The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-12-04

The Governor has been in Congress
five terms and wanted to come again
but he got married last summer to Il
rich old girl, widow Of sixty, and
while off counting and honeymooning
some of the younger blOods in his dis
trict set the pins up against him. The
Governor is very rich and much too
old to be of great usefulness in Con-
gress. Once in while he makes 4
little speech, or at least the Record
credits him with doing so, but l doubt
if anybody has heard him. When he
stands up to talk he is perfectly mo-
tionless except a slight movement of
the lower Jaw. and that is the only sign
that he is saying anything, asshis "still
small voice cannot be heard three feet
away. He is liberal entertainer, and
next to Fernando Wood gave the most
elaborate dinner parties of any Cor
gresham. These two and Mr.. Hewett
probably excel any three men ever in
Congress in the glorious art of tickling
the palates of their friends, "Fernan-
do" Is the only one of the three who
comes back, and had a tight squeeze,
both in the nominating convention and
at the polls. He lost cast 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 hob-nObing
with Eugene Hale, and other radicals,
and taking the leadership of the Re-
publicans against those of his own par
ty who were determined TO defeat the
count by flabustering. Hostility to
Tilden has been assigned as one of the
propelling cause. There is not a great
er aristocrat in manner, bearing and
general appearance, than this same
Fernando Wood. He is as straight
as ramrod. while from his dress,
dignity, white mustache, and soldierly
carriage, one might readily mistake
him for Kaiser Wilhelm. If he was
ever popular with the rab6le, as must
have been the case in the palmy days
of his career in New York, it was be-
fore he married a rich wife, and took
to the exclusive ways Of the bloated
bondholders.
On the other side'of the house there
are quite as many no,ables to sink
from view after March 4th. Eugene
Hale is among the FIRST. He is con-
sidered man of fair ability hnt his
chief prominence US a leader comes
from parliamentary knowledge, and a
tendency to get on bis feet oftener than
anybody else. When Blaine was in
the House Hale was such close fol-
lower of his that Cox one day in the
heat of debate termed him "Blaine's
little Pup" but the language was
Withdrawn. The name oftenest ap,
Piled to him is "Bub" Hale, and | am
not quite certain whether it arose from
his relationship to Zach Chandler or hi:
Lieutenancy to Blaine. Townsend Of
New York is another Of the vanquish
ed. He is the humOrist of the Rcpub
lican side, though there is nothing SC
very funny in any thing he says. Il
is the vindictive style of humor, if such
Il designation is permissible. He is q
short white haired man of sixty, and a
bitter partizan. The only thing funny
about him is his grotesque gestures,
and the curious way he has of lifting
his left leg. Resides these. there i:
Bnrchard, of Illinois, dress-parade
Banks, and last though by no mean,
least, Ben Butler. But l must cut
this thing of somewhere. PHoNo.