Show I i Free S Seeds Ate Are Ae Anathema With W th 1 Most Picturesque Congressman I By HARRY B. B HUNT N NEA EA Service WASHINGTON Jan 18 18 The The most statesmanlike figure figure figure-at at least as Judged by standards stand tand- tandI ards to ards to be found in in tho the capitol I corridors s is Representative Edgar Howard of Columbus Neb to towering ring figure his black cutawaY coat his black string bow tie his broad-brimmed broad black blackhat blackhat blackhat hat fit fitin m In with the pictures we formed as as children of or the great men in Washington i who guided the destinies of o our r nation And the head and face of or Howard cli climaX climax cli- cli max the impression of dignified Impressive Impressive- statesmanship IS PICTURESQUE FIGURE A big biff head with regular but strong features a wide but firm mouth a powerful lower Jaw deepest keen ken eyes beneath bushy rounded forehead forehead forehead fore fore- brows and a high head Arching r above a capacious brainpan v Topping all this and carrying us Instantly back tb to thoughts of Webster Webster Webster Web Web- ster and Clay and Calhoun long longhair longhair I hair cascading from from beneath his I hat curling outward over his ears and then tucking nicely In below I them No such hair has been In i congress since the days of Senator ardaman J S 'S I But despite despise e his appearance which might indicate he had I I groomed himself fr the part Howard disclaims any hallucinations hallucinations I I of or statesmanship or even any gr gr-at gr at ambition in that direction I This hair he says stroking well well well- i It gently over his ears t that is Just a little ritualistic I IQ worship at dt the shrine shrine- of myNO my Q Quaker iJ fo forefathers ra rs NO FREE SEEDS I Howards Howard's chief interest in life lite aside from his wife and daughter daugh daugh- I ter is his Nebraska newspaper newspaper- the Columbus Telegram He lie nursed I Ithe the Telegram till it grew to be betho bethin betho tho thin best known and most profitable profitable profit profit- able ahle country countr newspaper hi In the I state and finally graduated Into a daily dally Its It's still his pride and his pet And not the least of his duties toward his constituents while In Washington will be the writing of a daily dally column of or gossip gossip gossip gos gos- sip and comment which they may read in his paper Im the least worried congressman congressman congressman con con- gressman In Washington Howard says I 1 haven't any political am- am to serve I haven't applied for any committee assignments and dont don't care whether they put putI me on any committees or not Im I'm I not worrying how the house is orI or or- I I dont don't like mee and I dont don't like routine I I told my people when they sent me here that VI tI I wouldn't be a adoc aI I doc ment congressman I told cm em I wouldn't send them any 0 bul- bul S 'S S i Ik b w CONGRESSMAN EDGAR HOWARD and documents except those fo which they specifically asked And nd f-nd I told toll em cm I wouldn't send em em any free seeds not even if congress gave them to me me- Tut Iut I told torn em em em Id I'd run my shoes thin to get action on n specific situations affecting them or to give them any help or Information they specifically ape ape- specifically desired i |