Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-23

III ~ the Mation'a Capital
An unusual sight as well AZ a recent one
Is the presence Of a woman correspondent
In the press galleries Of congress. The
record breaking newcomer Is Miss Mary
X. Brookes Washington correspondent Of
the Fort Worth Record and the Houston
Post Miss Brookes has been in Washing.
ton for some time as correspondent OF
these papers. but did not make her re-
quest for admission to the house gallery
until ten days ago, when she was promptly
admitted by Maurice splain chairman OF
the standing committee OF correspondents
She has been cordially welcomed BY other
members Of the gallery and Il is predicted
that her presence there viii contribute
pleasing novelty to the daily routine OF
newspaper work The honor IL merited
one. coming at the close OF four years 'ex-
perience in editorial and reportorial work
on the Fort Worth Record. She Is a native
Of Texas, daughter OF the late II. H.
Brookes, editor and publisher Of the Amar-
lilo Champion, so she comes naturally by
her newspaper faculty.
The publicity bureau OF an unnamed rail-
road running out Of washington is wo-
fully limp in its hot air apparatus when
story Of this caliber is welcomed to the
columns OF Washington papers
Il was in the dining room putting away
the silver, and Fannie, my domestic, was
entertaining a gentleman caller in the
kitchen, when l overheard the folio wing
conversation:
Say, Miss Fannie. did you ever play
railroad?
"Fannie's reply. punctusted with giggles,
was, No, Mistah Johnsin' not to my
speshui reccerlection.
Well said Mistah Johnsin'. I'll show
you how; I'll be the Southern and start
fun this side err the room. and you be the
- q aiming another road that runs out OF
| the city,, and come thu that door over
thar; then wen come together in the mid
die Of the room and have a head-on coll
lision.'
Il heard them taking their respective
places and Mistah Jobnsin' putin and
choo-chooing across the room in a most
'enginely manner. But all was quiet from
Fannie's corner. Presently her caller
stopped and exclaimed. Hey, dar. you -
railroad! Amt done tole you to meet me
in de middle Of de room, and we'd have a
collision?
Just then 1 heard the other engine
Fannie-come putting in.
" Go way from heahr she cried. I
knows how to play dis camel Amt you
done told me to be the railroad? Well.
den. amt boun' to be five hours later"
Representative McDermott Of Chicago. q
democrat, learned that he was being con-
sidered by his democratic colleagues for
a place on the committee on education in
the next congress. To the colleague who
brought him the information Mr.. McDer-
mott expressed deep and genuine disgust
with the whole scheme Of assigning men,
bers to committees
They've got me now on the committee
on agriculture. said McDermott "althou Oh
there isn't single blade of grass in the dis
/ triot ] represent. and they talk about put
ting me on the committee on education in
the next congress, although ! never went to
school day in my life. What do / know
about education7'
1t should be said that Mr.. MeDermott
represents the stock yards district Of Chi
eaRo.
Representative A. Mitchell Palmer OF
Pennsylvania is telling a good story on
/ Speaker Cannon.
| Few people realize" said Mr. Palmer.
that the Quakers have q larger represen-
tation in congress, In proportion to the
membership of the sect than any other
religious body. There are 100000 ouakers
in the United States; the present apportion-
ment calls Tor one member OF the house
for approximately each 10000 population
and yet their are nine Quakers in the house
and senate. There are Representative Cocks
! of New York Butler of Pennsylvania.
Griest OF Pennsylvania. Barnard OF Indi-
ana. Head Of Delaware. Speaker Cannon
and myself over in the senate the Quak-
ers are Hepburn OF Idaho, Scott OF West
Virginia and Dixon of Montana.
strictly speaking, there are only nine
| OF us. Speaker Cannon accommodated
himself the day he was married. When
the meeting heard Of Cannon's marriage
they sent committee to him.
4" Joseph said the committee thee has
committed a great wrong by marrying a
nonfriend If thee WIZ say that thee are
sorry thee win be taken back into the
meeting
Brothers, said Cannon, thee come to
me too soon. II thee will come to me in
about q year I viii be able to tell thee
whether I am sorry"
They would not walt year., Interrupted
the speaker, who was enjoying the story.
"and they lost good Quaker, However.
am not lonely, because although Palmer
says Senators Dixon and Scott are Quak-
ers don't think either OF them work at
Il any more than I do"
President Taft received a call just be-
fore starting on his recent Western trip
from an Ohio friend. man who though
strong republican, was born in ireland.
This Irishman knows the president we'll
enough TO joke with him.
See here. Mr.. President" he suggested,
you've been tied down here for some
time while I've been taking things COM
paratively easy Now. why wouldn't Il
be a good Idea for you TO just let me sit
In your office here and run the country
while you're out on this trip"