The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-09-20

You boys probably have some
clear cut opinions of your superb
OTIS. How do you like COnkling
for instance
He is an imperial hog. He is
so polite that he isn't polite at all.
The pages all hate him worse
than any other nan in either
house Of Congress-
'SenatOr Thulman-hOw is hev
'He is a good man. He whirls
a big bandana and blows his nose
on schedule. He is the snuff
Senator. There is only one thing
he likes better than Ramsey's
Jokes, and that is cas.uo. He will
play casino all night
Senator Bay ardF
Size is il very fine gentleman
and is good to the pages. His
weakness is good goers on the
road. He is like Grant and Bon
ner.'
The CamerOns.'
Simon was not much of a fav
Orite. He subsidized one or two
pages aud gave the rest the cold
shoulder. Don is the Son OF his
fathers
Jim BlaiEeY
Oh, he is popular. Everybody
likes him. He is just what you
would suppose him to be from the
reports of the newspapers
'HamlinE
'He is a gOOd.natured fellow,
but doesn't know a%nythnng.'
Dawes and HOar of Massachu>
Settsv
dawes always looks at the gal
leries to see if any one is watch
ing him while he is speaking.
Hoar is good. natured, but some
how the boys don't hang OH to
him.
'The bonanza Senators
Sharon is never there; but
Jones is a brick. | made $50 on
one of his speeches. Always got
money and will trust the boys
with his errands. l have known
pages to have $4,000 of his money
at one time. He isn't suspicions.'
THE Southern brigadiersT
Matt Ransom, of North Caro-
lima, is as good rs the best. Cor
don and Lamar are pleasant. and
Ben Hill is not a bad man. tell
you who used to be a royal Eel
low-Flannigan, of Texas. He
was always fighting for the pages.
Wade Hampton is a fine fellows
:Conger of the House, the great
American objectOr, is a confound
ed fool. It's object until YOU
can't rest. He is a civil service
man, but took care Of his nephew
all the same. Fernando Wood is
a sumptuOus cnsS, and the boys
have no use for him. Burnside is
the fashion plate of Congress. He
got Il resolution through the Sen
ate permitting skull caps in the
chamber. Townsend, of New
York, was one of the best fellows
going. He used to take me home
in his carriage, and wanted to
send me to sea for Il good time on
Il man of-war. Garfield is Il stu
dent and is not especially popular
He is always thinking about some
thing. The cOlOred Senator,
Bruce, is a first rate man.
Do the pages make anything?'
we used to get 800 Il month,
but now it is only $75. The boy
that gets the Presidents room is
rewarded with $l4O0 a year. The
perfaisites for the pages Are con
Siderable. A good one has no
trouble in making 800 a month.
A complete book of the auto
graphs of congressman and heads
of departments brings $40. A
page made $500 out of what was
known as the 'dead. lock picture
IA humorous sketch. While the
Electoral Commission was in SEES
sion the boys had = good oppor
tuhity to make something. They
speculated on the extra tickets
the congressman shelled out. |
know a boy who made $50 off the
bier OF Charles Sumner. He sold
the flowers for $40; Wormley
paid him $40 for one bouquet.
When the caSket Was removed
he watched his opportunity aud
cut the fringe from the bier. He
sold it to the colored people for
$50, dealing it out in pieces on
the same principle that some PEG
pie sell bits Of the rope a man was
hung with. \ Congressman used
to give me S5 for every note | car
ried for him ; | suppose he
thought | was on to his racket.
There is also quite a margin in
the official documents that a mem
Der leaves behind him when H..