The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-25

Belford thought be had forud his for.e-'o
be funny, and So ne k-pt u np. Since that
no matter what the snhjec' under discussion,
BelfcTd is always ready TO cut in, and by
keyiDg his thin, shrjll voice up to the higo
est pitch, Tapping his long, awkward arms
about him at tie most terrific rate. and say
ing the most unexpected and uncslled for
things, he MANAGES to make people listen to
him for five minutes talk. he Is perhaps
the most peculiar man IN the House IN his
personal appearance. His thin hair is very
red. but his thick, heavy beard is redder,
while his face is even more brilliant hue
than either the hair or beard. His clothes
hang on him like the historic ''shirt on
bean POLE" Tobacco Juice adorns the cor
DeIs of his mouth and his shirt front. And
yet he is witbsl very quick and keen witted,
and quite we'll read in some particulars. He
has been in Congress ten years.
Another man who has proved himself
'pestifeIous' in this Congress is Mr.. Warner,
of Ohio. He has become almost as chronic
an objector as Mr. Holman, with apparently
sbout 10 per cent. of that gentlsman's ca
pacity and good judgment. He can offer
more objections in the wrong place, make
more useless inquiries and destroy more
valuable time than any other man with his
experience in Congress. And vet he has
actually been reelected. Another man
with popularity is Mr.. King, OF Louisiana.
Ia his case the breaking out seems to be
about his personal appearance He is said
10 pride himself upon his resemblance to
Napoleon, and to suppose that he has not
only face and head like his. but that he,
too, is possessed of great military genius.
He Is said to be very fond of assuming attl-
tudes which Napoleon made famous, and
to thus by manner add TO the personal re
sem blance, which probably does exist in
some degree. Brumm OF Pennsylvania, is
another member Of this class His weak
ness is about labor reforms and green backs
and all that sort Of thing. He does not
speak often, and when he does he makes so
much noise that you can not hear.
him say anything. Oscar Turner is another
man with views. His relate mostly to trace
chains. When the tariff comes up he is al
ways aroused and is never easy until he has
got in bill or motion to take the duty of
trace chains. He does not say very much
In DETAIL about the other features of the tariff
except to denounce it as UBIQUITOUS, but on
trace chains he is always at the front. Me.
Poland, of Vermont has one popularity in
his dress. He still insists upon wearing his
dark blue swallOw.tail coat with brass but.
tons, let the style change as it may. In all
other matters he is perfectly level-headed.
A PECULIARLY of the venerable Wolford, of
Kentucky, is his appetite for oranges. 1t is
an every day occurrence to see him pacing
about the House, sometimes on the floor and
sometimes in the Hobbies, eating an orRn &c.
=
culture bss to no in society is to eat an
orange. He always lodges it II he can, for
at the best 1t is difficult But put an aged
noun taipeer like Wolford at it, and the
scene becomes absolutely painful. 1t is
sometimes hard when you see Wolford
marching down the main aisle or promenad-
ing in the lobby and exploring the interior
OF mammoth orange, to tell where VOL
ford ENDS and the orange begins. Miller, of
Pennsylvania, is another man OF points"
he hasa very thin, very piercing veice, and is
most intense partisan, and njects his sharp
speeches and cutting remarks most generally
body knows Mr. Holman's weak point-thst
of objectiDg to every blessed thing that looks
as though it could be possibly dispensed
with.
Mr.. Robinson, of Brooklyn, better known
as "Richelieu" Robinson, is another brilliant
example Of the men with peculiarities. he