The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1916-03-30
New Congressional, Directory.

Succeeding editions OF the congress
sional directory always are awaited
with interest In the city OF Wash
ington. and presumably so in the
rest OF the country where the worth
of the directory as human document
is understood 1t Is good reading for
1t not only is Instructive. but frequent
" amusing. Between its covers one
finds combination Of what might be
called human interest recitals
Now the last edition of the congress.
sonal directory containing the biog'
raphios of tho members. their com.
| mittee assignments. their time service
| records. together with information
| about the president OF the United
States and the various departments OF
| government, with its delicate blue GOV.
err and enameled white imprint Is. II
one may indulge in Il bromide. do.
light to the eye,
Some Arc Really Modest.
Biographies OF members OF congress
which appear In tho congressional di.
rectory are prepared by themselves.
or at least this is true In most In.
stances. Therefore the biographies
really are photographers 1t Is pos.
sible to Judge OF mans tcmpera-
ment and of good many other things
concerning him by perusal OF the
biography which he has prepared for
the benefit of his fellow members and
for such others Of tho l00000.0OO
American citizens who can lay hands
and eyes on the volume.
Some members OF congress are over.
modest Take Senator Harry Lane OF
Oregon for instance. Asked for his
biography in order that tho world
might have something concerning him
in print in an OIL cial record he wrote
this:
Harry Lane, Democrat. Term e1'
pires March 3, 1919"
This is all that one learns OF tho
Junior senator OF Oregon from tho
congressional directory.
Some Of the members OF congress
apparently do not care to tell their
ages. Many of them 1t Is supposed
omit all mention of the date OF birth
p''"hn' 'h'N wv NV WANT ptppit w
know that they are getting old. but
here and there through the directory
you not only find aged ones putting
down In fair. plain hand tho fact
that they were born long ago but you
occasionally find such n plain writing
one as Edwin s. Johnson. Junior scpa
tor from South Dakota, who is willing
-, III Al, 4 L.,
long time ago"
Representative W w. GrIcst OF tho
Ninth Pennsylvania district runs Sen.
ator Lane of Oregon. n close race for
biographical brcvity. Hero Ia what
appears In the Congressional Directory
concerning the life and services OF the
| Pennsylvania:
wv. w. Griest, Republican: elected
to the SiXty-trst and subsequent con.
crosses"
Members Of congress who write their
biographies at considerable length for
| the directory differ materially In the
choice Of subject matter. Some OF
them leave the reader In doubt AZ to
whether they are bachelors or married
men, whether they have children or
are chiidlcss, and whether or not they
| have any ycarnings. aspirations. recro.
| ations. or aims IN life outside OF those
which are cncompasscd within the
lines OF Legislative cndeavor.
Some OF the members OF congress
probably would take ofYense II one
should put In print even without com.
ment. some OF the things which they
have written about themselves. The
| biographies In the congressional di.
rcctory are sign posts pointing direct.
~ to the characters or at any ratio tho
Compartments OF the men who have
written them.
| New Bridge to BE Memorial.
Congress has committed itself to a
plan for memorial bridge to span the
Potomac from point near tho Lin.
coin monument which ia now building,
to point on the Virginia shore Just
below tho Arlington National ceme
terry. Plans and specifications for the
pared and It Is believed that soon the
hrst appropriation viii be nndo to
start the work OF construction.
| 1t Is proposed that an appropriation
for the bridge should be put into tho
urgent deficiency bill which has Just
passed congrcss, but tho members OF
house and senate seemed to bc
against the proposition, and Il prob.
ably VIII ind a place In some other