The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-11-28

Say,er Is one Of the "good fellows in
public life, whom everybody likes. and a
man of considerable ability withal. vet
he is not essentially leader. nor in fact
worker. He likes good company. rood
wine, with case and comfort. Tie bows
say, too, that he is 10. avcrsc To little
eano oi draw. In habit and disposition
Sayler somewhat resembles Carter IIar-
rison, another western member who failed
to connect. The Chicago papers face
tiously talk about "Our Carter" but here
- Washington inc is known ny Marine
ana HARRISON" AZ the first session of
the 4ith Congress Holman of Indiana,
| ana some OF the other economists, who
have no music in t!'cir souls, undertook
70 cut the item for the support OF this
band out Of the appropriation bills.
Without that band life at the capital
would be reduced to barren idcality.
Harrison took i'll the situation AMI rose
To the OCCASION. In an oil: hand speech
he detailed how he proposed, upon the
election of 1ilden, to cock his feet upon
the ba.istrades Of the Whit" House, and
IL ten to the heavenly mus: Of that band
just rs the Republicans had done. That
settled it. lie had created a laugh and
saved the band.
Governor Swami, Of Marvland. is an.
other Of the old stagcrs who got lett.
The Governor has been in Congress five
terms, and wanted 70 come again but he
got married last summer To- Il rich old
girl, widow Of sixty, and While of
courtlng and lioDc:mooning some of the
younger blood9 in his district set the pins
up against him. The Governor is very
rich AID most too old To be Of great use
iulncss in Congress. Once in Il while he
makes Il little speech, or at least the
Rcc0rd credits li:n with doing 50, but
doubt if anybody hn, heard lin. Wicn
he stands up to talk he is perfectly mo.
tionlcSS, except Il slight movement Of the
lower jaw, and that Is the only sign that
he is saying anything, rs his still small
voice" cannot be heard three feet away.
lie Is liberal entertainer, aud next to
Fernando Wool gives the most elaborate
dinner parties of any Congrcssman.-
These two and Mr.. Hewitt probably cx-
eel amy three men ever in Congress i'm
the glorious art Of tickling the palatcs
Of their friends. Fernando is the
only one of three who comes back. and
he had tight squeeze, both in the nomi-
mating convention and mt the polls. He
lost caste somewhat with The party by his
course during the exciting times Of the
electoral count. 1t did look strange to
see this old bourbon Democrat hnbnob-
ing with Eugene Hale, and other Radi-
Gals, and taking the leadership of the
Republicans against those of his own
party who were determined to defeat the
count by liibustcring Hostility to Til
den has been assigned rs one of the pro-
pclling causes. There is not greater
arI1tocrat in mnnncr, bearing and gen
era! appearance, than this same Fcrnan-
90 Wood. lie - rs strnight as ralnrod,
while from his dress, dignity, white mus
iache and soldierly carriage, one might
readily mistake him for Kaiser Wilhelm.
II he was ever popular with the rnbblc
rs must have been the case in the palmy
days of his career in New York, it was
before he married n rich wife and took to
the exclusive ways Of bloated bondho!L-
ers.
On the other side of the house there
are quite as many nOtablcs To- sink from
view after AInrtli It'll. Eugene Hale is
among the first. He is considered man
Of fair ability. but his chief prominence
rs leader comes from parliamentary
knowledge, and II tendency to get on his
feet oitcner than any body else. When
Blaine was in the House, Hale was such
Il close follower Of his that Cox one ,lay
in the heat Of debate termed him
"Blainc's little pup" but the language
was withdrawn. The name oftcncst
applied to him is club" Hale, and am
not quite certain whether it arose from
his relationship to Zach Chandler, or his
l.icutcnancy to Blaine. Townsend, of
New York, is another of the van1nishcd.
He Is the humorist of the Republican
side, though there is nothing SO ycry
funny i'll anything he says. Besides
these there is Burchard, Of illinois, dress
parade Banks, aud last, though by no
means least, Ben. Butler. But must
cut this thing Off somewhere