Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-14
A VIEW FROM THE GALLERY
The Peculiarities, Appearance. Hob
bies, Ambitions and Virtues
OF Congressman.
Washing ION Letter to Cleveland Leader.

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OF Congressman.
Washing ION Letter to Cleveland Leader.
There are a..number Of members oil
congress who seem TO have set them.
selves aside to oppose not jobs bat
men. Perry Belmont is ever trying
to break down anything hat Blaine
has built up. Dunnell, of Mime.
sofa, is in opposition to all measures
espoused by Senator Window.
Governor Curtin fights the Camerons
day In and day out; Desendorf, q
Virginia, Is continually against Ma.
hone; Whitthorne, of Tennessee, al.
ways opposes Gao. M. Robson; and
Belshazzsr Belizhoover is ever ready
to throw what mud he can on General
hoz,n and his signal service bureau,
Men Of small ideas are numerous.
Other congressman have ambitions.
Geldes wants to be governor of Ohio,
Knott of Ke lucky and Wadsworth Of
New York. Randall, Carlisle, Springer
Cox, Morrison, Townshend and Con.
verse are looking toward the speaker.
ship. Lsedom wants the position of
sergeant.at-arms and Atkins that of
doorkeeper of the next house. Nc
Kinley and Townshend, Of Ohio, are
said to aspire to the senate; Haskell,
of Kansas, thinks he has a chance at
the White House, and Jay Hubbell
wants nothing bu. to hear no more OF
i uasaaamanta at q nor cant
MoLane, of Maryland, wants every
thing to 60 by the precedent of forty
years ago. Ben La Fevre, of Ohio,
prides himself on his system of dis
tributing seeds to his constituents.
Blount, of Georgia, revels in the
beauty of small hands. Mclean, of
St. Louis, spends his time thinking
of his liver pills, and Emory Speer, Of
Georgia, rejoices In thinking himself
the prettiest little fellow In the house.
Ben Wood, of New York, Is con.
spicuous by his absence. He has only
twice answered roll call, and has never
occupied bis seat during his congress
sionsl term.
Mr.. Kasson, of Iowa, Is noted fol-
his polished manners and his Miss
Nancy address; George M. Robson,
of Nav Jersey, for his love of good
living; Sam Cox, of New York, fol
his wit and sarcasm; Proctor Kaot,
for his irony; Jones, of Texas, for his
poverty; Scales, of North Carolina,
for his knowledge of the Indians, and
Singleton, of Mississippi, for his like
necs to jeff Davis.
Singleton, of Illinois, Is the uglies,
man In congress-; Frank Hiscock is
the handsomest; Gambler, of Massa.
chusetts, is the most pompous; Waite,
of Connecticut, the oldest; Frost, OF
Missouri, the youngest; To~wpshend,
of Illinois, the most bombsstic; Grape,
of sachusetts, the most modest;
Tom Rsed, of Maine, the brightest
and Wslpole Coleriok, of Indiana, de
cidedly the dullest.
Congressman Hammond, of Geor
ais, is the ablest lawyer in congress
W~adsworth, of New York. Is the big.
gest farmer; Far~ ell, Of Chicago, tn
biggest merchant; Russell, Of Msssa
chusetts, the largest manufacturer
and Bslf I'd, Of Colorado, the mos
extensive miner.
Governor Curtin Is the great diplo
mat Of the house, Gaorge w. Rrbeso,
the great orator, Robert j. @. Wake
the great poet, George Wise, of Rich
mond, the great duellst; Ranny, o
Boston, the great criminal examiner
and Arson McCook the great militar
hero.
Sixty of the senators had academi
educstions, and twenty-ssven are col
lege bred men. Nine senators wer
educated In the common schools, fou
we're brought up under military dii
cip,ine, and two are put down as hav
Ing no education Whatever. Senate
Dawes Is q product of Yale, Hosr Q
Harvard, Salisbury Of Dickin
son, Cameron, of Princeton
, Grover and Frye of Bowdoir
Ben Harrison and McDill, of MAN
university, and Allison and CougeI
l of the Western Reserve college, no
located at Cleveland. Nearly all tn
, senator's are lawyers by profession
fifty .three having studied law, an
nearly all prso.iclng it. There are
couple of businens men, several farm
a ers, and a half dozen bankers, but tn
, lawyers have a monopoly of tn
senate.
Fair. of Nevads, Is the richest eel
Z ator; Harris, of Tennessee, Is til
poorest; Sherman, of Ohio, Ia tn
lesnest; Ovid Davis, OF Illinois, tt
!, latest; Butler, Of South CArolina, tn
handsomest; McDll, of Iowa, ii
: ugliest; Malone, # Virginia, the mo
y heterodox; and MCMILLAN Of MI
nesota, the most orthdoI; Senator Il
gals, of Kansas, Is the best debate
and Don Cameron, of Pennsylvani
the poorest Van yok, of Habraska Il
wittiest, and Mitchell, of Pennsylv,
q mia, the dullest; Bsyard the mo
scholarly and Plumb the least 9
"a Morgan. of Alabama, talks the mos
and johnson, of Virginia, the leas
It Salisbury, Of Delaware, is the TALES
- and Sawyer the shortest; Edmunds
; the best lawyer; Davis, OF West VI
ginia, the best business man; Log
y the most noted general; and Frye,