Omaha daily bee., 1890-01-19

Toilette OF Wisconsin. Stewart Is big all
over. He weighs close TO 275 pounds and he
has a leg. as big around as Joe wheeler's
waist. He has been In congress- for ak
years, and his speeches In the Congressional
Record, If the pages were pasted together,
would not be as long as his frame. La Fol.
lette is nearly a foot shorter than he Is and
has twice the reputation on the floor. He
Is q member OF the ways and means
committee and Notwithstanding his FIVE feet
three inches, his 100 pounds weight and his
boyish look, he has made q place for himself
in the house. He appreciates the %disadvan.
tage of his size and IL Is SAID that he once
had a great ambition to be an actor. He
called upon Edwin Booth and asked his adj
vice about tudying for the stage. Booth
told him that he had no doubt that he pos
sessed histrionic talent, but he said refer
ring to one of Shakespeare's plays: "Sup-
pose you were fighting a duel in which you
were to be the leading character; you would
probably hear a cry from the gallery asking
your opponent to take one of his size. You
are a bright fellow but YOU are too little to
be an actor" La Toilette then dropped the
stage idea, studied law and Is now making a
reputation as a statesman.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS.
The new congressman furnish their share
of the curiosities. The only colored man in
congress is Cheathem of North Carolina.
who is a bright-eyed, well-dressed, ginger
bread mulatto who has been a slave and who
Is a college graduate and a lawyer. "Rlsiug
Sun" Morse is a broad. faced millionaire from
Massachusetts, who makes a big head look
bigger by a pair of fat side whiskers. He
started in life by peddliug stove polish, and
he Is now devoting himself to sending goods
from the agricultural department to his
constituents. John j. O'Neill, one of the
funny men of the last hause, is succeeded by
a millionaire, and one of the brightest of the
new men from Missouri, o black haired
brunette named Frank, who Is all nerve and
brain. Another nervous little fellow is Will
son, from the state of Washington, who tells
enough good stories to enable him to laugh
himself fat, but who is as thin as n rail, and
who looks rs overworked as the horse of a
bobtail car. Carter of Montana is a mIddle-
aged man of more than ordinary ability. He
Is tall, brown.haired, fair-faced and has
straw-colored chin whiskers. Hansbrough of
North Dakota is a rosy-cheeked, brownsnus-
tached man of thirty who rejoices in coming
from Devil Lake, and who Is an editor.
One OF the curiosities of the houseis Bullock
OF Florida, who states in the directory that
he has a family of thirteen children. He
does not say how many of his children are
girls. He IS sixty years OF age, has aided
in founding a female institute and has
raised enough OF q family to start this acad-
envy. HIT OF Illinois wears a red necktie.
Bayne OF pennsylvania always has a pepper
and-salt business suit and Cabot Lodge parts
his hair in the middle. William M.
Springer never appears in the house
without q rose in his button
uole anu otaninecKer OF New York prldes
himself on his glossy side-whiskers and is
the handsomest nan in the house. The
youngest man is Magner of Brooklyn and
the oldest in point of service is Judge Kelly.
Martin is, without doubt, the slouchiest
congressman, though he has improved since
his coming here a few years ago. Henderson
or Iowa is the loudest. You could hear him
acrose q ten-acre field. Boutell of Maine is
another loud talker and he gestures quite as
violently as he speaks. John d. Wise Of
lrnInt m IL nnn Of n .-@-A Il
southern men and Ben Butterworth can
make as good a speech us any man on the
repu plican side of the house. All told the
congressional show contains a number of rare
animals and though at least 200 oat of the
33O among them could not make their S., 900
a year any place else, fully one-third are
worth the price paid for their employment
and earn 1t. FRANK G. CARPENTER.