The Washington herald., 1913-06-15

Difenderfer Of Pennsylvania was
1 practicing dentist for fourteen years.
But his noteworthy achievement was
the building and operating of the FIRST
wooden mill in the Chinese empire. al
Tientsin.
Cary, Of Wisconsin. was left an orphan
at thirteen years of age Five younger
brothers and sisters were put into an
orphan asylum to be taken care Of But
this enterprising youth. starting in as a
messenger boy, rose to. be a telegraph
operator by the time he was nineteen.
ana, taking the children out of the asy-
ium. provided them with a home.
Richard w. Austin. OF Tennessee. oc-
cupied the humble position of an assist-
ant doorkeeper of the House of Repre-
sentatives during the lifetime of the
Forty-seventh Congress.
Fowler, of Illinois, describes himself as
lawyer with love for personal in
jury practice"
Tavenner. Of the same State. is with
the exception of Brown, of New York.
the youngest man in the House He is
thirty-one years old. According TO his
own account. he began in 1905, with the
heip OF his mother. to write daily signed
articles from Washington-letters 40 i'm
dependent and original in character that
no editor would publish them" Never
the less he kept on writing them and at
the present time seventy papers in the
united states are printing them every
Gay on the first page, and 1000 country
weeklies arg publishing his weekly let
ter on Vital Washington News
Only One Capitalist.
The only member who calls himself
capitahst-not exactly a popular kind
or designation from a political viewpoint
is merely a delegate to Congress from
the Territory of Hawaii. His name il
kalanianaole, and he halls from Waikiki
To most people, however, he is better
known as Prince Cupid. A cousin of
King kalakaua and of Queen LIliuoka-
lani, he was created a royal prince "by
reclamation" in 1884. His wife is a
daughter Of a chief OF the Island Of
Maui.
Nearly fifty years have elapsed sine
the close of the civil war. and so II is
not surprising that only a small handful
OF veterans Of that conflict should be
found In the House of Representatives OF
today. OF these! Kirkpatrick of Iowa
and Sherwood of Ohio fought on the
Union side. the latter taking part in n,
fewer than forty-two battles and coming
out as brigadier. On the Confederat,
side were Taylor and Richardson, botn
or Alabama. and Stedman of North Caro- .
lima, who was wounded three lines
Taylor was only fifteen years old when
he enlisted
The only Union civil war veterans in
the Senate are Works, of California. Mel
son Of Minnesota, and Warren OF WON
ing. The last named received a medal for
gallantry on the field Of battle Nelson
was taken prisoner
Bankhead and Johnston, both of Ala
oama, Bacon of Georgia. Thornton Of
louisiana. and Webb of Tennessee wers,
M Wn~r,.
cause. Bankhead was wounded three
times. and Johnston four times.
Senator Ashurst of Arizona. was a hod-
carrier and cowboy. Perkins of Cal
fornia served as a sailor before the
mast. Bradley of Kentucky ran AWAY
from home at fourteen years of age. and
joined the Union army twice but his
father recovered possession OF him H.
fore he was able to do any fighting.
OF the above mentioned Bacon of Geor
ga was posthumous son. THOMPSON of
Kansas is the youngest Senator ever sent
TO congress from that State. being only
forty-two years old. He states that ~,
congressional District in which he lives
Is equal in area to the entire State of
Connecticut, and that he himself .'waz
considered one Of the ablest and most
popular judges in Kansas" He adds.
II Is acknowledged by all who know him
that as Senator he CThompson) will not
only bring credit and honor to himself,
out TO the State and nation as we'll"
senator Pittman of Nevada was me
nrst prosecuting attorney at Nome in
Alaska. He took an active mart as
one OF the attorneys for the mine own
ers, IN the celebrated mining litigation
which afforded material for Reg
Beach's novel, The Spoilers"
Reed Smoot- of Utah is, as every
oody knows the only Mormon in Con-
gress- When he first came to the SEN
ate there was a great row. as will be
remembered. and strenuous efforts
were made to put him out, but he sat
tight. smiled blandly. and there he still
remains, having earned the respect of
all his fellow-members in the Upper
House.
The latest man in the Senate Ia
Ollie James of Kentucky The tallest
is Penrose of Pennsylvania huge
man, with remarkably high shoulders.
which greatly add to the effect of his
stature. without being fat, he prob
ably weighs over $50 pounds. The
shortest Senator is George T. oliver of
When John Sharp Williams Of Mis-
sissippi was in the House he easily
held the reputation of being the
slouchiest in his dress of all the mem
oers of that honorable body. There is
idruiy man IN congress To-Day so
careless as he about his attire On
he other hand. the palm for fashion
md good form in apparel is easily
held by the new Senator from Illinois.
]. Hamilton Lewis-he of the celebrat-
ed pink whiskers. These whiskers.
parted in the center, are exceedingly
decorative; so it is not surprising that
heir owner has never allowed him
,elf to be separated from them. not
all the fun that has been
made of them. -. Ham, as disre-
;pectful persons call him, has very
,ushy hair, and, taking him all to-
yether. may fairly be considered one
If the handsomest men in Congress.
He knows how to- use most beautiful
language, and his distinguished career
$ scarcely more than begun. inasmuch
Is he Is only forty-six years old.
DOUGLAS LIFE IN PERIL.
Centenary of Statcsnlun's birth