Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-07-29
NroKxAMss or PUBLIo MEN.
How some ConEressnnsn Have
Come 20 be Popularity KNOWN.
A Warrington letter 10 the Galveston

Come 90 be Popularity KNOWN.
A Washington letter TO the Galveston
Nesos says; Outside the precincts of a
school there Is no place where nicknames
are more literally and more appropri-
ately bestowed than in Congress. Often
it lis a faoetious member who, in the
course of debate, will call colleague by
name that will cling 10 him ever after.
More frequently, however, il is in the re-
porters gallery that the successful nick
name is coined. A physical popularity |
in man, some hobby of his, perhaps, or
manner of talking, will suggest the name
by which he is 10 be known to the oppo-
siton press or to the world at large. The
nickname is not intended as reproaeh |
always it is apt TO designate very fire. |
quently the good qualities most promi- |
nent in public man. John Sherman il |
known as "Honest John Sherman" |
Edmunds as "St. Jerome" Judge Kelley |
as Protection Kelhy," &c. Among
those whose outward appearance has sug-
gested names for them is Congressman |
Barnes of Georgia, who is known as
'.Bre'r Terrapin" In the 4Sth Congress
there WINS Belford OF Colorado, whose
fiery looks and impetuous manner Of de-
manding that the doors of the treasury be
opened earned for him the soubriquet of
"Red headed Rooster Of the Rockies
the only instance, l believe, on record
where ''alliteration's artful aid" was in
voked to bestow a nickname on q con-
gresham. Everybody remembers Weller
of Iowa-"Calamity Weller"-who saw
in every measure ruin and disaster II he
happened TO disapprove IL, and that was
often. Then there is "Bill' Morrison,
the colonel, the author of the horizontal
tariff reduction bill in the 4Sth congress,
who has been known ever since as "Hori-
zontal Bill Not far from him sits Hol.
man of Indiana, ordinarily known as
"Tho Great Director" by reason of his
desire TO object to everything which he
doesn't approve. Senator Van Wyck is
known as Crazy Horse" because he
shocks the dignity Of the Senate, treads
on the toes of people (iguratively speak
ing,) goes on the warpath like the
great Indian chief after whom he
was named, and scalps his adversaries,
(agRin l am using figure of speech
only,) while lie shrieks with delight and
runs his hands through his hair, which
stands on end like the name of an Indian
pony. One of the bsst fitting names was
given to Burleigh, who req resents the
Whitehall New York; district in the
House. If you have ever seen him at
work in Washington, or on the floor Of
convention, or anywhere else for that
matter, you will recognize the Justice of
calling him Perpetual Motion Burleigh,"
so active, restless, and energetic is he. In
Massachusetts they call their senators
aud very frivolous il is OF them to do it
Grandfather Hoar" and GRANDMOTHER
Dawes" OF "0ur Own Evarts" every
body, of course, has heard AMI now
that Viee-President Wheeler is gone, the
title of The Lone Fisherman" seems
about to be bestowed on Senator Freye,
of Maine, on account of his propensities
for fishing and telling fish stories. The
name Of Coal Oil Payne" is given to
j Senator Payne on account of hiR connec-
ton with the Standard Oil Company.
Butler, of South Carolina, hates to be
called Hamburg Butler" but the name
{ sticks to him in spite of the fact that he
/ has denied all responsibility for the Ham
a burg massacre. Whispering Jimmy" is
I the name by which Gen. Ketcham, OF
II New York, is known, and he got ii be.
\ cause of habit he has of always whisper
!. ing into everybody's ear what he has to
q say He himself is as deaf as an adder,
and thinks everybody else is the came.
a There is n certain class of men who are
% never spoken of as Thomas, Richard, OF
IL Henry, but always as "Tom, ""Dick" and
!. Harry" Why this should be so it IL
4, difficult to say. Some of them are Ger.
v tainly the most digniied men, and not d
], few of them are far from being jovial OIL
1t the hail-wellmet fellows the abbreviated
t. names would indicate. But who even
n heard the following men referred to in
N any different way than "Dan" Voorhees,
y, Joe" Brown, Joe" Hawley, joe
10 Blackburn, Fair, BILLY" Malone,
,s Pat Collins Nick" Muller, Jack
q Adams, Tim Campbell, Archie Bliss
V, Tom Reed, "Abe" Hewitt, bill
,e Scott, Dick Townshend, "Sam"Randall
E. Dave" Culberson, ben" Butterworth
=, Tom" Bayne, or Tom" Browne Their,
are other Josephs and Thomases ant
Williams and Daniels II Cantrc77 la
nobody would think Of calling them 10,
!, OF Tom or Bill or Dan, fof instance, Gen
u Joseph Wheeler of Alabama, or William
ID Kelley of Pennsylvania, or Joseph Ly
to man OF Iowa. There are a few nicknames
p however, which / ought not to omit h
u, mention. There is Go-on.and- finish
y your-ticket Spriggs, or Spriggs o
~ Utica, and everybody knows hoy
~ he got those names. There i
Id | DolhuLh Jbneh, lOT Denhtpt JONES' o
III Nevada, but it is not so common now a
m it once was, for the bonanza has gone AMI
90 only the Jones remains. II is an oil,
story how the present minister at Con
stantnople got to he called Sunset Cox
from writing a glowing account OF sun
set for paper he was editing in Ohio
tn Also how Gen. Logan is Familiarity calle
- Black Jack from the color of his hair an
he eyes and swarthy complexion. In low
us everybody knows "Hennepin Murphy,
er the Congressman, whose only idea is tn
canal of that name. Chicago proud
calls Congressman Lawler Our Frank.
McAdoos name is frequently pronounce
so as to sound like "Mikado," thong
sic there is not the slightest resemblanc
an between the ruler of Japan and the statel
he man from New Jersey Klotz who sat /
the Forty ninth Congress, went by tn
! name of "Santa Klotz," he was so rotun
f. and jolly looking Hiestand, of Pennsy
,ra yania, is known MS the dutch Irishman,
because he is German by descent, and i
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