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

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Senate. He has q rich, deep, swee
voice, and his manner is 90 quiet AMI
contained that bis most animated
speech seem like merely the highest
order of conversation.
James B. Eustis, of New Orleans,
hopes to succeed himself. He il 4
call, square. shouldered man, who Il
very fond of good living, and is al
thorough man IF the world as on,
will find in the Senate. He knows &
good horse, good picture, and q
good dinner. He has not made mucl
of mark in tue Senate, on accoun,
of the short time that he has been
admitted to a seat. He has made
but one speech of any account, and
that was upon the Mississippi levee
question, which was matter of in
terest considering the subject but
quite tiresome. One of his peculiar
tiles is to wear very small boys hat,
and a. he is . very tall, powerful.
looking individual, it gives him q
very ridiculous appearance. He' is q
very wealthy man, and sgood deal
above the ordinary Louisiana intft.
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The retiring Senator in Maryland
is George L. Dennis. He ia q man
who resembles tho average stock.
broker. Ho is 81 years old, hut does
not look much over Is. He is a
bachelor. His occupation during late
years has been genteel farming. HI
was a retired physician before he
took up that pursuit. He is Mary.
land born. but with q Northern edu.
cation. His Senatorial colleagues
have been shocked at Dennis's lack
Of dignity In the closing days Of bis
career. He has been working early
and late to secure pledges from bis
colleagues to vote for him In the 70.
organization Of the Senate for Ser.
geant.of-Arms. He is succeeded BY
James B. Groome, q Democrat.
David H. Armstrong, who was
elected to gil the vacancy made BY
the death Of Senator Bogy, will be
succeed by . Democrat. Armstrong
ia man who resembles in appearance
Postmaster General Key. Armstrong
is tall, broad. shouldered, with iron
gray hair, combed back short, and
full gray moustaclle, and whiskers If
medium length. He has never at.
tempted t. make any figure IN the
Senate. He has contented himself
with simply drawing his pay, aud
gossiping with tho old boys who love
the good stories that are told in the
cloak. room. ~ 5a'} t "4i
Tho next candidate for retirement
after tho 4th Of March, looking
through the States In their alphabet
cal order, is John P. Jones, Of Gold
1ill, New. Jones 10 . short, thick. set,
red. faced individual, With Z pulse
about ono hundred and twenty. 1--we,
and whose talking gauge can run up
to three hundred words Z minute. He
dresses very plainly. His strong
tastes are for horses, vile stories aud
tho excitement Of stock gambling.
He is English born, and has oil the
breezy good nature and ef10sive ne
ergy of tho inhabitants Of tho far
West. While he has tho reputation
Of being fabulously rich, he all the
time vibrates upon tho edge Of des>
perate poverty, 90 multiplied and
enormous are bic business plans and
transactions. Tho =, fret winter be
was in Washington hs wac - hard
up that be could not meet bic rent.
He had tho elegant house owned BY
tho widow Of Charles Aston Bristed.
He rented this house furnished, and
il wa upward Of . year before The
poor woman received anything Of ber
rent. After this Jones rented . house
Of Ben Butler, and it was with dit.
6colty that he met bic payments
there. Since that time Jones be-
made . ten.strike 10 stocks, and ID
now rolllrg 10 wealth, with dray loads
Of bullion at bic command, but ia
order to maintain bic business trans.
actions he has been, like HE COL
leage, Senator Sharon, forced Ia
neglect the Senate entirely. He baa
not been present . single day this
session, and the probability il that b
will not be. anif.,a.., =, ser d
Whoever succeeds Bainbridge Wad.
leigh, from New Hampshire, one
thing 10 certain, and that 10 that the
State will b gamer. Wadieigh ID q
dull, shambling. figured, J; shock, head.
ed, brown moustaehed, easy.g going
man Of just ordinary capacity. No
better gauge Of bic importance can
be given than BY citing what be haa
been able to do With the Committee
~ Privileges and Elections. Whou
Morton was chairman Of thin commit.
tee il was one Of the leading IL mol
tho leading committee Of tho Senate.
Wadleigh succeeded him % chairman,
and from that time there has been no
committee Of the Senate Of LEES i'm
portance. Wadleigh will be succeed
ed BY Republican. -.
To New York tho Curled Prince Of
Alteration and Bombast, Roscoe
Conkliug, feels quito confident that
be will succeed himself. He hal
been unusually quiet this winter g! Hi