The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-01
LoAFING ABOUT THE HOTEL,

Wlry, and his fair rosy face, with a pair y.
bright. blue eyes looks out from under d
5 oLcl hat, which he pulls down over it.
de is westerner in appearance, and lik,
& Ell, he frequently moves about with his
hands In his pockets. He is great
smoker. and is seldom seen without a cigar
in his mouth, the end of which is always
well cheWed. He does not weigh as mucb
as either Mckinley or Reed, but his
frame has become iron through exercise,
aud it has been his custom to take horse
back ride every day during his stay il
Washington. Mr.. Cannon is now fifty
,hree years of age, and he has been in Con
Gress for the last sixteen years. He has
always held good position on the floor,
md he is
NOTED as FIGHTER.
His favorite attitude in speaking is with
one foot on the chair nearest him Then
Gaming over he shoots his words at the
rate OF two hundred a minute at the oppO
lite side of the house, gPsturing as he doc
30 by shaking his finger at the Democracy,
md by now and then violently throwing
MS hand at them. He is good speaAe..
) well posted on the rules, and he has
many friends There is nothing snobbsh
Gbout him, and every one knows him as Toe
cannon.
Mr.. Cannon has not as many enemies as
Reed, though he IS by no means so mealy-
nOuthed as one Of his Illinois constituents
'lr. Cannon told the story of this man the
Ither day. When talking about the habit
IF ''taffy giving which 50 largely prevails
Il Washington, said he: II have in nv dis
.ricU out in Illinois man who ought to
lave been a Washington society woman.
He has good thing to say about every
nan and everything, and he comes in es
,ecially strong at funerals. l will call him
ones for short. There is never a funeral
the county but that Jones is there and
IN talking about the virtues of the deceased
here is no praise so profuse nor tongue 50
lilo as Jones'. He can find
VIRTUES IN THB WORST OF REPRoBATEs
after they are dead, and he is packed full
# the milk of human kindness from the
lotion of his fiat cowhide boots to the top
If his bald crown. This PECULIARLY of his
as become matter of county talk, and
wo young fellows of Danville made BET
Ipon the death of a reprobate of the county
nat Jones could not fluid anything good to
ay about him. This man seemed to be
altogether bad; he had been u worthless,
GOD fOr-nOthing, lazy fellow during his
whole life, and he was one of those
.iioSyncrasies of nature which seem to
ave no good in them. At the time of the
uneral the young fellows making the bet
tationed themselves in the window near
which the procession going by the coffin
must pass, and waited for Jones. He came
llOng in good time with his handkerchief in
lis hand. He stopped the procession as he
TODD beside the coffin and looked down OIL
he reprobate's face long and earnestly. At
asst with sigh he exclaimed:
We'll, any way, he had good teeth!''
THE TWO OTHER CANDIDATES
4bo
Owa. and Burrows, of Michigan. They
are both reaching out their hands after the
,ayel, and there may be some dark horses
which may come in at the last minute.
Burrows and Henderson are both built Oh
the Brutus order, though Burrows has
Ieen christened by his parents julius
Cesar. They are plain, blunt men, and
arge part of their capital lies in the open
handed. hail-fellow- met style posses
ed by each. Burrows is a Pennsylvania
by birth, and Mchigander by adoption.
de has been in Congress from Michigan
for ten years. and he thinks the sun rises
md sets in the great northwest. He is a
nan of more than ordinary ability: is a
rood speaker and a good stumper, and am
told that the campaign which he has
Just finished in Virginia has made him very
popular with the Republican element of
that state. He talked 20 the people of the
DdCh COuuJlSS do GuOuSu ne were teaching
A kindergarten. and gave them their first
plain understanding of the tariff.
GENERAL DAVID BRESNER HENDERSON
is a ScOtchman, who was brought to
Illinois at the age of six years, and got his
education in Iowa. He was only an ordi
nary member Of Cong ress until about three
years ago, when he made a great hit in his
defense of Colonel w. w. Dudley as pen
sion commissioner. Henderson does not
look unlike Dudley; he has the same dark
hair combed up from a high forehead, the
same dark complexion which turns the
color OF the moss rose as he talks, and the
same haif-limp walk, due to the wooden leg
replacing that which he, like Dudley, lost
on the battlefield. Henderson is a good
speaker, he gestures well, and has lungs
equal to those of the famed bull of Bashan.
He IS lawyer by profession, and he lives
at Dubuque. He is one of the handsome
men OF the honse, and one of The we'll
dressed members. He wears SLOUGH hat
and cutaway coat, and Notwithstanding
AIS wooden leg he walks well without
crutches. He is man of great industry
and unlimited ambition.
ALL OF THE sPEAKERsHIP CANDIDATES
are married. Mrs. Reed is finely edu-
Gated woman, and the daughter of the Rev.
). II. Merrill, one of the noted Congrega-
tlonal preachers of Maine. She is of medium
height and has dark hair and eyes. She is
possessed of much social ability. and she
will be fit leader for the ladies of the Con-
circle. Mrs. Mckinley has not
been able to go into society for some wears
on account CT her health. She is very