The Washington times., 1916-01-27
NODESTY SHOWN IN
CAPITAL DIRECTORY
"Sef-Made" N. C.'s No Longer
Take Up Much Space With
AutOblOgraphIes.

The Rentle Eibes of the heartless
scribes In the House and Senate press
galleries. the scribes aver. are responsi-
bio for the almost total absence from
this years Congressional Directory OF
the once numerous annual croD OF auto
biographers OF "self-mado'' Rolons.
MiRhty few Of the extraordinarily large
number OF new Congressmen this year
dwell upon the DAYS Of the log cabin
and the hardships Of early youth. Some
men who formerly took much SPACE to
tell about themselves now win distlnc-
ton by going TO the opposite extreme.
Minority Leader Mann made one mis-
take In his brief description Of himself.
He wrote: James r. Mann. Repub-
elected to the Fifty-fifth and succeeding
congressos. Member Of the Banking
and Currency Committee This last
statement got into the proof sheets Of
tho directory. but the committee makers
did not put Mr.. Mann on the BAG COM
mlttce.
Here is a notable sample Of brevity:
"rhaddeus II. Caraway. Democrat,
Jonesboro."
This is a whole atory--of the life-of
the CONGRESSMAN OF the First district
OF Arkansas AZ told by the member him
self In the directory.
The member from the Fourth district
OF the game State se''s OF himself:
member OF Sixty-thlrd Congress. re-
elected to Sixty-fourth Congress"
There is another brief sketch in the
directory which records fnodestiy the
story OF the rise to political fame OF
Western Senator. The story was first
told with more regard for detail. Then
somebody gave him a ''hunch" and he
beat the tokesmitha to It by q neck and
stopped the proofs and now three lines
Colorado has delegation in the House
that reads like this: Congressman Ben
Clark Hillard was born in a log cabin
on a farm eight miles north of Osceola,
Clarke county. Iowa"
Congressman Charles Bateman Tim
farm"
Congressman Taylor: Spent his early
life on farm and stock ranch"
Probably the most interesting nara =
tive Of ones self in the directory is
that of James Harvey Davis of Texas,
Cyclone" Davis, as he Is technically
known In the nomenclature of political
explosives. Mr.. Davis takes up some
lows:
"In debating the money question with
Gen. Watt Hardin in 1892 at the capitol
building in Frankfort, KY, he was re-
Porte Ported BY D. the clncinnS inquirer and
under which title over half OF his mail
Ii now received"
The final triumph is recorded as fol-
lows:
was elected to the Sixty-fourth Con-
gTess with the Hon. Jeft McIAmore
(chosen to fill q temporary Vacancy as
collea que, receiving some 200 votes less
than his colleague, an alleged penalty
for not having always been a collar
Democrat, and heavily scratched by
ra bid ants"
The colleague" to whom Cyclone
Davis refers, adds a bit of spice to the
Texas delegation chronicles. "JefR Nc
Lemore," as he signs himself, pleads
guilty to having been born ION a farm
two miles west OF Spring Hin: Maury
county. Tenn" He ADDS that the event
and who's afraid in storm"
He is a bachelor and q newspaper
man." says he.
Had but little schooling" writes Jeft
because of his aversion to
teachers. and as a pupil never saw the
inside OF school room after he was
years old"