The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-15
THE WAYS or OUR STATESMEN
what \ Washington Correspondent says
Of some of Our Representatives.

what \ Washington Correspondent says
Of some of Our Representatives
Ample eating is Mr. BLand'S great at
he holds the fruit between the thumb and
foreiinger Of the left hand and srasps good
sled jack-knife firmly in the right With
great declaration h. passes the blade arrund
the stle Of the apple once. drops the wide bus
not thick pairing unsier some other members
desk. cuts off generous slice AMI Transfers it
to his mouth The pairing and the Skiing al
Iernate without brrak in regularity, unless
something in the proceedings attracts Mr.
BANDS attention In that event he s'lSlencS
the manual operation, but continues 10 work
his Jaws in a slow, nethciical way. Nobody
on the for Of the house gets more satlSfac-
ton out of AN apple than does Mr.. Bland. IL
Missouri
An habitue Of the gallery can not help
wondering where Congressman Springer gets
50 many yellow roses The member from
the Sancanon district would hardly be rec
oynized without the inevitable yellow rose IN
his button hole Ii i, always rus. just un-
folding, one or two petals seeming 10 liz on
the point If dropping oil. \ bui doesn't
count with Mr. Springer, Ton he + a con
noosher" On roses, and knows Just when to
nip them To obtain tho hest effect.
The silver-haired Breckinriise, Of Ken
lucky, is 4 marked man for his laughter tie
Is as exubcrant As boy when he hears or
sees something funny, and it doesn't nlatter
how solemn the pending bill may be, of goes
Breckinridge with a cackle that makes the
SPEAKER look reprovingly in his direction.
OF course tho bluegrass member sees he has
made bad break, and tries desperately to
smother his feelings, gets purple in the face,
and looks as if he was going to have tit.
The bury Reagan has one Of the WORT
habits. Wherever he goes he leaves trail Of
bits Of paper behind him on the door Of the
house. He isn't a nervous man and moves
slowly, but by close watching one can See his
pudgy fingers always at work tearing paper
into little bits and letting them drop Mr..
Reagan seems To he wholly unconscious Of
what he Is doing Ii he leans over desk to
talk 10 member. when be Strengthens up
there Is the usual litter Of Scraps.
Mr.. Glover has an eccentric way Of making
his entree. Most members as soon as they
come into the chamber seek the ssclusion Of
luz CluAh-IbbIil. NOuIH hA>Soui
three times ont of five, marches in at the
door furthest from his seat and strides down
the main aisle and across the floor, hat in
hand, overcoat ON his back, with bundles Of
papers protrmling from tho pockets As no
arrives after the opening, when proceedings
are in full blast, he creates the impression
that he Is in a hurry Arriving at his desk,
in the front row and on the extreme left Of
the speakers dais. Mr.. Glover unloads his
pockets. sheds his Ben, and starts the nearest
page for the cloak-room with good load.
Mr. Reed of Maine. the Republican leader
by virtue Of having been the choice Of the
caucus Of that party for speaker, Is great
traveller lie likes to swing his ponderou,
form up and down the aisles and he has IA
conviction that since he cant white pine
stick the proper place for his hands Is in biz
pockets Al any rate. there he keeps them.
Mr. Reed doesn't conflne himself 10 his own
side Of the house. His leg exercise takes him
over among the Democrats quite frequently.
Wv ashngton Cor. Globe Democrat