Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-31
ALEXANDRIA, GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.

especiaily on matters pertalniDy 10 the lEdlans,
and he always has an attentive audience. Eit
is a good lawyer aud a iurcibIc speaker, able to
make his voice heard al! over lis: House, ard
delights more in logic and facts than i'll rhetor
Cal figures. H. is tucked upon a. the leader It
the delegation
Ashe, of the SIKH district. is the juri.t Of
the delegation. a SQUAD lawyer aud cautl-
Gus, conservative man, he was one of the first
men chosen Tor that luOst Important comuiittec
OF The Il ,u.r, the committee 90 the judiciary,
from Nprth Carolina, and has tuv bvrnr out
tic go,d opinion which Speaker Kerr had of
him. Space tOrDdS 70 Gamc the various re
ports which he has had = large share in draw
irg up, nut they have been both many and
good. H. is one Of the most es5ccil.ud ncm-
bcrs OF the judiciary COMMITTEE, aud is uotei
as one OF It's LII 1T able members. he latest
repor; which came from Hurd and himself as
sub committee, and which rec lveI The apprO
val, both of tic full committee aud the House,
Was the report that the cODiumaclUua Lru!siaDa
X, turning Board was 10 contempt, and ought
to be unl>hcd accordingly.
Robbins of tho seventh district, is the Or,:ur
of the delegation. As the House, galleries end
Beknap aud his friends iesrnei last winter, he
is better man than ne looks. Alter The Bel
knsp exposure burst upon the country like
Capitol were anxious to see the members OF that
now famous committee eYpendilu res in the
Wal Department, which pulled . cabine! min
| ser from his nigh position, sent him forth dis
grsced snd Unearthed the rotLcnness which dis
| closed in mis- department has been since found to
permente evary department under this present
| administration. Desire gave place u disappont-
ment when the Strangers eyes first fell on Rob
bins: II plain looking Man, dressed in plain
clothes, who, when not IL his committee room,
!
the sofas in the rear o. the chamber OF the House.
with the stump Of u cigar betwecn his teeth and
when on the street hid under most villainous
| looking SLOUGH hat; he WAS not sample Adonls
! and had little the look Of q great man. But
those who noted his searching questions in the
| com ,nittee room, or CHANGED to hear one of his
| tow speeches in the House, were forced to COZ.
| cede that he was 9TH lawyer and IN orator
| Among his colleagues he has The reputation Of
possessing great shr,wlness and sound common
sense. Since Hester Clymcr's appointment 10
| the Com ttee on Appruprl .tlons, 10 take Fan
dalps place, Robbins hiss been chairman Of the
Committee on Expenditures in the War Depart
| ment
The farmer of the delegation is Vance, Of the
eighth district; but he has the airs aud virtues
of Al English squire rather than Of . farmer Of
the old New England type, and knows how to
play the host with right roya' hospitality He
| is smother OF tue workers who do not do much
talking on the floor lis common sense and
Judgment won MIN the position Of chairman OF
the Committee on Patents making the third
| North Carolina chairman { Il committee OF the
present House-an unususliy lsrge number for
| any one State with anything like the same rep
resentailon rs North Csrollna has.
Chnuce was wallton Is ever IL her caur:cc
when the North Carolina deieg .tion drew Tor
their Seats in the tall OF Representatives. She
gave Vance an excellent seat in the front row,
and about half w"y between the centre and the
| extreme right ct this Speakers desk Cymbr
sits a. his left eIDow Robbins snl Wsddell are
also excoitrtly locaLsd-ihe former two seats
behind Vance and tn latter ju It across the aisle
at Robbins right. Three sea,s 10 tho right Of
Robbins sits Morrison, chairman Of the Com
:niLsee on Ways and Mesns. RnRdalPs old seh:
and Co.'s seat sre both within whispering dis
tance in front Davis and Ieates were also
fortunate They sit nearly in the centre OF tn
democratic side, two seats apart, and in Lho
fourth row from the front John oIng Broun
and VIM Terry sit between them. They are IN
The row just back Of Morrison. Ashe and Scales
had hard luck, and are located at the extreme
right, four rows from the front. House. OF Tn
ncssec, IL between tnem, genial ROBERTS, OF Ma.
ryland, IT Ashes left, nd The irrepresSiD!e J1e
Black burn, Of Kentucky ri the right Of Scales
wherefore and because they ara not under the
Speakers imuedisLo eye, there is apt to be y
Jolly, jova snd sometimes noisy corner. Hy-
Ian is worst OFT Of a lor ne i; way round ut III q
extreme left and back Ill the fifth row. The two
seats at his right arc vacant his :eis land nH h.
Dor is VIM. WOODBURY. OF Nevada None Of
th2 members are so loc,led, however, that they
haze not been able TO nlaEe themselves heard
at ANY time snC North Carolina has har, no oc.
casicn 10 be ashamed Of shy OF them.