The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-02-01

)ARY /, 1879.
seen III Washington. His absences
ale nearly IA prolonged as those Of
Jones and Sharon. While member Of
the House he was absent fully three.
fourtl's Of time, AID since he has be.
come Senator he has dono very little
more. His retirement is 90 loss.
Florida loses Simon B. Conover,
another carpet-bag man, who retires
toa deeper ol'scurity, perhaps, I'M
less John j. Patterson be excepted,
than any man who has ever left the
United States Senate. Conover, dur.
ing the last year Or two, has become
financially bankrupt, and has so little
credit and respect that very few PEG.
pie like to be seen in his society, and
he has been cut 90 often aud Stunned
80 much that he bows with the most
humble pleasure to every acknowl
edgment, however slight, that is made
to him. He will be succeeded by q
Democrat.
| II. Georgia John B. Gordon sue
deeds himself. Gordon is q tall,
straight, soldierly looking man, whose
face is Scared and scanned with the
terrible wounds received by him dur.
ing the rebellion. He is one of the
most amiable men in the senate to
meet socially. He makes no special
pretense to oratory, but is a valuable
man because Of his close attention to
all the business details Of the Senate.
Like most Southern men he wears his
hair qnite long and combed back
from his forehead.
Illinois is at present debating who
will succeed Richard F. Ogles6y, or
.Dick" Oglesby ashe 10 called. Ogles.
BY occupies . eeat on the. right Of
Spencer. Everybody in Illinois, every
man, woman and child knows how
be looks. He is q rough good.na.
tured, easy.going man, who has new.
er made any impression 10 the Senate
beyond the general belief that he 10 q
good fellow. He spends the greater
portion of the time lounging 10 the
cloak room smoking lazily with some
Of bis senatorial cronies. He has
never made any figure in debate, or
been identified with any legislation
Of any importance.
In Indiana it is expected that
Daniel w. voorhees, will succeed
himself. Voorhees, occupies . seat
upon the extreme left Of the Demo.
cratic wing. He has only made one
point since be has been in tho Senate,
and that is to demonstrate that he is
about the widest maU on tho money
question in tho country. He is q tall
broad. shouldered, deep .chested, 6ne
looking man. He always attracts the
attention Of tho visitors 10 tho gal.
leriss. But he has found, like many
other so.called orators 90 tho stump,
that tho Senate is tho grave of oil
so.called oratory. To rant or
declaim 10 the face Of sixty or seventy
cold. FLOODED lawyers il 4 task that
will chill and daunt tho most fearless
In time. Mere empty rhetorical froth
Counts for very little in the Senate.
The men who are the most effective
there are the closest thinkers the
most profound students, and those
who express themselves in tho Gear.
eat possible language. OF these there
can be no better evidence than tho
position occupied By Senator Ed
muuds. There is nothing about bic
manner that bas the slighteat bit Of
magnetism, or sympathy. He 10 in
bic relations with bio fellow Seoabots
cold and almost frigid, yet BY bio
keen intellectual anylysis, power Of
satire, and perfect self. possession, he
10 regarded ~ ono Of tho most influ.
entail SPEAKERS In the Senate, and 4
man with whom no other mao In the
Senate could or can successfully cope
10 : running debate. i'a
John James Ingalls,, who retires
from Kansas, is one Of the most PEI
culia, looking Senate 70 in the whole
body. He ID tall and slim, has short
iron>gray Curly hair, combed up on
his forehead, email black-grsy, curly
mostaclle, and . sallow sunken face,
He wears . huge, gold, heavy-bowed
pair Of glasses, cot very closely tn bic
eyes, 20 that they give him 3 sort
of German.student look. He always
dresses in some small, gray, plaid, or
check. Although he 10 very tan and
slim be always wears 4 short double.
breasted sack coat, which gives him
the appearance Of q small boy on
stilts. He ID ono Of the best read mon
10 the Senate, and IL considered By
bic friends TO b one Of the most
capable literary man 10 tho country.
Thomas G. McCreery, Of Kentucky,
will not succeed himself, It IL believed
40 accurate photograph of McCreary,
foil length, hung 10 40 ordinary vim
dow would be regarded - . carica.
tufe. His enormous head 10 bald, Gll
excepting 3 black velvet fringe of
hair that reaches around on . line
from ear to ear. HE face IL round,
full, double chinned, smooth shaven.
Hin eyer are black, good natured,
deep set. His nose IL short. HE
mouth 10 curved 10 . satirical bow,
shaded 1t the corners with q yellow
tint Of finely chewed tobacco. He
WeGro . full dress suit on OIL occasions.
The suit that he wears ID many years
old. Il ID wrinkled and greasy. The
Senator il very round shouldered and
quite tell. He wears . seedy elk hat,
which was very fashionable and ele:
Rant twenty Ave years ago. He liveo