Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-04-06
THE WAYS OF OUR STATESMEN.
What u Washington Correspondent
Says of Some of Our Repre-
sentatiycs.

Apple eating is Mr.. BANDS great act
He holds the fruit between the thumb
and forefinger OF the left hand and grasps
a good-sized jack-knife in the right. With
great deliberation he passes the blade
around the side Of the apple once, drops
the wide but not thick pairing under some
other members desk, cuts off a generous
slice and transfers IT to his mouth. The
pairing and the slicing alternate without
break in the regularity, unless some
thing in the proceedings attracts Mr..
Bland's attention. In that event he sus-
ponds the manual operation, but contin-
ues to work his jaws in slow, metlOdi-
cal way. Nobody on the floor gets moro
satisfaction out OF an apple than does Mr..
Bland, OF Missouri.
An habitue OF the gallery can not help
wondering where Congressman Springer
gets so many yellow roses. The member
from the Sangamon district would hardly
be recognized without the inevitable vel
low rose III his button hole. 1t is always
Il rose Just unfolding, one or two petals
seeming to be on the point of dropping.
A bud doesn't count with Mr.. Springer,
Tor he is ''connoosher" on roses, and
knows Just when to nip them to obtain
the best effect.
The silver-haired Breckenridge, of Ken.
lucky, is Il marked man for his laughter.
lie is as eXuberant asa boy when he hears
or secs something funny, and it doesn't
matter how solemn the pending bill NAV
be, OFF goes Breckinbridge with u cackle
That makes the Speaker look reproyingly
IN his direction. Ofcourse the bluegrass
member sees that he has made a bad
break and tries desperately to smother
his feelings, and gets purple in the face,
ana looks as il he was going to have
fit.
Inc burly Reagan has one of the worst
habits: Wherever he goes he leaves a
tran OF bits OF paper behind him on the
iloor OF the House. He isn't a nervous
man and moves slowly, but by close
watching one can see his pudgy fingers
always az work tearing paper into little
bits and letting them drop. Mr. Reagan
seems to be wholly unconscious of what
he is doing. Ii he leans over desk To
TAX to Il member, when he straightcns
~, there is the usual litter Of scraps.
Mr.. Glover has an eccentric way Of
making his entrec. Most members ms
soon as they come into the chamber seel,
the secluson OF the cloak-room. Tho
young Mlssourlan, three times out OF five
marches in at the door iurthest from his
seat and strides down the main aisle and
across the floor, hat in hand, oyercoat ON
his buck, with bundles of papers protrud,
ing from the pockets. As he arrives afte,
the opening, when proceedings are in luII
blast, he creates the impression that he
Is IN hurry, Arriving at his desk in
the front row and on the extreme left OF
The Speakers dais, Mr.. Glover unloadI
his pockets, sheds his Ben, and start,
the nearest page for the cloak-room with
Mr. Reed, Of Maine, the Republican
leader by virtue Of having been th,
choice OF the caucus OF that party io
Speaker, Is great traveller, lie likes IL
swing his ponderous form up and dow,
the aisles, and he has u conviction tha,
since he can't white pine stick fin,
proper place Tor his hands is in his mock
cts AT any rate, there he keeps them
Mr. Reed doesn't conline himself Ia hi
own side OF the House. His leg exercis
takes INN over among the Democrat
! quite lrequently.-GioJc-D emocraf.