Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-11

ny. proudly says he is married and
mas on" girl now seven and IL half
months old
Whitinnil rngh Martin labels himself
az Il "Irogressivc- protcctionist" from
Louisiana AMI adds that he rs the first
conference.-the member to be elected
, from that state within twenty-five
years.
note Of tragedy Is contained IN tho
brief autobiography Of CONGRESSMAN
Thomas ID. Schall. or Minnesota who
says that h. lost his cyosirht becaus,
of AN electric shock III 1907. but has
continued Ia the practice OF the pro-
teas!on OF law
The six,y-tourth Congress has two
hhhh membeTs--S Senator Cor. and SIR
Schull.
Edward H. Mason, Of New EIamp-
shire, Is one OF the many farmers list
ed Ia the directory, bat hc asserts he
takes pride IN farming ANA has n
large nerd Of registered Guernsey eat
tie; he has modern. up-;o-dute farm"
Frederick " Rowe. uor member
from Brooklyn lists mnny civIc or.
ranizattons with which he l. affiliated
ana further explains that he is "su o.
!ntcn!cnt Of ST. paLl'S SUNDAY school"
Only one Clergyman.
II appears that conurcs smsn TcmnIc
OF pennsylvania. reelected. is the only
=
William barclay Charles. Of AmYtrr-
dam. y y, records that he is q morn.
her Of the Second PRESBYTERIAN Church
of that city.
Mnhlon NJ Garland, ~ rl,t~l,u-rh
drov" mules on a caralhoar tow-a,h
when he WIS ONLY fourteen ve1rS old.
Congressman Warren Wor,7 BAILEY.
90 t'ennsvtvanin. saws "" has rrcr n
t!lcless advocate Of the slnr!a TX since
u" read Progress and povertr." IN
1883 He knew Henry George prrs n.
ally NJ Bailey AYERS.
Jeff McI.cmorc, Of Houston Tnr 1s-
scrts that he "a bachelor ard a
ncwspnpcr man" He also pr1snrc,ed
for soh in 1879. but did nc make Il
strike" MIR. McI.emore also @avs that
ne ad but ;!til" SCHOOLING because
of his aversion to teachers"
James Harvey Davis OF SULPHUR
Springs, Tex, uses several lines 10 de-
tail his lahors FOR the prohibition
cause. saving that he "helucd to out
law IN over loo Texas counties"
Dr. Davis also SAYS he tool; u promi-
nent part III ''or@anizins the reform
forces OF tho nation under Nj. BRYAN,
and was commissioned by The Demo
cratic silver Republican and populist
parties In 1900 to unite these forces
for Bryan, making about 300 speeches"
James II. Mays. OF Utah, records that
he was born among the mountain
whites OF Tennessee. He had an lin
tcrestinG campaign" lie explains, get,
ting II majority OF l5S out OF a total
vote Of 5000.
Practically every vocation IS repre-
scented in the directory. Lawyers. doc
tors merchants, miners. capitalists.
farmers, knitting mill graduates,
school teachers. newspaper reporters,
former soldiers, electricians and what
not are among the Legislators.
With all that, the current issue 1.
not up to the standard for entertain
mcnt. In the good old days. before the
newspaper men and the veterans be-
came Interested in the biogr1 phCal Of
fcriugs Of the Legislative recruits. there
were many more self written prose
gems Four years ago new member
admitted that his energy and ability
was the wonder OF his state. and that
he was famed as burner Of the mid
night oil. Still another asserted that
he was married and lived with his
wife"