The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-06-18
Bv GEORGE cLINroN,

years would be confronted with a ia
mine in sea food. It Is said that II
this should come the problem of feed
ing the world would become one abso
mtely unsolvable
The house Of representatives has
passed a bill, which also has been
favorably reported by a senate com
mittee, to allow the paroling of Uni
ted States prisoners, who are serving
life sentences, at the expiration of the
fifteenth year of their Imprisonment
Recently there has been a movement
In many Of the states to extend the
parole laws to men serving life sen
fences and as has been marked in a
number of instances recently, the gov
low examples set by the Individual
states. As things are at present, a
man who is sentenced by federal
| court to life Imprisonment has only
two chances Of having his liberty re
stored, one by. bringing forward incon
trovertible proof that he was innocent
and was sentenced under a mistake
and the other by the pardon of the
president.
Story About Charles n. Mann.
Not long ago in one of these dis
patches there was a short sketch OF
Col. Charles H. Mann, superintendent
of the house press gallery. AS was
said then, Mr.. Mann has been looking
after the interests Of Washington cor
respondents for SO many years that
he has virtually forgotten when his
service began.
The other day Louis Brownlow Of
Tennessee, a Washington correspond
ent, made discovery. Mr.. Brown1oM
had been going through the files Of
old newspapers in the library of con
gress. He walked over to the press
gallery and said that in a copy of the
Harrisburg Keystone of 1889 he had
found mention of the fact that Charles
H. Mann had just been appointed
postmaster in the town of Doyles
town, Pa. The superintendent of the
press gallery overheard what Brown
low said and instantly speaking W
said: what did you say was the
name of the town in which my name
sake was appointed postmaster"
'tDolyestown, Pa said Brownlow.
Nov, I am going to prove to yot
that am the man mentioned in thai
report" said Mr.. Mann.
The correspondents know that Mr.
Mann is veteran, but they were al
fairly sure that he never had beer
appointed postmaster in any place il
the year 1883,
Made Himself Out Ninety-Four.
Mr.. Mann went over to his Office
and in a few minutes returned will
q commission made out to Charles
H, Mann as postmaster at Doylestown
Pa, in the year 1899 It was signed
by Ames Kendall, secretary Of the
treasury. Mr.. Mann showed the com
mission triumphantly.
The correspondents took out thei1
pencils and worked out problem, the
result of which showed that If thei1
gallery superintendent, Charles H
Mann, had been appointed postmaster
L #DOy 10SVUWA, Z III 1907, WuCu III
must have been at least twenty one
years old In order to be commits
stoned, he today had reached the agt
| Of ninety four.
Then 1t was that Charlie" Manr
explained that his namesake who had
been postmaster under the Jackson
administration was his father and thai
he had kept the commission as a fam
ny heirloom.
Several members Of Washington
ohicialdom went to Richmond, Va, q
day or two ago to take part in the
exercises connected with the placing
of bronze tablet to mark the site 81
the house in that city which was oc
cupied BY Alexander II. Stephens
when heswas serving the Confederate
states as vice-president. Representa-
tive Brant1ey Of Georgia delivered the
Grafton on the occasion. An interest
ing fact was brought out by Mr.. Brant
ley and he placed emphasis upon it In
his address M seems that Alexander
Stephens and Abraham Lincoln served
IN congress together, and, as Grantley
put 1t, 'tthe personal friendship
formed between them at that time
was not destroyed nor shattered ii
the dark days Of the Civil war"