The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-12-04
W aslstngtOu Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent.

| w nle lne Guy N Hlillp Win StT'tnB-
ers, and one sees familiar faces OF Con-
gressmen who return to serve out the
three remaining months of their terms,
thoughts and incidents touching this
one and that naturally comes to mind.
None but those who, on duty right
here, have seen the coming and going
of men in public life realize how rapid
ly the scene changes. 1t is like the
evolutions of the Kaleidoscope. The
men who are to-day the leading actors
in events, and whose lives seem closely
interviewer with the country's being,
step down and out, seldom missed.
Now and then one elected to Congress
returns year after year, and becomes a
| mark as it were; but as a rule they
serve their brief day and pass into OBJ
livion. .
Everybody is talking about the un-
usual changes in the personal Of the
next House. 1t is seldom that so many
prominent members are left out at one
time. yet perhaps there never was a
time when 4 clean sweep could be made
with less detriment to the public good.
Nearly half the members of the pres
ent House failed to be returned, and
the unfortunate ones are about evenly
divided between the two parties.
met Abram ). Heweit to-day aud OBJ
served that the troubled--almOst pain
ed expression of his countenance has
not departed. OF all the unreturned
members none will be more generally
missed than Hewitt. Hesuffers greatly
from dyspepsia, nervousness and loss
of sleep which renders him very ex-
citeable and irritable; yet with all that
he is worker and thoroughly bon
est experienced man whose usefulness
is the greater from the esteem in which
he is held by his associates of both
parties. But he remarked once that
he did not regard John Kelly states
man, and for that error of judgment
Kelly named another man TO represent
the district when the nominating con-
vention assembled this year. Hewitt
was member of the JOINT committee
that framed the bill creating the Elec.
toral Commission, and in the sincerity
of his nature took Il good deal Of stock
in the candid professions OF his Rnpub-
licau associates on the committee, par.
ticularly Hoar and Edmunds. Both
the latter were put on the commission,
to assist in constructing the law-whIcI
they had helped to create. After il
became evident that these two states
men were voting to exclude evidence
rgarding the Louisiana and Florida
frauds, I have seen Hewett pacing the
floor of his committee room declaimina
against their perfdy. 1t is said he
sleeps fewer hours than any man il
America. Somebody recently told tn,
story of his discontinue by a Growing
. rooster in the vicinity of his quarters
, He stood it as long As he could and
then offered colored waiter five dol
lars for that id ROSTERS head" anc
it was shortly brought to him like
John the Bap is.'s, on q salver. The
thrifty waiter bought the rooster fol-
seventy-fve cents, and sold the remains
to Welkner for fifty cents, which, witt
, five dollars for the head, made con
, siderable profit out Of the transaction
t Money is no object TO this sleeples
congressman. lie is very rich and
buys any house he fancies he can sleeI
, in. One winter he rented elegan
, quarters here, and then took all tn,
adjoining apartments to prevent being
disturbed. In doing this he cut Sena
tor Conklin out of his former quarters
) ard created an unfriendiiness whicI
lasted some time.
: Another of the unfortunates is Nil
ton Sayler, who. had he been re,elect
ed, would very likely have succeeded
, Randall as speaker. A combination o
e circumstances favored his selection
Sayler is one of the good fellows" il
e public life, whom every body likes
r and a man of considerable abilit
: withal, yet he is not essentially lead
= er, nor in fact a worker. He like
f good company, good wine. with eas
e and comfort. The boys say too tina
5 he is not sverse to little game O
= draw. In habit and disposition Sayle
somewhat resembles Carter Harrison
+ another western member who failed T.
| connect. Tho Chicago papers facet
I ously talk about sour Carter" bu
e here in Washington he is known a
), marine Band Harrison" At the frs
IS session of the 4ith Congress Holma
:, of Indiana, and some Of the other ecor
!. omists, who have no music in the
c souls, undertook to cut the item 70
h the support of this band out of the aE
It preparation bills. Without that ban
is life at the capitol would be reduced I
It a barren ideality. Harrison took /
the situation and rose to the occasion
In an of-hand speech he detailed no
he proposed, upon the election of Ii
= den. to cock his feet upon the bali
d trades of the White House, and lisie