The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-05-23

G0i0rCd Members in UORgFeSs--ThclF
Personal appearance.

One Of the fret things our ''c0untT,
cousins visiting tine Capitol ask Cl
entering the House gallery is "Wher
Is their members seat next, wher,
Ben Butler sits ," and lastly as TO tht
/ cOlOred members places. Z. 3. Elliot
who represents CalhOun's district, ha
just returned from lis winters efforts
at smoothing out the web OF his tan
gied state politics. They difler from
each other IN personal appearance q,
much as their white cCufrrres. JOS
eph II. Rainey IS quite = handsome
fellow, with dark olive complexion
straight black hair and regular fea-
lures. lie is Gigni1ied aud modest in
manner. y native Of Georgetown,
/ South Carolina, his parents were
slaves, and himself a barber until 1862
/ BY stealth he obtained q common
| school education, and has succeeded
/ in compelling respect 10 Lis present
| position. Robert b. Elliot, Of South
I CarOlIna, is very black, with strongly
marked African features, close curly
hair anC rcceding forehead. be was
born in Massachusetts, educated IN
England, and Is college graduate, u
lawyer By profession. Elliot is a
ready speaker, and the accent peculiar
to his race Is not in the least percepti-
bic. He has made q fortune within
the past few years, lives in cOnsidera-
be style, drives 4 tine span of horses,
and spends his money freely. Robert
c. Large was born IN Aiken, South
CarOliua, in lS42-hls modern edu-
cation, and is q farmer by profession.
he is OF short Stature, OF lark olive
complexion, with not particularly
marked features, ami the least attrac-
tive personally Of i've. His seat is
contested by {. c. Bowen, wBo seems
to believe in many Offices as we'll as
many wives. Bowen viii probably
win. Joshua I. Wallis, who represents
the state Of Florida, was born at Win
chester, Va, in 1872 received Il COM
mOn-schoOl education, and claims TO
be plSnter. He is slight Of stat
ure, OF rather light omplexion, close
curly hair, dresses well, and wears gay
neckties. He has not been in his seat
since the early days of the session.
The only thing known from him is a
long speech, which. lie reads with the
manner of n rustic schOOlmaster.-
Benjamin. Sterling Turner, of Alabama,
is large, bTOad,shOuldered man,
with very large, fiat nose, curry hair,
and, in physique, ut least, intensely
suggestive of plantation days. He
was born in Halifax county, North
Carolina, in 1915; was raised aslaYe,
and received no early education. He
is very quiet, Is selGOm seen cOnvers-
ing, is always present, never speaks,
always votes, and among his Repub-
lican colleagues has considerable re-
putat3On for good sense and political
business sagacity. Officially these
men receive recognition here in pro-
portion to their ability TO command it.
With cOmmendable good taste and
manliness they have never in any
way intruded themselves where they
were unbidden. Mrs. Elliott, by the
way, is an exceedingly handsome and
stylish woman, very light complex
i0ned, scarcely darker than brunette,
dressing qnite royalty, was shown in
to the diplOmatiO gallery by the usher
one day. This ''pen" is generally set
apart for members and their families.
Mrs. s., the wife of member
from the state of Ohio, Indignantly
left the gallery, where the presence of
Mrs. Elliott had OccasiOneG quite a
fiutter Madame" from Ohio, an
grily asked the usher "why he let
that woman into the gallery He
mildly replied that being members
wife she was entitled to a seat there,
upon which the lady went of with
her feathers somewhat ruffled. Mrs.
Elliott never repeated the Offense
now when she comes to the House
she quietly takes her seat in the other
gallery, devoted to ladies who are not
''mem bers' wives"