The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-15
FACES OF GREAT MEN.
Most of Those in Congress Have Ex-
pressiopless PhysioRnomies.

Most of Those in Congress Have Ex-
pressionless Physiognomies-
From tie Neto York Commercial Adrerttser.
man with fancy for studying faces
would not be impressed by a survey of con-
gress from the galleries. There are very
few men in either house with faces which
would be commonly called strong. A COM
posite photograph of tie House would
probably represent man of weak, ordinary
and generally amiable countenance. There
are sumo striking faces, besides the few
which are strong; but, as rule. the coun-
tenance of the House is characterless. An
expression akin to dullness is prevalent,
perhaps, but n very common expression is
that of narrow alertness and mercantile
shrewdness.
The keen faces of Dingley, Greenha'ge,
Grout Holman and Mccormick are of a
type numerously represented. There is no
face In the House as strong as that Of
Randall, and with Carlisle gone there is
hardly face left in the whole House that
is marked with those heavy lines popularity
fanced to denote force. Probably the
strongest face in the House is that of Stew
art of Texas, who is an able man, but who
never says or does anything that the public
hears Of There rs no more characterless
face in the body than that of Mr.. Reed, yet
no one will dispute that he is the strongest
and most determined man of them all on
his side.
Crisp, on the other side, has the most
amiable face in the House, yet he is one of
the most forceful speakers, is hard hitter
and is the one man above all the rest who
from the beginning of the session was try
ing to urge the democrats to march up to
fighting lines and resist Reed at every step
in his course. Mills would have a very
striking face. full of power, but for his very
small nose. His brow is heavy and his mouth
is firm, but that small nose breaks the on -
line. Bynum. who has shown himself so
ready for fight Of any sort at any time,
has no pugnacity in his face. The general
expression is heavy and amiable.
There is no face in the House which carries
the expression of condensed meanness that
Is marked on the featu. es of Senator gals.
Grosvenor looks as he speaks, grumpy but
ugly, but the expression denotes gu rrel-
someness, not malignity. The fat face of
Buchanan shows impotence, but it is the
face of the most amiable scold in the
House; and it is wonder the face of every
thinking man in the House does not show
signs Of an impatient spirit within.
The absence of strong faces is even more
noticeable in the Senate than it is in the
House. The three most striking faces are
those of German, Cullom and G arlisle, more
strength Of character being found in Cor
mans than in all the rest. His is really a
remarkable face, in striking contrast to the
rest about him A stranger in the gallery
would pick him out at once as a statesman
of the highest type, but suspicion would be
raised by an indescrihable trace of cunning,
as in the face of Talleyrand.
Both Mckinley and Wanamaker are often
spoken of as resembling German. 1t is a
very superficial observer who can see such
a likeness. Wanamaker's face has Just a
trace of cunning, toned down by bland
ness of expression; and Mckinley has only
poor imitation of the force there is IN the
face of the shrewd Maryland politician.
Edmunds has the face and head of the
philosopher and sage. Sherman, Teller,
Faulkner, Spooner and half dozen others
belong to the alert type, represented in the
House by Dingley, Holman, Greenhalge and
the like. The weakest face in the Senate is
probably that of Mr.. Hoar, and the vast
majority are of different grades in his class,
such as Dolph, Hiscock, Hale, Mitchell,
Ransom, etc.