Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-04
I0WANST0L0SE
SOME FAT JOBS
IN WASHINGTON
Chantland,' Crockett and
Sumner May Follow
Clark Back to Nature;
Dull Times in Capital.
lBY f. Fl. HANSON. |

Washington. D. c., Jan. 2.-Besides
Edgar E. Clark. whose term as inter
state commerce commissioner expired
with the old year, three other Iowans
are due to lose fat federal jobs IN
Washington on March 4. ,.-,,.
They are W. T. Chantland a special
assistant attorney in the department
of Justice, J. G. Crockett, a reading
clerk in the senate, and A. D. Sumner,
a messenger on the floor Of the
senate. ...+,..
Sumner There Long. ..,..
Chantland, prominent in Iowa state
guard circles, came to Washington fol-
lowing the election of Senator Kenyon
to the senate. Kenyon preceded him
as special assistant attorney.
Crockett and Sumner are old employees
of the senate, both of them dating their
appointments back to the Allison
regime
Crockett was formerly prominent
politician in the northern part OF the
state and still keeps his finger In the
pie. Sumner has been in Washington
since he was young enough to be
page boy in the senate. He has risen
from one Job to another until he now
holds one of the softest OF soft things
About his only duty Is to occupy a
chair large enough to hold his two
hundred fifty avoirdupois when the
senate is in session and sign his
voucher at the end of each month. He
halls from Waterloo and was candl-
date for the republican nomination for
congress last June against Charley
Pickett. Pickett trimmed him. but was
trimmed in turn by Maurice Connolly
Sumner has chance to hold his
place by reason of the fact that the
two messengers on the floor OF the
senate are taken from the two parties.
There is a democratic messenger now
and If Sumner can arrange to become
the minority, appointee next time, ne
will continue to hang onto his fine
berth. The present democratic mes
senger expects to be the majority
messenger after March. Unless a
couple more democratic senator's pass
away, there.is no hope for Crockett.
Holidays We're Dull.
Washington has been exceedingly
dull this year during the holiday sea
son. Most all of the members and sena-
tors who live so far west that trip
home would be impracticable went to
Panama, The few who remained in the
city hung around because Of the work
which has piled up On them during the
campaign and the ensuing weeks.
The theater attractions have been
only fairly good and the social func-
tons small and anything but brilliant
with one exception, the Draper ball OF
last week. which was quite an affair,
still raved about by the young ladies'
who we're there and mourned by those
not honored.
Resume Work Soon.
With the resumption of work the
last Of this week, the city will come
hack to normal and the grind will be
on until March 4, when new presi-
dent will be inaugurated. Very little
outside of the perfunctory business
will be transacted by either house OF
congress in the next. two months and
the third session Of the sixty-second
congress will likely go down in history
as being just about as uninteresting
as the short session Of most every
other congress.
AS the democrats will be in full
mower in the house again next ses-
sion. the ways and means committee
or the house is already at work on
matters which will be considered in
the next congress- With two excep-