Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-10-23 | Page 11 | Washington

Nebraska Congressman E Eni Emulates late Bryan Jl 1 i r S Prides Resemblance Howard Stands Standi Out r f f J T By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Visitors Visitors to t Ute galleries of ot the time of ot taUves are ro re quick to spot tho the ma mar i who represents the time third Nebra district and query a a. neighbor or 01 i guide 7 Who Is 15 tho the one who looks hooks hi HK William Jennings Bryan And they are told ho is Edg Ed- Ed Howard Haward Tho The guide might also allO ad add Mr Howard would be were vero he be to hear that que question quention lIon For the tho year old ear congressman purposely Bryan Brynn in his personal HG io has facial characteristics almost identical with those of or the tho Corn Cora 5 t tIlls HI Ills great at nt E-nt growth of or gray halt haIr which falls fails far down on on the back ct ii f head and the gray frock frocke e cat which ho bo wears at all times maJ make him one of ot tho the mo most t picturesque figures on the floor Ho TIo Is tremendously proud of ot hair Except for tor necessary trim trim- mine ho says rays that it has not been bem cut since 1300 1900 J M He Ho Is unusually active for hi his a- a age f. f When ho he on the thus floor to ta speak he ho expends s much energy At Al times ho lu work himself almost into nto a a. state stale of ot frenzy 9 IIi His voice Is not as is strong as Ji Jt was t and often oUen it appears a. a difficult t task for fot him to make hl him self et heard But ho he frequently Jj ji heard nevertheless on tho floor n nHo Ho He II is extremely courteous making a a. speech ec h and likes to ref refer r to 10 his colleagues in jn lofty phrases limit Jut he Is 11 capable o ot thorn them thornas themas as well WeB Though ho sits on th tic tho Democratic side hide of otho tho aisle ho lets it bo bc known m that he is Js a a. free tree Democrat J In lri his autobiography in the Congressional Dire Directory tor there are only two to things which he says about his private private I vate life lire One Ono Is that li he lives In n 0 Columbus Neb Nob The Tue other is that he lie is a free tree Democrat Ho Ito has be been n In congress eight t years cars and has heM held a n. prominent place In Nebraska polities politics since th late lato SOs but his self professed love loveIs Is that of or a a. newspaper editor j While a member of ot the Nebraska Nebrask legislature ho was fond of or saying ayIng I r am holding contemporaneously l tho higher gher office of ot cd editor Ilor of ot a I country town newspaper Howard entered public life lIto while ho was a S printer Sprinter and editor of or a country weekly newspaper In Addition sri sri- d- d to to serving In the state legislature legis lature laturo he has 1118 been a probate Judge lieutenant governor o of Nebraska ar anti and l then a representative r In congress Ho He studied law Jaw otter after hj hi his nary education but soon newspaper work He was was' 1 first first-a a reporter and later city editor of the Dayton Ohio Then ho went to Omaha to edn a n. paper and after aCter a short time th there rc ho went vent to as ns an hl editor of ot the Times Ito Ho purchased that newspaper In 1000 1100 but later sold It to buy two weeklies and n a dai dally daily tho the Columbus Tele Telegram ram