El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-14

body to be a member of the house who
has not passed his 18th birthday. But
the youngest representative is LaUhrOp
Brown, who is 50 years old He was
born in New York City, is six feet
TAN, and was graduated from Harvard
in the class of 1903 His business
training was obtained in the real es
tate office of Douglas Robinson, Col.
ROOsevelt's brOtheriulaw.
The latest and jOlliest man in the
house is Frank Plumley Of Vermont.
He is WldoWer, bank president, and
is supposed to weigh not far from 800
pounds. The exact figures, however,
are not Obtainable.
The thinnest member is Ezekiel
Gambler, Of ississippi-smal, wiry,
cleanshayed man, who knows how to
talk. When he gets upon his feet in
the house, he always has something
TO say worth hearing. He belongs to
an extraordinary number Of secret So
cieties. being a Mason, an Odd Fellow,
a WOOdman, knight OF Honor an Elk
a knight Of Pythias, and a Beta Theta
One Is Real Giant.
The house possesses a real giant His
name is Andrew Jackson Barchfelds
and he is almost tall enough to be an
attraction in a circus. Nearly seven
feet high, he is well put up and power
fully built He is a physician and
man Of conspicuous ability.
The baldest member is Henry II
GOldfOgle, of New York City In fact,
his head is entirely devoid of hair, and
in this respect bears somewhat the
aspect Of an egg. inasmuch as he IS
clean shaver. On the other hand. the
distinction of owning the most hair is
held by Henry T. Rainey, of Illinois
a stout brOadshOuldered man, whose
locks are fast turning gray. He is a
fine debater-
The late Gen. Harry Bingham, Of
Philadelphia who was for many years
the father of the hOuse-meaning
thereby the member Of longest con-
tinuOus service-was also called the
fashion plate" of that body. His man
tie seems TO have fallen upon Thomas
c. Patten, of New York. But Joseph
w. FOrduey, of Michigan, sports the
biggest diamond sparkler Of huge
size, which he wears in the middle OF
the bosom Of his shirt
The oldest nickname is bestowed
upon John J. Burnett. OF Alabama
who, being short and plump, dark CT
shoulders, is called the Jack Of
Clubs"
The member with the most whiskers
is Edward w saunders Of virginia
They are dark brown in color and
parted in the middle
To speak. however, Of more interest
ing matters, relating TO the life his
tory of some OF the members of the
new congress; Farr, of Pennsylvania,
began his career as neWsbOy. The
other members from the same state,
Casey and BrOdbeck, started in life as
breaker boy and errand boy, respec-
lively. Hinebaugh. Of Illinois, says
that he was educated in the school
Of hard knocks"
sAIfaIfa BHI1 Murray.
Murray of Oklahoma. who rejoices
in the pseudOnym of Alfalfa Bill" ran
away from home when he was u years
old, chopped wood, worked in a brick
yard, punched cattle. taught school,
did service as reporter, and prac-
ticed law, This highly versatile per-
son is now by profession a farmer.
Having presided over the convention
that framed the Oklahoma cOnstitu-
tion, he bears in that state the proud
title of Father of the Constitution
which, when one comes to think Of it,
is some dignity.
POvers's Career.
By no means lacking in romantic in
terest is the career Of representative
Caleb Powers, of kentucky, who, ac-
cording to his own account, served
eight years and three months in jail
after the shooting Of senator William
GOebel by an unknown assassin"
Difenderfer, of Pennsylvania was a
praCticing dentist for Il years. Bot
his noteworthy achievement was the
wooden mill in the Chinese empire, at
Tientsiu.
Cary. Of Wisconsin, was left an or
phau at Is years of age. Five younger
DEOLueES ana sisters were put INTO On
orphan asylum to be taken care of. But
this enterprising youth, starting in as
a messenger boy, rose to be telegraph
operator by the time he was 49, and,
taking the children out of the asy-
lUm, provided them with a home.
Richard w. Austin, of Tennessee, OC- I
cUpied the humble position Of an as
sistant dOOrkeeper of the house of rep
resentatives during the lifetime Of the
Attn congress
Fowler Of Illinois. describes himself
as a lawyer with a love for personal
injury practice"
Youngest Man in the House.
Tavenner, Of the same state. is, /
with the exception of Brown, of New
York, the youngest man in the house /
He is 81 years old. According to his
own account. he began in 1908, with
the help Of his mother to write daily I
signed articles from Washington-let
tiers so Independent and original i'm
character that no editor would publish I
them" Nevertheless, he kept on writ
ing them, and at the present time 30 I
papers in the United States are print
ing them every day on the first page.
and 1000 country weeklies are publish I