Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
WASHINGTON NOTES.
SOME OF THE NOTABLES LEAV
ING CONGRESS.

Paeuliarities of Personal Appearance
of Men Whom Circumstances COmpe
~ Retire from Political Life
Running over the list, says a Washing
ton letter to the Philadelphia Record, i
seems as though almost all the notable
On the floor OF the House-certalnly al
most all the interesting men-were t
cave Congress on March 1. The list in
eludes more than two dozen well-knOwl
names. l don't suppose that so man!
prominent men ever left the House o
Representatives In a body, except durinl
the first year Of the late war. The tire,
ex-Senators now members OF the HOEst
are all IN the list OF those about to depart
They leave never to return. Kellogg, x
be sure, is only 81 years of age
but his hair is scant and white
and so is his handsome silky nous
tache, and his beautiful complexion
is beginning to show the tracks of time
He has lived three or four lives since
he started in out in Illinois, as a young
lawyer and politician under the patron
age of David Davis and Abraham Lin.
coin in the old days before the war. 1t is
a wonder that he Is alive. But he never
weakened while the Republican party
was in power, with a chance of staying
there. He had q superstitious belief in
ty emily less strong than bis faith in
Blaine's powers. He felt certain, or
thoEght he did, of the success Of the Re-
publican party. He laughed at the Mug
WHmp movement. He has laughed very
little thIs winter. He takes little inter
est I'm politics now. He would not eare
TO remain in public life under an admin
istraiiOn which would take away ''his''
patronage, turning out OF Office the nun
hn 1uu
0fhce here and IN LOulsi-
ana. So he will retire to his
sugar plantation and reflect on his sins
for the rest of his days. Old Eaton. OF
Connecticut, who is 90, is the most chip
per Of the three. He is little but a very
dignihed old gentleman, with a smooth
face and a little white hair. He stands
very straight; his face, red with the de-
lights Of a thousand nights, shines with
Intelligence. He talks well in the House
as he did in the Senate, knows everybody
worth knowing and has a great many
warm friends. He knows lots of good
stories. just now he is summing himself
IN the cheering reflection that he has had
a long talk with Cleveland which the
newspapers have not heard about, and
that he may yet hold the Cabinet portfolio
which he has so long desired. Ii he
were act a prOtectiOnist he would be a very
adCsira0ie old statesman. Poor old Pryor.
Of Alabama, Is mach older than Eaton,
although his years HI. mber but sixty
and hye. But he las lived a.nIdly IN the
extreme Southern way, and has csN sed 10
Weld the influence he once had, he A..
IN aged man, with gray hair, and Will in
an probability never appear on the sur
face Of politics again. Bus these are by
no means the most conspicuous men in
the list. There is BelfOrd-as breezy as
he is red-headed and red-bearded, awk-
ward in manner, careless in dress, reck-
less IN speech, Incorporate in living, vet
goOd-hearted, and blessed with brains
and friends, and a remarkable a"r,,ua,nt.
ance with classical lite lie has
0eep MIST rom the House till
withIh the last ten days
and missed, too. He would have en-
hvened its dullness very much. but l am
sorry 70 say that, instead Of coming here
with the cOmmendable purpose Of rOusing
our sluggish spirits, he has been treading
the primrose path of dalliance in
Colorado all winter. Such a wreck
is always a sad sight. joe Black
burn, the inimitably fluent kentucky
orator. is TO be promoted TO the Senate.
He will be greatly missed, not only on the
AcOF Of the House, where his cOnciliaterY
way has contributed not less than his elO-
Quence to make him at once popular and
DpiEtul TO all good movements, but also
in the App-Ut,SiatiOns Committee, where
he has borne the brunt of the heavy work
on many important occasions. Black
burn is a gifted man. He has a ready
wit, a charming tongue and hearty,
hopeful, genial spirit, which make him
iliends without number. l wish he had
spent more time in the library and less in
the field, BrOadhead, of Missouri, who
an A IL no
St. Louis lawyer. He has seE1ed but one
- the House. He would, believe,
teFrn 'sN~,lrh sucb SER
ike 10 serve another, nIvuv.-s@ 9e--
vice is at great personal expense on ac-
count OF the neglect Of his profession in
yolyed. Broad head was the Union war
Governor OF Missouri, and is An eminent
" respectable gentleman. He is large,
fiue-lOOki1g old gentleman, with white
hair. smooth face. His manner is
very agreeable. His only appa-
rent fault is his Observation-Disclosures which
gets him into all sorts of trouble. He is
ALWAYS pointed out from the gallery as
one Of the half-dOZen good lawyers in the
House. Buckner, of Missouri, is law
yer and banker, who retiTeS after serving
through six Congresses, because he is
tired of Congressional life. He wanted to
be Governor of Missouri, but Gen. Mar
maduke got the Democratic nomination,
so Buckner will retire to the more or less
classic town Of Mexico and manage his
bank for the rest of his life. He is 6S
years old, erect, active, his hair and beard
lust turning gray. He Is one of the tinau-
eiai authorities of the House ana Chair
man Of its Committee on Banking and
Currency. Budd, Of California, the smart
Young man who led a fOrlOrn hope in his
district to unexpected success two years
ago, retires because his health is not as
~ he
two wears more would deprive him Of his
health. his only wealth. He
has a pIucky little wife, who helped
carry the district. They stumped 1t to-
gether with a buggy and a paint-pOt, and
covered all the bare spots in the dozen
counties with "YOte for Budd." Budd is
\ lively youth and a California type OF
the Bret Harte sort, even If he did
graduate at California University and
praeliced law for ten years. He has
amused the House not little. Converse
OF Ohio Converse who moved TO strike
out the enacting clause Of the Morrison
bill. Tetires unwillingly by the request
of his constituents, who did not like bis
tariff views. He is a short, chunky
gTay-haiTed, smOOth-faced, shifty, ole
politician, very soft Of speech, anC
sly OF manner. He can be very
well spared. Big D0rsheimer will
JOsenh Pulitzer wanted his seat. BE does
not 20 willingly. He has some means
and. being a man Of culture, be ikel
Washington life. l would not be sur
prised il he should remain In Washing
ton for a few years anyhow. The man il
well set forth in the current story which
the New York men tell. Suffering 'BilP
TrayeTs took DOrsheImer cut for driy'
out Of New York. TraYers got out
halfway" hotel and got a drink. Nv no.
that in your wagon, Bill ?" asked cron.
standing by. oh" said Travers
sst-t-:-that's ex-Lieut. Gov. D-D-D-DOrs
heimer." why" said his friend, 81 hal
no idea he was such a big man.
.1Y-y-you ought tito see him as b.
t-t-thinks he is" responded Trayers a
he lett the bar.
Ellis, Of Louisiana, has the sweetes
voice in COngress-''hOneyed elOquence'
Goesn't express it. It's peach and honey
VeIsa clever man Of Yoluptuous South
ern type. with large head covered witt
brown hair, gold-rimmed spectacles and
hrown mOustache and goatee. De ha
served through five Congresses, and want
"A IN serve through fve more; but he 90
into trouble with his local ''machine" ant
the sSnachine" came out ahead. Ellis is
mest agreeable companion and Is YER