Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-02-10
Pen and HnIx Sketches OF the Rep.
resentatives from Perry and sci-


WIN. II. FRttEs
There is something amusing now and
then in the Ohio Legislature. One of the
amusing circumstances Is VIM. III. Free,
brother of ''the immortal J, J,N," and who
halls from Perry county. How he ever came
to represent any constituency outside of the
N. Y .Bowery Is marvel. Ifhe Is not zone
of the b'hoys what runs with der merchine,"
all have to say is--he ought to take in his
/ sign. In person he Is long and angular,
with dark hair and eyes, hollow and swar-
thy cheeks, and short scrubby growth of
black hair on his chin and upper lip.t He
swaggers like srounder;s' he talks like q
sr0under," inasmuch as he draws all his fig
ures Of speech from the turf and prize ring,
with which he exhibits very great famil-
iarity; and he looks the 'roundern all over.
As legislator 'sWm. H." felt it his duty
to introduce something. And accordingly
he did introduce aset Of resolutions, as near
nothing as anything could be. On Wednes-
day, Feb. Sd, he spoke on them. In fact the
committee reported them back at his earnest
entreaty, and merely out Of curiosity to
to hear what it was he was SO anxious to
say. The purpose was to condemn Demo-
cratic congressman from Ohio for not vot-
ing with the Abolitionists. 1t is well for
their peace Of mind that they didn't hear
Free. teEf4Hg @<aE14SD I
He Is said to be more forcible in his argu-
ments outside than inside the House--inas-
much as then he "strikes straight out from
the shoulder" whereas while making spout
he strikes wildly, moving his arms about in
3 frantic manner-like drowning man
hunting for that traditional straw. 10 say
that ON this occasion he raved, would be to
"draw 1t mild" His speech was 240 on q
plank road-double ack-action-several
fhnucar1 hnrca- No of fhat o alQntrifipd
his hearers and resulted, it is said, in max
ing him crazy, so that his friends have had
to sit up with him of nights ever since
VIM. II. free is likely to become even more
''immortal"-if that be possible-than 81.
NJ" and If he keeps on will doubtless ere
long, be sent to Congress or--some prfrdte
lunatic asylum.
ELIJAH GLOVER
Is Representative mana straight-out,
simon-pure, blue-bellied Yankee Abolition
ist, and, like all his class, has some salient
points Of character and appearance. He is
a knotfv character emphatically. The end
of Siiis hose looks larger than the rest, rs
though tied into a knot. His features all
look as though twisted into succession of
knots, closely crowding one another all over
his face, and his hair-grey and bushy--isa
perfect bundle of little knots. He has set
of political and social theories which are as
hard and tough and as stubborn as knots,
and no possible amount of logical ingenuity
can unite them. Whoever runs against this
knotty substance, no matter whether he be-.
longs to Mr.. Glover's side of the House or
not, is sure to get his skin bruised. He and
Mr.. Odlin-who is knarled old stump too
knocked against one another, on the question
of selling the gold in the State Treasury. and
itmust be confessed that the gentleman from
Montgomery got the worst of it. Such a
hard substance as Glover naturally had an
instructive preference for hard money. 10
be sure, one of his points, that selling gold
argued want of confidence in greenbacks
was a little curious; but then, when man
attempts to reconcile his convictions in ia
vor of sound currency with his party posi-
ton, he could not be expected to be other
wise than muddy. But that is one of his
knottya points. IF there ever was a man
who would wade through thick and thin to
serve his party-provided it did not inter-
fere with pet theory-it is Glover. But
outside of this, the member from Scioto is a
clever gentleman, with quiet undercurrent
of humor in him, withal. He is, in short,
very desirable man TO have on your side,
and a rather ugly customer to have In op-
position. i o.