Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-15
BALDHEADED STATESMEN.
How They Grace the Chambers of the
Senate and House of Representatives.

lu7eu cfahlai surface, eau Ing colds and
the consequent inconvenience. so he wore
this little black cap all the day in the
committee rooms, in the Vice Presidents
chamber, and in the chair of the Senate
as It's 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 heaQs in the chamber quite
as bald as his.
The nearest approach TO the system
which Senator Edmunds has inaugurated
Is the course OF senator Williams. the
hero Of CeTrO GOFdO. He wears a wig
IL IS very neat and is very well fitting
but b. has a way when he has occasion to
stroke one side Of il Of taking hold of the
opposite side To keep il in Its place, thus
giving the whole thing away at once.
Senator Coke, OF Texas. is one of the
bsldest men in the Senate. There is a
vast eXpause Of ''fOreHead" extending
away over the top Of his head and down
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 10 run clear around. for it is heavier
IN front, where there is a bunch Of white
beard.
Cameron, OF Wisconsin. is quite as
destitute OF capillary covering as those
mentioned. lie has a full growth of
snowy white beard. Cameron is an ex-
cellent Senator, and the Senate will suffer
material loss wnen be goes out. II was
because Of his determination not to re-
main longer the Wisconsin people were
induced 10 cast about for a new man for
the place. A quiet, unpretentious man.
he IS thoroughly posted on all that is 20
ing Jon, thOrOu -hly we'll read, safe in his
convictions aud judgment.
A IL "A hnu ftul 10
has a peculiaTly-shaped head, very wide
at the back and narrow al the front. The
fringe Of hair running around the vast
expense OF badness is white as the
driven snow. So is the well-traihed, dud-
ish mpustache, which is the only portion
Of the beard he permits to grow.
ingalls, Is another man with a peculiar
looking head. It looks like a cOcOanut,
very small, very narrow, very high at the
back and low In front, we'll covered vita
thick growth OF gray HAIR, which is
parted in the middle. His stubby NOUS
tache and little patch OF chin WHISPERS
are not white, but an iron gray.
Senator Sawyer, the richest man in the
Senate, Is not Durdened with hair, though
he is not so bald as some Of his associ-
ates.
PendletOn has lovely head Of brown
hair.
Vance has a mass Of thick iron gray
hair, thoroughly covering his round. large
head.
Allison has q full head OF black hair
which never looks as though il had been
br shed.
Beck is very much ditto.
Bowen has black hair and little patches
Of black whiskers mixed with gray on the
sides.
Brown is the queerest looking rooster
OF the lot, with scattering white hair on
his head, punched out at the sides in old
fashioned style, and mop Of white beard
all round under his throat and running
about half way up his chin. It is the
queerest sort Of style imaginable, some
thing approaching the lone fisherman Gu t,
but infinitely worse.
Cameron has a little bald spot about as
I big rs a silver dollar on the top of his
head. He is bOyish-lOOking fellow. the
/ last man IN the Senate chamber that Won
would pick out for Don Cameron after
/ the many things that have been printed
about him.
German has rather thin brown hair,
/ usually well plastered down on his small
+ head, which is big enough in proportion
to his body, which is like that of boy of
To-
Vests sandy brown hair is pretty thin
and pretty carefully smOOthed down on
+ his round, rather large head to conceal
the signs OF approaching badness.
CockrelPs Is pretty nearly ditto, though
/ he prOably hasn't discovered it. He
thinks less about his personal appear
I auce and more about the details Of SEN
ate business than almost any man on the
Z floor.
MahOne's small head is covered with a
f thick growth OF irOn-gray hair.
/ LOgan's hair is thick and black. and
I only surpassed in thickness and length
by Lamar's.
In the House there are fewer baldheads
IN proportion 10 the entire number than
in the Senate. Reed, the IrrepressibIe wit
from Maine, who is the quickest and
strongest man on the Republican side, if
not in the entire House, has big, we'll
shaped head. very bald, with an occasion
al streak of brown hair cOmbed over il to
conceal it as far as possible.
Dlngley, his colleague. an Ex-Governor
OF the State, has his hair so precise in
its lay that it gives the suspicion Of a
wig.
Willis, of Kentucky, is one Of the bald
est me1 in the house, and one of the hard
est workers.
BrOadhead is very bald, smooth-facad.
with only fringe Of white hair around
his head.
TilIman, or South Carolina, is another
quite destitute in this particular line, as
are Strait and Wallace.
Randall has full head of dark hair.
little mixed with gray.
Carlisle's hair is dark and pretty thin,
his face, like Randalrs, smoothly shaw
en-
Gen. ROsecrans' hair is very thin. his
face covered with thin growth of sandy
beard.
Cox, Of New York, has q pretty good
sized bald spot on his head, but his hair.
IN spite OF the fact that he is about 60.
shows very little gray.
That other witty man, HOrT is as gray
as an old badger, and about as fat. He
has full head OF gray hair, not white,
aud queer little patch of gray whiskers
on his chin.
HOlman's hair is pretty thin and dark,
but mixed with gray. His whiskers, which
grow on the lower part of his face, but are
shaver from the upper lip, are much
mixed with gray.
Durham, Of Chicago, has heavy black
mOustache and full black hair, very
much resembling in this particular Sem
atOr Sabin. who has been mistaken tor
Duuham of late.
SenatOr-electJO Joe Blackburn has small
bald spot on his head and a very heavy
mOUstache, which will vie in magnitude
with LOgan's.
In the Supreme Court, Justice FIELDS
head is extremely bald, with a fringe of
irOn-gray hair and a full iron-gray beard,
long and wavy. His badness is not 50
painfully apparent, however, as is that of
Justice Gray, whose ouriOusly-shaped
head, high at the back and rather mar
row. Is extremely destitute Of covering.
Stanley Matthews has a gOOd-siZed
bald spot on his bead, very little larger
than when he was appointed five years
ago.
Chief Justice Waite reioices in full
head of irOn-gray hair.
In the lobby. Capt. Eads, who is ex-
tremely bald, wears black skull cap like
tnat worn by Mr.. Edmunds, while that
other distinguished lobbyist, MIR. Belknap,
rejoices in a full head Of hair and mag
nificent beard.
A 6-Year-Old Hero.
Portland lOregOn) Nelcs.
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