The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-27

concerning Senator's they began to push
and crowd and chatter all at once. The
atmosphere was full of opinions. Had
| been fourteen stcnographors with a
full complement OF ears | could not have
heard and preserved all that they told
me- Every one OF them talked louder
and faster than all the rest and each
tuCgcd at some portion OF my apparel
to attract ny attention to what he had
to saw Tho frankness OF these boys,
their willingness to declare an honest
earcrness to talk for publication" set
tho unaffected little fellows far above
some men Of note whom have known
mon who, while manifcsuy no less
carer, surround themselves with sham
barriers and sit behind them sorciy dis
appointed If tho interviewer does not
SOC the sham and knock tho barriers
down-pantalooncd Poloniuses who can
not play upon tho pipe, yet seek oplag
upon the journalist.
Out Of the clamor | managed 10 snatch
a fcw facts-iirst, the gen cral fact that
good feeling prevails DC tween the Sen
ators and their pages, and then some
snecifications as to individuals. Scna-
tor Stanford was unanimo usly declared
to loan able statesman and 4 great man
because each year he gives them all an
entertainment at his house, whore he
distributes presents, and then because
he gives u bright crisp s. bin to each
page every year. But rs the chatter
went on this was found to be q compi,
mcntary ballot. Senator'S .landcrson,
Vance, Reagan, German and Davis
seemed really to DO the II ost general
favoritcs of the boys, and Senators
Ransom. Dixon, Moody, Butler and
Henderson were declared TO lie the
handsomcst men in the Senate. They
give also to Senator Butler the credit OF
being the most polite and elegant gen
tleman in the chamber, Senator Cor
man is liked because he once was page
himself and has not forgotten It.
"Ho i, always good naturcd,' said one
OF the little fellows, and often tells US
stories about what he used to do wher
he vas page. guess he was ripper.
too" This last remark was intended
to be a sort of cap for climax OF CON
pliment
Senator Vest "a not generally . favor
tie with the boys Indeed, the young
sters passed unmistakable censurc upon
the very vigorous language he some
times uses toward them, and they as
sert openly that they would rather be
doing something else when he snaps
his fingers for page. One Of the boys,
however, thinks Senator Vest Is pref
ty good sort of man. Mckee Coch'
rane was one day rushing at breaknecsi
speed to do the bidding OF some other
Senator, when, darling out Of the cham
Der, he pumped squarely into Senator
Vest and knocked breath enough ont OF
him to make raw material for half doz'
en- Fourth OF July oraticns. The Scna'
tor saved just enough to supply the sur
rounding ambicncc with a deep blue
tint and an odor of sulphur The boy.
who thought his hour had come "tol
surely" this time, skunk back under
Captain Bassett's protecting arm and
tremblingly awaited to hear his doom
pronounccd lnsteaj o! declaring war,
however. Senator Vest at once Logan tc
manifest decided interest in young
Cochraac. and sometime afterward,
when the yoan-stcr fetl into fight
with one Ct his collie gus a. oiIense
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