Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-03-20
sALp-nEAoEo STATESMEN.
-.. ~s.pators Who Can Not Boast Of ca.
Vigorous AdOrnments.

49,. Senators Who Can Not Boast Of Cra.
Vigorous Adornments.
Senator Edmunds, the presiding Of
t;ccr of the Senate, has fallen into q
habit of late of wearing a black silk
skull cap. He is very bald, and the air
., the Senate chambers is uncomfortably
cool to the exposed cranial surface,
causing colds and the consequent in-
conveniences. So he wore this little
black cap all the day, in the committee
rooms, in the Vice-President's chamber
and in the chair of the Senate as its
presiding officer. 1t looks odd to see
the presiding officer of the Senate sit
IN his official seat with his head covered
while all others of that body uncover
their heads in his presence. And there
are some other heads in the chamber
ouite as bald as his. The nearest a D
nroach to the system which Senator
Edmunds has inauguratcd is the course
Of Senator Williams, the hero of Cerro
Gordo. He wears a wig. 1t is very
neat. and is very well fitting, but he
has a way when he has occasion to
stroke one side of it of taking hold of
the opposite side to keep it in its place.
thus giving the whole thing away.
Senator Coke, of Texas, is one of the
haldest men in the Senate. There is a
vast expanse of forehead" extending
away over the top of his head, and down
in the rear SO far that there is only a
fringe Of gray hair running round
from one ear to the other. Indeed, the
fringe may be said to run clear around,
for it is heavier in front where there il
a bunch of white beard.
Cameron, OF Wisconsin, is quito as
destitute of capillary covering as those
mentioned. His rather small head and
rather retreating forehead fairly gllsten
in their polished nakedness, while on
his face, in marked contrast, is a full
growth Of snowy white beard. Came
ron is an excellent Senator, and the
Senate will suffer a material loss when
he gocs out. 1t was because of his de-
termination not to remain longer that
the Wisconsin people were induced to
cast about for a new mar for the place.
A quiet, u~npretentious sort of man, he
is thoroughly posted on all that is go
inc on, thoroughly well read, safe in
Ills convictions and Judgment.
Senator Harris is another bald one.
He has a peculiar-shaped head, very
wide at the back and narrow at the
front. The fringe of hair running
around the vast eXpanse of badness is
white as the driven snow. So is the
well-trained dudish mustache, which is
the only portion of the beard he per-
mits to grow. Ingalls, is another man
with a peculiar-looking head. Itlooks
like a cocoanut, very small, very mar
row, very high at the back and low in
front, well covered with a thick growth
of gray hair, which is parted in the
middle. His stubby mustache and lit
tie patch of chin whiskers are of the
same color, not white, but an iron
cray. Senator Sawyer, the richest
man in the Senate, is not burdened
with a capillary covering, though he is
not so bald as some of his associates.
fcndleton has a beautiful head of
brown hair. Vance has q mass of
thick, iron-gray, thoroughly covering
his round, large head.
Allison has a full head Of black hair,
which lever looks as though it had
been combed or brushed. Beck is very
much ditto. Bower has black hair,
and little patches of black whiskers
mixed with gray on the sides of his
face. Brown is the queerest looking
rooster of the lot, with scattering
white hair on his head, punched out at
the sides in old-tashioned style. and a
mop of white beard all around under
his throat, and running about half way
up to his chin. 1t is the queerest sort
OF style imaginable, something APP
preaching the lone fisherman cut, but
infinitely worse. Cameron has a little
paid spot about as big as q silver dollar
on the top OF his head. He is a boyish-
looking fellow, the last man in the
Eeenate chamber that you would pick
put Tor Don Cameron after the many
tMngs that have been printed about
i'm Gorman has rather thin brown
'alr, usually well plastered down on
Ms small head, which is big enough in
proportion to his body, which is like
nat Of a boy Of fifteen.
Vests sandy brown hair is pretty
mn and pretty carefully smoothed
t'"n vi MS round, rather large head
conceal the signs of approaching
badness. Cockrell is pretty nearly
Pllo, though he probably hasn't dis
Fo'efed 1T. He thinks less about his
PERSONAL appearance and more about
ne "details OF Senate business than al
elos1 any man on the floor. Mahone's
mai head is covered with a thick
krowth of iron-gray hair. Logan's
''if Is as thick and black as ever, and
my Surpassed in thickness and length
y Lamar's.
IN the House there are less bald
ea's IN proportion to the entire num-
VI man IN the Senate. Reed, the ir-
EPresslble witfrom Maine, who is the
a1ekest and strongest man intellect
aa'y on the Republican side, if not in
. le entire House, has a big, w%ell-shaped
' oau', very bald, but having an occa-
"lal streak Of brown hair combed
serlt to conceal it as far as possible.
a"sley, his colleague, an ex-Gov-
nor of the State, has mis- hair SO pre-
~ IN its ''lay'' that it gives the sus-
Wills, of kentucky, is one of the
allest men in the H0use as he is ono