Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-05-11

- ~ - and apidity with which his
name hAs become - familiar - house
hold word. Senator Ingalls, is more f.
mcus for his invective than fos his states
manship and eloquencs. -
Senator Morgan 10 noe we'll known the
country over, but In many places that
he b known, 'tis for his long, continued
in-our-next speeches and not for his
general worth ~ . senator. Minister
Palmer % known - tho man who gives
such ENJOYABLE dinners and tells 90 many
good stories. Ex-senator Riddleberger
has become famous for his cccentricities.
Senator Sawyer IL noted for bis cor
pulency and good humor. Even In .
really great statesman like John Sher.
man, his alleged characteristic Of frigidity
Of manner Ii the first thing that comes
10 mind when his name Is spoken. Who
has not heard Of Martin, Of Texas7 His
name IL known from Maine 10 Oregon
because the newspapers have told stories
OF his peculiarities, some Of them apoc-
ryphaL When asked, recently, how to
win fame. Martin replied: BLOW out
the gas"
Morse. OF Massachusetts,, was in con-
grcss number Of years and enjoyed but
q local reputation till Mckinley illus
tratcd his tariff speech with a suit Of
clothes bought for $40 in Morse's Boston
store. An able and admirable man Is
William Walter Phelps, but his hang
and red necktie are better known than
anything Phelps ever did or said. Allen,
Of Mississippi, has won fame as story
teller and not as statesman, and his
namcsake of Massachusetts, will 20 down
In history, not as the brilliant young
member from tho Old Bay state Though
this distinction he may 10 fairly entitled
to), but as the man who carried camera
unde. his vest and took snap shots at his
fellow members OF tho house In all their
various and undignified attitudes.
A witty, brilliant, eloquent, useful
and industrious man is the Hon. s. 8.
Cox, but his fame Is twice as broad with
the nickname "Sunset" as IL would have
been without 1t. So great is his rcputa-
tion as wag that ono Of the trials OF his
life is TO convince people that he Is sin
ccre. Springer, Of Illinois, Ii known TO
fame rs the man who always wears
pink boutonniere, though he, too, IL a
hard working and useful legislator. Con-
gressmen Bayne and Adams arc known
as'the men who sit sido by side In tho
house and look like pair Of twins.
Frank Lawler, of Chicago, very clever
lrishman. has had his namo sent TO tho
four corners Of tho 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 somo have greatness thrust upon
thenn."
Gibson, Of Maryland, Is well known
as the Adonis Of congress, spinola as
the man with tho wide collar, Jehu Ba-
ker as the statesman with suit OF
clothes Of tho pattern OF Henry Clay's
day. Bland, OF Missouri, will live In
history as "Silver Dollar Bland" Sow
den, OF Pennsylvania, became national
figure because President Cleveland ve-
toed his bill to build a government post
Office In Allentown. Foran, Of Ohio,
won more fame as tho reputed author Of
''The Breadwinners," which he didn't
write, than as n molder of his country's
laws In tho halls Of congress. Holman,
Of Indiana, will be celebrated through
all time as the great objector. John
Wanamaker's strides toward fame are
much accelerated by his Sunday school
superintendency and his manufacture Of
trousers. Congressman Mason, OF Chi
cago, Is becoming famous as story teller
and wit, rather than as great publiu
servant, and the fact that all his friends
call him BILLY" helps his progress
amazingly. Weaver, of Iowa, won
much notoriety as u flibuster. Xii.
gore, of Texas, had his name printed in
every American newspaper because Of
his stubborn resistance to the bill tc
make Sheridan general Of the army
while that popular hero was lying on his
death bed
Thus it goes through long list of men
whose names are familiar in the ears of
the people. You can count on your
fingers the public men now living who
have fame as wide us the country itself
and who have not been helped thereto by
one or other OF these little things on
which the popular eye or ear seizes with
such avidity and the popular memory
holds so tenaciously Two conspicuous
instances, and only two, come to mind
rs write. One Of these, aud the most
notable one, is Senator Allison, who has
been quarter Of century in congress,
whose fame Is as broad as the domain Of
his country. and who has no popularity
or characteristic OF common notoriety.
The other is Congressman Mckinley; but
even hc has been helped by his some
what theatrical and clever display Of a
pair OF trousers as emphasis to his speech
on the tariff.
There is an old saying that it is tho
little things that make the man. Surely
IL is the little things In this country and
err, Of gossip that make the mans repu-
taQon. WALTER WEILMAN.