The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-12
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RAINIER - known as the man who Civ
ID such ENJOYABLE dinners and tcllsao man
Of good stories. Ex-senator Riddlcbcrgi
b has become famous for his occenfficitie
senator Sawyer H. noted frr bis co
puiency and good humor Even in
really great statesman like John She
y man. his alleged Characteristic of figidii
J. Of manner j. the first thing that com,
20 mind when his name il spoken VII
O. mas not heard Of Martin. Of Texas III
name - known from Maine 10 Orcgo
b because the newspapers have told r;orie
Of his peculiarities some of them apoc
b ryphal. When asked. recently. how T.
J win fame. Martin replied: BLOW on
the gas
+ Morse. Of Massachusetts,. was in con
gress a number Of years and cnioycd bu
a local reputation till Mckinley illus
trated his tariff speech with a suit OF
clothes bought for $40 in Morsca }osto,
store An able and admirable man
William Walter Phelps. but his bang
and red nccktie are better known than
anything Phelps ever did or said Allen
20 tAf''t|"AI fIAf lttH NDlA iAlAA' ti1 "a Nt'il 4
teller and not rs statesman. and hi.
uamesake OF Massachusetts, will 20 dow.
n history, not as the brilliant youne
member from the Old Bay state though
this distinction he may be fairly entitled
toy. but a. the man who carried a camera
under his vest and took snap shots at hi
fellow members of the house in all thcn
various and undigniiied attitudes.
\ witty. brilliant. eloquent, useful
and Industrious man Is the Hon S. S
Cox. bat his fame IS twice as broad with
the nickname Sunset as IL would have
been without it, So great is his reputa.
ton as wag that one of the trials Of his
life Is 20 convince people that hc is sin.
cere. Springer, of Illinois. is known t.
fame as the man who always wears
pink boutonniere. though lie, too, is a
hard working and useful legislator Con |
gressmen Bayne and Adams are known |
as the men who st side by side ia The /
house and look like a pair Of twins /
Frank Lawler, Of Chicago a very clever
lrishman, has had his name sent TO th.
four corners Of the country on account
Of his peculiar use of the presidents
English. Bacon, Of New York. came
down TO congress and became known
almost instantly and very widely as the
man who looked like Shakespeare. Some
men are great, some achieve greatness
and some have greatness thrust upon
them
Gibson, Of Maryland, is well known
as the Adonis Of congress. Spinola as
the man with the wide collar Jehu Ba-
scr as the statesman with suit of
clothes of the pattern of Henry Clav's
lay. Bland, of Missouri. will live i'm
history as Silver Dollar Bland" Sow
len, Of Pennsylvania. became a national
igue because President Cleveland va
Oed his till TO build a government post
'iiice in Allentown Foran. Of Ohio
Won more fame as the reputed author OF i
The Breadwinners.' which lie didn't o.
write, than as a molder of his country. =
avs IN the halls of congress. Holman. .,
( Indiana, will be celebrated through D.,
u time as the great objector John d.,
Vanamaker's strides toward fame are
luch accelerated by his Sunday school T..
iperntendency and his MANUFACTURES os f..
ousers. Congressman Mason. of Chi O..
Igo. IS becoming famous as story teller IA
nd wit. rather than as a great publ. -,
rvant, and the fact that all his friends H.
u him Billy" helps his progress ~,
nazingly. Weaver. of Iowa. won "a
UGH uOtoriety as a iilibuster. Hi. .o
ne, O: Texas, had his name printed in d,
cry American newspaper because OF bo
5 stubborn resistance 10 the oil L. olI
AXE Sheridan general Of the army nj,
iile that popular hero was lying on hi. al
ath bed
Thus 1t goes througha long list Of men wl
lose names arc familiar in the ears of Lo
b people. You can count on voni sr,
gers the public men now living wb. cal
ve fame as wide as thocountry itself ;os
d who have not been helped thereto b, Tb
o or other Of these little things on cal
ich the popular eve or ear SEXES with ha,
IA avidity and the popular memory .
Ids SO tenaciously. Two consplcuou. Or.
tances, and only two. come to mind 10
| write. One of these, and the most Gal
able one, is Senator Allison, who has and
N "a quarter of century in congress. 10
ose fame Is as broad as the domain of ous
country. and who has no PECULIARLY eral
of common notoriotv. all
other Is Congressman Mckinley: but mr.,
n he has been helped by his some 1'..
At theatrical and clever display OF ''.'''
oi trousers as emphasis to his speech pay
me tariff. my
here Is an old saving that it is the exp
= things that make the man. Surely As
the little things in this country and here
81 gossip that make the mans repu- noin
)n. WALTER WELLMAN. c,l,