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man of the three, has q reputation more
recently developed. Randall and Cox were
well known to the country before Mr.. Car
Isle had been heard of outside of Ken
tueky. Sam Cox is the oldest of the three
in point of continued congressional service.
Ar. Carlisle is 4S years of age. He has
been in congress only two terms. During
his first term hs did not attract much at
tention. It was during his second that a
knowledge of his solid qualities as stu
dent and an analytical lawyer became
generally realized. In congress there are
very few men who are inclined to study.
The men who are willing to dig out the facts
and information necessary to explain in
volVed legislative questions always COM
mand attention. When this ability is
joined to good address, a clear, persuasive
power as speaker, then the
fortunate possessor of such mental COM
bination takes undisputea rank as leader
Carlisle, before coming to congress, won
fine reputation as lawyer. He had
enough experience in the Kentucky legis-
lature to well prepare him for his congress
sional career. He never INDUCES in any
personalities. He believes that the strong
est argument is weakened by personal at
tack. He treats his most vigorous op-
ponents with the same courtesy he ex-
tends to his friends. This is one of the
indications of his remarkable strength as
a man. He is always easy and self-pos-
sessed. He never attempts any rhetorical
fghts-anything like our old-fashioned
idea of Kentucky attorney. His manner
and mode of thought are in no way south
ern, and by southern mean the standard
set up by the South throughout its mem
bership in both branches of congress.
Mr.. Carlisle is man in the neighbor-
hood of six feet in height. He we'll illus
trates the fact that the average man who
succeeds in politics is well above the me-
dium height. He has a slight student
stoop in his shoulders. He invariably
dresses in plain black. He is very neat in
his dress, as he is precise in his habits.
His head is large, full and finely developed.
His high forehead is made to look still
higher from the fact that the hair has
worn away at the corners. One black
wisp comes down in the center, Napoleon
fashion. His eyebrows are thick, bushy
and are so arched as to give beculiar
wide, open expression to his eyes. His
eyes are clear gray, and moderately
full under the lower lid. His cheek
bones are high with slight 6epressions at
the base on each side of his strong,
frm-lined expressive mouth. His nose
is large, a cross between the Roman
and the strai ght, with full, wide nostreIs.
His jaw is heavy indicating extreme tenac-
ity of purpose and strength of will. His
face is smooth shavep. The tint of his
shaven beard is the only color in his pallid
countenance.
Mr.. Carlisle is very simple in all his
habits. He can nearly always be found
at his desk in his rooms during the winter
hard at work, when he is not engaged in
active attendance upon his congressional
duties. A stranger would find him in the
main reserved, grave and preoccupied.
But to his friends he has a geniality and
lightness that are almost boyish. He has
an exquisite sense of humor, although
nothing of the sort ever appears in his
public speeches. There is no man in con-
gres who has more active and ready infor-
nation upon the subject of all questions
relating to the tariff. Study and dis
cussion of such subjects have of necessity,
confined him to grave style
of discourse. In private CONVEX
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satire and enjoys the telling of story to
illustrate point as we'll as Abraham Lin
coin. He has something of the mind of
Matt Carpenter, in that he sees so clearly
the. two sides of every question that it
would ibe impossible for him to be ever
much of partisan. He is very kind-heart-
ed and Of disposition of the greatest
amiability, and he has q charming wife.
She is a tall, vigorous-looking lady of the
blonde type. She has all the warm-hearted
impulsivenesS of the extreme South Joined
to the most energetic and common-sense
qualities of true woman of the world.
Her father was distinguished Kentuck1an
who was for many years mayor of Coving-
ton. She is one of the most popular of
the official ladies in Washington. Upon
her reception days her parlors are always
crowded with visitors. The Carlisies have
two sons, grown. They reside in Coving-
ton. One of the boys is named Logan.
The Logans are branch of Mr.. Carlisle's
family who are distantly related to Senator
Logan of Illinois. Gov. Carlisle has a
brother who so much resembles the Illinois
senator that one day Mrs. Carlisle mistook
the senator for her brother-in-law.
Sunset Cox poses, too, as a candidate. If
the two leading candidates should be near
ly equal, Cox could have enough strength
to secure for himself good committee
craftsmanship. Big Dorsheimer in the New
York delegation may bowl Cox out as a
candidate if he should prove too trouble
some. Dorsheimer is supposed to be friend
| ly to Randall. Cox is small man, SO years
of age. He is such wiry, active-looking
fellow he does not show his age. His NOUS
| tache and chin whiskers are still black, al
though the hair on the top of his head has
become very thin and wispy. Cox is
very bright man, who would sacrifice the
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