New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-06
AN HOUR IN THE SENATE
IDLE DEBATE AND CoGENr CoNyERs.r,o..

IDLE DEBATE AND cocENr CONVERSATION
hot WEATHER OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES or ~
| AND HoAR or MASSACHUSETTS,
| trRoN AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT op TEE ,.
| WASHINGTON. July Al have been wateb;.i
the Senate in the last days OF its session That."s
Of anything have a pathetic interest and thu ,,s.W
states Senate IN final Kicker Of July legisst,on r
exempt from the rule. But tho scene on tho so
chamber. as witnessed during the present week fro
galleries. has been not only dolorous but l,..Is
spite Of the goal Of the term being 8, near Al ba.a,
Senators are trying ~ Keep cool. and are eyidenti,
stralnng themselves moro than 10 CUSTOMARY und.,'
pressure Of last hsurs from any vivid e1ertions
Such was especially the appearance ysstsrdav ~
| third Of their number clad in sesrsucksr and -
half diaphanous raiment. indolsutly occupoS -,
private matters ut their desks third
willow settse. Of tho cloak roo-s white tho rernnap,
clned In their chairs, and assuming the virtue OF ooc
tou gave feeble attention 10 tho solitary member q, 49,
body sufficiently unsophls;lcated b. deliver .tum.
speech on tho floor OF tho chamber 10 the d,s.
temperature OF July. Around thl, sieamisg wss,,,,
Senator thu air dashed by bis gestures seemed All !.
eddy. 1T nembranoous films Of heat rose and .hl,
morcd In tho air over bis head while his ooqucnes Nina
vIvdlJ mproTslye 10 the lAded that listened "a,
vIsiby msasured by the dissoivng staroh Of hi. sa,
collar
But IN spite Of tho Senator'S sarnestnsss and Bo.s IA.
general scene. az have asserted r,mslpsd ons OF -M
summer anEior and plarldDss The lghts ~ the gn,.
golden room oKqulsitey tOaed into appsaraao.
Goodness aad comfort; the vide open doors which
sat tho Idle antors tapped Ter ths benefit spaoo.
shaded Hobbies the sloqusaos OF tho perspss orator
Whose vibrant toas seemed ~ opsrAts oaly
Is soothing lullaby en- the ACCUSTOMED
nerves OF his fellow legislators. Such la,
been representative scene IN tho Senate during In
closing days OF tho session.
Ten years age visitor thu Capitol looked In q,
the United states Senate ho there score Of the r.a
rescntaye ntescs OF the Nation Take from tue cham
Dor to-day six good heads aud you reducsl 70 TIA
condition of Dyonsiuss poppy garden in which hi. pat
iosopber walked and levslIsd ths tail stake. The rest
make IN average dead level. The political giants are
mostly dead out Of powor standing for the Psss
dency.
INGALLS, or KANSAS.
Notably OF the rising OF the
body is ingalls, OF Kama. A quarter Of cen
tury ago he stepped cut OF william.
College. and in his graduation year, burning Abolition.
LIST already leaving Massachusetts, he pitched
In the Western territory In Its stern and stress period
The friend Of John Brown, with convictions serve
fighting his ressute way 81 the bar TIE stump in the
melees OF bOrer rutaDisA and, when tIe need came al
the editorial through all the ercc epoch while Kans
was the advance battle-ground OF the coming National
conflict he fairly at last the best. esteem sfhh
State Nearly dozen years ago the mantle OF Christian
craftsmanship. pulled from PomerOys shoulders.
fell more wertsly on his, and be has
1t here to worthier purposes
since. An intellectual, keen man. alert with almost
French ceverness. he has steadily moved up through
couple Of terms In the Senate he moved up tbrough
dozen preceding years In his State. lie fertile aud
nmbe OF wit and IL OF the very few men In tile SEN
ate with strong literary dash IN his faculties. He has
furthermore, found the art OF adjusting the
cets OF his fancy eEtemporsneous rhetoric and h
made him OF the most capable aud feared debaters
the body. As result presumably OF
his forensic trumphs the lecture Pond
Gently offered Senator ingalls, 500 night 20 make
gsgenents for tie coming season-an oher 1t Is said
which coureously dechned
Coming throuS the Senate doorway TO where yeste-
day encountered him the lobby, the Kansas Senator
said will talk with you long you like; tberss
nothing am profoundly dsinere,ted in than the
campaign oratOry inside"
What do you gentlemen from as far West as Kansas
think OF the Republican nominations at Chicago
asked.
Kansas Is sound any Republican ticket" Mr.
Ingalls, replied; hut in my belief there
the history OF the party any such ieoitOs nomination
this The enthusiasm for 1t viii greatest
possible. East and west OF the State OF New-Y York;
makes everything certain. But in the West ar.
especially pleased There something IN Blaine.
elan, spirit yigor. " which the spirit OF the West d
recy responds. The States % the Mississippi have
been waiting for him for years There been
such ardor for any candidate"
1what about the election ~ your Senatorial successor
which occurs. believe next winter g.
No formidable candidate against me has developed
yet. Ponds rostrum business might pay better than
politics possibly think shall stand succeed my
self the State OF Kansas not obJecting."
HOAR OF MASSACHUSETTS.
No IN the senate better sustdns s old time dig.
nifty than Hoar of Massachusetts,. He makes prc;en-
the extraordinary kind ofquats which the
fame OF his predecessors, Sumner and Webster.
the various duties OF his place he Is quite rs well
equipped they. and Is in manner and appearance
nearly ideal Senator. His talents Of the sort
lscribed 70 the old Roman Legislators, wide pra cL
knowledge and very hard sense. No man IN the SEN
ate carries more guns and no man Is better listened 10
when he speaks. said fellow Senator while talking Of
chair WITH his white hair and clean shaven face. MI
ligar has the hardy grOOmed look OF the drsOcrc Ing
shnan. Let him rise 10 spc and You would know
that New-Engiand claimed him in fact he l. Masscba.
sets herself In epOmeheT wealth, her respec ablo DID
family pride, her high learning and her hard thrifty
In the combination of these qualities he is far
more representative OF his state than either Webster
Or sumner
Four years Chicago the Massachusetts senator
won the reputation OF being nearly the abest presiding
Four weeks ago at Chicago he won a. II appears. ne"
prestige prominent Republican said here today;
for his nomination To Senator HUar through his ohsu-
nAtey refusing TO carry over the Massachusetts, dee;
Immediately after the adjournment OF Congress per.
nap a. erS a. some ua'G m r IN Ess s
lreSs the issues of the campaign 10 Will he the nrsl
public expression OF his views on immediate political
matters since the nominating convention and his audi
encc will undoubtedly be largo aud attentive Que IL
M less certain his Grafton IL about 10 glNe rude
shock O. the superine Cambridge culture and Boston
illettanteSm which have repnilated Mr. blhhe me
Massachusetts, SENATOR In known aNer~c 10 seeing h
privately pressed Judgments appear IN the Nspas
but one or OF Isis recent declarations concerning
pending political matters I'm conversation with friends
nave taken nearly the form OF epEram and have such
ubo pcrtncncy that they cannot bo larry witb9es
only pri, utility. iIere Is the Senator's manly deieHee
Df Mr. Blaine -,
Like almost all OF the Massachusetts, delegation
Chicago | was naturally In favor OF some man he bi
nunls or sherman but when the Convention had n"le
H. nomination WAS for Mr. Blaine. Mr.. Blaine isamM
affairs aud business, doubt but In my judgment Ne
= a corrupt man As to his making trdlc WIN nn
place Speaker of the House OF Representatives,
charged, IL impossible for man SO placed IN ns
very ime-ght Of publicity and critical attention HOl