The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-12-19
NYE LISTED AS
N.D.SENAT0R
IN RED BOOK
Three Other Men Listed rs
Senator's Although Seats
Are Being Contested
By CHARLES T. STEW APT

ENN
Washington, Dec. 10. Congress is
just out with another Of its we'll
known directories Il turkey-rcd one
this time. The last was blue. The
Congressional Directorys purpose is
to inform rather than to thrill. 1t
isn't an altogether uninteresting vol
ume, at that.
This is the first Congressional Di-
rectory in history, for instance, to
contain as many as three congress
women's names all at once. One of
them, Mrs. Florence =. Kahn of CAL
ifornia, packs her autobiographical
sketch of herself into exactly 26
words, including her name and some
dates. Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers Of
Massachusetts and Mrs. Mary T.
Norton of New Jersey go into bit
more detail, to the tune Of - or 80
words apiece.
Taken For Granted
The directory takes it for granted
I that Smith W. Brookhart. Thomas d.
Schall and Sam e. Bratton are sena-
tors respectively from Iowa, MinnesO-
ia and New MEXICO. though their
seats are Brookhart's by
Daniel +. Steck, Schall's by Magnus
JoIIiSpil anu - bA Ilplil ",
Bursum. Gerald L. Nye, whose right
to sit with the solons is also ques-
toned, nevertheless is one of the
North Dakota senators, if the direc-
tory knows what it's talking about.
to the senatorial world Arthur r.
,, liams Of Missouri and Young Bob
7 Lnl1.tta Of Ntt.,nncin sNn,n,,
Bob" is the only member of either
house who, describing his policies
adds. in parcnthcsis, after the word
Republicans" the qualifying adjec-
tive "Progressivc." All the others
of the insurgent Republican group
even men like Brookhart and SEN
ator Frazier Of North Dakota, who
have been read out of the party
set themselves down simply as Re
pnblicans" and let it go at that.
Many Debuts
Frank 3. Kellogg appears in a Con-
gressiOnal Directory for the first
time as secretary Of state. It's
Dwight +. Davis initial appearance
as secretary Of war. It's John G.
Sargent's debut, so far as the direc-
tory is concerned, as attorney gener-
al. william NJ. Jardines name is
new, too.
In the old directory two and a
half pages sufficed to tell all about
the Commerce Department. In the
new one, three and half are re-
quired. 1t just goes to show the rate
at which Secretary Hoover has been
gathering up, here and there, a sub
, division-like the patent office and
the bureau Of mines-from some 9th
er department and putting it in his
own.
Harlan F. Stone, who figured in the
old directory as attorney general. is
listed in the new one among the JUS
tices of the federal supreme court.
The name of Charles G. Dawes is a
brand new one in the latest volume.
Nicholas Longworth's is new as
speaker of the House and ex-Speak-
er Gillett's goes in with the senators,
which he regards as something OF a
comedown, he says himself.
Comes In Handy
All in all, the Congressional Di-
rectory isn't a bad book. Nobody
ever will sit up late ut night to dis
| cover how it comes out. 1t won't be
studied for its beauty of style or
| poetic appeal. The friendliest review
er can't 80 so far as to claim for II
anything like that. It's handy work
to have, if you're interested in the
,, Washington government, neverthe-
less.