The Washington critic., 1886-01-05
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The Capitol Restaurants and the
Statesmen Who Patronize Them,
GOOD EATERS AND DRINKERS.
III Effects Of tho System Of Rotation in
Office.
COLLEGE MEN IN CONGRESS.
Washington Ladies as They Look to an
Observing Correspondent
SMALL-SIzED SENATORS.

sMA11.srzEn SENATORS
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All 'he poweriu' men Oh congress,
says the Washington correspondent OF
the New York Star, are men who have
been repeatedlv returned by their con.
o,;,ropts until rbov have hv ,o,r
''i.u ~
couiso VI s.uuy "'iu ions oon'liuou
practice in the methods OF legislation
become qualified TO be useful to their
The nublic Is doubtless in almost total
;rroronoo of ,,,o cod cfroct nnon ,ho In.
sm, HI - ,o
lellcc'ual ana poli'lcai character Oh
Congress, brought on by the practice
of rotation in Office. 1t keeps down
the standard of the body almost TO the
point of mediocrity. New men making
pretensions TO leadership in Congress
never sustain themselves long, II is
too much like the apprentice teaching
the master. There are notable instances
of this. One was the eminent LAWYER.
David Dudley Field. who came to the
last part of the Forty fourth Congress
as the personal representative of Mr..
Tilden. This fact was at once recog.
nized by the leading Democrats of the
House. Colonel Morrison, Mr.. Ran
dali, Proctor Knott, Randolph Tucker
and Fernando Wood considerably
stepped back to make way for the
great New York advocate. Ali deferred
10 him as man who could safely lead
tbo Turbulent Democratic o1omont of
those stirring times. But the manner
nf |,oh tho on:o @ r,e'' lrnwr u ms to 1,no hiS
torv and need not be repeated
The episode shows that very
eminent man in the province of the
law may prove 10 DC q great failure as
p poii,,c,,, ri ieouea @ Wo,, Ne sione liiason' ;th
the great reputation of having defeated
Eugene Hale, and of being the only
legitimate pretender to the leadership
of the workingmen's interest of his
time. But if ANYBODY can tell who was
flatter man than Mr.. Murch two
months after he struck Washington he
should have a chrome for his smart
ness. There are other instances. but
not many. Mr.. Evarts in the Senate
is coming suspiciously near to the dan
ger line in this category of fallen
leaders. He has political wisdom.
some experience in politics, and a great
deal of sacacity. both MS n man of the
world. and these qualities NAV save
him, but, on the other hand. he is
bucking IN against some old timers
who are little dangerous for politi.
| cal novice TO fool with.
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Only eight OF New York's thirty six
Representatives of Congress enioyed
college training. Mr.. Belmont is n
Harvard man Mr. Hewitt 10 q Graduate
50 roI,,a,n,a NJ Man",.,'ar 80 20 I.noa, N
Oh 0oiuihp'a, Mr. Merrihah Oh HOBART
Mr.. Viele of West Point, Mr. Adams
OF the College OF the City OF New York,
Mr.; Spriggs of Union, Mr.. Millard OF
H iinalns, MI rayhe oi h9cnestei m.e
INV + Gomnbell Mr Pnlii1er Mr. Mr.
lanes, Mr. Mohoney, Mr.. Muller. Mr.
Bliss and Mr.. Dowdncy, who complete
the list OF New York city and Brooklyn
members, enjoyed only common schoo
h havanSori om5 tho @ othor io, Momhars CG.M frnn
tbe interior, The proportion of college
men in the New York delegation is a.
large as in any other State delegation
Coilege men sc: seem 10 lall 10 grasp th'
PliHcs rnH u 5iie. Siovel TiG.ei,nu pnu
S' ay "io, @ S",i,uII .: E1I i.,.,iu'.i
JOIN ~ ~; oS,ils,e, oeoLse ~, ,iama., Eu,I,ua.,
air aira oon n,aat in' mno ~" 1;I W.
| any oul DuDllt iilth, tilNt HO
su ~ Somsu ,o;u iIw @ vo,e y 'h'e' .h snt mUw
v;i,;a % WawroII rnI Erortsy way ,oot ~ ,n' shoan
st;n t; ~ Via Ioas I,1S nonoIJ .JJN Cand, nneop
hnar m az ~, T ;.;mts Jm , a"na oId IpoiU, pno,,,
,"';a,, .po p.; pn"' ", sJou oiu N,a5 ,vs3S
Tamnn ,,,os ' ,SoI;,hnd " oT Vt ~ -f o,';s',;Ii
i,,S',a,.o;,'' PU VII ~ '1'''' 'i''
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d. urahtz brown, VINO oicd thc othe
day, 1t was said by an old member o
the Senate. was probably the smalles
man who ever sot in that bodv goo,
1aoI haa hoon so,1 ona ou 20 :, a'oI,
u."i mas o.en s''u, "'i' "'i Vi ~ ~ nan
clousiy anu iihPuuehtiy' says II ush
ington letter in the Chicago MAJ
about the stature of Senator Spoone
of Wisconsin. who Is an inch or tw
| ,o,lor ,,or bio col,o,o,o ,Jr cowyor
80, ','," n'' o0,'e"s w. 49, ,u"yo' "
uu' NOV poins ~ oro"u III INC g'rtn' Ii"
been described as an under'sizc man
OF course, size Is not quality, and fey
men care very much about what is sal,
of their stature. Senator Spoone
takes ali such things iokingly and i
Tho best snirit imaginable lie saws h
h AZ wears old. and he NOT only look
as yonpg and biz as he was when Ii
was no. 6ut he looks and feels inst n
Young and bic. lie has never had
sick day In his life; he has never beel
cross more Than ten minutes al a time
ana mas great many friends IN IN