The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-12-15
pupils doing things Of witch he dIi not

pupils doing things OF Which he dii not
approve
Taking my friend as fair sample Of
the great public that reads Of statesmen.
and ON visiting the halls Of congress
wants to see the faces Of those indiyid-
uals who have in some manner attracted
their attention or reused their curiosity.
let us see how far this sort Of popularity
goes and what direction it takes. Be
sides the men already mentioned, my
friend made inquiry about Mr. Springer.
Of Illinois, and his famous boutonniere;
about Elijah Morse. the "Rising Sun
statesman, from Massachusetts,; William
L. Mason, the wit, orator and story tel
Ter, Of Chicago; Allen. the wag, Of Mis-
sissippi; Flower. the rotund, rich and
Jolly banker, from New York city
Cabot Lodge, the aristocrat: Kelly, the
father of the house; Ben Butterworth,
of Ohio; the Breckenridges, of Arkansas
and Kentucky: Hit. of illinois. the best
diplomatic in the house, and presiding
genius of the committee on foreign af-
fairs, and perhaps half dozen mor'
whose names have forgotten.
We had but few minutes left for the
senate. 1t is little peculiar, | think.
that nine visitors out of ten spend most
of their time in the house. Somehow
the humming, busting. disorderly body.
so hard to follow and to understand
POSSESSES a fascination for the stranger
which the senate cannot exert. The
senate is a compact, snug little body,
which can be taken in at glance and
all its members brought rapidly, before
the mental camera, but it is so very pom
derous and dreary that the man who l.
able to remain awake soon slips away
from it and revives himself in the
breezes of the popular branch. In the
senate my friend was able to pick out
fully one-half of the statesmen from
their published portraits and photo
graphs.
There is no installing the physiognoniy
of Eyarts, with that great nose and seem.
insly toothless mouth, nor Of Ingalls,.
with that queer shock Of gray hair and
persimmon like mouth, SO suggestive OF
gripes and bites. Cullom is easily dis
tinguishable from his resemblance t.
Lincoln, Plumb for his farmer like man
ners, old Senator Brown, from lis patri
archal beard, Allison for his handsome
face, now strangely changed, however
by the appearance of a mustache wher'
formerly was long. clean upper lip.
and Edmunds for his bald head and Ro
man brow.
Ny friend and | were lucky enough t.
come upon Ed munds in an exceedingly
interesting attitude. 1t was one which
gave Mr.. George Y. Coffin, the artist, an
opportunity 10 make a character sketch
of two distinguished men. Edmunds
and Sawyer sat side by side. 'St. Je
rome,' as the Vermonter is called, was
resting his chin upon his hands, whilc
the rich statesman from Wisconsin was
punctuating a story or argument witt
one of his peculiar gestures. Edmund
il one of the few men in the senate whc
do not grow old.
As a matter of fact, st. jerome ap-
pears younger now than he did five
years ago He is a little more bald, but
his skin is soft and ruddy as a baby's.
He moves about with the elastic step OF
a racehorse. Some OF his brother sena-
tors think he has found the elixir oil
life, but the senator says the only elixir
he knows is plenty of work, plenty of
wholesome food, clear conscience and
occasionally a drop of mountain dew
whisky