The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-03
shotches Of LcElsiatlyc Characters.

Sketches Of Legislative Characters.
ryler County Star.
DR.. Logan and Gov. Jacob are said tC
be the most logical speakers Of the House
OF Delegates; Bradford tho most brilliant
member; Judge Stuart the most pertina,
cious in pressing his favorite measures
and the most artful; johnson (of Har.
rison county, the most witty member;
Ewing the most self.suaicient, and
Butcher the handsomest delegate-in his
own estimation. Capt. Wilson seems to be
man of bnsincsscapacity. Pennybacker,
lIagans, Harvey, Parsons, Gist and Gum,
are doubtless men Of considerable ability,
but like some Of the rest they do not have
much influence over the majority OF the
House. MoiIett presides with satisfaction
and impartiality 10 all-and he Is the most
learned man in the House = especially
touching the history and great men Of Old
Virginia.
Dennis and Judge Brown are the ablcst
men In the Senate. The former is a man
OF high character and in the strictest
sense Democrat. He would make nm
eligible candidate for Governor for his
party, il some one else did notstand. higher
IN its estimation, and If Governor Mathews
had lived in some other county than
Grcenbrier. Perhaps, however, there
might be a change OF venue to get rid Of
this objection. Brown does not appear to
belong to anyparty; he is "free. unbridled,
unsaddled, in the political pasture. Like
u big bob tailed bull in fly time he
Charges ound in the high grass and
fights his own lies." Stout is the most
practical Senator-Of good sense and pure
charaCter-the watch dog OF the treasu-
ry." Lowe, like whisky, is the great lev
eer OF modern times. He would reduce
all salarics to level with the lowest wages
and TO carry out his principle all other
men should be prohibited and punished
for having more brains then he has, and
be reduced to his level in this respect.
Wouldn't there he great destruction OF
brains? johnson is the best parliament
tarian and Butler the most sincere in his
convictions and most indeiatigable in his
exertions to modify the laws so us to beni.
lit the people in the greatest measure us
he thinks.
This sketch Is not as full as It might DO.
1t might have added that Mr.. Gum is the
most critical man III the IIousc,-Post the
most unyielding and Harvey the loudcst
talker; the Baptist preacher the most rapid
and non-understandable, and Mr.. Parsons
ono Of the most frequent; DR.. Gooch the
most impulslve; MOGraw the youngest and
one Of the most sensible members; Fulker.
son the finest looking OF the young men,
and Capt. Davidson Of the older members;
Senator Jones the jolliest and most genial
and one OF the most sensible members Of
the upper house, and his colleague tho
most rctiCent; Faulkner the most accom-.
plished; Adams, sans pour sans rcprouhe,
the Bayard Of the Senate; Turner well
educated but greatly needing self discip.
line; Newton the most pointed speaker;
his colleague the most old fashioned /;
Woods the youngest and one OF the most
modest and sensible members; his col.
league perhaps the most cautious and
conservative member; Johnson, OF Nor.
Ger, plenty Of good sense and dash, and
his colleague ono Of the most practical
members; Newlin one ofthe most aggres.
sive and positive members, and DR.. Sum.
mers one Of the most careful and able
men Of the body.
Perhaps the most sagacious and ambi-
tious man in the Senate is Col. Dan. John
son, the President. lie is laborious, quick
to see point, and somewhat suspicious,
butaltogctherone 1.-THE most useful men in
the Senate. like Speaker Molet, he is the
right in tho right place as u presiding
officer.