The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-21
THE NEW SENATORS.
Portraits and characteristics of the New
Members of the Upper Chamber.

members OF the Upper ChamDers
Letter in St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Of the twenty six vacancies in the Senate it
seems that about half are to be filled with new
faces. Nine of them already elected are new
and thirteen old, while of those still to be de-
clded upon 1t seems probable that nearly or quite
all will be new men. Of course the faces OF
many of the "new' ones are familiar here.
blackburn, Chace, Teller, and Evarts are well
known In Washington Blackburn is an ire
presslb.e sort of fellow. with more voice than
brains and will find his level in a'hurry IN the
Senate, which is not of the sort to be bulldozed
mas voice and can tell good story.
Teller did not make much of a record
when he was there before, and, while the
Interior Department has been good school to
dition to the Senate. He is plodding sort of
man. with no particular brilliancy or marked
ability in any special line. He is of medium
height, with black hair combed back after the
Andrew jackson STYLE full beard, but smooth
upper lip, and reminding you of some pulpit
dignitary rather than senator from the young
and vigorous State of Colorado. Blackburn is
good-looking fellow, with fine figure and good
leg, shakes hands with everybody and calls
everyone old fellow" in such brotherly sort OF
way that everybody likes him.
Chace will make his mark in the Senate, intel
lectually if not physically. And if there is any
work to be done there that requires quick run
upstairs he may make record physically. II
Chace day or two after his election, going up
marble stairway at the Senate end the day OF
his election four steps at time Ireally think he
went up the stairway in a half dozen strides" .
Chace is only fifty-fye years old and as agile as
cat, physically. while intellectually he will
take high rank in the Senate. He will not add
especially to its beauty, however. Very tail,
very thin, with Ratchet face, sharp nose, and
little scrap of side whiskers he is not famous Tor
his beauty.
Evarts, of course, is wel-known here and
everywhere else so far as his appearance and
ability GO That he will take a place in the front
rank in the Senate goes without saying.
Stanford, who is said TO be the wealthiest man
in the Senate will probably be the quietest one in
the first year or two of his term. He has had
no legislative experience, and is not much of a
talker anywhere, and, being past sixty he will
not be swift to change his manner of thought
and action.
A good deal is expected of Spooner. who is to
succeed Cameron, of Wisconsin. He has the
reputation of being orator of marked ability,
quick witted, keen tongued fellow and hard
worker, who puts his whole soul into his work.
whatever that is Il remember seeing him argue
a case for the railway company that he he was SO
long identified WITH" said friend of his here
1T was hot day in July He went into the
courtroom, took off his coat and vest, and neck
tie, and collar. and cuffs, and went to work.
The sun shone down as it only can in Wisconsin
on it's hottest occasions. and the court room be-
came like an oven. But Spooner went on, pill
ing up the arguments high, and broad, and
deep, hopping the perspiration between times,
but never lost sight of the main point, and be-
fore night he had won his case. And it
was most important one, too, upsetting
law passed by the Legislature which had been
looked to as one of very grave effect upon the
railway interests. He got salary of $4,000 a
year after that, and could have held the place
now at $40, GOO a Year had he not voluntarily
given itup when he saw that the management
was directing an attack upon man who had
been his life long friend" Physically, Mr.. Spoo-
ner is not striking man. He is below the me-
dium, size. with black hair, stubby black mus
tache and boyish sort of way that does not
impress one with greatness.
OF Mr.. Payne there is as much known away
from Washington as here. 1t is not expected
that he will make much of figure in active
work in the Senate. He is too old past seventy
and has been too long out of pnblic life to take
hold very vigorously. But as his words are to
be those of very wealthy man. the second in
wealth in the Senate. they will be listened to.
Eustis, who succeeds Jonas of Louisiana is
we'll known to those who were here four or FIVE
Congresses ago, for he occupied the seat to which
he is now again elected He did not make much
of record when here before. Perhaps he will
do better now that he is older and more expert
enced
OF E. w. Wilson, who succeeds Senator
Groome, from Mary land it is expected that he
will at least. be worthy successor, for while
Groome is almost always in his seat and seems
to be very agreeable and obliging gentleman,
personally, he has not at all immortalized him
self. Perhaps it is because he is too fat for he
is the fat man of the Senate since David Davis
retired.