The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-03
THE STATESMEN WHO TALK.

tuC Ol liCB III public life in England. The great men in this country have their peculiari,ies as well as those of other countries. An houi in the house will demonstrate that fact 10 any close observer. For instance, II IS not an uncommon thing 10 see a member of the house, while Tn his seat, scratch his head, clean and pare his nails, run his hands through his hair, tickle hrs ear with feather or do any other absent minded lrifie which might seem out of place elsewhere. Reagan, of Texas, for instance, the x-pos,master-genera of the confederacy, IS never al his bes, un- less he has a short string. win the ends tied together, with which he may employ his hands, pulling and twisting and work lns II after the !" cat-cradle" fashion. II he does not have the string. his nex; choice IS some loose pieces of paper. which he tears into bits. scattering them about hum until the floor in his vicinity looks IS though sort of blizzard had struck 1t. Hewitt, of New York. has q queer habit oi crossing his legs when he talks. lie usually gets into an aisle bet%een the seats, and pat'!ng hfs hands on desk at each side of him. crosses his legs as he stands When he gets warmed up he can stand with his legs crossed, without holding on ta ,h. desk. Judge kelley, who $ the ccalfAl f2urc on the Republican side. does not talk much nowadays I!e IS getting pretty old. and recognizes this t,e( The i,s; ume he made set speech n the house he began by saying ;h., he did Te. s.nnw whether - nol h. strength k..S
 .le has a wonderfully strong voiaa fo. one of ms slaht physique aud n make htihseli heard ih every pa.rt ai .hc great hail. Tom Reed. of Maine. #vho sis near Kelley. has a fetY lHels..e n .nnet. and is probably as much !, nome or h,s ieei ss any other sl m III ,ae house lie b never iiGfr.ed. He .s net au ts4a,ar. ahd aoes no; indulge maeh IT gestures when he speaks; hgt his att3eeflis, Is rsa ttly glad when ne e.ts town. lie has < w.tf oi saying cutting tifIngs. and ean be eVcre IS well as wtty. w.tt.a acts=,sioa rel res. Frank fiutd. ot e4o. has Csiieus manper Of fliag5ne G.s ..rpas on, ai iishi angles with his boiy. eg.irg him ths appearance of 4 ilylns-a slntnc. He ". k with Il cane nsuaih one .eg bciny considerably shorter than .ss .-tio9. mi h"e' i difficulty In stan In9 ,=itanut T on Any other occasion th m that of speech aating. When he gets warmed up m his speech, however. he fcssets cane and ies and everything else. -ni the NAY his arms ay K caution 10 those within reach of them. Holman. "the obiertorr seldom strikes out from the shoulder m making his gestures. as do most orators. Nearly all hls gestures are srm,iy by the melton ct the hand, or at least e the arm. rom the elbow down lie has | very funny way of checking up his sen tenees, spectacicS in hand. with a chop pinS motion of the right hand. which IS fA'hef amusing to the observer but quite annoying to the gentleman who wants to eei d oili through and cannot because of Holmans objection
 Hewitt of Alabama. is a queer-looking man at best, but when he Is making :, speech he certainly presents d very peru- liar appearance. He has way of ptnch- ing up his hand as If II were half full of salt. and of stretching Ii out. Tn making gestures. as it he were trying to dron some of the salt on the birds tail. and of then drawing Ii back quic sly as If his hn&ers had been pucked. General Tom brown, of Indiana. never began a speech Tn his life unless both hands were ram med down n his brooches poe kets. and never takes more than one of Nem out at tune for purposes of eestcult,ion. Ent Il is he greatest and only Be.tord who has the most particular way of hi, own in addressing the house. He WAS never known h stand by his orn desk. He always takes possession of the al,le adj I
 three alsles in ihe course ot his remarks. beiioFd uses arms. legs. lungs coat-,ails. ahd' ID faci. every available adlunet to "'aoif snd thus ii is. perhaps. that he attracts so much attention. II has often been remarked that his speeches sound much better than they read. In the senate there are quite as many pcculiari- ucs, comparatively as Tn the hosse. \ Nisstor 10 the gallery of ,hc senate may oi'en near the ratillng of a bunch of keys on me floor He then may he sure that ehher Ben Harrison, of Indiana. or sen- atof iiou, of Mas>a husctts. afe sit- ung quietiy Tn their seats. Both of these gentlemen seem to be bcs, able 10 un- LOCK their thoughts by rat,llng their keys m iistiess way. Senator C,roome, of Mafyiand, has great way of whulinp ms char round so that his back is to- wards the presiding officer thus he will sit and read or talk, or poaaer for a half an hour at time. Senator Ransom. a handsome man, by the way. turns his char sideways and keeps his eye on the ladies gallery Senator Sawyer. of Wis cons!n, presses his round hsnre against the door-Jamb and drums on the sides of the walls when he IS hesit4ling between ms duties on the floor and comforts in the eioak-room. Logan is kept pretty busy sometimes pushing his raven hair pack out of his eyes, and Edmunds. when occupying the chair and in the slow progress of dull debate, trims his nass to keep from going to sleep, and then scarcely succeeds.