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known for his remarkable voice, and
the man who announced himself as
candidate for speaker because of the
excellence of that organ, is in the ar
my of the used-to-be. There was al
so Harry NJ. Godfrey, rep, Mo, who
achieved fame by introducing the
following measures:
Requiring that no woman should
wear a hat pin in Washington the
point of which protruded more than
half an inch from her hat; prohibit
ing railway conductors in Washing
ton from e~xpectorating on their
hands or fingers when issuing tfcis-
cts or transfers; requiring all mer-
chants who publicly expose clocks to
keep them running within not less
than two minutes of the correct,
standard, sun time; permitting civil
wa veterans to take their wives with
them into soldiers homes; and max
ing it lawful TO play baseball, crick-
ct, golf, tennif and "other clean and
harmless athletic sports on Sunday
in the District of Columbia.
Opponent of Reciprocity.
Joseph Holt Gaines is another of
the old guard. For eight years he
has been a familiar figure on the
| floor and in the ways and means
committee. With William S. Ben
nett, rep, n. Y, Gaines enlivened his
last few weeks Of congressional life
with a forceful fight against Canadian
reciprocity. Bennett helped out in
the recent filibuster.
Charles n. Fowler, rep, n. j., was
another theoretically present at the
roll-call today, although physically,
he hasn't been in the house through
out the present session. Fowler goes
down in fame as the foremost anti
Cannon member, remembered for his
: vltriolic, %vituperative wordy assaults
on the gentleman from Illinois, and
his charges of graft in the framing
of the Payne tariff bill.
Real Farmer Back to Soil.
William W. Cooks, "our neighbor"
as T.. r. used to say when he was in
the white house, is a non-combatant
in the army, being a Quaker. he
lives next door to That Person up at
oyster Bay and was one of the few
real, bona fide, really and truly far
mers in congress.
Then there was Herbert Parsons,
dem, n. Y. a friend of the chill
dren, agitator for Fairgrounds, and
all sorts of Utopian schemes, a keen
lawyer and legislator withal; Hamil-
ton Fish, rep. n. Y, of the famous
blue-blooded Fish family of New
vi. Croo. IVarra+t ran ~ V
who used to be upstate leader in the
Empire state, n Cyrus Durey, rep,
n. Y, who makes way for Theron
Akin, the man without a party. Akin,
a republican, was elected by demo-
Gratis, and refuses to affiliate with
either party.
The meager twenty-seven demo
Gratis include q. few characters who
will be missed at the next session OF
congress. Chief among these is Ad'
am NJ. Byrd. of Mississippi. He Is
one of the few members who have
Indian blood in their veins, and l:
famous for his picturesque speeches
William Willet, jr., is another, bes'
remembered for his enrichment OF
the English language in that famous
speech against President Roosevelt
when he dubbed the Strenuous One
a "gargoyle.' Save for this outburst
and a rather famous dinner given or
the same night of the aforesaid speech
Willet has not popped into print in
his two years service.
''Jim'' Most Missed.
BY all odds. "Jim' Tawney will be
most sorely missed in the next con-
gress. He is a perfect walking en-
~cyclopedia of information as to gov
ernmental finances. He knows more
about the theory of this government
than any man in congress. He has
accomplished wonders in safeguard
ing the treasury. Rumor has slated
Tawney for an important govern
mental position.
The list of celebrities would bC
incomplete without mention of Al
bert Douglas, rep, Ohio. Members
of the house point to Douglas will
pride as the congressman who sur
vived, without a bruise, the impac
Of a pair of opera glasses dropped
from the gallery of a New York the
otar .hraa flpnrc ha1ow flll on III,