun.
tains of the commonwealth. Ollie Is
about six feet six inches. He weighs
In the neighborhood of $50 pounds.
Gen. Henry Harrison Bingham. the
father" OF the house, has had long
career in congress. In the Civil war
he arose from the shoulder straps OF
a lieutenant to the stars Of a general.
gaining the medal of honor from con-
gress for exceptional bravery.
General Bingham was born In Phila'
delphia in 1871. He is the son Of James
Bingham, who back in the early '4O's
was the senior member of the firm OF
Bingham & Dock, which was engaged
in the general freighting and railroad
Transportation business between Pitts
burg and New York. He was wound.
ed at the battle of Gettysburg In 1868.
at spottsylvania in 1864, ana at Farm.
Vile in 1865. two days before the
close of the war. He was captured In
1864 at the battle Of Boydton plank
road. but escaped during the night.
That Representative Kitchin's title
as the house satirist" is well earned
many of his associates, against whom
his shafts have been directed, can ties.
tify. He started out in life with the
purpose of devoting himself to his
profession, the law. and had held no
Office until elected to congress some
nine or ten years ago.
And now we come to the Beau
Brhn,mel OF the house, Jimmy" BurKe
Of Pennsylvania. Although it might be
incidentally remarked that about &c
members OF congress ere addicted to
the habit of wearing a carnation and
that there are other members who con
slider themselves classy dressers
none of them attempts to shine in the
splendid raiment Of Burke. II Is nc
exaggeration to say that dress with
! him has been carried to the point Of
fine art and as one Of his fellow
members not long ago remarked The
Is always symphony in some shade
or other"
Representative Burke comes from