Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
CONGRESSMAN
GROWING MODEST
Few Glowing Accounts Appear
In AutOblOgraphleS.
INITIATING NEW MEMBERS.

Those Serving Their First Terms Are
Fast Getting Their Bearings and
LEARNING How the Nations Laws Are
Made-Meetine the big Men" of the
CAPITAL Is Important For Them.
While the veteran members of con-
eress are busy getting their bills in
shape for presentation and running
the house and senate, the new men,
hers are getting their bearings, learn
ing how business is transacted and
meeting the "big men, of Washington.
There are many things for the new
men to learn, and they know that
the best thing TO do is to make friends
with the men who have the pulp and
who can be of untold benefit to them
In their work.
There are q great many new MEM
hers of this congress who first told of
themselves in their autobiographies.
The book, however, is less interesting
this year, as 1t seems that the people
have elected a very modest set of law
uofN
makers.
Senator Henry Algernon du Pont of
Delaware again uses the most space In
the directory. 1t requires ffty-six
closely printed lines to review the war
record of the Delaware sOlon.
congressman Charles Lindbergh of
Minnesota and Thaddeus Caraway of
Arkansas compete for brevity. Each
uses less than one line, Mr.. Lindbergh
describing himself merely as "Repub-
lican, of Little Falls and Mr.. Cara
way Democrat, of Jonesboro."
Senator James d. Phelan of Califor-
MIA Qualities as q member of many
clubs and asserts also that he belongs
to the Society of California Pioneers
and is president of the Hall Associa-
ton of the Native Sons of the Golden
West.
With national defense as an issue in
this congress-, Congressman P. Davis
Oakley of Connecticut is one of many
members to record that he served with
the national guard.
Congressman William Baker Oliver,
a new Democrat from Alabama, adj
mits that as prosecuting attorney he
attained the highest percentage of
convictions in the state"
Charles Hiram Randall, Prohibition
list, of Los Angeles, Cal, calls attention
to the fact that a member of the Ran
dali family wrote Maryland, My
Maryland"
Congressman Frank Park of Georgia
uses but one more word than Messrs.
Lindbergh and Caraway. He names
his state as we'll as town.
Robert NJ. McCracken, a new men,
Der from Iowa, says he went west
from Indiana when a lad, Ito grow up
with the country"
Uncle Joe Elected Twenty Times.
Uncle Joe Cannon's biography is a
simple recital of his election to twenty
congresses and the fact that he Is a
lawyer.
Harry e. Hull, Republican, of Iowa
says he had only ten days to make his
campaign to succeed the late Mr.. Pep
per and that he made a run that was
accepted by the whole country as proof
OF how the farmers would vote and Of
the weakness of the Progressive cause"
David H. Kincheloe of Madisonville,
Ky, proudly says he is married and
has n girl, now seven and one-half
months old"
Whitmell Pugh Martin labels himself
a progressive protectionist" from Lou
1sfana and adds that he is the first nom
Democratic member to be elected from
That state In twenty-five years.
A note of tragedy Is contained In the
Drlef autobiography of Congressman
Thomas D. Schall of Minnesota, who
says he lost his eyesight because of an
electric shock In 1907, but has cOntin-
ued In the practice of law. The Sixty
fourth congress has two blind members
senator Gore of Oklahoma and Mr..
Schall.
Edward H. Wason of New Hamp-
snire Is one of the many farmers listed
IN the directory. He asserts that he
aKes a pride in farming and has a
iarge herd of registered Guernsey cat
ue and a modern, up to date farm"
frederick w. Rowe, a new member
oloohlyll, IstS many CIVIC orSdn-
iAat1ons with which he is affiliated and
further explains that he is "superin-
'endent of st. Paul's Sunday school,"
II appears that Congressman Temple
Vi pennsylvania, reelected, is the only
mmlster among the house members.
"hilam Barclay Charles of Amster-
uan, N. T., records that he is a mem
oer OF the Second Presbyterian church
Of that city.