Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-07

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be appointed postmaster.
this statesman to keep his identity secret. In
the smoking room or the dining car he finds
occasion to tell one or INDEPENDENTLY more
of his casual train acquaintance that he is
a member of congress on his way to Washing
ton. Polite interest Is aroused. Perhaps he is
told what Congress ought to do about the tariff,
and certainly he gets a lot of advice about
taxes from gentlemen whose only knowledge
OF taxation is what they have to pay on the
fifteenth day OF March each year, and quarterly
thereafter.
The prideful young man alights at the Union
Station in Washington. With a lordly air he
indicates to an approaching Red Cap porter
that he will permit him to carry his bag. The
porter appears to be making for him., respect
and subservience evident on his ebony features.
He goes right on by, though, and eagerly
mer who makes Washington twice a month,
and is always good for a quarter tip. This Is
the first tiny p~in-prick in the balloon Of pride.
Eventually securing a porter, our nero
emerges from the station and views for the
first time the inspiring dome of the Capitol,
the scene of his labors henceforth, the par
oratory bubbling within him. Reluctantly he
withdraws his gaze, honors the perspiring
porter with a well-worn dime, fer which he
gets scant acknowledgement, and starts away
to a hotel.
Where Were the Reporters?
AT the ho aa ne ne gets sc cIark I Enaw that h
is a congressman. The clerk merely looks
bored. Eventually a room is assigned to MIN.
All evening the rOOkl6 IcpIeSSHtdtANC kSAiNAho
in the lobby or in his room. He>wants to be
to the reporters.
Now comes his first real jolt. Not only do
the reporters somehow fail to find him, but
there is not even a line in the morning news
paper noting his arrival. Everyone has not been
SO sighted, he finds, The Speaker has been
persuaded to give his ideas of the problems
with which Congress must wrestle. Inc moor
views on the legislative program are
set forth. The chairman of the Ways and
Means mi has had something to say
about revision Of the tariff and taxation.
The tyro legislator spends his first day IN
Washington trying to find a boarding house.
The tired-looking women to whom he apphes
do not bow down. and worship at his rect wnen
the new man acquaints them with the Iact
that he is one of the members OF the Sixty
seventh Congress. The only result is a poost
in the price the landlady was about to quote.
over, the Presidents message received, and the
members sworn in. this particular new member
attends a party caucus. Bottled up in him, ana
ready to burst forth Is his idea OF what lesis-
course must be pursued. To his chagrln
he finds that everything seems to be arranged.
He seeks recognition, but is informed that
someone else has the floor. He begins to
believe he doesn't amount to much, and reefs
to be a privilege that he is allowed to remain
and listen.
The Battling of Oratory.
In the meetings of the House he finds half
! dozen men on each side apparently running
things. These. he learns, are the leaders,
Finally he seeks recognition.
The presiding officer puts the form question.
For what purpose does the gentleman riser
The gentleman says aS he s wants san,,s to IN make sharpa
If the legislation before the House has charge
Of the time. He appeals to him, and Is
informed that all of the time is
allotted. The new man takes his seat, crest
fallen. The balloon Of pride, buoyant a rev
lays ago, is now a fiat and fabby thing.
# deflation a bit farther. Before disillusion-
nent set in, the new congressman had looked
or a berth on the Ways and Means
,r the Appropriations m When the
assignments are announced he discovers that
perhaps his only assignment is to the Com
on Flood Control, and he comes from a
district where it rains only fifteen inches In a
'ea William Tyler Page, now clerk of the House,
ind Joe Sinnott, head doorkeeper when there
o a Democratic majority, have seen many gen,
,rations OF congressman come and go, and find
little difference in the crop every two years.
Time after time new members appeared who
,ame to Washington with the expectation that
House office building was intended also as
|. congressional dormitory. These men had no
Intention Of squandering any part OF their
q, 500 salary on living quarters. Even when
that they could not put cots in their
,fhces, some have tried by stealth to save money
n this way. One member who lasted only, one
ERIN employed his son as secretary to keep
hat much more money in the family, and both
them, 1t was found out, were living In a
Aarn.
The Senate Adjourned.
The senate, with more dignity, a longer term,
House, but occasionally a new senator Is a
title too obstreperous for the veterans OF that
'ody. There was one not so long ago who
urst forth into speech at the least provocation,I
nd a week after taking his seat was calling all
f his colleagues by their first names. Some OF
he older senators resented this, but did not
how it at first.
But one day. in the midst Of a beautiful
eroration, one of the older senators arose.
will the senator yield to the senator from
.?" the Vice President asked.
II am always glad to yield to my colleagues
Who are my elders in point of service In this
ody as we'll as in age" the new senator re-
pended with a flourish.
Il move that the senate do now adjourn"
he veteran quietly proposed. Much to the
hagrin of the ambitious orator, that Is just
hat the senate did, right in the middle. Of his
peech. II