The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-23

been aBrinter, editor and lawyer; was born
In Newburyport, Mass. was a member OF the
, Thirty-seventh, Forty-frst and Forty-second
Congresses came to the Senate In 1873 and Is
fifty-two.
oHAFFEE, OF COLORADO,
has been "no-aceount' man Ia the Senate
He only entered In December, 1876 and has
been sick most of the time since. He Is q
} full-favored pleasant-looking man, a good
! liver and genial companion, but he has BEEN
8 quiet In the Senate that his place Is hardly
} known to the regular denizens of the g8aery.
J He is a native of New York State, a rich
banker aHd miner, and Is ffty-four.
MITCHELL, OF OREGON,
is another OF the "no-account' men. He Is
a dapper-l looking man, with ball spot on
top of his head, a long, flowing beard, with a
a dark shade of brown, dropping moustaehe,
and the general air of a middle-aged dry
goods clerk. He always dresses In dark
clothes, and looks as though he had stepped
out of a band box. Mitchell thinks he is an
orator. and Is ready to deliver SIT speech on
the slightest occasion He can talk more and
say less than almost any other member OF the
Senate. He has improved great deal slnci
he entered the Senate, but still clears both
sides OF the chamber whenever he starts out
in speech. He Is forty-four, g native OF
Washington county, Pennsylvania, lawyer,
came to the Senate i'm 1873, and Is serving his
first and last term in Congress.
oGLEsBY AND M'CBEERY.
In the departure Of Oglesby and MeCreery
the Senate will lose two of It's most pro-
nounced characters They are as unlike as
men can well be. McCreery Is the most elo-
quent man in the Senate. Dick Ogiesby is
the greatest ranter. McCreery Is highly
| educated; Ogiesby Is highly uneducated
McCreery exeeIs in the SUBTLE play of fancy,
the lights and shades of delicate sarcasm and
refined humor; Richard is nothing if not
blunt and clownsh. The following good
story, which he tells OF himself, well illus
/ fra h.a T HrSf
said he to friend one day, Il looked about
me on the great men of whom [ heard SO
much, and wonder how in hell / ever got
into the Senate. After got acquainted with
| em | wondered how in hell any OF us got
here" and then doubtless Richard, as is his
wont, squirted out pint or SO of tobacco
juice, leaned back his white-topped bullet
head, opened his mouth full stretch and
| laughed heartily at his own joke. McCreery
| is as invetrate tobocco chewer as Oglesby
| himself, and is the most slovenly man In the
| Senate. The corners of his mouth are always
streaked and his shirt front always stained
witt, the drippings from his massive jaws. He
| Is, doubtless, the most pointed-out man
| In the Senate. "Who Is that man with
she immense head and the straight, jet-hlack
hair = Is common question In the gallery.
| His head IS Websterian in its massiveness,
and his hair what there is of it, for he Is bald
on top is straight and black as an Indiau's
| Like HamliD and Merrmon, he always wears
a rusty dress suit, ami more often than not
his hands are in his pants pockets. When
| ever he speaks the Senators suspend all other
business and listen. His side remarks are
gems OF wit, and his more ELABORATE efforts
are masterpieces OF the English la guage
| His voice Is deep and full, and his tone is as
liquid as falling water, but he Is the LATEST
man In the Senate, and rarely takes part in
debate His talents and attachments are
second to none, but he cares more for ease
than preferment. He is as honest as the day
Is long, and his departure will be loss to the
Tn mt Itrk xNxir, f, ~
as his head, but his legs are like plpe-stems.
| He Is native Kentuckian and lawyer Of
ability, and has served two terms in the SEN
| ate-first from 1868 to 1871, and again from
1873 until next March. He Is the only Ssna-
| tor who declined to give his age for publica-
| ton.
| Oglesby is short, rolly-polly, blunt, pro-
fame, iovial typical Westerner. He has been
q CARPENTER has swung pick In a mine, and
| finally drifted into law. He Is a native Ken
tuckian, and thoroughly honest.
STANLEY MATTHEW'S
| has not been much OF O success as Senator.
He Is an able lawyer, and has made some
abe arguments; but, siDgufarly enough,
every speech has been In support OF some
measure In the interest of railroad or other
corporations by whom he was retained as
counsel before he came to the Senate. 1t
seems impossible for him to separate himself
| from his clients. He Is dry taIker, but an
able expounder of law, and no politician at all
He Is typical Ohio man, !, not tall but quito Of
above the eyes, his eyes are small, and he
wears a short, yellowish beard sprinkled
| with gray.
Howe Is another character, but he has been
written up over and over again. he Is very
| intellectual-lookinq man, tall and spare, with
| a white, clean shaver face and fine, wavy
| hair streaked with gray. He Is lawyer OF
attainment and legislator Of experience
)but he is so conceited, verbose and tiresome
that he has lost his influence When making
| a speech he poses, and spins words and poses
| until the Senators long since learned to flee to
| the cloak room to escape being bored 10 death.
| The substance OF what he says iS destroyed
by the manner OF saying 1t. He Is bitter
| Radical, Is sxty-three, and has been in the
Senate continuously since 1861.
| MERRIMoN
is another one of the windy takers. He is
an able lawyer, but when he gets on his feet
| he never knows when to stop. AS he warns
up in his speech his voice pitches itself higher
and higher until it assumes monotonous,
talks to empty seats He has been one Of the
most industrious and most honest members
of the Senate. He is short, corpulent, and
only fOrty-nfne
| BARNUM
OF Connecticut Is no talker at all, but a good
manager. He Is an iron manufacturer, sue
cessful and wealthy business man and q
shrewd politician. AS chairman OF the Demo
cratic National Committee he Yields large
political influence, but he is no factor in de-
bate He Is pleasant faced, and likes equally
a good joke or good dinner.
DENNIS
Is very quiet man. He Is a better Judge Of
terrapin than OF a speech, and eats the one
oftener than he makes the other. He is very
popular, but has been in poor health for q
year and has rather sallow look.
ARMSTRONG
is white-headed, white-bearded, rough-and
ready man, who has been power in Missouri
; politics, but has not been In the Senate lone
enough to acquire any prominence.
:. EUSTIS,
the last Of the defeated ones has been valu
able member since he succeeded in getting
the seat to which he was elected. He is {
, quiet rather phlegmatic sort OF man, o
; medium height and sturdy build, and fondel
! of horse and cigar than of legislative la
!, Dor. He has good voice, and is very goot
SPEAKER Of the argumentative sort. He is 1
native of New Orleans; graduated at tn,