The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-01-15
HOW MEMBERS LOOK.
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME
REPRESENTATIVES.
Their Style of oratory. Choice OF
Words. and Quality
OF Voice.

Mr.. Kelley, the father OF the House, Is
for high protection and the reduction OF
the internal revenue without any delay.
He Is very fond OF his daughter Flor
ence, who is an exceedingly bright lady.
Often has the Judge quoted In his tariff
| speeches letters which she had written
to him from abroad. lie is very dra-
matte In his delivery, frightening out
his words with long ring possessed by
him alone. In early life he was an actor.
Mr.. lie Fevre is rotund and jolly. lie
sends out more seeds and things TO his
constituents than any 30 other members.
Mr.. Mills, of Texas, makes rafting
good speech and wants the tariff hewed.
lie is good manager.
Judge Reagan, of Texas, the author Of
the Interstate Commerce bill, was
Postmaster General of the late Confed-
eracy. lie makes good speech, iudg-
ing from the Record, but very few ever
hear him, unless they are within radius
Of 20 feet. His voice is very low. lie
has habit Of continually tearing paper
into strips and throwing them upon the
floor. lie is always surrounded by
snowfall Of paper.
During his Congressional career he has
torn up tons Of paper.
Mr.. Jones, of Arkansas, has n habit of
constantly thinking four silver dollars,
which are held in his right hand.
Mr.. Tucker Is one of the leading men
on the Democratic side. He is COM
handing in figure, and sometimes stilted
In his style of delivery. lie has Indian
blood In his veins. His face 10 ruddy,
his form erect, and his manners courtly.
Mr.. Springer takes up a good deal of
the Record. lie is n ready debater, and
Is generally found in the fray. lie is an
investigator. He was sorry at first that
Speaker Carlisle did not give him more
important committee than that on Ex-
penditures In the Department OF Justice,
but after beginning the investigation of
that department he was satisfied with
the prominence which 1t gave him.
Mr.. Ranney, of Boston, and Mr.. Tur-
ner, OF Georgia, are two OF the ablest
men In the House. They differ in poll
tics, but have the most profound respect
for each other.
Mr.. Willis, of Kentucky, is the typical
worker Of the House. Messrs. O'fara,
| of North Carolina, and Small, of South
bers. Mr.. O'Hara is the ADLER man of
the two. lie is well formed and not
very dark. Mr.. Small is squatty and
dark.
Mr.. Reed, of Maine, is tall and portly.
lie has the worst voice In the House. and
Is of somewhat ungainly figure. lie is
the real leader on the Republican side.
lie Is biting in his wit. Is generally sar-
castle, and very frequently partisanly
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in conversation has quaint way of put
ting things which pleases the palate Of
thought and at the same time gives the
whole situation In nut shell.
Mr.. William Walter Phelps, despite
his parted-in-the-middle hair and some
what dudish appearance, Is man of
brains and brilliance. His delivery is
very effective. There is one popularity
about him. In starting out to make n
speech he continues much longer In the
commonplace than do others. But when
he once gets down to work 1t is very
easy to see what sort of stuff there is In
him.
Colonel Bayne. of PENNSYLVANIA, is one
of the very popular men In the House.
lie is very popular, indeed, with news
paper men. When he begins to talk the
first thing that strikes his hearers is the
unusual length Of his arms. The next
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General Wolford, OF Kentucky, is a
quaint old gentleman. lie was one of
the most gallant officers of the Union
army, and is filled with lead that came
from the other side of the line. lie
walks with stick around the floor in n
curious kind of manner. lie Is very
genial and jolly.
Mr.. Phil Thompson, Jr., who goes out
OF the House at the close of this session,
H. 30. Ia.w k.u. Il
a splendid record for himself at the last
session. lie will be succeeded by ex-
Governor McCreary. 1t is generally
thought that the railroads defeated Mr..
Thompson for n denomination.
Another young man who Will be
missed at the next session Is Mr.. G.. A.
Post, of Pennsylvania. lie was Secre-
tary of the Democratic Congressional
committee during the campaign and did
most excellent work. He would have
been reelected had he not been In n
strong Republican district. lie was the
youngest man in the House, until Mr..
Shively who was elected to I'LL vacan-
cy, came in.
George ID. Wise, of Virginia, is an
excellent speaker, but he has manner
sms about him that spoil the effect OF
what he says. He talks as II he were
talking to II jury.
Governor Long, OF MASSACHUSETTS,
makes a speech that can hardly be sur
passed. He is the least bit stout. but Is
handsome. The hair on the top of his
head has been thinned He Is highly
cultivated. His language is the choicest
English. Some of his speeches, espe-
oially that on the Whlskey bill bill last
session, 1t would be difficult TO equal.
1t was the best OF the many made on
that subject. lie combines high literary
culture with the gift TO make 1t tellngly
useful In dealing with every day mat
tiers.
Colonel Tom Ochiltree Is of Texas
and national fame. lie Is, also, through
his bout last session with Bismarck over
the Herr Lasker resolutions, of almost
world wide fame.
Mr.. Bedford, Of Colorado. Is an able
man, with the glowing metaphor and
humor of the Far West. He Is, also, for
the surplus, and Is conspicuous by his
absence from the present session.
Mr.. Hiscock. of New York, Ia one oil
the most striking figures on the floor
He is leader among the Republicans
lie Is big, but his size has nothing of the
burly about IT. lie has iron-gray haii
, and piercing voice. lie is a fighter. lie II
stubborn In debate and forces the fight
ing into the enemy's camp. lie car
stand hard blows as well as he can Civ,
] them. He gesticulates emphatically
using his right hand.
General Rosecrans is as benign as h,
looks. He is always In u good humo
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