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Show MEN AND AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON j I REASON WHY MONDELL HOLDS HIGH POSITION I By R. T, S. Special to The Ogden Standard-Examiner, Standard-Examiner, (f'opyrlght. 1922. b The Ogden Standard -Examiner. ) WASHINGTON F. b. 26 The peo-plc peo-plc of the United States have wondered won-dered at times how it was that a sparsely settled western state like Wyoming with Its less than 200.000 people could come to claim for its lorn-representative lorn-representative In congress tho floor leadership of the house of representatives. representa-tives. The answer Is not difficult to find. In longevity of service there li Le been few men in the house- who hlle exceeded the record of Representative Represen-tative Frank Mondcll. In steadfastness steadfast-ness of service I venture to say there has L" en none to euai his record, During his 25 rars of service in the house, Mr Uondoll has missed Jus: .1 I few legislative days. Such ,:n achievement achieve-ment is conscientious public service If ! nothing short of phenomenal One of 1 the six absent days the floor leader I was ill Another day he was delayed b-- serious train wreck In reaching Washington. On the four other ab-Isent ab-Isent days of a quarter of u century in (the halls of Congress matters of urgent business claimed him. Extraordinary as his service has ! been Mr Bfondel) has nover boasted of n This statement of his record Will be news to virtually all his colleagues and to all the older government off I-Cials I-Cials in Washington Mr. Mondel has another record' In that he has never been on a congressional "Junket.' He I has remained in Washington during Ithe sessions and has gone home during dur-ing the recesses and tho adjournment adjourn-ment "During all the time I have been In 'congress. ' said he yesterday "I have ibeen the entire state delegation so far I as the house is concerned. Wyoming is one of the American common I Wealths which haa but a single representative repre-sentative A stale of wide public domain do-main and many natural resources. Wyoming ha.s been directly and keenly keen-ly interested m much national legislation legisla-tion I have felt that my absence from the houso would be a neglect to the state. It has been different with the senators. There are two of them and one has been able to 'spell! the other whenever necessary. "My experience has led me to tho belief that every state in tho union i-h"uld have at least two representatives representa-tives Just as It has two senators. In iwldltlon trt U'vr,mlni, I I,., ... U I V. have but a single representative aro Arizona, Delaware, Nevada and New Mexico. If the houso is not to be enlarged en-larged under the new census Vermont Ver-mont is likely to drop back into ' I one representative cluas ol states, if the representative of any one of these commonwealths should suffer a prolonged pro-longed Illness during a session of con-:.-. as the people of his state would be vlthout any representation whatever what-ever in the lower branch of congress That in unfair." Mr Mondell's first election from Wyoming was to the Fifty-fourth congress. con-gress. Only three members of the house antedate him. une Is Uncle Joe Cannon, whose first congress was Ithe Forty-third Mr. Mondell missed the Fifty-fifth congress but he has been In every one since nnd now has completed onc-hnlf of his thirteenth term. Speaker Qlllett and Representative Representa-tive Cooper of Wisconsin first ramc to the Fifty-third Like L'ncle .loo Cannon's. It is to be Lr Mon.li 'I s lint In the house Mr. Mondel has decided decid-ed to run for the senatf this fall against Senator Kendrlck. a Democrat Demo-crat Both men are exceedingly pop-alar pop-alar in their state and the conte.-t 1 Is likely to he keen from the starL When Mr Mondell first came to I congress Czar" Reed was then Kpeak-r Kpeak-r ( tho house Bines that tirrtc he has served under Speakers Henderson. Cannon. Clark and Glllott A little episode on the Mount Pleasant Pleas-ant street car line last Thursday afternoon af-ternoon mny he r. lated BS a phase of Washington life with which ihe country coun-try at largr- Is not familiar, and perhaps, per-haps, after all. is not bo commonplace oven to the Washington resldi nl Mr Chief Justice Taft. great commoner com-moner that ho is, boarded the rather crowded car at Seventeenth and II streets. He had Just come from a meeting of the American Bar association associa-tion In Continental Memorial hall, where the arms conference was held. He had made a notable address as head of the American judiciary. As the former president movd up the aisle a passenger Slid over and made a place for hhn to sit down Mr Taft had scarcely settled himself, however, when a woman came alon. find looklnK about her, saw standing room only. The chief Justice was tuick to arise, but the woman, recog-nlslng recog-nlslng In thf polite passenger the for-mer for-mer president, blushc.i with confu-Islon confu-Islon and attempted to decline the proffered place. Mr. Tnft was Insistent, Insist-ent, however, and reluctantly she took the seat. About this tlmo a young man across the alle, Immersed In a newspaper, noticed what was going on He, too, recognized Mr Taft who by this time was swinging on a strap with all the patience and perssTeran e of the confirmed con-firmed strnp-hangcr Th- young man bounced up with great alacrity and insisted that Mr. Taft Lake his scat This time it was the chief justice who blushed a bit and attempted to decline de-cline the proffered place jut the young man was Just as insistent with Jlhr distinguished Jurist as the lattei had been with the woman and so. with many thanks tho chief Justice took the r 'If Beat and the Journey proceeded with t ovcyrbody happy. It Is a great Joy to all concerned v hen the debutes In the senate tak humorous good naturcd turn. Too I often they are 111 tempered and ugly. H There was genuine delight In the first t debate a few days ago on tho person- f nel "f tho foreign debt commission. I The Democrats were complaining, not T bitterly, not bitingly, but with a good B deal of feeling that President Harding if had slighted their parly completely In I the making up of tho commission. I This led t" a grent deal nf twitting nnd forth, marking one of the I few days when the senate adjourns f with everybody happy. Senator Wil- I lKnis nf Mississippi declnred that in i lb. making of arrungements with the allies fur the payment Of their lonns I the Democrats were. not to be allowed even an "observer" or a "reporter." About this time Senator Borah chlmd I In nnd asked if the Democrats did I H mot have representative at the arm j Yes." assented Mr. Williams. H "Then how much do you want?" '.n- H sister! the senator from Idaho. H I want a little bit more. ' said the H senator from Mississippi. H "A man may have buttermilk on H 1 Friday and yet have a little appetite j for beefsteak on Sunday. There is no I particular reuson why ne should bo denied beefsteak merely because ?ts H had buttermilk. 'However, Mr President," he con- H tinued "I have an Idea that this vrlll H finally turn out some of these days B perhaps for the better It may de- velop that one of the cabinet officers who was first of Democrat reputa-jtlon reputa-jtlon and then later on of no political rep tatlon and then still later on of Republican reputation, may change faith once more and give us a Demo-'-r.it representative on the commission H i Without mentioning any namis tha t M 'might happen; there is no telling but JH if it does not happen then wo shall H hive no chance at all. If there be no ;sheep In wolve'a clothing present, then there will be no sheep nt all. ' I "We will manage to get along in s.'iiie way. I always thought that even H Republicans could not run tn'9 " kLLV eminent so badly that I want to eml- J H ! grate, although at about the time- of k the action of the Versailles treaty I t M was for once in my life tempted by the Idea of going away." 3 |