Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-12-06

golden age will appear, and such will be the
heritage which we shall be enabled to bequeath
10 posterity. PAUL GIBIER, N. d.
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NOT ON THE LIST.
Republican Congressmen who Were Not Lost
In the Shuttle.
POPULAR Mr.. HoUK FROM TENNEssEE-BIo-voicED
HENDERSON, THE SOLDIERS FRiEND-oTHER
REPUBLICANS WHO ARE sTRoNa-rHE CORE
spoNDENTs FRIEND FROM MASSACHUSETTS,
.0UT OF THE WRECK Of tho southern re-
Opublican delegation Houk Of Tennessee is
among the very few saved. Mr.. Houk is one
of the picturesque characters Of the House.
The body would not be complete without him;
his absence would mean the loss of one Of the
best members of the lower chamber He has
some striking peculiarities Of manner, of speech
and Of appearance which attract attention to
him in q crowd. He is southern republican
who is not carpet Dagger. He has the easy,
reckless manner Of the young scion of southern
chivalry, tempered by an amiable cynicism
and only partially dignifed by age. Fearless
and frank, he wears his faults on his coat
sleeve and his virtues are disclosed only
through his amiability. He is an ardent and
honest partisan, who frankly despises pre-
tended virtue in politics. He is anti-prohibi-
ZIONIST, anti-mugwump, anti-civil service re-
form, anti-everything that is anti-old-school
pohtlcs. He believes in calling a spade a
SPADE and makes no concealments. He ia
one OF the best campaign speakers in Con-
gress and is gifted with that power
delivery and surprising frankness His parti-
sanship is incorporating, but he il very pop
ular on both sides of the House. His short
comings are readily forgiven, because they are
candidly confessed. He represents a pretty
strong republican district and for several terms
mas been steadily increasing his majOrities.
THE SOLDIERS FRIEND.
The extraordinary voice Of Henderson Of
Iowa will sound in the House during the Fifty
second Congress and his wooden leg will pound
upon the floor. He had close call at the cleo
ton, having bis large majority cut very low.
He is the soldiers friend. the Grand ARMY
orator, the Logan of the House. He is a work
ing member OF the appropriations committee
q useful member of the House. He can out
taik Joe Blackburn for volume of sound. He
talks only when he has something to say, and
then NO one in the hall can fail to hear what is
said. He is an earnest partisan, and has had
some pretty lively tits on the floor. One OF
the most pointed satirical speeches that has
been made in Congress was directed against
him by Mr.. Norwood Of Georgia when the
latter was in the House, and Henderson came
back with a most savage retort. During his
career in the House his party has relied upon
him when very hard hitting was desired in de-
bate. He PUSHES through the lines Of his adj
versailles like the big champion Of a foot ball
team, and his voice almost rattles the glass In
the skylight-and usually rattles his antagonist.
FUNSTON OF KANSAS
has the only voice in the House which can
enter into rivalry with Henderson's, and it is
usually raised on the same side of the question.
He was one OF the candidates for Speaker of
the House at the opening of this Congress and
seemed to have the best chance of success had
Heed failed to carry of the prize He is one
OF those frank and amiable men, with laugh
which Is not afraid to come out in the open.
His defeat would not have caused much salts
faction except to his successor and would have
deprived the House of an able and experienced
member.
YOUNG MAN FROM MICHIGAN.
ODonnell. one of the three republicans re-
turned from Michigan, is newspaper man.
He is q young man, with thick growth of gray
hair, and his face, free from hair except on the
upper lip, is warmed by smile Of amiability
and good will toward all men. He is one Of
the few men in the House who are steady and
active workers, but who never take part in
partisan discussions and never has cutting
or ill-natured word to say on the floor
Of the House. Without sinking into obscurity
he has avoided attracting attention to himself
by exhibitions of pugnscity. He is the most
modest man in the House, with the exception,
possibly, of Mr.. Holman.
MR. MORSE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Correspondents generally, and particularly
the Boston correspondents, will congratulate
themselves on the reelection Of Mr.. Morse OF
Massachusetts,. His graceful form, his polished
brow, fringed by scant and silky hair, upon
which the galleries always look with admfra-
ton, would be sadly missed from the House
had his constituents been less wise than they
were. He has probably furnished more copy
to correspondents than any other new member
IN the House and is most widely known the
country around.