Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-10-21
QUA sTATtsMeN.

our STATESMEN.
TIE Washington correspondent of th'
New York 11mes thus discourses con
ccruing the various gait. 10 some of ths
well known meu al the national capital
A -m,li, eg-ntiemsniy psr.on, plainl,
drv.s~i and entirely unostentatious N
hi. csrrisgr, !. moviug along al an evef
gait, iooking AZ the handsome houses
aud occasionally addressing few woni'
to his compsnion, Who u lady. III
ralses al. hat .lmply When per.on eowi
To- him, aud he has Ia rsi.e " PRETTY
often, for thl. 4. the President of th'
United state. taking . walk. livery
toiy look. at him, bat few stare rudely
Tor b. I. q familiar fgurr on Conue,'ticui
Avenue, aud t.c.iic., D.. IL an old rcsI
dent ot Washington. lie Il foni of hi'
constitutional, but he Jccs not walk
rapidly and hi. movement psrtaks'
more ~ m. nature ~ = stroll than of Z
serious walk.
A llttl. farther down th. street you
encoant.r q tall, well-irr.se'i man, hi.
hst .,k.i over hi. eyes. walking rapid
", az though he va. going .o'neshcr'
snd no, idly exercising. lli. si~p u
.pflugy aud b. .wlngs little. TIL. IL
Jane. a.. Biaine. lie bows hastily Ia q
young msn whom be mcrt.. The Young
man |. clothed Ia fashionable garments,
of .obsr tinis. he wears eye glasses, aud
hold. HI. head high Ia The air, ani take.
In the pro.Pcct, sni scc. everything ani
everybody. iIl. toe. arr well turned
ogi. hi. step ls quick aud aihle'ic-'n
keeping With hls whole APPEARANCE,
shlch /. Que of alsrtness. Thi. !. Theo-
dor, Roosevelt, civil service comml.-
sioner, author. rcformer. e>-membcr oi
IN. Legislature, defeated candidate Tor
Mayor of New Work.
| Farther down tosn, bowling slong Ia
ward the shor,ham Hotel, where hl'
quarters arr, Ia the company of .otne AL
mlrIng friend Who hang. upon his rrady
r.marks, come. the ponderous form oi
the st-alst, 'srom" Heed. Ills large
feet ,r-ad th. uneven sidewalk With
certainty, and heavily he roll. little
from .IIe Ia .i,l., hi. lolnt. rather loo.c,
bat the ngur. L. on. 10 powerful man.
hood. Tie eyes are quick. consciou. o'
th. gstc ~ pcople, and rrady to rccog'
nISe familiar fac-. III. wears nat,
broad-he.lei .hoc there u NO personal
vanity about thl. man. snd tberc !. q
look of responsibility snd power In his
large, full face.
,o. OF the frst observation. that q
| >es Yorker make. on coming Z" wash
lngton A. the difference la th. Nay the
people walk. Here they usually WAX
slowly, deliberately always, aud one
very rarely .c-. the rushing, hurry
Ing. prc-occupici walker that lcnd'
az much life Ia New York .ir--t.. Every.
thin, 4. deliberate In Washington, and
thsr, i. pIenty of time. Occasionally
tb.r,. l. .ern th. walk ~ ~ IN. cldedy
/ Ne. Yorker. Sach walkers are senator
ry.rt. ani NJ. Ju.,is- lilaichfori of the
suprme Coar. They step along quick
IL. they az. figurr. such as one may s.'
any day among the lAwycrs' Office. 10
Nes York. Hut the business min-
walk, the Io.tling walk ~ on- ~ho !.
acru.,omei "a clbo~ing and To being
.lbos,sl, aud Who must b. st ccrtsin
plac. ai q ccrtain time, which tine l' f,.'
appruaching, I. almost unknown to
ws.hlngton sirc-t..
AwaIk I. not . good exponent of
l.r.on'. Intelligence, hut !. an esc-llcn'
.lgu ~ q CERTAIN part of hi. character
Clr,cr men ani stupid men may walk
allk-, but ,sln. coBc-ii~i man Away.
show. II In the way be moves Ia public.
/ They are .ome men whom Ne know a.
prl,,t. rltiy-n. Who we're perfectly nat
/ ur,l Ia their gait, Who, az .oon s they
had achieved .ome part 81 their ambition
aud have t.-come con.plcuou. characters,
have At once adopted a ioI-lofiy strut,
aud every step they take beioken. their
consciousness of t-elng loos~i al.
Now, 10 q mln like senator '"ckrrll
of Missouri there 1. an utter sb-.nce oi
such a con.sloasne... 10. shuttle. along,
hi. hand. uo..ihly la oil. pockr,., his
.y,. tlN.l uIron the grpand, stepping
.,,tyw herr anil never noticing any one,
or noticing cyrn u he step. Into puddle
lie wears b,,o,., ~-uator Fiumh WEAR
boots, senator farwcll does, ioo-mo.'
~ the the southern and western membsr'
do. Ex-senator Malone walks III. {
.outhern plautrr, aud hl. boots are love
Iy-.m,ll. perfectly fi,i~i, slightly point
III. aud displaying hi' high ln.,ep ." per
festlon.
Their are certain un.ophi.tlcaiei co.,
.titl.nt. who sit at home snl Imagine
their representative. Ia Washington az
Away. riding la carriages. The citifet
mo helpe,i "a elect the meinb-r frvu
w.yback 4. under the imprr..lon that
hI. msmt~r'. lourneys to ani from tbs
Capitol arr III. royal progrr..es-ln
coach, through throng of the ahmlrins
popal.c.. sach a constituent, IL !. r-lst-
.i' once cain. from Michigan a go"I
many wear. ago and callei upon scnato'
Z,ch Chandler. The senator in'itri hiu'
to come Ia hi. house tb. next morning
ani accompany him 90 the 'sphoi
which the constituent dbl, being carrfu
Ia hire for the occasion an enofinou'
open barouchc. As they stepped ou
upon the street the senator spicd th'
carriage.
81 .sy. Captain. .aii he 20 hi. COZ
.tltucni, .whAi'. that thing doing here'
II hired Il. IL. mine. IL. u take az
up 10 the Capitol" sas the reply.
"Oh. pon..n..!' said Zach Chandler
..wheu i'm at home walk, ani que.
I can walk herr, too. You can scni tha
dsrne,l old concern away"
Zach Chandler should have been able
to walk any distance, for he had q bli
foot and wore an enormous sboe. NJ
ob,e,t of interest for some year. ate
hi. death u.sd to be the hug. piece %
leather that had constituted the .ole q
one of nj. shoes. n MAS displayed "
the window of hl. former shoemaker
aud wa. labeled: ~ portion OF th'
understanding of the late Zach Chand
Ier."
There are country walks aud city walk
and uroyincial walks aud cosmopolitan
Il A.
ing horse around Ia deep straw Tor
certain length Of time make him siel
high, col. Il Inevitable that far'ne
should tread a city pavement ss thoagl
II wer, = stony country road or one o
nj. deep mesdo~s. There are traces o
thi. gait In ex-senator Palmer And u
senator Plumb. aud x-Attorney Genera
Gariand always trod the brick. of Wash
instou as though they were the soil
his own IIomlny llili, his country plao
IA Arkapsas. On the other hand, W
have A fine city walk In Cabot Lodge
senator Builer OF south Carolina, an
srcrrtary Tracy, Who are the beat type
of cosmopolitan walkers In Washington
There i. an easy, careless swing abou
, them. aud their feet seem Ia rrst iighti
upou the sisiewalk. senator Butler ios
leg at the battle Of brandy station ]
iss5, but he u.es his cork substitute
cle,erly az TO deceive almost every, on.
The great pedestrians In official III
/ are the justices Of the supreme CouH q
the United states. Every afternoo
, during the term of court they can Q
met coming along Pennsylvania Avenu
, In . body. aud they walk the whole di'
ianee to their homes. Judge. Yield an