Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-09
COLORED CONGRESSMAN.
C0lOroh NlcmbcIx i'm COnxress-Thcir
Personal Appearance.

Personal Appearance.
Washington Letter to the Now York Globe.
One of the first things our country
cousins y visiting the Capitol ask on en-
tering the House gallery is, ''Where is,
their members seat2" next, where
Ben Butler sits2" and lastly US to the
colored members places. r. B. Elliott,
who represents Cnlhoun's district, has
just returned from his winters efforts,
Mt smoothing out tho web of his tangled
stats politics. They differ from eacl,
other other in personal appearance ~
mucl, as their white confreres. Joseph
II lsainey is quite II handsome fellow,
with dark olive complexion, straight
black hair and regular textures.
He is digniticd and modest in
manner. A native of George.
town, South Carolina, his parents
were slaves, and himself barber until
1862. BY stealth he obtained COM
mon school education, aud has succeed
ell i'll compelling respect to his present
position. Robert b. Elliott, of South
Carolina, is very black, with strongly
marked African features, close curly
hair, and receding forehead. He was
born in Massachusetts,, educated in
England, and is college graduate,
lawyer by profession. Elliott is a
ready speaker, and the accent peculiar
to his race is not III the least perccpti-
BILE. He has made fortune within the
past few years, lives in considerable
style, drives q fine of horses, and
spends his money freely. Robert G.
Large was born in Aiken, South Caro-
and Is a farmer by profess
sion. He is of short stature, of dark
olive complexion, with not particularly
marked features, and the least attrac-
tive personally of the five. His seat
is contested by G. c. Bowen, who
seems to believe in many offices as we'll
as many wives. Bowen will probably
win. JOSHUA II. Wallis, who represents
the state OF Florida. was born at Win.
chester, w., in 1912; received ,m-
mon-schoOl education, and claims to
be planter. He IS slight of stature,
OF rather light complexion. close curly
hair, dresses well, and wears CAV
neckties. He has not been in his
seat since the early days of the
session. The only thing known from
him is long speech, which he reads
with the manner of a rustic schoolmas.
ter. Benjamin Sterling Turner, of Ala
bama, is u large, Observation-Disclosures man.
With very large, fiat nose, curly hair,
and, in physique, at least, intensely
suggestive of plantation days. He was
born in Halifax county, North Carolina,
III 1915; was raised slave, and received
no early education. He is very quiet.
Is seldom seen conversing, is always
present, never speaks. always votes.
and among his Republican colleagues
has considerable reputation for GOOD
sense and political business saeacitv.
Officially these men receive RECOGNITION
here in proportion to their ability to
command it.
With commendable good taste and
manllness they have never in any wav
intruded themselves where they we're
unbidden: Mrs. Elliott, by the way, is
an exceedingly handsome and sty-
toned, scarcely darker than bruno te.
dressing quite royalty, was shown into
the diplomatic gallery by the usher one
day. This "pen" is generally set
apart for members and their families.
Mrs. s., the wife a member
from the state of Ohio, Indignantly
left the gallery, where the presence Of
Mrs. ELICIT had accustomed quite a
tiutter. 'Madame," from Ohio, an
grlly 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 off with her feathers
somewhat ruffied. 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 s'members'
wives"