Show new kew statesmen are extremely modest modes t ASHINGTON somo of the autobiographies W washington of now new members in ili the congressional directory issued recently are refreshing senator wesley L jones of washington who with senator burton of ohio was promoted from the house pays a warm tribute to his wife an unusual contribution to an official publication li the sketch of mr jones says he was married to minda manda nelson at enfield ill in the fall of 1886 and whatever success he has attained Is due to her earnest faithful help and cheerful self denial mr air jones also unfolds an unusual professional experience has hag never acted as ai attorney torney for any railroad telegraph or express company or for any public service corporation the house of representatives of the sixty first farst congress embraces la in its membership the champion legislator in american history for edward thomas taylor represent representative active at largo large from colorado says of hla his 12 years service in the senate of his state has tho the reputation of having been the author of more important laws and constitutional amendments s tha than a any person that ever sat in any legis lauro lature of any state stat of the ut union lion during the history of the government over 40 general statutes and five sop separate constitutional amendments that were adopted by a vote of the people while serving as postmaster at ca ruthers ville representative crow of missouri relates that several times lief he called the ilia attention ot of congress to the manner of weighing malls malla congress finally revised the method whereby it Is estimated that a saving of a year was affected the baby of the house is elvins of missouri who was sworn in on the day on which he completed his thirty first year secretary dickinson ot of tho the avar war department part ment makes no reference ye ference to his politics in the sketch of himself |