Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-01-05

aHord to take such a house as that
occupied by the former vice president
II mas great reaching parlors and a
pail room OF adequate size II is I'M
derstood that the Bahkmetiens will
enter largely into the social life of
the capital
Newspaper Men at the Crib.
Comparatively recently a good many
washington correspondents have left
the newspaper service, temporarily at
any rate, to Join the force OF govern
ment iaborers. The list of daily pa
per writer's who from the beginnings
OF Washington correspondents who
nave been taken over by Uncle Sam ia
long one. Year after year the going
out continues. but also year after year
there Is coming back.
one or two of these newspaper men
VINO have stepped from the write
pain temporarily have been mentioned
In these dispatches before, but only
Drlefy. Some of them have been draft
ed into the ranks of government en-
ployes because they know how to
write to the point. Representative
victor Berger. Socialist member OF
congress from Milwaukee, expressed
one reason In another connection the
otner day. He said that II the bills
which are introduced into congress
were written by newspaper men the
substance of them would be put In ten
lines and everybody would understand
what they meant.
Allen In the White House.
Sherman Allen. who for some years
was connected with the Washington
bureau Of the New York Herald. Is
now assistant secretary to President
TAFT. Allen now does not have much
writing to do. but he ia known for his
ability. tact and the pleasantness of
his ways" Also he Is a fine looking
fellow and although perhaps It ought
not to be SO. this helps a lot with Wis
ttors at the White House.
When Trueman C. Newberry of De-
troit was secretary of the navy. Sher-
man Allen was his secretary. Frori
that position Mr. Allen went to the
bureau of the New York Herald POI
tiles. like the whirligig OF time. brings
changes and some day probably Sher-
man Allen will be back in the corps
of correspondents with his assigned
seats in the galleries OF the two
houses.
A word or two was said recently Of
Thomas w. Brahany. TON" Brahany
probably is thirty-three years old. but
he is extraordinarily youthful In ap-
pearance. His head and his abilities
outrun his years even though they be
thirty-three in number. For a long
time Brahany was connected with the
Milwaukee Journal as a Washington
correspondent He was for a while
secretary to Senator John C. Spooner
There were 10000 bills introduced in.
to the last congress. and II you ask
Tom" Brahany the amount asked for
the improvement of Podunk Harbor In
Bill No. 1899 he will tell you off hand
and moreover probably will give you
the line Of the bill in which the
amount occurs. II you look II up and
you will find that Brahany has hit 1t
right At present he is the secretary
"a thO DOdTu
Cochran and Leupp.
J. L. Cochran. an Ohio newspaper
man and for long time city editor of
a Cleveland paper. is the publicity
man for the bureau of mines. He
writes today as he always has written.
we'll. and he is an authority on every.
thing connected with efforts to prevent
mining disasters and rescue work aft.
err the disasters occur The bureau OF
mines as a separate bureau is of re-
cent creation. Its work is large and
growing.
Francis E. Leupp is the man who
wrote the inspired interview with
President Taft which recently ap
peared In the Outlook. to which Col
onel Roosevelt is a contributing edi |
tor. Leupp Is a newspaper man of dis
For a long time he was the
correspondent of the
New York Evening Post. a place from |
which Colonel Roosevelt when he was
president took him to make him com.
missioner OF Indian affairs. Leupp
was greatly interested In his new dus,
ties and he took the cause OF the In |
dams to heart.
Gus ]. Karger OF the Cincinnati |
Is another newspaper man
who was mentioned casually in one OF |
these newspaper dispatches recently. /
Karger has not gone into the govern.
ment service. but he is one OF the po-
Iitical advisers In chief OF President |
Taft. Gus is looked upon by his fell I
low correspondents as something In
the nature of a wonder. He was born
On the other side OF the water and |
came to this country when boy IN
able to speak a word OF English He
developed keen political sense and
strong journalistic ability The CORE
spondents like him and the president
cans on him II is probable that Kar
ger knows the name and the factionai
eanings of every politician In the
Jnited States. no matter how obscure
ne may be.
L. White Busbey today is secre.
AIRY Of the high Joint commission. 9th.
sfwise known as the International
boundary commission Mr.. Busbey for
years was the Washington correspon-