Evening journal., 1914-12-09
CONGRESS Will KEEP
down THE EXPENSES
Session of Recent Election
Has Its Effects on Mem
berS
WILL PRESERVE
THE NEST EGGS
BY BURTON X. sTANDIsB.

(Written for the United Press.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9-Rigid eco
nomy will be the regime in some
quarters in congress the next few
months. This will be irrespective
of what the administration may do
toward economy. This particular
brand will be strictly personal. and
for the most part will prevail on the
Democratic side.
The answer is-the recent cleo
tions. Quite a few of the boys are
going back TO the quiet of private
life. Many of the familiar figures in
the social life of the capital. must
now retrench. No more can they
frequent the tango parlors. nor do
much entertaining on their own ac-
count
For going back TO private life
means a financial readiustment. They
want to hoard what they can Of their
$500 annual salary in the brief time
remaining Some of them need a
NEST egg" to carry them over until
they can re-establish themselves in
the ordinary walks of life, and that's
the answer for the retrenchment that
is now going on with a vengeance
among legislators.
It's a gay life. this being a con-
gressman. More interesting even
than the proverbially interesting life
of the newspaperman. But-take il
from any congressman-it costs. a
pile of money to keep up appearances
in Washington-an then, too, il
costs another nice piece Of change Ia
run for office. Statements now on
file show that the boys who we're
beaten and the boys who come back
victorious all put out a pretty penny
In every case. practically, it was
bound TO nick the ordinary congress-
mans ROLAND il he isn't coming
back for the session in the fall of
1915. he's just simply got TO put on
the reverse action. And he-or
rather they-are doing Il.
The congressman who used to find
Washington swellest hotels hardly
good enough for their heavy funds
now are beginning to realize that
some of the quiet little restaurants
with neither fancy menus nor fancy
prices-are Just the size for their
bank accounts Moreover, the gen.
tlemen who we're hailed as social
favorites, either through personal
popularity or through the influence
of lavish entertaining, are beginning
10 learn that home sweet home real
ly. after all. is a nice sort of place
even though a bit quiet at times.
Some of them, too. are beginnins
to feel that perhaps an automobile
is a luxury instead of a necessity
Yes, it's a hard winter.
But there's another side to tn
story Some of the best little two
fisted spenders Washington has eve
! known are coming back to the mex
session of congress. They vii
! loosen up with their change, and tn
present restricted flow of currencl
will be again at flood tide. In timel
past, they were notable for theii
free-handed liberal way of doins
things for their own enjoyment anC
that of their friends. All reports
concerning the Come Back" club in
dicate that their dispositions have
not changed
One of the most notable Of this re-
turning coterie Of good fellows and
good spenders is Representative Will
liam Mckinley His excursions tc
Norfolk and vicinity linger in the
memory of many Washingtonians as
real live affairs. "The jamestown
Survivors" is an organization that
sprung up from the passengers on
his excursion to jamestown. They
have congregated here since McKin-
ley Quit politics and every one Of
them is looking forward to his return
and the good old days"
Then. too. there is Dan Lafean. of
Pennsylvania, who is coming back TO
the House.
Dan" is known as a royal good
fellow. He thinks nothing at all OF
getting up a dinner for one hundred
of his friends. and they are always
gay parties. They aren't really So
ciety functions, for Lafean is demo
cratic. He picks out newspapermen
and others for his friends on his bic
banquets.
And Uncle Joe" Cannon will be
among those present. Washington
has been comparatively dead and dull
since the old Republican war horse
quit his favorite haunts. The green
table in his private card room will
again have its devotees-and things
will be looking up again in the vii
lage.