Show d UND THE Q ap ITAL information and gossip picked up here and there in dion fili filipinos P inos are the new pets of congress C I 1 ASHINGTON all records of interest washington lit in congressional kid members aro are being broken by the attention the brown kids from tho the philippines philippine s are receiving in congress they are aio tho distinct attractions not only of tha the galleries but of the mem bers and senators themselves capt richmond pearson hobson ot of oscillatory fame and nicholas longworth are has beens that no longer receive tile the notice of up tip to oda dato capitol guides every one la washington appears as proud of these cwg resident commissioners betillo legarda and pablo ocampo do leon the philippine islands have sent to washington as young america Is of his or W bourke cockran of his latest forensic effort they are the real congressional oddity tor for they can speak in either the senate corhouse or house of course tile the senate has been kind enough to gyant these filipinos the same courtesies as the house but the commissioners feel more at home in the informality of tho the lower body than among the dignified members of tho the senate with its two new members congress has been economical each will receive the regular salary of but the 20 cents a mile travel gift Is not for them two thousand dollars atleco for each round trip is their travel allowance neither the house nor the senate was particularly prepared for them although the authority for tile the selection of the commissioners was given in the philippines organic act several years ago it remained for the first assembly last fall to make their choice possible then the commissioners slipped across the pacific and presented pred dented d themselves at the capital congress had not been thinking much about their coming or their going until they wanted to know what rights resident commissioners had in congress when they left home one felt that the united states would let them stay in washington only under tinder surveillance while the other went so far as to believe that they would have the right to vote in the house run down the corridor and vote on tho the same measure in the senate the powers that be finally decided that they should be given seats at both ends of the capitol and the privileges of the floor but not of voting i |