The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-14
MEMBERS or CONGRESS-
WHO ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE
A STIR.
What and Who They Are-Their PO-
lItical Abilities, Wealth, Social
Status and Peculiarities.

Conuess. With some OF these iame
is preceding their personal arrival
here.
The e is Deacon White, OF Brook
lvn. for instance. He is deacon in
Beecher's church, q Speculation on
Wall street, and said to be worth a
dozen millions. Just what put 1t into
the head OF a man 30 happily situated
10 come to Congress TO become an er-
rand hoy for every voter in bis dis
trict is pretty hard to tell, but he Is to
come, and he will probably be sorry
for IT.. White is a self maze man 30
far as bic fortune and reputation go.
He was q poor lawyer in Iowa thirty
wears ago, when the railroad building
in that country began. He saw that
in the development OF lanes there
would be immense fortunes TO be
made, so he Get TO work to orgsnize a
syndicate to buy some OF the
lands and to aid in the CON
Atiuc ion OF branch roads which
shau d develop them. He associated
with himself Mr.. Touzalin, Mr.. Nc
Crazy andIo hers. They get a charter
from the Iowa Legislature for road
which added to the value of the lands,
and made q few thousand dollars
apiece. White, with his monty, went
to New York, after the war, and went
into Wall street. 1t was a dangerous
thing to do, but this was one OF the
few cases in which the experiment
was a success. The stock OF the main
Iowa reads was listed in the New
York Stock Exchange. No man there
knew as much OF these roads, their re-
sources, their prospects, their busi'
ness, in fact everything pertaining to
them, as did White. He never made
mistakes. When he made any money
he put it away. When Commodore
Vanderbilt made his great coup in
Lake Shore, the stock OF which went
from thirty something to thirty-eight
in tn days, 8. V. White somehow
got an inkling Of what was
ab.ut TO be done. He bought
on the lowest possible margin
nearly 10000 shares, In less than a
month he had 100000, all OF which
he had made in that one transaction
alone. He does not dress any better
than he did when he was struggling TO
get a foothold 10 NewYork twenty-One
years ago. II have two we'll defned
rules in life" said he to an old friend
the other day, who was Temarking
upon his almost phenomenal success.
~ always keep my promises, and l
never allow man who tries tn cheat
me TO escape. lave hunted them as
long as they lived. They don't try to
do those things TO ms but once" MI
White has been deacon in Plymouth
Church for many years. He and the
late II. b. Claflin have been the lead
ING pillars OF Mr.. Beecher's church.
: They paid more to his support than
any other members OF the coDgreRa-
ton. He is anything but dude in
appearance. He is rather below the
medium hight, wears his black hair
long, like Senator Logan, and is rather
careless in his dress.
Mr.. James Phelan, who comes from
the Memphis District, is one OF the
progressive and wealthiest young men
OF the South. He ia little above the
minimum age for Congressman, yet in
his few years OF business life has made
q remarkable success. His father was
one OF the most prominent and bril-
liant Of Mississippi lawyers, but the
young man by some means took to
Journalism. A few years ago he be-
came the proprietor OF the Memphis
Avalanche, and transformed il rom a
sew-going, prosy sheet into one of the
brightest and most progressive papers
OF the South. Mr.. Phelan is be.
lever in TIM new South, and in the
progressive idea that is implied by that
Term. The smoke OF the iron manu-.
factory is incense In his nostrils, and
the hum OF the spindle is music In his
ears. He is a persistent advocats Of
the value and rights OF the Mississippi
river, and is vigorous and active 10
support of all Improvements o.
that character. He is an especial
advocate OF the Blair bill, or some
measure Of this sort by which
the South may see the masses OF hel
voting population educated and biz
presence in Congress will be source
OF satisfaction to the friends OF the
Blair bill or OF some like proposition
His election will in some sense com
pBnsate for the loss of Mr.. Willis, who
is one Of the progressive young mer
of the South. Mr.. Phelan 10 grea
friend of the canine race, and hsi
some Of the finest dogs in the country
His fine hunting dogs are the envy o
all sportsmen OF the Southwest, anC
on subj sCts of this character he il
authority, his writings being widely
quoted. A very valuable series o
articles on the fine hunting and othe
dogs Of this country from his pen hat
very WIDE circulation in the press
few months since.
LLOYD S. Bryce, of New York, /
likely to be a prominent figure in tn
next Congress, not 30 much because o
what he will accomplish, but becaus,
OF his personality. His name is
tower OF strength in the Union Club
and as an authority on matters OF so
cial interest he has no peer. Hi
dress is the envy and despair OF youpl
men who have great deal OF none,
and nothing else. Nature has done
great deal for Lloyd Bryce, and IL
manner, mind aud person he is a fai
representative Of the youth OF Goth
am. He had handsome fortune Il
begin with, which he has not Fquan
deied, and married another when h
took TO wife the beautiful daughter O
the Hon. Edward Cooper. AS u dis
tinctive society man, Mr.. Bryce has
position far beyond that occupied b,
any other gentleman who has tilled
seat in Congress- from New York 70
9 many yeare. Next to Mr.. 0rme vii
son, who married Miss Carrie Aston
Mr.. Bryce is a better adviser concern
ing drsss, the proper appurtenancs 30 /
man OF fortune and fashion, and tn
nameless little things which make u
the sum of New York's aristocrati
world, than any member of the bea
monde since Delaney Kane ceased t
lead high society.
Mr.. r lber,son, who comes from on
Of the Louisiana districts, is just tn
revere Of Bryce. He is rough an
bIusque. He was in the Forty-seventl
Corgtess, end made 30 vigorous wa
on the Louisiana Lottery that it coul,
not slaud him and 80 called him of a
the polls. He managed 10 outwi
them this time, however, and come
hack to renew the fght against them