Telegram-herald., 1889-12-16

sho al aIWsgs have plsnty of friends
and No nay &c aepended upon o use
.1sl1.
Of Carlisle he SAD. There Is the ideal
f4ee for q statesman Dat y wager BE- IS
sas y TIE pooress pol-leLans l2 tls
Eorld
M.lz Impressed THIS observer as mao
= ho had a.rogether zoo maea stubborn
cess and L21L II a1aPa5l-ly % be a
prime le4dsr u msn. though be possessed
great force II character aLt ability
Holman. sail le. - a e. ian-Ld cd
fellow / have ~ do1oL. blL 10 reminds
uls 4 q schoolnasGeF oE hfEy years ago
"a conscientious hard working chap.
=h0 spent is old lie preventing -
pupils doing things u which be di1 not
approve.
Iakiag ny friend Is fair sample q
the great publc that reads Il statesmen.
-nd ca visiting the -~.4s u congress
wants u sec the faces % those indIFld
uAis ~ aO have Ia same manner attracted
their attention OF reused their curiosity.
let us see how far this sort OF popularity
goes and what direction il takes. Be
sides tie men already mentioned my
friend made inquiry about M. Springer,
u Illinois, znd his famous b0utonuiere.
about Elijah Morse. the Rising Sun"
Tatesm4n. from Massachusetts, William
L. Mason, the Wit, orator and story tel
Ter. 0f Chicago; Allen. the wag, Of Mis
sisaippis Flower. tie rotund. rich and
Jolly banker from New York city.
Cabot Lodge, the aristocrat; Kelly. ths
father of the house: Ben Butterworth.
OF Ohio; the Brsckenridges, OF Arkansas
anu Kentucky; Hit, ot Illinois. the best
diplomatic in the house, and presiding
genius OF the committee on foreign az
fairs. and perhaps a half dozen more
whose names have forgotten.
We had bur few minutes left for tho
senate. II is a little peculiar, think,
that nine visitors out Of ten spend most
oI their time IN the house. Somehow
the humming. bustling, disorderly body,
50 hard 70 follow and 10 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 a glance and
all its members brought rapidly before
the mental camera. but il Is so very pom
derous and dreary that the man who is
able % remain awake soon slips away
from 1t and revives himself in the
breezes OK the popular branch. In the
senate my friend was able 70 pick out
fully one-half OF the statesmen from
their published portraits and photo
graphs.
There is no mistaking the physiognomy
Of Evarts, with that great nose and seem
ingly tOothless mouth, nor Of ingalls,,
with that queer shock of gray hair and
persimmoa ike mouth, so suggestive of
gripe5 and bites. Cullom Is easily dis
tinguishable from his resemblance to
Lincoln, Plumb for his farmer like man
ners, old Senator Brown, from his patri-
archal beard, Allison for his handsome
face, now strangely changed, however,
by the appearance Of a mustache where
formerly was 4 long, clean upper lip,
and Edmunds for his bald head and RO-
man brow.
My friend and l were lucky enough TO
como upon Ed munds in an exceedingly
interesting attitude. It was one which
gave Mr.. George Y. Coffin, the artist, an
opportunity 20 make character sketch
OF two distinguished men. Edmund5
and Sawyer sat side by side. ST. Je.
rome, Is the Nermonter IS called, was
resting his chin upon his hands, while
the rich statesman from Wisconsin was
puncuating a story or argument with
one of his peculiar gestures. Edmund5
is one of the few men in the senate who
do not grow old.
As a matter OF fact, ST. Jerome ap-
pears younger now than he did FIVE
years ago. lie is little more bald, but
his skin is soft and rudy as a baby Is.
He moves about with the elastic step Of
racehOrse. S0me Of his brother sena-
tors think he has found the elixir Of
life, but the senator says tho only elixir
he knows is plenty of work, plenty Of
wholesome food, q clear conscience and
occasionally q drop Of mountain dew
whisky.