El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-09

commonly senator oliver, Of Pennsyl-
vania, and senator Lippitt, Of Rhode
Island. He himself eats little, having
been on a diet for the last four years
Although a healthy man, his stomach
is not his strong point A thin soup
few bites of stew that must not be
greasy, a cup custard, and glass OF
buttermilk make up his meal
When, a good many years ago, eA-
governor Odell, of New York, was
chairman of the committee on accounts
in the house OF representatives, ne was
accustomed to invite Lin sherman
and some other good fellows to lunch
in his committee room In TINS way
came about the formation Of very
jolly eating cOteries which ADOPTED lne
shocking name of TapewOrm club Inc
club has never been allowed TO go our
Of existence, and still holds perlodlcal
banquets at the houses Of its mem
bers-
His luncheon finished, the vice pres
ident goes back to his office to see II
any important message or man mas
arrived for him If any visitors are
waiting, he talks to them Ihen ne
returns to his place in the senate
chamber and stays. there until al
iOurnment. leaving the chair from time
to time, it may be, to see visitors or
delegations whom his secretary knows
he wants particularly to see. he tries
always to be accessible Members OF
the house telephone over to ask per
mission to bring party of people.
Whole schools drop in by previous
appointment and he shakes hands all
around, with something pleasant 10
say to each person.
circumstances as are here descrlDeo'
serious work Of any kind IN the wee
presidents room is almost out OF the
question. Accordingly, all such work
is done in a room in the senate oIIlce
building, where the letter files are
kept and other routine business trans
acted, including the sending out or
documents. etc. Upstairs in. the CAPT
tOl, Mr. sherman has little room OF
his own for private talks
In addition to his private secretary
he has in mis- service a messenger, VINO
is incidentally a Stenographer, anC a
page. He also appoints the telegraph
operator for the senate, who occupies
a hole in the wall OF the pOstoffice
downstairs This is all the patronage
he possesses.
sunny Jim" holds the most anoma-
lOus office under the government lie
is made the presiding officer OF the
senate for no reason except to give
him something to do II would De
quite as appropriate to make MIN gov
eFnOr- gf-the District Of Columbia he
Is not a member of the senate and is
not even admitted to the caucuses OF
his party I'm that body. He has no vote
unless there is a tie. He never speaks,
and he Is not on any committee
Job is an Easy One.
On the other hand. his job is an easy
one unless he chooses to make IL 9TH
erwise- Courtesy" rules the senate
and there are no pulling parliament
airy problems. such as constantly con-
front the house, to decide.
When the senate has adjourned, Mr.
Sherman's car is called, and he starts
for home If the hour is not too late,
ne drops in at the Metropolitan club.
His dinner is at o'clock Often he
has one or two friends to dine with
him. But in the social season Ordl-
narily Che is in mourning for his
mOtherinlaw just at PRESENT. he goes
out to dine almost every evening
most often with senators, members of
the cabinet. or other personages OF
Importance in official life.
He likes best of all to stay home
and read Bedtime is between 10 and
II o'clock. when he is not too busy
He neither smokes nor drinks In
official Washington society he is the
biggest spoke in the wheel, next to
the president He has three sons. all
of them married and four grandchil- .
dren-twO boys and two girls.
The name sunny Jim" has not been I
bestowed upon him without good rea-
son Cheerfulness exudes from his
every pore. He is fun OF the milk Of