St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-01

as cheap as the Sunday suit of day
laborer. He is not a sBlue JEANS"
however, as was Williams, of Indiana,
and he affects this suit because he
likes il.
Matt Ransom always dresses in black,
and he is proud of his well laundered
cuffs. He is ever pulling these out of
his sleeves, and his fingers are exer-
clSed as much in this way as in writing.
Tall, dark and fine looking, he attracts
the attention of the galleries. He is
dandy senator.
Senator Cullom wears a dark-cOlOred
necktie, and out of this his rugged neck
shines like the long one of Abe Lincoln.
His coat is the frOck, and its shoulders
are remarkably square. He is over six
feet in his stockings, and he looks like
Statesman from Wayback.
Senator SpOOner'S hands have strong
liking for his pants pockets, and his
standing collar makes him look taller.
He is no giant, however, and his small
frame is clad in a Prince Albert coat,
dark vest and trousers, and finished out
with boots at the bottom. 1t takes just
five yards of cloth to make his regular
suit.
Senator Sherman always dresses well,
and his tall frame is made taller by a
black silk hat He dresses entirely in
black or dark blue, and wears double
breasted frOck coat and standing col
lar. His necktie is black ribbon, which
he ties himself. Senator George wears
business clothes, as does Senator Vance.
Senator Plat clothes his tall frame in
pepper-and-salt business Esuit. Senator
Henderson buttons his dOuble-breaSted
frock closely around him, and he is al
ways well dressed. Senator EuStis has
a navy-blue polka-dot necktie around
his big throat, and his business suit is
new one.
Senator Chandler looks like college
professor, and his little frame has coat
buttoned tightly around it. Blodgett,
of New Jersey, is the talleSt man in the
senate, and there is no danger that his
wife will ever cut down his boys pant
aloons for him. l am not sure, by the
way, whether he has boys or not.
Senator EdmundS wears brOadcloth at
sometimes and business suits at others.
He has an OvercOat of blue chinchilla,
which falls to his heels and makes him
look the tallest man in the senate. In
gals has also long Overcoat, and on
cold days he wears a sealskin hat, which
he pulls down over his brOws.
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There are now no statesmen in either
house or senate who affect the swallow
tail coat for everyday wear, though
Chace wears cutaway Quaker coat.
Omar d. Conger, of Michigan, never
wore anything else while he was in con-
gress, and he may be called the last OF
the senatorial swallOw-tailS. He is now
living at Washington, and he OCCASION
ally brings his swallow-tails out to the
capitol. The last swallOw-tail coat MEM
Der of the house was Luke Z. Poland,
of Vermont, who invariably wore a blue
broadcloth coat with brass buttons. The
coat was cut like a steel pen with long
nib, and Judge Poland, with his white
hair and his dignified ways, was the
most striking member of the house. In
Daniel Webster's day this was the con-
ventiOnal StateSmen'S dress, and web
Ster wore blue or brown coat OF this
then SpOrted a black SWallOWtail, and
his collar was bigger than that now
worn by Gen. SpinOla. John Randolph,
of Roanoke, was dude as to his dress.
He wore ruffled shirts, and imported his
clothes from England. He brought his
dogs into the senate, and he once came
near having fight with man who, he
thought, insulted him by making re-
marks about one Of his ours.
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Ex-Secretary KirkwOOd, of Iowa,
would not wear dress suit while he
was in Washington, and he appeared at
the White house receptions in string
necktie, frayed linen and a coat which
was sometimes shiny at the seams. Sam
Houston wore picturesque red blanket
when he came to Washington, and he
was dressed for long time in the cos
tune of the frontier. Davy Crockett
wore hunters fur cap, and, in fact, the
dress of statesmen has been almost as
varied as that of the stage.
President Monroe was the last presi-
dent who carried cOcked-hat under his
arm and clothed his shapely thighs in
knee-breeches. George Washington
wore yellow gloves, and a pair of his
silk stockings exhibited at Mount Yer
non are longer than the longest feml-
nine article of the same nature used to-
day. President Buchanan invariably
wore Swallow-tail coat, and he had a
big fob at his watch chain which hung
out of his pantalOons watch-pocket.
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Most of the Southern congressman
wear boots. New Englanders patrOnize
the industries of Lynn and affect shoes,
and the Western congressman are about
half-and-half. Senator ingalls, has now
the smallest foot in the senate, and he
has taken the place which was once &C.
cupied by Senator Malone. Malone
wore No. a. and he covered his feet
with knit, navy-blue Overgaiters.