East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-05-19
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co, ATLANTA, GA.

of the emDerS or the mouse reNedls
the fact that out Of the 39s represen-
~tatives, delegates and commissioners,
A careful count of the biographies
246 are lawyers. T~wenty-six men,
bers neglect to state the nature OF
their business, SO this is not a COM
plete census.
Next to lawyers, in point of num-
Der, come the farmers. There are ~
Of them. Many are only agricultur-
lists on the side, however. The n
ers' list totals %. Then come the
newspaper men. There are Is OF
these, besides one Journalist" Rep.
Sherwood. dem. Ohio. and W pub
fishers, Utter, Representative and
U%nderhill, dem, N. Y.
Ten members OF the house of rep
resentatives are manufacturers"
Eight are lumbermen. Five were
teachers, in school or college. up to
the time OF their being chosen repre-
sentatives. There are several score
others who formerly taught school.
and later studied law.
Reps. Foster, DEM. ILL.,, Wilson,.
dem. N. Y. Kindred dem. N. Y, Fa-
sion, dem, N. c., and Barchfield.
rep, Pa, are physicians. Rep. d.
fenderfer dem, Pa, Is a practicing
dentist. At least four members were
court Observation-Disclosures, dem,
Pa, Byrnes. dem, S. c., Kendall.
rep, Iowa, and Aiken. dem. S. C. Three
say they were commercial telegraph
ers-McDermott, dem, H.. Smith,
DEM. N. Y, and Cary. rep. Wis. Rep.
re~sentative Lee, dem, Pa, simply
says he is a business man.
Five congressman were at one time
knights of the road and drum
med" in various sections. Three are
real estate operators; three own coal
colleries; one Is a petroleum opera
tor; three are authors-Edward w.
Townsend, dem, N. J., of Chimney
Fadden" fame. Stephen 3. Ayres,
dem, n. Y. and Henry George, jr.,
dem, n. Y.
In the miscellaneous class are Call
der, rep, n. Y, builder; Fornes, dem.
n. Y, wooden manufacturer; Hart
man. rep, Pa, iron manufacturer;
Lafean. rep, Pa, candy manufac-
turer, known as the chocolate
King" Howell, rep, Utah, merchant;
Lindsay. dem. n. Y, hotel business;
Maher, dem, n. Y. hat maker; Lewis,
Dem. Md, Daugherty, dem, Mo. and
Cameron, rep, Ariz.. are miners:
Coyley, dem. Ill. is in the gas and
electric lighting business; Gallagher.
dem, H., is a hat dealer; Buchanan.
dem. Ill, is a structural iron work
er; Kennedy, rep, Iowa, Is a nursery
man.
There are six members Of the
house who wore the conferedate gray
In the civil war-Rucker. dem, Col,
Estopinal, dem, La, Talbot, dem,
Md, Stedman. lem. n. c., Gordon,
DEM, Tenn, and Lamb, dem, Va.
Five others served on the u~niou--
, T~histlewood, rep, o.. Bradley. rep, N.
Y, Sherwood, dem, o., Bingham
rep Pa. and Hill rep. Conn. Bradley
} was awarded a medal for gallantry,
and Sherwood and Bingham both adj
vanced for conspicuous bravery.
Thirteen members served IL the
Spanish-American war, either in Gu
ba. the Philippines or in the camps
in the United States. They were.
Tillson, rep, Conn, Howard, dem.
} Ga, Stone, dem, H., Ames rep.
Mass. Gardner, rep, Mass, Murray,
dem. Mass, Weeks, rep, Mass. Loud,
rep, Mich, Anderson, rep, Mich.
Harrison dem, N. Y, Rowland, rep,
} o. Crago rep. Pa, and Aiken dem,
S. C.
= Seven representatives record the
fact that they were born abroad-Sa-
} bath, dem, ILL.,, in Bohemia: Kahn.
} rep, Cal, in Baden, Germany, Camp
} bell, rep, Kan, in Nova Scotia:
Bertholdt, DEM, Mo-, in Germany;
Donohue, DEM, Pa, in Ireland: Will
son, dem, Pa, in Scotland; and Ber-
ger the Wisconsin socialist, in Aus
tria-Hungary.
Two members of the house served
In the United States navy, having
been graduated from the Annapolis
academy. Richmond Pearson Hob
son, DEM, ala, who was the hero of
the Merrlmac, Is one Of these; Rep.
Weeks, rep, Mass, the other.