Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-16
c,yD1DArEs IN THE SENATE.
og the Men who are Aspirants for
30 the Nomination in 1888.

II ASHINGTONs feDs 1z.--hSol 80 La
.,,rds Of Vermont, celebrated his 5Sth
1,rtbdav last week, and William B. ALI
x. ~ Iowa. will celebrate his 9th BIRTH
s.r next month. 1t surprises strangers
.sot they should be so nearly of an age,
IN mat they should be the youngest
or'1 the Senatorial aspirants for the
perTblican Presidential nomination.
Nojtber Of them looks his age. Edmunds
ioots ten years-at times twenty years
Mar. and Allison always looks ten years
'.o,fager, Edmunds is an old man. HIS
Sosd ia getting balder and balder, the
$smnant Of his hair is getting whittier ana
litter and his beard Is quite white.
somathing is the matter with the nerves
If his face, so that his eyebrows seem
disproportioned, and occasionally
fwitching movement is observable IN
mem. His nose is not the color OF MS
5eard. His shoulders are bowed, he uses
pis snactacIes constantly, and his voice
has Inc tones of old age. There IS no
doubt about it that bis disappointment at
not receiving the Presidential nomination
ofhis marty has told seriously upon him.
IIafs naturally very concerted man. He
nrohnbly considers himself the greatest
man in fhe United States, and, like Henry
CIav and Daniel Webster, he thinks that
the greatest man in the nation ought TO
be the nations head. So-although in
nublic his senatorial dignity, which Is as
much point of pride with him as MS
senatorial reputation, and IN private
his courteous manner, which is some
times almost genial, cover his feelings-
his disappointment is gnawing at his
heart. This would be enough if he had
not mad the private griets with which be
has at times been sore afflicted BE is
kent up. as verify believe, by the hope
which never dies until death in such
mind as his-that he may vet be nomi-
mated and elected President. 1t is this
which nerves him to try to make record
as a partisan; 1t is this which keeps him
In public life at all, for he would willingly
leave the Senate were it not for this rest
less ambItiOn. Allison is very different
man. In the first place he has young
heart and happy disposition. He has
had sucn sorrow as break mems hearts,
but 1t did not break his. Ii bent, but did
not break. He is sadder and graver than
ne used to be, but still he is the brightest
cheeriest man ON the Republican side. He
is a charming man, with quick wit and
a kindly tongue. His brown hair and
brown beard. with his fresh COM
plexlOn, make him seem young. He wears
his years and his dignities easily and
gracefully. He is the most popular man
on the floor of the Senate. He makes a
friend of every new acquaintance, and he
never makes an enemy. He is understood
to be Blalne's second choice for the Presi-
Dental nomination in 1888, and is, like
Brer Rabbit, quietly lying low. Evarts
is the oldest of the Senatorial rivals for
the Republican nomination. He was 6S
years old last Saturday, and he looks
every year OF it. / am sure there are SO
wrinkles in his face, and his jaws are tall
ing together. He likes to stop at the pic
ture-shop on Pennsylvania avenue, where
Mrs. FOssetHs painting of the Electoral
is exhibited. He is the GEN.
trail figure in this scene, standing before
the commission in the very act OF
making an argument, and be looks
ten years younger than he was ten years
ago. 1t pleases him that he ever looked
like that, and that may be the reason why
he usually walks down the avenue from
the capitol with his new silk hat on the
back of his thin, tall head. l don't know
Sherman or Logan is the next in
age below Evarts on the list, because Lo-
gan has sver published the date of his
birth; but Sherman will be 63 in May
next. l rather think that Logan is the
older Of the two, but his heavy jet black
hair and moustache and his dark COM
plexion make a guess at his age uncer-
tain. The first chronological fact about
him is that he enlisted as a private in the
Illinois volunteers during the war with
Mexico, and rose to the rank of Quarter
master before that war was over.
sherman looks much the older, al
though he has not changed much in
the past ten years. His hair and
beard and financial views are
little more silyery, but that is ali. There
q n n nj a h 40 in,
the race for the nomination IN the mind of
any one who reads the speech he made in
the Senate the other day, when he stole
the cream of the attack on the admins
tratiOn which Edmunds was about to
present to the Senate. This was very
Of the silver fox. Hawley
and Hoar are the only other presidential
aspirants that we need notice on the Re-
publican side of the Senate, although
there are half dozen others who will
probably feel sighted. Hoar will be 60
years old next August, and Hawley Will
he so next October. Hoar looks 1t, for
his hair and side whiskers are 80 thin and
white that his resemblance TO Horace
6reeley is more marked than ever: and
yet he Is young in spirit. He came of
the best stock, and he has always lived
so well, and yet 50 temporarily that he
Will be young at three-score and ten. He
Is, like Edmunds and sherman, frequently
accused Of GOODNESS, OF icy manners-the
gallery wits say that when he rises the
mercury falls. But no one of them de-
serves this, and HORr least of all. He is
not only charming but delightful and
even lOvaDle man. 1t may seem strange
that Massachusetts man should think
ne could be nominated for the Presidency,
out 1t Is no stranger than that a Connec-
ueut man should think so. Atall events,
ooth Hoar and Hawley are thinking OF it,
ana beth are iit for IL. Hawley Is grayer
iaan ne used TO be, but as young as ever.
hels the mostly versatile man in Congress.
ne can make good speech, write good
EDITORIAL or letter, sing a good song,
leii a good story, play the piano or paint
picture. Withal, he has such subsran-
ual ability, such wide information. and
sucq statesmanlike grasp of affairs as
tne resident OF this great country should
nave. Hawley is one of the few Eastern
men who nave that knowledge OF West
efn affairs which is 50 essential to q
moQefn public man. In the order of
availability the Republican candidates
iof the Presidency are thus ranged by
eHelf senatorial ssOciates-LOgan, Ali
SON sherman. Evarts. Edmunds, Hawley,
noar' There are no Presidential candi-
eaes on the Democratic side OF the