The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-29

House % There is little Of the stu
dent about him in appearance. He is tall
and a well-knt man when he wears an over
| coat. He wears full brown beard, neatly
trimmed. He has deliberate manner,
| passive dignity, and a clear enumeration.
On the day after the reception of the por-
/ traits he readily entered the field OF debate,
and acquitted himself handsomely. He had
been one of the four Republicans who
signed the minority report in the Carlisle
contested election case, and he took the
/ floor in behalf Of the re-openng OF that
case. An old member jumped upon him on
a poiut of order, but the young Massa-
| chusetts man turned the point neatly and
| Buckalew gave way. A moment alter
ward Missourian tried to lower one OF his
topsails, but was neatly thwarted. Lodge
! came about in gallant style, and stood up
! in the eve of the wind. He was the first
man to all for the yeas and nays in the
queer fight that followed, which resulted in
| confirming Mr.. Carlisle's title to his seat.
The Hon. Benjamin Augustus Enloe, of
Tennessee, was the sixth new member TO
make a break He has been an editor. His
| look, do not belle that calling. With al
| sails set he ran into the Congressional
| Rccord and broke open an Old cOmpart
mcnt. He complained that Thoebe had in
| terpOlated into the Record words not uttered
| md letters not read in his speech on the
! floor Of the House The Tennesseean waxcd
| indignant, and the Republicans began to
| badger him. Mr. EnlOe tried to secure the
! passage of a resolution striking the oDjec-
! tionable words from the RecOTd, but was
| confronted by call for the yeas and noes
Sage old Democrats, some of whom mad
| probably made similar alterations in the re-
ports of their own speeches, gathered around
him and induced HIM to Withdraw the mat
| ter. Mr. LnlOa is tall and thin. He dresses
neatly and has the sacerdOtal appearance of
the editor of an organ devoted to the inter
ests of the Free-Wiil Baptist, He carries
low centre-board, and he will undoubtedly
sail well in deep water, with the wind
abeam.
There are as yet no indications of a break
on the part of other landlubbers on the ship
of state. Many of them, however, are pay
ing close attention to all that goes on in the
House, and are apparent familiarizing
themselves with the ropes. One of these
men has face peculiarly pleasing. He sits
on the front row of seats on the left of the
Speaker. He has regular features full blue
eyes, and forehead that reaches to the
nape of his neck. He wears the stiffest of
choker collars and he dresses in exquisite
taste. His full face is fringed with n trim
brown beard and a Germanic moustache
beats time to the music of his voice. No
client ever watched his lawyer more ear
nestly than this gentleman watches the
his seat or wandering behind the
low screens at the back of the hall,
| his ears are always open, and he never
| seems TO lose the thread of legislation This
man is the Hon. Ashbel +. Fitch, the Re-
| publican Congressman from New York city,
who overcamc $500 Democratic ma jority at
| the late election. He likes fun, but he loses
much of it in the House by going to New
York once a week to attend TO his law bust
ness He is probably the only Republican
| representative between Passamaquoddy bay
! and Kew Biscayne who favorS the Presi-
dents tariff reform message.
At the side of Mr.. Fitch sits well-knit
| gentleman about 45 years old. He is new
member who is rarely out of his seat He is
sturdy, afTable and well-dressed. His hair
| and beard are trimmed a la Grant, and in
face aud figure he recalls the General. Much
of his time is given to answering cores
pondence but he is a close observer, and he
| never gets lost in the mazeS of House legis-
/ laton. He is the Hon John Fl. Mofiitt, the
| big iron manufacturer of Northern New
! York, and the most prominent new member
| on the Select Committee on the Alcoholic
| Liquor Traffic.
Nearly opposite Col Moffitt sits Gen.
! Lloyd NJ Brice. of New York. The Gen
eral looks more like a Southerner than like
| a New Yorker, and accents his words more
| like Bostonian than like bred and born
I NOtnAmlue. ne Is Oh Hleulum nelSiI, ana
| has more of a scholastic than a military
bearing. He is rarely absent from the
House, and he pays the strictest attention to
! business.
The four new members from Connecticut
are remarkably quiet. There are indica-
tions that Robert j. Vance has something
on his mind and Carlos French at times
looks as though he was loaded for bear
Judge Miles Tobey Granger is said to be
freighted to the gunwales with common
sense--a commodity at times greatly needed
in tue House-and if occasion serves he will
undoubtedly break cargo in the interests of
the people AMOS j. CUMMINGS.