The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-08
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Capitol.
Mr.. Lawler and Mr.. Ward, o.
Chicago, are known among theil
friends as ''the toughest and the ten
derest"
No State delegation in Congress is
SO poor that it has not some man Of
whom the remark is commonly made
He is the ablest lawyer in the
State
His modesty not less than his
ability has made Mr.. McAdoo one
of the most respected members of
the House. Whenever he speaks he
commands attention, and he is one
of the youngest men in the House.
The Georgia delegation in the
House composed of Messrs. Turner,
Crisp, Norwood, Harris. Hammond,
Blount, Clements and Reese is ac-
corded the palm for having higher
average of brain, backbone, industry
and influence than any other State
delegation in the House.
Mr. Randall is always ready to
make suggestions and give anyice to
members in charge of bills, as to the
best way of conducting their passage
through the House; but as a rule the
members are not so ready to accept
the advice, not that it is likely to be
wrong, but because it is not want
ed.
Representative O'Neil, of Mis-
souri,, it is said, will soon give him
self away in marriage. A more I'M
usual if not more hazardous ambi-
ton is indicated in his assertion
that the arrival of his immediate an
cestors in this country three months
before he saw the light makes him
eligible for the Presidency.
A well-known figure upon the floor
of the Senate is that of Maj. Ben.
Peiiey Poore, the clerk of printing
records. The Major is getting very
stout and he moves about with con
siderable difficulty. Often he finds
it necessary to stop to take breath
even when walking upon level sur
faces, and he is a constant patron of
the elevator for getting up and down
stairs.
Senator Dolph, of Oregon, is re
garded by the ladies as the hand
soonest man in the Senate. He is
tall and broad shouldered, and
speaks with rich, deep bass voice.
But. his chief claim to admiration is
his magnificent full beard, which falls
in wavy profusion to the middle of
his waistcoat. He has hesides a strik-
ing face and a majestic bearing
which attracts immediate atten-
ton.
Mr.. Phelps, of New Jersey, is the
most careful and generally one of
the most correct Of speakers in the
matter of grammar, but he was trip
ped up the other day by a member
from Texas. These bills have laid
on the table for months" said Mr..
Phelps. "Would not it have been
better grammar to have said these
bills have lain on the tableYn the
Texan asked, and Mr.. Phelps grace
fully acknowledged that it would.
AT the beginning of the Forty
ninth Congress Mr.. Foran, of Ohio,
who was recommended by the labor
of the country for
Chairman of the Labor Committee,
requested the Speaker not to appoint
either himself or Mr.. O'Neil, of Mis-
souri,. to the craftsmanship. But the
Speaker did appoint Mr.. O'Neil
The two gentlemen were rivals.
They are both ON the committee
now, and ever since the appointment
the committee has been split up
with jealousies.
Ne new member of Congress has
made more friends and admirers in
the House than Grain, of Texas, who
succeeded Tom Ochiltree. His abil-
tiles are recognized as fully by his
colleagues of the Committee on For
eign Affairs as by those of the Com
mittee on Labor. Educated for the
Catholic priesthood, he is an accom-
plished scholar, but by no means a
pedant. He seldom talks Latin, ex-
cept to puzzle a colored waiter. He
always calls for toothpicks in Latin.
He has a passion for carrying other
peoples parcels for fun. From the
distance between the floor and the
gallery, he looks like Perry Belmont,
but he wouldn't regard the likeness
as complimentary.
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Mr.. Romeis is an emipently res
pectable looking man. He is old
enough to be bald and shiny, and to
wear a ''beard of formal cut" con-
siderably tinged with gray, and
young enough to seem always pleas
ed with everything. No other man
in the House of Representatives
takes his ease with as much elegance.
He occupies back seat modestly
and appears to take a positive a.
light in all the proceedings of the
House. The novelty of the thing
for him is not yet exhausted, and to
see him you would fancy he was an
interested stranger or an invited
guest in the House rather than
of the body. He does not
seem to be engaged in the business
of the House, but rather to be watch
ing it with some curiosity.
The most outspoken man in the
Senate is Mr.. Beck. He talks
straight to the point in language
which, by its simple clearness, is
more forcible than all the rhetorical
of some of his brother SEN