The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-28

Personal Appearance and Pecuiiarities q
Senators.

Personal Appearance and Peculiarities "a
Senators.
Tempieton, In Boston herald.
This matter Of personal appearance among the
Congressman is something In which there is an
apparent vanity for which / was not prepared.
II Is astonishing the extent to which the Sena-
tors, especially, pose for the galleries There 10
one Senator from the South who appears Co
make this almost the sole object OF his service
on the floor Of Senate. No matter how thin
that body is in attendance, You will always find
him there. He Is dressed in full black suit
with his frock coat buttoned across his breast
he strikes many attitudes but he never retains
one OF them long at time. He will sit in his
own seat; then he will 60 into the lobby; soon he
returns and walks back and forth behind the
rows OF benches; then he taxes the seat of an
9Iher Senators then he rises to promenade again.
he does not make speeches himself; he writes
little In his seat; he seldom talks with other
Senators; he Is just exhibition. Another
from the West Is not so tall 80 large or SO hand
some, but he is almost equally conscious. He
looks so different from the rest that the visitors
eye rests on him at once as it surveys the Senate
board and generally the inquiry is made as to
who he is He is a Senator who does speak, and
he speaks with the realization that he is in pres
ence of the galleries. Not a word that comes
from him escapes the ear of the auditor in any
part Of the building The finest looking man in
the Senate is unquestionaby Butler Of North
Carolina. He has a noble figure. and though he
wears wooden leg. he bears himself grace
fully. His face. too, is intellectual, digni-
ned and with few marks of age. Wade
Hampton, his colleague, is chiefly noticeable
for his heavy and observation-disclosures gray mug
tache. which does not really add to his dignity.
he, too. has but one leg. Morgan. of Alabama.
is tall, slender with face that indicates refine
ment and culture. find that the correspond
ents agree with me in my estimate of his power.
They rate him as the best-informed man in the
Senate, and all agree in saying that the sentences
that constitute his speeches are the best formed
that come from any Senator. He is a very able
lawyer. too Plumb, of Kansas, is the most
rapid talker. He is bright man. but altogether
careless as regards his style, in which he is a
marked contrast to his colleague, ingalls,. who is
the most careful and ambitious rhetorician at
the Senate board. Zeb Vance, the North Caro-
lima humorist. is tall, heavy man, with thick
white hair and thick white mustache, who
walks much as the Japanese girls do in THE
Mikado," through weakness about his feet. His
would in moro susceptible body of men.
Jones. of Nevada, looks like Bob Inger-
soil, but is little fatter The
millionaire, Stanford. from California. 10
ter and personally popular. Palmer, of Mick
igan, another rich Senator, has particularly
attractive face, and is much liked He is excel
lent company John Sherman have described
does not look younger than his years. by any
means The most unpleasant looking man in
the Senate is Malone. He dresses very carefully
and has an enormous expanse of shirt bosom,
as if just got up for evening party, but his
peculiar hair and long beard, of not attractive
gray color, with his singular form and cast Of
eountenance, are suggestive of spider. Vest
OF Missouri, is the next homeest man in tno
Senate. He, too, is small enough to make his
name appropriate, and his countenance is NOT
agreeable. His voice, too, is bad, yet he is gem
orally considered the most interesting speaker
OF that body. This is because what he says il
almost sure to be so pungent He gets the at
tention of his own side. who were almost all in
their seats when he spoke two hours and half
on the Dakota bill the other day. He strikes
me as a smart and specious, rather than strong
man, however.