The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-13

expression, and even in his ON
speeches in favor of the educations
bill everybody could see that his OF
ject was to obtain fame for himsel
rather than increased educational ia
cilties for the south.
No one pretended to listen to MI
Blair's vaporv talk. The fact is tina
he is tolerated by his fellow-senator
just as we tolerate precocious child
Senators Coke and Morgan, thougl
men of recognized ability, are famou
for their skill in emptying the CALLER
les and causing general stamped,
even from the floor. Like Edmund
Burke, they can make able speeches
but they have not the taste to adap
them to the mental caliber of theil
hearers.
When Mr.. Coke takes the floor 8
panic at once spreads through the gal.
leries, members suddenly recall their
engagements in the lobby, and in five
minutes only half a dozen devoted
friends are left to hear the columns OF
printed matter from which the senator
from Texas usually reads his speeches.
His voice is monotonous roar and his
delivery the perfection of dullness; but
l doubt if the words of any other sem
ator read better in The Record. Mr..
Morgan answers to the same descrip-
ton, though be is not quite so long
winded and has weaker voice.
The bloody-shirt man from Maine,
Senator Frye, is the bitterest-looking
man in the senate; nor does his looks
belle his feelings. He seems to hate
everybody and everything from the
south and loses no occasion to insult
that much-traduced section. But,
whatever his faults and prejudices, he
is certainly a powerful talker. His
mind is as clear as rock-crystal, his
diction rough but strong, and his voice
can be heard distinctly in the remotest
hooks of the lobby. He generally
keeps his left hand in his pocket while
speaking, and, when very excited, he
has often been seen to cram both hands
INTO the ''receptacles of his breeches.
Mr.. Fryc's features wear a continual
'cowl, which deepens as he grows
warmer. He is the mouthpiece of the
ew inveterate bloody-shirt wavels of
he senate.
Senator Hoar is master of good |
english, though not at all forcible in |
it. He is a typical narrow
minded New Highlander and is always |
ound on the unpopular side of ques-
ions discussed. Like Frye, and his
olleague, Dawes, Mr.. Hoar thinks, or
to think, that the south is
arbarous region, where virtue, espe-
tally New England virtue, typiied in
he persons OF the carpet-baggers, is
rampled under foot and all tendency
} progress frowned upon.
Mr.. .Pendleton, Ohio's democratic
snator, is not much given to talking,
ut he can be eloquent in his quiet
ay. His words always excite interest
q the democratic side on account of
is long connection and prominence in
lat party, but the republicans affect
erfect indifference to his opinions.
II. Pendleton's republican colleague,
snator Sherman, would make slight
1pression on popular audience
is tall, ungainly figure, dog-in-the-
anger expression and harsh voice
ould create prejudice against him
the outset. In the senate, however,
has attentive listeners. His sue
ssful resumption of specie payments
d generally wise administration of
g treasury department while secre-
y makes him somewhat of an
acle on questions of finance.
Of the senatorial Joneses-uwo at
ssent and three in prospect-the
N from Florida alone raises his
ice in the capitol. His namesake of
vada is too much engaged in private
'culations to give any time to pub
measures. The senator from the
nd of Flowers affords a laughable
ltrast between physical proportions
voice. He is fully six feet tall and /
1ualifiedly obese;yeta more delicate, l
mime voice than his never proceed Il
from the mouth of the most ethe- L
| dude. When he takes the floor
throws back his shoulders, initiates
chest, and INDUCES in command
survey of the chamber. A strang-
expecting laundering voice to
coed from such an imposing pres
e, and hearing only most at
mated tenor, would be forcibly
inded of Horace's "Pariurlunt
ties; naScetstr riduculuS mas"
enator Jones is, however, a man of
ctical ideas, hard student, and is
hired for his intellectual attain
its as well as his rare modesty.
,nator Lamor is, next 10 Mr..
ard, the Scion of the democratic n
. He is consulted by his associates Xxi
all important questions, and no III
II mans opinions have more
yht.
'nator Jones, of Louisiana, who did
/ efficient work on the national
mittee during the recent campaign,
man of few words but great
tical legislative ability. He is a
ker rather than talker; man
can always be seen in his seat, -
is more esteemed than many of =
c who furnish the senatorial noise.
much has been said during the
six months of Senator Logan's
grammar and other defects that Mi
illusions to them now might be VI
idered pinaforic.
ese are the gentlemen whose
IS are oftenest heard in the United
IS senate. Among the others
} are few scrupulous workers, a
who have not yet had time to
lnt Ia u L