The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-05-17
IG0NBRESSlNl
DIRECTORY
PUBLISHED.
THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
OF CONGRESSMAN AND sENA.
TORS REVEAL MANY LITTLE
ODDITIES.
(By United Press.l

(By United Press.l
WASHINGTON, May 17.--A neat
little study in biographies has just
been issued by the Government Print.
ing Office. tits a hefty. red.bound vol.
ume Of ATS pages, called officially,
"The Congressional Directory"
A goodly part Of the booksis deyot-
ed to The biographs of the congress.
men and senators. They are all auto
biographies; or at least prepared by
friends OF the subject. They range
from seventeen words, contributed by
Rep. Redfield, of New York, as his
life history, to 534 words, embracing
the events which marked the career
OF Charles Manly Stedman, OF North
Carolina.
The senatorial biographies are less
Interesting to the seeker after knowl-
edge than those submitted by mem.
bers of the lower house-and particu.
larly the new members. There are
good many who don't hesitate to heap
enconiums on themselves. Among
these is Adam Brown Littlepage, Of
West Virginia, who remarks:
"He THAT is, himself) bears the rep
utation of being a very grateful man,
never forgetting a kindness, and II
faithful in his friendships and thor
oughly reliable. He stands for the un-
der man in life. Works hard, late
and early as a congressman, and is re.
flecting credit upon the country by
his manly, conservative and wise
course in Washington as a represen.
tative of the people. He is patriotic
man, OF ability and fine qualities Of
mind and heart"
Rep Ezekiel Gambler, OF Mississippi,
who is veteran member, says naive
" taht his family "have been promi-
nently identified with the history OF
the State from the days of the Revolu-
ton up to and including the present"
Rep. James Alexander Daugherty, Of
Missouri, sets down the fact that he Is
regarded as one of the strong men in
the Missouri delegation" Rep. ]. j.
Kindred, declares in his sketch, that
| he "has in no sense been politician"
Rep. Charles T. Patton, of PennsylYa'
mia, declares that chs agricultural ex.
reriments have been Of great benefit
to the community" b. y eai
A careful count OF the biographies
of the members OF the House reveals
the fact that out of the 1893 represe1l.
Etatiyes, delegates and commissioners,
246 are lawyers. Twenty.six members
neglect to state the nature OF their
business. so this. is notga complete
census. t.s slsa re sIt1
Next TO lawyers, in point of mum.
Der, come the farmers There are ~
OF, them. Many are only agricultural
lists on the side, however. The bank!
ers' list totals 90 Then come the
newspaper men. There are Is OF
these, besides one journalist" Rep,
Sherwood, (Dem. Ohio, and two pub
fishers" Utter, (Rpn. R. ~ and Un'
derhill (Dem.)
Ten members Of the House are
manufacturers" Eight are lumber,
men. Five We're teachers, in school
or college, up to the time of their be-
ing chosen representatives. There
are several score others who formerly
taught school, and later studied law.
Reps. Foster, (Dem. I'D, Wilson
(Dem. N. W, Kindred, dem. N. ",
Fasion tDem. N. C.) and Barchfeld
(Rpn. Pa are physicians. Rep. Diten
derfer CDem. Pa is a practicing den
list. At least four members were
court stenographers-Palmer dem
PAL, Byrnes, (Dem. s. c., Kendall
IPnn Iowal and Aiken (Dem, S. CO
Three say they we're commercial teleg
raphers - McDermott, dem. ILL
Smith, (Dem. N. W and Cary (Rpn
Wis.,. Rep. Lee, dem. Pa simply
says he Is business man."
Five congressman were at one time
"knights OF the road" and "drummed'
In various sections. Three are real es
tate operators; three own coal col
lieries; one is a petroleum operator
thre are authors-Edward w. Town
send (Dem. N. ID, Of "Chimmy Fad
den fame, Stephen B. Ayres dem, n
W, and Henry George, Jrp (Dem, N
".
; In the miscellaneous class are Cal
der (Rpn. N. w, builder; Forne'
(Dem. N. " wooden manufacturer
Hartman (Rpn. Pal. iron manufac
turer; Lefean (Rpn. Pa.l candy manu-
facturer, known as the Chocolate
King" Howell (Rpn. Utah, mer
chant: Lindsay ,(Dem. N, ", hote
, business; Maher' (Dem. N. W, ha
maker; Lewis (Dem. Md, Daughert!
dem. MOI, and Cameron, Rpm. Arlz..
are miners; Copley Dem. Ill, is II
!. the gas an delectric Lighting business
Gallagher (Dem. I'D, is a hat dealer
Buchanan (Dem. I'D is structural
: iron worker; Kennedy, (Rpn. Iowa.
is nurseryman.
B There are six members OF the HousI
{ who wore the confederate gray IN TN
; civil war--Rucker( Dem. Colo), EF
s topinal (Dem. La, Talbot (Dem
/, MIDI, stedman (Dem. N. O., Gordol
! (Dem. Tenn.), and Lamb (Dem. Va.)
, Five others served on the union side
Thistlewood (Rpn. o., Bradley tRpn
N. W, Sherwood Dem, o., Bingham
(Rpn. Pa.) and Fill (Rpn. Comm
: Bradley was awarded medal for ga
{ lantry, and Sherwood and Bingham
both advanced for conspicuous bray
! cry.
Thirteen members served In tn
spanish.Amerlcan war, either In Cuba
, the Philippines, or In the camps Y
= the United States. They were Th
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