The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-07-17
Some Senatorial Portraits.

Tho stou.lrh,,;l, o,a .o.t,o. al -
o..S;.S 1u'.I "uu i1.nel nSsny young
nial slaholng Iy tne cioak-room door, with
t s.ia'no, Ieo.pi"oH nan, JeEpiacS eyes, anu
noo. uisIinS ulSheu ,ea'uteS, otepnen w.
Dorsey Vi neiena, athahsas. nc was oorn
~ III VERMONT IN io4Z went 10 ONO when
1py en1ereu tle oh'oh army at nineteen.
H ie iouShI un1er Geherai Grant at onlioh.
oenoi'I ~ nuei az Aeiry'me, oehera rose
olah1 i s,1 d. o'one I.ser anu Shat,ahoosa, Ieh-
e.al inohias at MISSION hldge. In 1854 ne was
slansierieu 70 tue army Oh Tue Iotomac, ana
tooh part 'h the oateIes oi tne WILDERNESS ana
oolu Haroor. Al tne close OF the war,he en-
teIeu tue SERVICE oi Tue odn'uShy 1901 Com
pany-6ecame foreman of IFS shop, where
they called him Steve Dorsey"-and vas
soon chosen its president. The same day he
was elected President of the Central Arkan-
sas Railway Company, and soon after removed
to that state. He refused a seat in the House,
but accepted his unanimous election to the
Senate. Here is a representative American,
who in little more than ten years has Iun
the whole tether from poverty and obseu-ity
to fortune and prOmineDce-from the COM
mon soldier to the United States Senator.
NeaI him sits Jones, of Nevada, true Welsh
man in face and name. Large of frame, cor
pulen', thin OF hair, feeble of nose, yet strong
of head, there is about him an aroma ofpros-
perity and plenty not to be mistaken. He is
Senator Jones, with many mines attached.
came prominent in society at once, while his
communications with the President have
made him equally notable in politics.
Another carver of his own fortunes in the
Senate is Henry Davis of Piedmont, w st
Virginia. Born in Maryland. he knew only
the winter country school, and lived and
worked on flrm until he was twenty. He
then entered the employ of the Baltimore le
Ohio Railway Company as brakeman. and
| continued in its service for fourteen years.
| Since then he has passed all the grades OF up
| ward effort and success, and is now bank
| president, a miner, shipper and Senator.
X Ue Is ae.5 ssNrs q age, aud looks uot more
than forty,-a medium sized, wide-eyed, large
nosed gentleman, of sangulne temperament,
! Win an open, honest glance IN his saSacious
| eyes ana pleasant smile.
senator morton LOOKS tired and worn, and
| yet III less ieeOie neaith tnan he did TWO years
| ago Ills tenaclty OF HE and braln-tbre
must be something marvellous in their power
| OF endurance to have triumphed over such
mortal physical Ills as he has borne for years.
His face is one OF the most wonted and
marked IN the senate; large frame, which
cannot support itself without the aid oftwo
canes, large and round head, large black,
somewhat sunken eyes. pngnaeious nose,
and heavy jaw, yet wlthal most courteous,
though sometimes nervous manner, and an
expression OF countenanee that can be genial
to gentleness. NO Senator surpasses him in
native brain power. DE is by instinct par
tlsan, born eansnan. But he has the iu-
dlcal mind, aud never evades logical con-
clusion. HIS powerful argument in favor OF
woman suffrage not three weeks ago, in the
senate, proves TINS. Let every American wo-
man, whether she wants TO vote or Dot
(wnat she wants Is not the questionl, be
thankful that American womanhood has so
strong and just champion in the Senate Of
the United States.
Anotner Senator, equally valiant and ear
nest in this direction, is Mr.. Sargent of Cali
forna. He is tall, straight, earnest man, in
the prime OF lite; clear, acute and industri-
Gus. MIR. Anthony OF Rhode Island is among
the Senators who give aquiesence 10 the
same slowly gaming truth. The hair is whit
enlng above his handsome face, aud his ex-
preston growing sentler as he begins 20 step
downward from ltbe noon OF his life. The
words he uttered over Charles sumner grave
| prove tnat the tenderness oil his friendship
and the 1deiity OF his heart equal his hne
pefceptlon ana eioquence.
The wlry, slnuous, forky-looking man,
| strdng about III restless fashion, a sort OF at
tenuated, biilops Carl Schurz, with all the
req Dood eIt out, IS Ingails, tne new oena-
tor iofh hansas. he mas reputation Tor
| anliity' more or less IN literary dlrectlon-
| lie mas acute mental perceptions; Keen,
sarcastic ana nuent tongue; courage, assuI-
ance ana amoltioh' put he mas not lace 10
IKE or 10 trust. Inc younglsn gentle
man near MN, with nowlng beard OF
| ngnb Drown, Win hhe rather 'hah strons
| features, pnt Win goou neart anu Keen
glance, is Senator ferry OF Mlcnigan, clear
mih3eu, pracIlcai iesisia'or anu an asIeesv'e