National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-14
"GATH'S" TYPES
OF AMERICAN CoNoRESsMEN,
Belmont, Bedford, Paehecc, Keichum, Pound, Hol-
man, oftle HouSe-An Interesting Photo.
graph of Men Of Drains, Push
and Enterprise.

gress, says: Observe that young man with the
slight limbs, slight figure, and rather miniature
every way, sitting In one of the groups In front,
with rather a fine head the eyes Of a student
| docking little sore, as II by nightwork), and |
black hair on pale high forehead. It is Perry |
Belmont son of tho New York banker Just past |
his thrtiuth year, and out of Harvard College nine
| years ago he beat, by some 1900 votes tho de- |
scendant Of RUFUS King, the first Senator from |
| New York State. The district was Democratic, |
| and the nomination equivalent TO an cleo |
ton. Though living In New York, young Bel |
mont represents Long Island, where his father
| has large estate. Unobtrusiye, modest j
with becoming spirit OF New York quiet |
nature. and also very anxious to attain something
In Congress for his family name and the progress
ofevents, young Belmont up to tho present time
| has not provoked single criticism upon his man.
ners. Assuming nothing, democratic particularly
DESTROYS to be not held snob he Is looking around
| on this great menngeric, wondering where n man |
| comes in. lift were not for these committees the
modest man might never get I'M but as they have
to report in order, and having men Of the commit
tee to debate what they have brought mp in the
| House, there does arise a chance In this way
Belmont may be heard of, though he is said not 10
want to speak this session. He is appointed on
the Committee Of Foreign Affairs one Of the
eleven members here overlooking tho foreign
business OF the whole country.
BELForp, OF COLORADO.
Now, take that man with the red hair, with
long tuft Of red beard tall, wiry figure, rapid ana
nervous action Of the hands, ld.topped head,
| with the rcd strcaks Of hair crossing it-that Is
James Belford, the only Representative on the noor
Of the youngest state IN the Union. Lean as he is
| you could make two or three Bclmonts ont of him.
lie Is only forty -four years old free fellow,
student, positive, Indifferent about forms, feeling
his liquor quickly II he takes any, aud he can do
more work In twelve hours than the whole Massa-
chusctts delegation, because he represents the
| community with work TO do, with ten thousand
Interests lying directly on this Government
Massachusetts, Is finished In her governmental reln-
ton, and that ease and trance-likc state
which attends ancient religions and old So
cieties is the legislative life of Massachu-
sets here; while Colorado is like a young
girl just married, and doing the best she con to
make the old man shell out while he Is still fond
of her. Belford is the young gal, and he has
thousand winning ways to push TO the front. His
frame is enegzcd by the ambition new country
presents. The Senate is before him. His name
will be on a county of Colorado He has smart
and INSCRIPTIONS rivals there. His friends in
Colorado depend on him, and perhaps the town
where he lives expects he will push 1t forward by
services here. Up TO the present time he has been
the only r representative Colorado has ever had in
Congress for four Congresses. This means that
when Colorado shall expand to have million
people oil the school histories will Indicate Bel
ford as one of the founders of the State. He
stepped off the Supreme Bench there TO come to
Congress.
PACHECo, OF CALIFORNIA.
Turn now to third type of man. On one oftHe
rear seats far off from your eye, you easily diStin
gulsh n man OF most erect bearing. with rich
black beard dark, yet pale skin, very black hair
and wearing suit Of cloth beneath which you sec
only spanard in this Congress, or, rather, Next
, cenaRomualdo pachcSo1one Of the four Caifor.
, bought California, like one of the rich Mexican
,, grants. lie was born under the old Mission Of
Santa Barbara which extends Its white facade and
, old stone troughs and fountains against the
green hillsides confronting sailors on the ships
which sail that coast ne wSns e sea him.
: and got experience, and also learned agriculture
, among the great herds and about the irrignting
: through the plateaus. He was boy when Cali
fornia became Americanized, though he is now
, but fifty. AT twenty two he was In the American
, Legislature, then was judge, and from the State
senate was elected State treasurer, lieutenantg0v-
I Senate became Governor of California He has
since been three times elected 10 Congress. Ifyou
e watch this man walk up and down the aisle you
/ will see how strongly marked arc the Character
istics of an old race. He still speaks with slight
Spanish accent. warm.hearcd mar, patriotic as if
ter of whom he is very fond, he is still politician
enough with large part OF the credit for having
Keer sppeaSe He + he m Gi 'he
Q ought to know as much as any man In the coun-
G try. Heis one of the few Congressman whom your
and say "There. now, Is u gentleman who looks
as If he knew something"
. GENERAL JOHN KETCHUM.
= Yonder Is General John Ketchum, from the Hud-
q | son River Valley, somewhere near the old Dutch
town of Poughkeepsie He Is n pretty large man,
. with a broadish face, eyes not much open, and a
are, that he can iasten one eye yonder and look
n into his bosom with the other They say he is a
n schemer in the Housc-the best wire puler in II
r. to get this bill up under its course and smother
d yonder q bill without anybody knowing it;
born politician since he became of nge, a reSoute
man Notwithstanding and a brave soldier all
through the war, he comes TO Congress
whenever he chooses by DemoGTaiG votes H. there
!. the Democrat who runs against him, and has II
d understood which Is to be slaughtered, Always
taking long look ahead In politics, excited about
10 nothing playing Government as he would play
poker, Keiehnm illustrates the present capacity o.
e the State of New York for national politics. They
have got in the habit there of turning their eagle
H. eye the country instead of ooling about Local
~ thing, yet he never misses anything. He Is mos
v dangerous man since the invention OF the tele'
n. phone.
Peep now at yonder man with spectacles and
A. long gray hair aud oldish look. who is listening
T. with II good humored face to his neighbor whilt
]. reading paper and answering back in a way tina
% makes smile. lie is another OF the architects O
n Keller the Speaker, Mr.. Thaddeus Pound one o
g. sylvania mountaineer brought up around Roch
r. ester, N. " who has been west of the lakes since
l. 1913, and was educated there. He has been
"a the forests, aud politician and Congressman
for many years. They rank him among
Npproachable and congenal, and in th,
Mt respect Western members have grea
f. advantage over Eastern, in that they are ac
90 customed to take life unconsciously democratic
10 never pansng MS If to shy-What injury Will THU
IN be to me2 or, can know him another time? Wis
III cousin and Michigan send good many lumber
is men to Washington, and there is something H.
~, lumber that gives inches TO man, and force and
" q brain to him. Five of the eight COngressmer
u of Wisconsin are of New York stock or start, anC
D. three or four of the Michigan men, showing tina
ic population goes OH its own ATTITUDES. You SCI
IA Pound with his hands in his pockets, or laying
4, them out as If he computed things by myriad
an and by continents and you may aInuse yoursel
" here an hour watching this man as you watch
n fly for natural historys purposes
nj HOLaAE, OF INDIANA,
e Observe that small man with gray goatee
f. rather low forehead and somewhat pinched tac
g. las II the cheekbOnes and the eyes were Away
ID counselng together 1t is Holman, of Indiana,
n, native HoOsier, nearly sixty years old, whit
is has spent good while on the bench, aud has beer
nine times elected to Congress. Ills chief province
here Is TO object. 1t struck him some years ng,
that economy WINS great card, II you played l
m fine enough, and he made up his mind 70 stop TIN
10 operations of wanton Government. To do this
~ Government ought to be wanton If II was going L
III go around. The idea OF Goyernmen
h. sitting up like Prudence-or like Mari
I'd Theresa, the empress, with only ON
~ of initiating the Empress Catharine, with hus
e. band in every geneal-is irritating TO the average
TO human nature. Holman wnsvoted bore. Whel
In he would go out to take drink II would eXaspe
n back the moment he entered the door he crie
a. out obJcctP Democrats as well as Republican
n kept an eye on q man so dislntcrescd In his oh
at jeclions, and thought Uncle Sam could never b