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

II With which her years began,
FL And all her signs and voices shame
e The prayerIess heart of man.
re CONGRESSIONAL CELEBRITIES.
= The House OF RepreseHtatives--.Po
, rats OF its Aeiabers.
Washington Correspondence New York Tribune.
70 NJ P. BANKS. 81. ha
er Mr. Banks is the most agreeable speak
Il er on the floor Erect, 1.-THE, elegant,
N fluent, sparing of gestures, which, when
!, used, he makes effective, quite convinced
! of some point which is not always the one
D under debate, he leads you gracefully up
n TO it, and you look at it from his side,
and are certain that it is the most admir-
~ able point taken by anybody since the
e Serpent argued with Eve IN the Garden-
:. It is only after be sits down that you dis
!. coyer how many other points converge
against its and very possibly, that allow
: ing the argument to be fsnansWerable, 1t
S has nothing TO do with the question at
f issue. It seeilS to be Tie characteristic
!, OF this gentleman intellect that it Is
negatively strong. 1t denies magnificent
": detects flaws and mistakes, objects to
: schemes-oftentimes shrewdly and with
, justlce-but POUNDS no system Of its own.
Whatever he may lack, however, Mr..
Banks has good taste. He never tears
passion to tatters, 20 very rags. He keeps
t his temper. He neither smokes nor eats
apples on the floor of the House He
nuts his feet under his tesk, and not on
:, all ct which virtues, though By no
it; Individual are not, l regret to say
means II -e 5F5.t
nls~ersal BOUTWELL,.
f Massachusetts,, has
Mr.. Boutwell,. q. ~. He is no ora
some strong words to = eaks with such
tor as Brutus is, but he So and earn
a splendid background Of ze... that his
estness and honesty, behind him mes
clear voice would ring down the cent,
with its cry of courage and truth. l..
has come out of bondage into this new /,
light of liberty, having learned his radi- :
cal notions In conservative school-as- !
Clear headed, logical, always forcible, he
commands the attention Of the House. :
Tall, slender, little round-shouldered as /,
alas, most American thinkers are, with !
long, rlght-black hair, and inky beard,
he is one Of the handsomest of the Con
gress men. And for all his virtues he
may be pardoned on occasional radiation
from the purpose Of the session. The
remaining members of the Massachusetts
deleeeoion are rather workers than talk
erS, though Mr. Eliot talks as well as he
works. He has brought in the good
Louisiana bill, and in his speech, Is witty,
and wise, and able.
SHETLABARGER.-
Now tall man rises 30 say few strong
words a man q little STOPPING, with
grand head, already growing bald, with
full questioning brow, and wonderful cav
ernous eyes, able to tighten behind their
| sleeping conIposure. He seems a SUM
bering volcano, though he is known only
| as the ablest man in the House and an
excellent fellow-iSheilabarge Of Ohio.
| His argumentsare ponderous. direct, most
strong. He does not waste words He
likes to have his subject lie fair and round
| before himy and he may take 1t up and
spend no energy ON angles. indeed, his
! intellect iulpresSes you as massive rather
than flexible Any burden which he can
! fairly hoist on the shoulders Of his
/ thought, he can bear to the end OF the t
world, and he knows every Gbre OF it; !
but issues which change, and elude SOLID t
grasp, he does not easily manage: You
like to hear him speak-he Is SO clear, SO !
convincing so unconscious CT hlmsen.
BINGHAM.
Another Ohioan, Judge Bingham. !
This man is hawk on a column. f1gure
straight. graceless, solid, and lmmoYable
as rock: Head large In front, superb
brow, acouiline nose, unyielding chin.
Yes, he is & hawk, or an adze. POSITIVE,
aggressive, chatting at interruption, I'M
hpatient Of contradiction or dissent,
sweeping rather than powerful. declama-
tory rather than convincing, he is yet,
when in the mood, one of the most I'M
s nressive speakers in the House. He puts
down no breaks. IF ne hits another car
on his track, let that car look out Tor It
self And he sometimes moves with sucn
, velocity upon opposing entities, not ID
the least disturbed thereby that he re-
wives the old problem in philosophy
eli an irresistible force encounter an M IN,
e movable body, what win be the result
: If one could fancy an angry Mepnisto-
phelss-which one cannot, for evil is too
stTonr 20 be irrpatient-a defiant and
; fierce MepIistopheles, Judge Bingham
:. might well stand for the portrait in any
; of his wild moods. |
= Ohio again. in the person OF Robert
IS Schench, sturdy Teuton, straight from
,e the Netherlands. one would say with the
IF direct force, and the Independence, and
:, the love of liberty which are in the blood
d Of his people. OF medium height, stout,
a. muscular, with yellow hair and beard,
Is and plain. strong features akin to each
other. he looks what he is-a worker, a
f straight, clear tinker, a speaker without
at ornament.
Is GARFIELp, ASHLEY AND ''LoNG IoHN.'' -
al Ohio, they say, has the strongest dele
Us IS cation in the House, and it is limited, the
II most dognlatic. Evidently, it sympathi
h yes with the fallen Son of the Morning
BIT and writes on It's frontlet, ITO be weak i
BY to be miserable, Here is Garfield from r.
Id that good freehold Of ideas which Gid
IS, dings fought and learned from Tor twent.
by turbulent years. A fair faced, nervous
ss. iargeablev-ed man. full of strange whims
ur and beartled like a pard he talkstwltl
ret muscles, sinews and views as well as. witt
m voice, and is quite too lavish of all.
US gallant dashing soldier, one fancies tina
rel he brings MS tactics into the Hall. III
cig sweepssslp s1z his Object with sblare c
ole hugle. elamor Of men, roll of cannon, an
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