Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-09-18

Cox. He always wears bobstail sack
coat, and q bob-tail sack coat never fails
to damn little man. His clothes
would not bring over 81 80 in any auc-
ton store in the country. There was
only one man in the last House who
was worse dresser than Sammy Cox,
and that was Cruthfeld of Tennessee. :
Cruthfeld is rough mountaineer, who
never wore a collar or shaved himself
oftener than once d week. . lRe g ss,asi =
Flannigan, in. the Senate, used 10
dress in q very peculiar manner when
he was on deck as Texas statesman.
A shad-bellied coat of blue or brown,
ornamented with bone or brass buttons,
plaid waistcoat, and nankeen-colored
trousers, over which hung a three
pound gold chain, made up q costume
sufficiently striking. - I'll. $50,
One of the most ungainly looking
men that ever stood on end in Congress
is Loughridge of Iowa. He looks as il
he had been whitfield out of very knot
ty wood with very dull knife, and
stalks about morning, noon and night,
in black suit, the coat swallow-tail,
with ae waist-coat worn open and low,
displaying tumbled shirt that is ever
struggling arduously to get above his
ears. Luttrell of California was anoth-
er badly dressed man. He always wore
q rough gray suit, that looked as If some
day it had rained clothing, and by
chance few articles had clung to him.
After a time Lutterell donned one day \
Prince Albert coat, buttoned snugly
across his broad breast. His trowsers
were neat conventional gray. His
paper collar had to disappear above s
purple stock. Wonder Of wondersl
this California Granger held also o
dainty buttonhole boquet in his coat.
Behold the influence Of lovely wonani
The fair creature that tanned the Granger
Luttrell is now in the mint in San
Francisco, possibly continuing her good
work of polishing down the crcdities of
her Congressional lover.
The double breasted frock coat has
grown in favor with the better order of
Congressman during the last few years. {
The beauty of the coat is that when it
is closely buttoned il gives . man q
very compact appearance that never
fails to impress closely dressed crowd.
There ia q dignity about o closely butt l
toned doubie-breasted frock coat that
can be found in no other article Of
mans wardrobe. Fernando Wood
would loose nine-tenths of his Impress
i've dignity were he to put on sack
coat and lounge about in way assumed
by some of his Western brethren. He
always wears long black coat that
buttons tightly up to his throat. He
looks as if he were melted down every
night, and run into his clothes every
morning. He is always easy in mani
ners, however, and has not the manner
ism of Clarkson Potter, the best dressed
man in the House.
Mr.. Speaker Blaine, affects the
double breasted frock. He generally
wears two buttons buttoned, and allows
the rest of his coat to roll 90 as 10 show
q very neat shirt Farrell of Chicago
wears the double breasted frock, gener-
ally in some brown cloth. He rarely If
ever buttons it. 5- 81
There are peculiar garments worn BY
individual Congressman that are SO Or 4
iginal in style that you cannot help
wondering at the genius of the tailor
who devised them, or at the taste of the y
wearer. Kasson Of Iowa was the most
noticeable type Of this class last winter, !
He appeared on all occasions IN little
" bunt" looking blue rejecting jacket.
until his very presence, from its absurd T
monotone, became appalling. He vis-
tied Washington this summer, and 40 he
did not wear the jacket, ont Of respect {
to Thermometer then waltlng mp
above 100 degrees. his best friends
passed him on the streets without
knowing him. s
OF the hats worn by the Statesmen Of z
the period, the rakish slouch nearly
always have the preference. The West i
ern and Southern members nearly all
wear this villainous looking slouch.
Ben. Butler generally wears the worst
hat of any of his comrades.