The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-08
THE NATIONAL SENATE.
From q Wa shington Letter

FROM washington Letter.
Your correspondent, after the last Sem
ator had ltsss ,he Chamber, went there,
gazed awhile upon its loneliness. 1t
looked to him as desolate as the White
Sulphur in January, or a Virginia coun-
ty courthouse the day after the circus.
Silver.haired Captain Bassett, whom
neither q Democratic nor Republican
Senate will ever remove from his post
as one OF the door-keepers, gazed upon
the vacant seats as Marius did on the
ruins of Carthage, and recalled the fact
that where Webster Winthrop, Silas
Wright and Lewis Cass once sat, Pig
mics now burlesqus the exhalted position
of Senator. Your correspondent, from
his stand-p point, only thought of them as
they are, and made no disparagin2 COM
parsons. He recalled Blaine as the
most unscrupulous, but tho most bril-
liant and unluoky demagosue this gen.
GRAFTON has produced; Conkllpg as q
Senator, with the head OF Apollo and The
walk k-well, won't describe it; Dawes
and Hoar. who were never more like
aged spinsters than when Blaine took
them at disadvantage in presenting the
statue Of Mr.. King to Congress, and in
ficted upon them cruel and unusual
punishment; Plumb Of Kansas, whose
record, by contrast, makes that of a
Credit Mobiler statesman look immacu-
late; Ingalls, of the same State, who 10
for all the world like lean lecturer on
biology, or the man who plays the big
fiddle in burlesque opera; Davis of
Illinois, who reminds ono of Dixon H.
Lewis when OF light weight, and who is
as honest as he is good natured; Ed
munds, whose Darwinian face would en-
title him to be Chief Justice in the gor-
rilia country. but whose admirers say
resembles the Apostle Paul; Teller of
Colorado who. If the Senate were pack
Of cards, would be a tray of spades when
clubs were trumps, and yet whom the
Republicans were forced in their ex.
tremity to put at the head of the Blaine
Committee; Thurman, the best speci-
men of an American statesman in either
body, who does not hesitate to take part
in any debate, and who is always ready
to answer successfully the prepared
speeches Of the Radical leaders; Eaton,
as an honest Bourbon who refuses to
learn anything under the new dispense
tion; McCreary, in appearance and
oratory like the late big-hearted and
accomplished Judge Brockenborough;
Bayard ss the polished incorruptible and
accomplished Senator; Lamar. who adds
to oratory and culture broad statesman
ship; Ransom who is as powerful in
debate AS he was brave in war; Merri-
mon. his colleague, who knows enough
law to be on the supreme bench of the
United States, and who never speaks
without speaking we'll and to the point
Butler who is worthy of the honored
name he bears, who is cool when others
are excited, and who is not only strong
debater. but can be as eloquent as De.
mosthenes, when he pleases; Gordon
who is the soul of Rallantry and honor,
and whose Senatorial career has shown
that he is as successful statesman as he
was gallant as General; Voorhees,, who
is the most brilliant orator in either
body, and who never fails to come to the
aid of the South when his services are
needed; Randolph, whose political faitt
is as fixed as the creed of Covenanter
and who never speaks without giving tn.
Senate accurate information and q stronE
presentation of his side OF the question
Hill Of Georgia, who is one of the mos
brilliant men in either body-who il
often immense, and who at other time
makes striking failures.