Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-05-08
LOUISIANA ABROAD.
What IS Thought OF Our Representa-
tivss Away From Home.

the home OF senator Gibson. lie lives
in Rhode Island Avenue in a great deal
Of elegant style. The Gi5suus are IN
social retirement this year owing 70 the
death Of Mrs. Gibson - brother. Mrs.
Gibson il 4 beautiful and thoroU1h.E
charming woman and her husband -
SO elegant and Doli- he! thdt IC quite
makes me- catch nv breath when hear
some of his colleague, refer 10 HIM As
Ran Gibson He has an exceedingly
Wins0mc smile and after a long range
view Of him across the senate chamber
Won are surprised 10 lind how much
+ Younger looking he j. On close iESpec-
: ton He docs not make many speeches
but attends closely % business, and
they say gets his work in by paraivzing
the ether members by the elegance and
polish Of his manners. There i one
thing certain about him al all events,
and that l. that no man In Congress
. ever had Il more Untarni,hod and blame
less record than the S0it-yOlced, sweet
+ smiling Ran Gibson"
/ This interesting dash Of bi'go-watcr
il Of course the result Of Senator Glib
sons carefully arranged hospitality.
Catherine Cole" has been sending
some remarkably bright letters home
from Washington, and ali Louisianians
-oiouruing in Washington have real
them with interest and pride. OfcDTrse,
however we all understand that Cath
crime is Handicapped with an obligation
to eulogize senator Gibson, and Con-
grcssman !. +. King the durlingS of the
Picayunc. Two sure-enough ddrlingS
they are, '.Artadcs ambD." Two greater
frauds upon cunfIing constituencies,
the world has never seen. GOuwill Oh
serve that Catherine Cole" confines
hcrseltto apostrnphizi Gibson : smile
and his manners, and his soit-voicc.
Even as the agent # the PjrIvunc,
Gibson's known organ, she does not
venture To say that he is a great man,
or that ne Is recognized a. 4 leader or 4
statesman. or that he il eloquent or
powerful in any way. No but he lives
in stvIc on Rhode Island Avenue tat
his wifn's expense and he has "a Win
some smile and he gets in his work by
paraiyZing the other members by the
elegance and polish Of his manners ."
That j. the extent Of Senator Gibson =
Statcsmanship. While Senator Eust!s
is taking conspicuous part in the great
questions and stirring deeds Of the day;
stridiug 70 the front rank by virtue of
his brains, his courage and his force;
and eclipsing the whole Louisiana del
cgation with the lar-eness and splendor
of his presence; Senator Gibson is
lunching the Picayunc reporters at his
wife elegant Rho lie Island Avenue es-
adjustment and shedding his machine
smile and shallow manners over cruel
Is Indifferent world.
Analvzc Catherine Coles reference
20 Gibson: remember that she is COM
PEELED bv the nature of her position to
TO the best she can for him, and see il
my appraisement Of her eulogy is not
--st-nay liberal !.
Gibson is as arrant humbur as ever
burdened the earth. He il the merest
nobody here in Washington. lie il
conspicuous for nothing large or manly.
and is known. fatal, only As Il trimmer
and a sneak There is no sort Of doubt
about his soft-vaice and honeyed smile
for those who care for that sort of thing;
but when it comes to virility, decision,
{ leadership. candor-any ofthe elements
of political manhood; Gibson is not 50
much a. thought Of at least Ivy anybody
who knows Washington.
Congressman King is another Of the
5 PicayuHe's pets whom poor Catherine
G Cole was commissioned to celebrate
f., To her credit be it said that she dis.
charged the obligation with the least
possible amount Of injustice to hel
] brilliant intelligence, and with the min
I imum of violence to her conscience
She said King was a handsome" mem
Der; and as that is matter of taste
I Catherine has left an escape open. She
: was too honest to say that King wa!
, distinguished. even for manners an,
smile. Even during the short stay she
made in Washington she discovered
c that King is a nonentity on the iioor
e the butt of newspaper row, the laugh
I ing stock Of the galleries. the aversion
: of his fellow members. She might have
said-and truly-that he never gets OF
=, his feet without paralyzing the audienc,
i by his ei'rontery and ignorance; bu
{ of cause that wouldn't do III the Pie
0 ayune. So she contented herself viii
saving that King is handsome.
1t makes one feel sorry for the homes
and well-meaning men who compOs
i the constituencies Of Louisiana, to Sc
, them defrauded and belittIed through
their representatives in Congresses
$ pecially through such creatures a
Il Gibson and King. Seeing them as the.
q appear AT close quarters, here; KNOWN
-. that they command no consideration
and eNtort no respect; finding that the
! long terms of service ut the Capito
o have brought them neither hUnors no
e niuence-One is forced to ask hoN
~ much longer the voters of LoUisiaE
IN propose to be accessory 20 their Ow