The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-04-08
CoNGREssIoNAL NoTABLEs,
Piquant Personal Sketches-The
Lione Of Both Houses-Tho
New Speaker

finally in the "rcporters' gallery" lit
cuts their pride as correspondents, to he
called "reportcrs'D, we turn to the
right, and just avoid being trampled
down by John Farnsworth, Of Illinois,
who is rushing through the lobby to
catch word with some friend. This
hale Congressman of middle age has u
patriarchal air which one must respect
His long flowing, iron gray beard is the
pride Of the HouSc-there is none other
! like it. Then Heaven has blessed John
with wonderfully long legs, and with II
pair of shoulders moulded like Apollo's.
Headlong he goes, skillfu!!y dodsing
one OF the HcrotWion women, pcdding
out the inflamatory woman suffrage
sheet from her reticu!e, and catches his
| friend 10y the collar This friend is
from his own State, and turnin. his
square, stalwart shoulders, discloscs
John "A. Logan, oflion face and gracious
manners, he of the Military Committee,
and sufficient master of himself to be
silent in the House, save when lie has
something decisive to say The co vsr-
sation is short, old reconstruction EARNS
worth ruohes on his way, and i, ONLY
stopped in corner again by an aggre-
CATION OF Congressman who all happen
to belong to the Committee of Recon-
struction. That black haired, SCHOLARLY
looking fellow, tall, and perhaps trfia
awkward, is Paine, of Wisconsin,; and
Poland, Of Vermont, next him, with Iii,
noble crown of whitened locks, and
stately department of the old school
gentleman, attracts universal attention.
Poland always wears u blue suit, with u
brass buttoned coat, like old Grimes,
and is conspicuous wherever he goes
Butler, under his bread sombrevo, with
MS arms banging limp at hi, sides, aud
his eyes looking in ali directions at once,
brings up the rear. Farnsworth, tower
ing above all, points his long finger as
he enunciates some duty of the day; and
we, like all other spectators, conclude
that it would be difficult to find in any
Legislative assembly four more singular
looking men than these four prominent
members of SO important 4 commit
tee.
so we turn to the left, and, traversing
the lobby and turning again, ascend the
broad marble staircase, with old Gen.
Scott looking benignIy upon US from
his picture frame, and are soon in the
House galleries. Here the colored cie-
ment predominates; and each newly
come negro insists on having a seat and
a good place to hear no matter how
strenuous may be his white brothers
objections. Crack. just as we enter
there is report like II pistol shot; but
it is only the fall of Speaker Blaines
mallet, as he rises to enforce order, and
call on some noisy member to "rctire to
the cloak room, or suspend conversa-
tion.' \ wonderful power has that
malIet. One blow deadens the hum of
! talk, two bring perfect silence, and
three make the members vince, lik e
guilty school boys, in their seats. The
"tellers' have just been called for; the
Speaker has appointed Garfield, of Ohio,
and Maynard, of Tennessee. They
stand opposite each other i'm the area of
the Speakers desk, and lay their hands
lightly on the shoulders of each voting
member who passes between them.
Ii some one stops to question one of
them, he received a smart thump on the
back as hint to hurry along and not
waste the nations time. Garfield has \
huge head on which time and hard
work has polished large bald spot;
and when he walks away shows in his
very tread the business quality which
makes him so valuable. Maynard, from
A. Johnson's distracted state, looks like
some newly arrived Indian from far
off territory. Although elegantly hab-
tied in broadcloth, his hair coal black
and long as a woman's, floats unre-
strained over his shoulders.
To-day our stay is short at the Capt.
tol; but before we go back to the hum
of the avenue, come into the Senate
Chamber and look at three figures there
One of them is a new conner; the two
others are hubiiurs of the Chamber, and
each affords the strongest contrast to
each other The first is an old man,
sitting in all arm chair near the Presi,
dents desk at the left Of the room. Be
side him are two or three friends, con-
versing gently, and one seems = physi-
cian. The old mans lips are
compressed, the veins stand out on his
forehead; and although he nervously
gra.rS the chair, one hand constantly
shakes with m ominous weakness.
Can this be a Senator, or some unfortu-
nate being fresh from a frightful acci-
dento How comes he among these
hallfghters, whose rounded mental
sinews do not even bend beneath the
press of argument? Alas he has sue