Telegram-herald., 1890-12-06

''TuE KANSAS sToRx."
there was made up by Partisan wigger
/ you would never suspect il. Hr. Morton
does not like TIE work Of presiding over
the deliberations of the senate. that is
evident 10 Is too obviously task for
/ him, one which makes him nervous, fear
/ fal. tirnid.
/ be is afraid 10 open bis mouth lest he
say the wrong thing. and constantly has
his eye on two senator's who sit little
/ 20 the LETT, es If looking to them for the
cue what % do next. These senator's,
Ingalls, and EdmHnds, are ever on the
| alert to give assistance. aud the amiable
| but heSitating man in the chair puts
| question. when Mr. Edmunds mods and de-
| clarcs tho order Of business is so and so,
when Mr.. ingalls, calls page and sends
u marked copy OF the calendar to the
desk Of the presiding officer. Vice Pres
ident Morton says presiding over tho
sessions Of the senate is the hardest
work he ever did in his life, and after
an hour or 60 OF It this day he retires 70
his private room to compose his nerves.
The man who takes his place is one of
the marked characters Of this gathering
| Of notables. Senator Ingalls, is a man
who would attract attention anywhere.
| He Is unlike any other man in the world.
AS he stands at the base of the platform
on which tke president sits, waiting to
ascend, ho unconsciously assumes q
statuesque posture so like that of some
great. peculiar, impossible swamp bird
that a newspaper correspondent who sits
by my side, and who has some genius
for pencil sketching, exclaims, Look at
the Kansas storkr' and rapidly draws an
amusing picture. Mr.. Ingalls, is an
habitua attitudinizer. Some people say
he does this because he knows it at
tracts attention and excites comment;
but think it is all done unconsciougiy.
The same skeptics declare Mr.. Reed,
the most conspicuous man at the other
end of the Capitol, uses his down east
drawl designedly and with the same pur-
pose in view, because he knows it is
quaint and alluring; bat these suspicious
! are very unjust. Mr. Reed drawls and
twangs because he can't help it, any
more than he can help being fat and
sassy. As for Mr.. Ingalls,, it Is as nat
ural for him 10 pose, to be picturesque,
! 10 fold his arms on his breast or clasp
hands behind his back. as IL is for him
TO breathe. Politics aside, and thinking
only Of the men who are interesting and
extraordinary, ii is pity that Mr. Ingalls,
may leave the senate, where he is clearly
the most ccnrpicuous figure. He is not
exactly popular among his associates,
but every one viii be sorry TO see him go.
Without Ingalls-ths thin, tall. grave
man with voice six sizes too large for
him; the man whose face hes an ex-
preston of vitriol and Of intellectual saw
agery in IL; the man who chews his
scruboy gray mustahce all the time and
occasionally adjusts his red cravat or
takes of his owl like spectacles and
wipes them with an air al his own, in
iinitsble and indescrif able: the man who
speaks the English language in large.
bold type. all nicely prncsuated. accent
uated and italicized so that every sylla-
bic be utters may be heard to the utter
most parts Of the chamber-without this
man. If indeed be Is TO 90. the senate
viii DC devoid Of one Of its greatest at
fractions. When shall we look upon his
Ike again?
There are men here who appear TO be
n part Of the senate chamber itself. so
long have they been sitting in their
accustomed spots. By ingalls, side sits
another tail, slim, grave man on whom
time seems TO leave few marks. John
sherman. the father # the senate, and
now the Nestor Of American public men,
all things considered, is q remarkable
instance Of vitality IN frame which
does not look overstrong. Six feet
three fnches tai, and weighing but 100
pounds, Senator sherman Is not OF the
physical mold Of which the choicest life
insurance risks are composed. Yet here
he Is at e. years, really for another win
ter's hard work. boxing almost as young
~ he did ffseen yesrs ago. ard Just as
active, vigilznt and forcibls. There are
20 bald spots on his head. and his hair
snd oeara ara only beginnsng to turn
gray. Without him IN hjs old seat-s
chair which i sh0Ttsr by tvs,0 inches than
its ussghbcrs. made 80 by Ar. sherman :
orders - hat ha VIII net be compelled
- stoop 80 Easch in writng-she senate
wOnid have lost one Of its grsatsst uaen
and meet ooazphswozs landmarks. The
old sensscr has WAY of svinciag inter
est ia everything thas y going On. ST
ting with his loag back vel bowed and
his NECK crsned forward, ~ z he were
tyTo N she chamber yet here he has
been fer shirty ys>rs. co~s March 4
nezs- sesss TIE four yea~s watch be spent
ss secrstary q tie treasury: Aad before
coming - TIE seoss. he had been six
years IN the house of rsp-~ssnsat
Thirty az ysars n the very froat q
ruhEc service. ouce alE7oss elected
speaker. once IA The cahanet. four tuaeS
neariy within rssca q ths pressasatisi
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