Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-03
EX-SENATORS.
They Don't Make Much Noise in the
House.

They Don't Make Much Noise in the
House.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Record says: The ex-Sen-
ators in the House of Representatives
don't make half as much noise as the ex-
Representatives in the Senate. There are
three of these transplanted Senators.
Eaton, of Connecticut, the most distin-
guished, is a small, slight man, with
white hair and smooth, sharp face, who
moves slowly when he walks, and speaks
slowly when he talks. He served on the
committee on Foreign Relations in the
Senate, and he has not yet forgotten the
ban OF secrecy which it places upon its
members. 1t affects him as it does most
men OF 81. He tells you just as much. but
he tells it in diplomatic whisper. Eaton
is man of marked ability. He is a good
lawyer and man of wide reading outside
his professional library. He has a sharp
tongue, yet he manages to make and keep
great many friends. He likes to 20 over
to the Senate, and, standing on its outer
edge near the door, mOraliZe upon its
gradual decay since the time when Conk-
ling, Blaine, Matt Carpenter, Thurman
and Eaton, of Connecticut, thundered IN
tones which are still lreverberating. Over
IN the House Eaton hasn't thundered yet.
de is quietly resting on his laurels at the
head of the Committee on the Law Re
specting the Election of President and
Vice President. He also holds position
on the Foreign Affairs Committee, which
he got in exchange for position on the
Committee on Naval Affairs, He swan
ped places with George ID. Wise, of Vir-
glnla, who wanted to be on the Naval AT.
fairs Committee in order to keep his eve
on Mahone's performances at the Norfolk
Navy ard. kellogg,O of Louisiana, seems
to have dropped below the surface. He
has places on the Territories and the War
Claims Committees; but he never says or
does anything-Out loud. Privately he is
always at work. He still controls the
Republican machine in Louisiana, and
therefore the Federal patronage. He is
liking up the Louisiana delegation to the
Chicago Convention this at present mo-
ment. 1t will be uncommitted, but nom
committal. AS Kellogg says: at will
be found on the winning side" Apart
from politics, Kellogg is busy with one OF
the largest sugar plantations in the South.
His wife's brother used to manage it for
him, but since his death, which Kellogg
has sincerely mOurned, he has had to run
the plantation himself. Kellogg will come
TO the surface in the House whenever the
star route cases come up. He is still
under an indictment, which serves az a
constant Irritant, and he knows some
things that are mighty interesting. Kel-
logg is handsome, well-shaped man with
clear complexion, well-chiseled features
and frosted gray hair. He wears a white
mustache. Personally Kellogg is a good
fellow, but his methods are very, very bad
indeed. Pryor, of Alabama, the third of
the Senatorial Representatives, was a
senator for year only. He was appoint
ed by the Governor in 1880 to fill the term
Of George S. Houston, who had died.
Pryor is tall, well-fOrmed, fne-lookIng
man, with white hair, full white beard
and piercing gray eyes. He is man of
no mean abilities. In the House he
serves quietly with Kellogg on the Terri
tories Committee and with Eaton on ths
Committee on the Law Respecting the.
Election of President and Vice President