Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-31
Che Enrt:, s'p .oIinn Delegation IN
sO;ipreSS.

ICurresnunacncr Of the Alrxandra G"Z tte.
WAsHlNGroH. jan 3l.-Ihc old North
State has good reason t. hc proud OF hrr Con'
yrcssio:a delegation y enc of ali the sister
hood # States has sent finer body OF repre-
scn,a.ive yucu, and no Congressional! delegation
RAJ * hi,her on the Il or Of either house.
Great VS. the rejoicing here the other day
w!e,i the fcws cane Of III reelection tt Matt
Ransom, 20 the : ,nate Everybody likes Matt,
and somehow everybody falls naturally toto the
way Of caIag HIM Matt instead Of according
| him The cold Complainant Of saying MIR. Sen-
aL,r." Not hat North Curoin4's senior Sen
ator lacks auything Of dignity. Fir from It,
No member Of The upper House is nlore hon,
| cred Or more respected, Tor 20 u lVcr'a!ly ana
| 50 we'll liked lie is full Of digui'y, but the
| kjudDncs, o! his great heart beams 50 vl-lby
anon his i,ro,il ipi face. and OCzcS out lC such
mag4ctc thrills frou hi. iugcr tips, thut TO
| call lin "Mr. Senator" seems like pourag
water Ga a stove. So all his COLLEAGUES 10 the
Senate, and all who nav. the honor Of familiar
| friend. hip have naturaIly fallen into the habit
Of calling him, % all uuDticlal occasions, simply
"Malt." iancy ne has been Matt since he
was born, ana smply Matt lie will remain to
al his !ricuis uutil he dies. May that day be
| far distant; but when il comes the most bat
terrs .ulogy which cJuid he pronounced upon
hiu would he he bare repetition OF what his
!nuumoyaba host OF friends say to each other
| Of hiul 10 the course OF any single month.
Senator Rlusnm Is Que oil the hnest looking
meu in tic S.uatc Time has dealt llgh ly
wi;h u and LETT fsw traces, save the broaden
iug lake Of bala1sSs on top OF his massive
head As ao orator, two men DULY 10 the
Scuac-Coukling and McCreery-ar7 his
pecrs. Nyue are Ills supGrlorS. tie Is not
gwen to much spakiog. but when he does
speak it Is never to empty beaches or an lnat'
tcutiv. auAicnc'. | ,haI not soon forget the
short pcaeh which he delivered in the Sauale
chamber over year ago Gurlug the amnesty
) debate. l. vas the most cl. queut OF all the
Il q .cnt speeches delivered On that occas!Oo,
and had more fleet 10 the Sauate than any
Other single ,pacciI. His voic: is !ull, rich and
srUnrous, his LANGUAGE pure and lowing, and
liz gcsiurcS rigorous and graceful. Although
only forty, he has already brought great honor
20 bis State, and venture the prediction that
IL the ncxt decade lis State will be pruudnr OF
him even than she has been in the past. RAD
son to.n cOnpari01 is Boyard the tall, tai
cit d aud cIuFty Senator fIom Delaware.
They arc mucii EogtIer, and generally walk
down p,EGsyiyana avenue after the Senate
ses ion ailu 10 arm. R.Dsom 5 appulnt Dent
30 the con- Ulittee which framed III mpro'
n!.a electoral biz was a iu=t trlkutt il hl=
, ability, IL oder ton and Jldgmeoi.
S.nllGr y i rlmHn is 40 less able than Soua
.ai Il .asyru, out he is al entirely Inherent type
oil i man. M"FriWOu l. cne OF thc hard:sl
working members Of the Senate HciS Away
"pcpgiag away at some particular suffice;
k.crs himself post d in every matter pening
before the Senate, and !: very apt TO take pas;
in the debate daily II ne has fai:iag II is a
TOO esrat liking 10 hear himself talk. tie a.
wa,s has some!rinr to say Wrll worth the say
iny but is almost sure 10 b. l00g ab ut Il.
Tso AID three hour Speeches irom him are not
UNCOMMON or iuirrqu,u. JUDGED he bias the
reputation OF DClug almost. Ii not quite, tho
longest wi,lad .puaker IG he Seua!r. as De
has far from pleasing vice. IN" quality OF
tone baiug shriIl, AID TIC pitch always on a
high key. it follow, that a majority oil the Sen
ators are very apt To- Wauuer into the c.uaS
rooms before he iGishes a set speech. Merit
, mon Is always Ia tead earnest, and when rous
I'd IS A vehement ta!ker His shrii toDeS on
such cccasl0us pcpe:rate every nook and craDDy
OF the Senate chamber and rcvclbarate 10 the
corridors without. La personal appearance
Merrimou is roun! and Of the chubby type.
Hi, boiy is rolu1d, his iLnbs are short rather
thar lyry. aud his head is iu!', we'll rounded
sphere. The Spherlca! look Of the head Is
heightened by he broad aoi shining bald spt t
on top and The scant hair which usually lies
close to the skull. Ho is al invaluable mrm
br of the COMMITTEE on Privileges and r. eo.
tons, anI is also On the Committee 90 the Dis
trict OF Columbia, the Committee 90 Rules,
AID Of the select committee to examine the
several branches Of the civil service.
A mcmber of the lower House Is a unit 10 so
great A uuuber that bis individuality has less
chance to assert is.!f aud is less apparent than
that Of q Senator. A representative OF the
! lower Il use must have merit OF no mean order
to b, ka0wn il dividuafy by the House at large
aud by the members OF the newspaper gallery,
who are the communicating Instruments be-
tween the C0ugress aud The great outside
word. TIE members u the N,rth Carolina
declaration certainly have that merit, and are
a. knowa and moi cd Individually. With two
observation-disclosures 10 the second district aud
Vance in the cigh hit is delegation Of law
yers Ieates Of the first district has READY
tcnyv ii an eoviabe reputation in the House
as a dcbatrr OF IeSai qrcs;ious. He is f"rvd
speaker, with a voice stroug rather than mcIo.
diuus aud a rrsdy iund OF quaiu; Wit, and never
fails TO held the attention ot the House. de
i m,mD.r Of the Committee on 1uvaili Pen
| siunS.
Hyman Of the second district is the ooly COL
orrd m utter and the outy republican, memtcr
from Nyrtn Carolina. He is we'll informed,
good naIured, aad Very obl'ging, and is popu
lar in the delegation and out OF 1t. Probably
no other colorcd member has 50 nany real
friends on both sides Of the House He very
rarely speaks but is pleasing talker lie is
an Industrious member OF the Committee on
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