The Concordia eagle. [volume] (Vidalia, La.) 1873-1890, 1885-04-25
BALD-HEADEO STATESMEN
The Senators Who Can Not Boast Of Cri-
Vigorous Adornments.


habit of late of wearing black silk
skull cap. He is very bald, and the air
of the Senate chamber is uncomfortable |
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
quite as bald as his. The nearest ap-
proach to the system which Senator
Edmunds has inaugurated is the course
of Senator Williams, the hero Of Cerro
Gordo. lie wears wig. Ii is very
neat, and is very well fitting, but he
has 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
baldest 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
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 is
bunch of white beard.
Cameron, of Wisconsin, is quite as
destitute of capillary covering as those
mentioned. His rather small head and
rather retreatiRg forehead fairly glisten
in their polished nakedness, while on
his face, in marked contrast, is full
growth of snowy white beard. Came
ron is an excellent Senator. and the
Senate will suffer material loss when
he goes out. 1t was because of his de-
termination not to remain longer that
the Wisconsin people were induced to
cast about for a new man for the place.
A quiet, unpretentious sort of man, he
is thoroughly posted on all that is 60
ing on, thoroughly well read, safe in
his convictions and Judgment.
Senator Harris is another bald one.
He has 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
wcll-trained dudish muStache, which is
the only portion of the beard he per-
mits 10 grow. Ingalls, is another man
with a pcculiar-looking head. 1t looks
like n cocOanut, very small, very mar
pw, very high at the back and low in
frtnt, well covered with a thick growth
of gray hair, which is parted in the
middle. His stubby mustachc and lit
tie patch of chin whiskers are of the
same color, not white, but an iron
gray. Senator Sawyer, the richest
man in the Senate. is not burdened
with capillary covering, though he is
not so bald as some of his associates.
Pendleton has beautiful head of
brown hair. Vance has n mass of
thick, iron-gray, thoroughly covering
his round, large head.
Allison has full head of black hair,
which never 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 quecrest looking
rooster of the Tot. with scattering
white hair on his head, punched out at
the sides in old-tashioned style, and n
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 ap-
preaching the lone fisherman cut, but
infinitely worse. Cameron has little
hall cnnt oil n,,t hi,r N p;I,.nr Ill
on the top of his head. He is bovish-
looking fellow, the last man in the
Senate chamber that you 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 fifteen.
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. Cockrell is pretty nearly
ditto, though he probably hasn't dis
covered it. He thinks less about his
personal appearance and more about
the details of Senate business than al
most any man on the floor. Mahone's
small head is covered with a thick
growth of iron-gray hair. Logan's
hair is as thick and black as ever, and
only surpassed in thickness and length
by Lamar's.
In the House there are less. bald
heads in proportion to the entire num-
Der than in the Senate. Reed, the ir-
raprnSSihla wit from Maina ubo iS tho
quickest and strongest man intellect
ually on the Republican side, if not in
the entire House, has big, well-shaped
head, very bald, but having an occa-
sional streak of brown hair combed
over it to conceal it as far as possible.
Dingley, his colleague, an ex-Gov-
crnor Of the State, has his hair so pre-
else in its ''lay" that it gives the sus-