The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-03-28

illustration, the personal force, would
magnetic such audiences as gather IN
election times. Yet, withal, he has the
reputation OF an excellent worker
thorough, patient, original -and is, [
believe, that anomaly, Western man
who supports the Tariff. Down in the
front sits hurley fellow, whose head is
heap of frantic curles, whose shaven
face is too round and jolly to be the face
of an agitator, but whose strong shoulders
have certain aggressive slant, as If
eager to push somebody to the wall 1t
is Ashley, the arch-impeacher, the fault
of whose scheme of life and legislation is
that it binds him to play trump s all the
time. And as Fate, in her equal shufh-
ing, deals nobody such hands, he is fore
ed to lay down deuces and fve-spots with
such .p-etense Of their being aces as
makes hiIi laughable. He has the in
tejiections without the temperament of
al. idol-breaker, and for man who
would change things looks wonderfully
well satisfied with the world as it is,
That son of Anak from Chicago, commons
ly called John Logan WIS intended to be
the leader of the Opposition On whatever
question. When contrary minis are
called, you listen unconsclously for his
sentorian MOI and are surprised when
he votes with his party On most questions;
that record SO disappoints the promise of
his presence. ~ 5GH
ROSCOE CONKLING. seaf tss-
Still more workers and thinkers from
Ohio, who must wait little till New
York is recognized Dir. Roscoe Conk-
ling, Senator elect, remains one of Banks
He is as elegant, as self-possessed, as
quiet, and his mind seems to have the
same negative strength. He is not a
builder, but committee on public safety,
whose business is TO inspect the edifces
which his fellows plan, and points out
the weak walls and feeble bases. Very
admirable and needed work, but not to
be confoanded with building.
1.-THE LITTLE WILLIAM. sas
RAYMOND, small, alert, dexterous and
able, fights with small swords, but his
early play was so indiscreet that he is
to be ever on the defensive,
which Injuries his practice He is the
man foreordained from the beginning of
line to talk whenever opportunity offer
ID, and he fulfiils his destiny 1t seems
sometimes as if he would speak less often
f he were not impelled by Flibbertigib-
pet, the foul fend, and one has vague
,ity for him. The product of SO shining
alents and so vast opportunities makes
. unit so small that it is tragic. The pity
If it, Iago, the pity oft!
TuADDEUs STEVENS.
And now the members crowd around
entral desk. The coI1! us5ion Of tongues,
which amazes a spectator in the CALLER
es, is hushed for brief space. The
rowds In the balconies bend eager ears.
\ gauat, weird, tall old man has risen
n his seattle man who is often called
he Leader Of the House. If TO be voted
Iown on half the questions of the day,
o be admired, wondered at, listened to
with strained attention, and then resisted
n argument, and beaten on appeal, be
leadership, he has it but not else. Deep
YES, hidden. undeuk cliff of brow, the
hin rs, face pale with the frost Of the
rave. iot.,e, bony, emphatic limbs these
Dver the u. easy ghost which men call
'addeus Ste, s.,s. The great days of his
over are past. perseus has slain his
ragon, and now he would unchaln the
air Andromeda for N7hom he fought,
nding her brows with ',e stars. The
-ersion is sadder than tne, Old i9r
v 1T live to see the gio,. 'or Whlen
will p rht Yet, to drop N, Spnqrs
has wrCn- arous will-o'- the wl,sp ne
ich are dang in his decline. l)ay
even nmpelling his poo.
er day ne comes, the strong soul /
ly, by the might o. n vet longer.
1t is in him, to serve hi. nfnusion we |
seems SO weary of this &C >n.nland I
/ life, and yet so resolute to CT Nh use I
sill. He is Alaric, the Scourgeh VI
ssion is to chasten this terrible tu,1
1t South till she shall yield. Ii TIL,
cans proposed are odious to her, they :
: none the worse for that, thinks this c
entless Hun. Let her pride be broken. |
as not she broken hearts OF ours, aye, t
nor, which is more than hearts? There c
= long arrears to settle. So when the t
aine- Sherman amendment comes back,
will none of it. 1t is not fair to say,
some OF the papers have done, that the
edicals were false who voted against
evens on this issue. 1t was not at all
test vote, as is shown ia IT, fact that /
e Copperheads were with him. I
Erratio. dcmineering, hard subtitle, Ste :
ms is yet so heroic, he wears such
own of noble years upon him that ones
thusiasm and ones reverence cling to
IN. In the galleries we do not well fol-
" him. All those stilettoes OF pitiless
It which have made his caustic tongue
dreaded, are unsheathed from the SOFT
t tones Of his voice, and are quite lost
us. But the sardonic light OF his face
i'd the laugh Of the members reach US.
BLAINE.
Mr.. Blaine. whose amendment excites
,e opposition of the great Pennsylv ami
1, is metallic, you cannot conceive how
shot should pierce him, for there seem
0 Joints to his harness. He is man
no knows what the weather was yes
,rday in Dakota. what the Emperor
oEcy viii be touching Mexico, on what
av the 10th of December proximo will /
II. who is the Chairman of the School |
committee in kennebunk, what is the
est wav Of managing the national debt, |
Daefber with ali the other interests OF to- |
nv which anybody else would stagger UNI
er. How he does it nobody knows. lie
: ALWAYS in his seat. He must absorb
efails hv assimilation at hI2 finger ends.
Is T said he is clear mental. his features
ra made In a mouid--his attitudes are
hose Of a bronze figure-his voice eEnks,
md as you know he has ideas fixed as
,rass.
BE ~ MoRRIL.
Now rises Mr.. Morrill, of Vermont
,oon to graduate into the Academy OF
he Senate Chamber. A tall slender,
handsome man, brain and pockets heavy
Win the Tariff bill, for which the country
viii IL sing peans to his memory if it only
nass His voice is feeble and he IS not an
Interesting speaker, though thoughtful
able man. 1889
IowA'S DELEGATION.
O. Tribune. the half has not been told
Won about the West side of the House.
Rail at Congress as the malcontents may,
it is a sturdy, honest, excellent assemb-
lage and [ tender it r1y acknowledgements
for all the good it has done. L know you