St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-09

toiiu iUcd I1G Is an dDiS SPEAKER, dllu
this side of the tariff has been his study
for years. He is careful I'm the prepare
ton of his speeches, does not believe in
speaking unless he has something to
say. and makes hit nearly every time.
Mckinley is good politician, and he
might almost be called a statesman. His
act at Chicago in stating that he was a
friend of John Sherman's and that he
wanted no one among his friends to vote
for him as presidential candidate was
an heroic one, and 1t added to his fame.
he may yet be president of the United
States, and If so he will make an emf
nently respectable president. He Is
cautious and conservative, full of dig
nifty, and he has the bearing of q great
man. He never makes a mistake, and
he has the sense 10 keep his mouth shut
at the right time. He comes from the
central part of Ohio, is well to do and,
though he is not mOneymaker, his In
come is by no means small. He made
one of the ablest of the Republican
speeches in last weeks quarrel, and he
may be called the Republican leader on
the floor.
One of the best fighters In congress,
and the man who is always ready to
throw off his coat and jump into the
| muss, Is Ben ButterwOrth. He Is a
bluff, good natured fellow, who reminds
one of jolly sea captain-always ready
TO sing song, tell story, or knock
down the man who insults him. But
terworth always calls spade spade;
and. if he has personality to utter, he
does not hesitate to let It fly. He has
none of the Quaker instincts Of his
| father and mother, who were noted all
| olitioniSts, and who were members OF
| the society of friends. During Ben's
| first political campaign he was much
| of fighter as he is now, and his father
saw fit to give him bit of advice which
he did in writing, and as follows:
My Dear Benny: Thy mother and
myself have thought well to give thee
some advice touching the conduct of
| thy campaign. We desire to say to thee
| that we deem it better for thee TO deal
| severely with bad principles and bad
practices than to deal severely with
bad men now living. whom might be
| angrled and do thee harm. Very affec-
| tOnately. Thy FATHER"
At latest accounts, however, Butter
worth has not taken this advice. He is
| brave man as we'll as an eloquent one
| and the fear of harm from the men ON
| the other side of the house does not af-
| feet his speeches. He is one of the fast
est takers in the house and he rattles
out the dictionary at the rate of 200
words minute when he grows excited.
When he talks he talks all over and
! there is not an atom In the 200 pounds
| which makes up his anatomy which
| does not move when he takes the floor.
| He is as good an after-dinner talker as
he is political debater and there is no
man in congress who can sing ppm
| dandy copper of the Broadway squad"
| as well as Ben Butterworth Of Ohio.
have myself heard him sing this song
ten times according to the number of
| notches cut into a stick. and every time
| that the GridirOn club meets, and But
terworth is invited, which is nearly al
| ways, he is made to sing.
He lives very nicely here at Washing
| ton, owns house worth about $4,000.
| and has pleasant family. He is, am
| told, tired of congressional life, and like
many of his fellow statesmen of more
than ordinary legal ability, he is anxious
to leave congress and go back to the law
where he can make money as well as
reputation.
Gen. Charles Grosvenor is another
| good fighter. He has been fighting all
his life, and when his mother taught
| him his first prayer doubt not that he
| kicked against its wording before he ac-
| cepted 1t. Gr0SvenOr comes from
Athens, o., and for the past generation,
during which he has been politician
there.t the Republican party has been di-
vided into factions, and GrosvenOr has
been the fighter at the head of one of
them. He has succeeded in downing
his opponents, and he can now stay in
congress as long as he will. He is a
tall, white-haired, gray-bearded man
with eyes of the famed blue of the
| Sevres china, and with a tongue that
| can beat that of one of these porcelain
! figures whose head moves OH pivot
| and whose tongue goes in and out all
| day long. GrosVenor is good speaker.
lie is little too quick and jumps to his
feet now and then when he had better
remain in his chair. He is. however,
always ready 10 say something, and he
as one of the red heads of the house
when he first came here about four
| years ago, and. though his hair is now
| white, his heart action is good and his
| joints a. e well oiled. He is only fifty
| seven Yeas of age, and he was born in
| Connecticut in 1888. His father carried
him out to Ohio as squalling baby.and
| be was rocked in sugar trough instead
| of cradle. He went to school in log
house, did his first reading by the light
of an Old-fashiOned log fire and pounded
away uHIii iiC SOtJCD OAIi
nary amount of facts stored In the gray
matter of his brain under that snow
| white thatch of siiyery halr. He has
been soldier. speaker of the Ohio
| legislature and divers odd other things
before he became congressman, and
he now has the seat of Silver Dollar
| Warner.
Joe Cannon tells NE that he Is tired OF
| congressional life, and he thinks he
would have been better Off if he had
| stayed out of congress and stuck to
mOney-making. He is an able speaker,
| nevertheless, ana he will be heard from
number of times within the next few
weeks. Cannon is perpetual motion
| personified when he makes speech.
! He tears his hair. pounds his desk and
| around in. He grows red In the face
| and throws his fingers at Roger 0.
| Mills while he howis out defiance and
logic in strong nasal tones.
Speaking of Mills. he has not cut
| much of figure this session, and the
| leadership which he held as chairman
| of the ways and means committee of
the last congress has been practically
taken from him by the temperance of
| Speaker Carlisle upon the floor. Mills
Is not great speaker, anu, as compared
| with Carlisle, he is not great man.
| He has not the reading of Carlisle. and
| his chief forte is the tariff. the different
phases of which he has studied to
considerable extent. At the time Mr..
Mills was chosen as the head of the
| ways and means committee ! called
upon him to get the story of his life for
| the New York World. 1t was in the
winter. found him in his shirt-sleeves.
though the thermometer was at zero and
there was snow on the ground. He did
not put on his coat during the inter-
view, and, notwithstanding the fact that
Mrs. Mills was i'm the room, he seemed
perfectly at home. He is big man.
Fully six feet high, his arm is as big as
one of Joe Cannon's legs, and you could
put the little head of Henry Cabot Lodge
inside of his big Uranium and there
would be an inch of space between the