Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06
FROM THE HOUSE GALLERY.
A legislative Body in Which the Baldhesde5
Men Have a Majority
Washington Star

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Washington Star.
Looking down on it from the galIery
the House of Representatives presents
scene of picturesque badness. Ii isas
bald as the orchestra at ballet. One nc
the men who shows the most head To- tbs
number of hairs visible il Mr.. Bennett
of North Carolina. who said the otbs-
day. concerning the civil service reform
what many Democrats feel. He has
large head which badness rather becomes
and the lack of hair on the crown is made
up for by an immense beard. There aro
comparatively few men in the House who
have not some sign of badness. thougb
some of them are quite young. Mr.
Camphill, of Ohio, is one of the verv
young bald-headed men. Considerabla
of his head has peen cleared.
Mr.. Reed, OF Maine, has head as ronnd
as an apple and as smooth on the TOP a,
if he polished his wit there. No one
looking at its surface could guess how
much shrewdness there is inside II +.
one of the most deceiving heads in the
House.
Tillman, of South Carolina. has a good
head, without much hair to cover it, What
he has is snow-white, like his beard which
is more prolific. As a whole the head,
in the House compare favorably with
those in preceding congresses, both as TO
size, shape, and badness.
Crisp, of Georgia, has what might be
termed a good-natured bald head. one
that would attract attention from the
galleries, but would not suggest the idea
of its owner being aged, which is by no
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table, satisfactory baldhead one that If
is pleasant to look at
Brown. of Pennsylvania is more con
scious of his badness than ia anybody
else. Every now and then he rubs his
hand over the top of his head, to the
great discontinue of the short hairs that
are claiming the right of settlement
there.
McMillln, of Tennessee, and james. of
New York, try to conceal their badness
by combing the hair over from the side
Several members wear wigs. Bingham
of Philadelphia, makes no attempt to
conceal that the top of his head is to slip
perry for hair to stand ON. 1t has been
slipping down until it just hangs on to
the edges.
Gilfllan, Miller and West are quite bald
and Wade has very little hair to speak Of
Randall has just a little vacant spot right
about the crown, the rest of his head be
ing pretty thickly covered, and Carlisle
has quite a big bald spot.
Ranney and Breckenridge, of Kentucky
could spare enough hair TO cover the
heads of some of their brethren. Ran.
ney has quite fine head of steel-gray
hair, quite likely to attract attention
while Breckenridge has a beautiful suit of
soft, snowy hair, matching a well-trimmed
thick white beard and contrasting with
youthful face,
The house is filed up mostly of aver
age sized men of middle age Barnes, of
Georgia, fills his chair the fullest and has
the most trouble to carry his weight
around. But there are number of 9th
ers who run considerably over 200 pounds.
Baker, of New York, would probably hold
the scales on a balance with Barnes, but
he is taller, and his flesh doesn't seem to
be quite such a burden to him. He has a
smooth face, round head and a good.
natureed manner. Hiscock and Warner
are both big and tail, being well matched
in weight and size. The Ohio man sup
ports part of his weight on a big black
cane with hook at the end, which he has
a leather stall for in front of his desk;
while Hiscock is as active az any of the
lighter men in the house. Reed stands as
proof that lean men are not the only
ones that "think too much.' Besides be-
ing one of the heaviest men in the house
he il the most alert and quick witted.
He reaches the most remote conclusions
in the most direct and astonishing way,
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close quarters. Reagan. Burnes, Cutcheon
and Crisp are all big men. The three
smallest men in the house are Belmont,
Merrimaq and Swope. The thinnest Is
Geddes, and Hayden is the most dressy.