The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-12-02
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gorge Alfred Townsend. In the Gin
natl Enquiysr, has the following Cos
py comments upon some prominent
mbers Of the house:
THE COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Randall does not give much help
the Democratic side Of the house, and
~ are lett upon the leadership OF Fer
ndo Wood, j. Proctor Knott, John ID.
Atkins, and Aylett II. Buckner.
iese men lead the great committees; al
asst two OF them are very little known,
ID on parliamentary grounds are not
'obable to be. MIR. Wood Ia now quite
d-sixty-five. He has turned the pla.
au OF career and Is satisfied, like Mr..
wann, of Baltimore, with an important
lace, when he has long ago learned that
OF partizanship Ia not comfort. lie
Iso regards his committee as nearly re.
lted TO the executive government in
roperty and influence and perhaps re.
Members that at the close Of the last con-
.ress. when he led the Republican side,
.e gained such increased tavOr that all
opposition to him ceased In New York,
md Mr. Randall was permitted to ap-
,oint him to place which he was refill
led last congress. Wood, therefore, will
effect lustre on the Democracy by de-
pertinent, and not aggressiveness.
The next gentleman below " God on
he Ways and Means Committee is Ran
1olph Tucker, who has made good inns
preston, but he has no more parliamen,
:ary edge than Tom Ewing. SaylOr, of
Ohio, is o good parliamentarian, yet not
industrious. Mr.. Gibson, OF the same
committee, has much consideration. at
present only In Louisiana politics. These
men are not the equals on the floor Of
Garfield and Banks, their colleagues.
Mr.. Atkins, ofa small town in Tonnes
Bee. heads the Appropriations Commit
Tee. place requiring even temper and
atjustability; but he is said, in these re-
spects, to be nearly o. infirn as MIR. Hew-
lit. whose disconcert often takes the
form OF fearful whine. Hale and foster
are the leading Republicans OF this CON-
mittee, models of two different kinds OF
slyness. Hale 10 q pupil OF Blaine, and
Foster of Hayes. One cheeks IL through,
tie other compromises and gets the
Loaf.
Mr.. Buckner Is the head Of the bank
ing committee, whence Sam Cox was res
moved with rather piqueish motive.
Buckner is solid, but Of no parliamentary
acuteness. Ewing is full Of II, but goes
Of before he gets to the place.
mcntary merit and spunk than he has
lately had credit for. but like almost all
the humorists in the world, carries one
grievance very long. Eyer since the
Blaine contest--where some Of the Dem>
ocrats deserted him-and the subse-
Quent presidential contest, Knott has
been looking forward into the past"
lie has the great judiciary committee, on
which Is wise young man, Mcmahon, OF
Ohio. and another man OF decided accom-
plishments. maturity and service, MIR.
Lynde, OF Wisconsin. But facing these
on the same committee are three Of the
ablest debaters and pariiamentarian in
the country, Ben Butler, Frye OF Maine,
AMI Conger, of Michigan. Imay say, as
l pass. OF this committee, that both Knott
and Butler, and l think Others, meant to
have assailed the item for expences Of
the Hayes commission In Louisiana. 1t
was smart, but not bold, OF the Hayes
element to drop the item and avoid the
debate, which would have arrayed Bour.
bons and anti-Hayes Radicals on the
same side. RMAsa
Clarkso POtteris at the head OF the
Pacific railroad committee, but Is not
earnest there or any other place. He
belongs to the school OF statesmen, who
having long served In Congress that they
do not much admire over fine party
friends, even when stamped s'John kel>
w." A Tennessee man OF honest char
acter, but insufficient faculty, has the inn
portant claims committee John NJ.
Bright. The Confederate cabinet officer
John n. Rcagon has the committee on
commerce, the same which Conkling
leads In the Senate. Regain has not been
disting uished here. Milton |. Southland,
OF Ohio, whe is a sensible man, of even
temper, is at the head of the committee
to revise the laws for counting the cleo
toral vote, Ben Butler Ia there, too, while
Mr.. Springer, of illinois, who favored the
electorl bill, but objected to its applica.
ton. Ia thrown over to an unlmportant
committee. The member, Carter Har,
slson, who designed great humorous
treat by speaking long on the
Marine Band, Ia put, apparently in bur,
lesque, at the head OF the Civil Service
Committee. Mr.. Stephens, of Georgia,
whose relation to the house is wholly pa
ternal, and not much Of that, has the
Coinage Committee. John Goode, who
Is well thought OF as a man Of horse
sense, leads the Education Committee
Americas V. Rice, one OF General Cox's
soldiers, has q committee hardly up to
his merits. Pensions. General Banning
leads the Military Committee. he just
holds bis own. Morrison, of Illinois, Is
put over from Ways and Means to Public
Lands. On the whole, the strong men
are found in the tolls Of the committees,
where the rattlesnake carries his voice
II we suppose Garfield to be the Repub
ican lender, with his closely packed ln>
formation and ready way Of throwing II
into tactics. has he a match among thoss
ehalrmen? Or, II 1t be supposed tina,
Eyre, Oh 0lhiut, tuo IULtuci auto liCu' VII
ant Of Blaine, has more ready force, thu
product Of q safe tongue and stronE
temperament, who best can answer him
Atkins Mood? Knott?
Conger, OF Michigan, graduate OF
Western Reserve College, lacking one O
sky years Of age, has been in parliamer
tsry life twenty-five years and ten year
In congress. Time tells and makes TIL
legislator. The other day when Garfield
who has been in congress nearly half
generation, rose to answer Kelley on tn
financial question, 1t was seen and reeog
nized. probably for the first time by q
in oil these years, that labot and time ha,
Matched Z strong man. The power t,
know many fhcts with certainty. to com
mand them readily, to throw them int
graceful and vivid form, and lift the ar
gumsnt to its best average, yet not over
done. was so well recognized that Gar
field. though hardly popular man, hear'
from opponent and associate the cry