Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-01-19

ington great deal Of his time. When
lngersoll arrives at the capital the first
thing he does after breakfast and shave
h to make for Senator Cullom's COM
mittee room. Ho sits around for half an
hour or 30, smoking Q murderous look
ing cigar, telling and listening to good
stories, his rosy, boyish face full Of good
humor, and occasionally breaking Into
ringing peals Of laughter that can DO
heard by the passers by in tho outside
corridors. Then Joe Cannon drops in.
He and lngersoll measure lances for
battle Of wit, and are fairly In the midst
Of II, when foghorn voices are heard at
the door, and In come Senator Charley
Farwell, Of Illinois, and gigantic Tom
Reed, OF Maine, arm In arm with David
Lttlcr, one OF the members Of tho
whilom Pacific railroad commissiCh. All
are wits. Reed says tho most exquisitely
funny things with face a. solemn as o
funeral and as Interchangeable as destiny.
The self made Farwel e something of Q
satirist, and affects the style Of Sheridan.
Lttler Ia second edition of Falstaff, and
his voice rumblcs the earth.
Four or five members Of congress from
Illinois happen In, and as there ore not
enough chairs TO go around tho party
distributes itself on tho edges Of tho
desks, the washstand, or huddle up on
the big hair sofa. You could cut the
air with a knife, so thick It is with
smoke from weeds black as your hat.
Then the battle wages with undimin-
ished fury for an hour or more. And
then Senator Cullom Is at his best. The
dry humor flashes from him like sparks
from o grindstone. When Ingerson or
Reed begin to soar into the realms Of
the infinite he brings them to earth with
great distance. Senator Cullom has
never been downed In any Of these con-
tests. sf -
Cullom has tho same propensity for
telling stories as had Abraham Lincoln.
He will stop in the midst of his dicta-
ton to his stenographer to tell him somo
good story that suddenly occurs to him.
In debating q speech he PAGES up and
down, shaking his long finger at some
imaginary opponent, his mouth twitch-
ing with humor as he gets In q sly dab
at something or other.
Senator Cullom is not rich man. He
ID probably the least wealthy Of the
seventy-six senators. He has q beautiful
home In Springfield, Ills, but that is
about the extent Of his worldly posses.
sions. He Is one of the few congressman
who manage to live ON their salaries.
Senator Cullom's family is very promi-
nent in the society Of Washington. His
daughter, who was recently married, is
. tail, finely formed girl, whose dancing
10 the envy Of good many of her sisters
Of the senatorial circle. His wife, good
looking, gray haired woman, Is o sister
in-lsw Of Governor Oglesby, OF Illinois.
! When Senator Culiom first opened his
eyes and began to softly crow to him
self, he found that he was In Wayne
county, KY, and that the date was No
vember 20, 1929. Before he had had
much chance to explore tho mountains
Of Kentucky, however (as he was only q
year old at the time), his father removed
TO Tazewel county, Ills. In 1858 Senator
Cullom began to study law, and he prac-
ticed his profession until he was elected
70 the house Of representatives, In 1866.
HA was previously and subsequently q
u1I(hber OF the Illinois legislature. He
was elected governor OF Illinois In 1875
and succeeded himself In 1880. He re-
signed IN 1883, having been elected to
the United States senate to take the seat
Of David Davis. His connection with
uls interstate commerce law and the
postal telegraph have given him great
reputation, and he has often been talked
Of for the presidency.