The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-27
sCRInES PUT kIn0SH TO
THE lUTODIOGnlPHEns

Ecnti" EiN"H OF the hearfles& Feftte4
in the house and senate press gall
ferries. the scrib.s aver. are respeu
sihle for the almost total absence
from this years congressional dl-
rcciory % the once numerous an
nuai crop ~ autohiograpbets o.
SELF made" snions Mighty fev o.
thc extraordinary large number Of
nov congressman this year dwell M
on che days in the log cabin and the
hardships OF early youth. Some men
who formerly took much space to
tell about themselves now win dis.
tinction by golng % the opposite ev-
IRENE
Minority Leader Mann made one
mistake tn his brief description OF
himself lie wrote. James Il
Mann. republican Of Chicago. Was
born in 1856. elected 10 the fifty.
fifth and succeeding congress. Mem
Der OF the banking and currency
icommittce This last statement got
into the proof sheets OF the dlrec
tory but the committee makers dii
not put Mr. Mann on the banking
aud currency committee
Here is notable sample OF brew
lity,
"Thaddeus H. Caraway. democrat.
lJoncsboro.
This is whole story of tho life
OF the representative % the first
district OF Arkansas as told b. the
member himself in the directory.
The member from the fourth dis
triot of tho Same state saws of him
self:
Otis Wiugo. democrat Of De
Queen. member OF sfxty-third con
gress. reelected to siy,y-fourth con
gress"
There is another brief sketch ia
the directory which records modest
ly the story OF the riae To political
fame or western senator The
sto.y was first told with more re-
gard for detail Then somebody
gave him "huneh" and he beat the
Ijoke-smiths TO Il by a neck aud stop
ped the proofs and now three lines
tell the story
Colorado has delegation in the
house that reads like this; Repre-
sentative Ben clark billiard was
born in log cabin on farm eight
miles north OF osceola, Clarke coun-
Ity. Iowa"
Representative Charles natemau
ITimberlake: Ills boyhood was
spent on a farm"
Representative Taylor. spent
his early life on farm and stock
ranch"
Probably the most interesting mar
rative OF ones self In the directory
is that OF James Harvey Davis Of
Texas. Cyclone" Davis. az he is
technically known in the nomencla-
ture OF political explosives Mr.
Davis takes up some space TO tell
about this matter as follows
I'm debating the money queatlon
with General Watt Hardin in 1892
at the capitol building IN Frankfort,
Ky. he was reported by the CiHcin-
natl Inquirer and Chicago papers as
Texas Cyclone under which title
|oyer half OF his mail is now receiy-
ed"
The final triumph Is recorded "a
follows:
Was elected To the slxty-fourta
congress with the Hon. Jeff MeLe-
more (chosen TO fill temporary
vacancy as colleague. receiving
Some 200 votes less than his col
league. an alleged penalty for not
Having always been collar demo
crat, and heavily scratched b. rabbi
ants"
The colleague" to whom Cyclone
Davis refers adds q biz of spice TO
the Texas delegation chronicles
Jeff McLemore." as he signs him
self. pleads guilty to having been
born ION a farm two miles west OF
Spring nm. Maury county. Tonnes
see" lie adds that the event oc
CURED on Friday. the 18th of
March" and who's afraid in
storm"
"IIe is a bachelor aud newspa-
per man" says he.
HAD but little schooling" writes
Jeff McLemore. because OF his
aversion To teachers. and as pupil
never saw the inside OF a school room
after ne was II years old