The Washington herald., 1913-02-12
sTATEsMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED C. KELLY.

When the time comes for checking I'D
the next Congress and placing the men,
bers in their proper categories, young
Mr.. Emmett Wilson, OF Pensacola, Fla,
may have more -onlys" to his credit
than anybody. In the first place It will
be neck and neck between him and C.
II. Tavenner, of Illinois, to determine
who is the only Congressman Of thirty
years or under.
Even IL that should go to the Illinois
man. Wilson will at least be the only
Representative having a twin brother.
Furthermore, he is probably the only
member who was born in South America
His twin was also born there. As IL that
were not enough. Wilson is doubtless
the only member who was ever the
youngest United States district attorney
in the country He held that job at
twenty-four. which fact coupled with his
catapulting into Congress at thirty, IN
dlcates clearly enough that he Is not a
man to hang around til he II old and
'nfirm before going after such Jobs az ne
wa its.
Young Wilson is a bacheIor-not the
only one in Congress. but the only one
having twin brother also a bachelor.
| Thls Is mentioned in passing, simply be-
cause the mere word bachelor il sup
posed TO suggest romance, just as the
word spinster docs not
And speaking OF Wilson'S twin brother
the latter Is perhaps perverse n twin
as man ever had. II he had been
al that a twin should he his brother could
nave. doubled his campaigning capacity,
each one making speeches every night
Or one could have kissed the babies and
the other made the speeches. But the
othcr Fellow Is complete fizzle as a
twin. All the rest Of the brothers. in
| Guiding the Representative-elect, have
dark hair and dark eyes But this twin
grew up to be almost blonde. with
soulful blue eyes, just to show EN-. He
doesn't look any more like a twin than
II he were merely next-door neIghbor.
Wilson, the Represertative-elect, IL a
modest chap. without any OF the ear
marks OF those precocious ones He
wears an almost sad expression. due 10
disappointment over the perverseness OF
his twin in not being willing 10 look like
hin.
Senator Kenyon took an Iowa friend
down into the costly Senate bathrooms
the other day 10 show him the spIendor
or the place. Kenyon sought to have
the free baths and free shaves done away
with last year. hut as Senator's have to
he shaved and washed the same as any
body else. and might not always happen
10 have the money with them. the prop
osltlon never reached any high ditch
OF popularity about the Senate chamber.
This man" said Kenyon to the at
tendant. indicating his friend. 'fs from
up in Minnesota where the weather is 50
cold that it is practically impossible TO
bathe except during a few months or
every year, and We are wondering If he
could get scrubbed a bit down here. How
much would it cost?''
oh II wont cost nothin'" said the at
tendant Just get a note from A SEN
ator and well wash him all of nice with
out any charge"
DO you suppose I could get bath
too?' asked Kenyon. I'm from Iowa
and We take baths out our way occasion
ally. Lots Of people have bathrooms
right in their homes. Still, I presume A
good bath wouldn't hurt me any right
now"
The colOrsd attendant looked worried
'Ge-es.' he said. Il reckon YOU could
get bath too. n YOU bring a card from
a Senator, but you say you from Iowa.
Don't let yo' Scnatah Kenyon know yda
was down here. or it'n make him mad al
you. He's been tryfn' to have this place
done away with
And here's a funny thing about the
Senate barber shop: Although the num-
her of Senators is only a trile more than
1t was several years ago. the number Of
shaves has increased at a surprising
rate The reason is simply that the
Senate is now inhabited largely by COM
parativelv young men with smooth faces
or mustaChe at the worst. and they
are obliged to get shaved every little
while, whereas the old style Senator with
whiskers never had occasion to visit a
barber shop, except every few months
TO get his hair trimmed.
California is going to provide the next
Congress with another Of those Progress
Sives Of the type that talks right up.
Representative-eleCt Charles W. Bell Of
Pasadena, IS a small chap physically.
standing maybe five and a half feet in
his stockings and weighing not more
than 100 ringside. But he always has his
nerve with him. Just a few weeks ago
he was standing at the edge Of the side
walk in Pasadena watching a big parade.
An auto came along and caused an elder
ly woman near him to step back from
her place for a moment. \ burly fellow
standing behind her at once stepped into
her place The woman could no longer
see the parade. and pleaded to be re-
stored to her rightful place. but the man
paid no attention to her. Then Bell got
into il. The man who had caused the
trouble was at least n foot taller than
Bell. but that didn't matter. Bell. with
a quick jerk. snatched the fellow out OF
line and the woman stepped forward
Here, whatta you mean by that
growled the burly pinhead. savaSeIy
II mean I'll slap your face for you II
you say another word" replied Bell
The man saw several able-bodied cit
izens ready TO help Bell muss him up.
and he let the incident pass.
Bell served in the last legislature OF
his State and greatly vexed the bosses
by his obstreperous doIngs