Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-12-27

cyclone Congress 10 is plain 20 see
Ia. in the famous cOngresSi Onal fight
! 1890 the smooth faced men had the
T, and the other fellows the hOOdJOS.
. how many smooth faced men there
r TO the house l cannot say, but 10 is
-ain that not since the war has there
en- such q large number of them as
.sya is to-day.
! Among them are some remarkably
s looking men too. Faces sure to at
rae. attention in any gathering are
1,a Of young Bailey, OF Texas, Bryan
Nebraska, Tom Johnson OF Ohio,
s,-ar Of Cincinnati, Miller 1.-THE Creek
I'm Wisconsin, Fellows Of New York,
Scott Wike Of Illinois, Mccain OF
csgo and many others unadOrned by
-,ute aDpendages. Its a noteworthy
c. that, with few exceptions, all the
73th faces are on the Democratic
s OF the hall, though both sides are
ngcratic nowadays, inaSmUch as the
l5rity members hade spread them
yes over a large section Of the space
voted TO the minority. BY arrange
sr, the Democrats took possession OF
De- tier Of seats on the Republican side
The ball, aud this tier is commonly
Gown as the Cherokee Strip" Some
The best men In the party sit ia the
ZIP, apart from the majority OF their
|-sIdS.
hhaDpens that the biggest man in the
.-se, General Curtis, of New York,
soae Of the biggest boards. General
,,.s is q giant who stands 6 feet g
-cles in his stocking feet, and though
. uDsratlveIy slender weighs $50
a1ds. Since taking his seat in the
use General Curtis has been busy
-ming anew the acquaintance OF men
10 knew him in the trOublOUs days OF
be war. and among those who have ia
sl the big hero's hand are many who
lglt on the Confederate side. The
I,us OF General Curtis as a tighter
bread throughout the armies at the
SO OF the war aud has not yet been
-g0,tcn. He was promoted four or
e times for gallant services on the
3, was wounded in the breast in an
s-gement in Southwest Virginia and
s, an eye in the charge az Fort Fisher.
Au odd sort of friendship has sprung
between Mr.. Cable, OF Illinois, and
lera. Curtis. Why they should be
avn together is more than their
ENDS can understand, for they appear
have nothing Uncommon. One is the
,geSt man in the House and the other
e ,malIest-"the long and the short
it'-0ne a Democrat and the other
Republican, and while the giant
PAS hero In the Civil War, the
le mau was not old enough TO
I'd, with anything more dread
than lead soldiers. Curtis has
olg, patriarchal beard, while Cable
s one Of the cutest little muStacheS
% ever saw. The young Illinoisan Is
slender and so bOyiSh looking that he
sometimes called q dude, but as
alter Of fact he is manly man, an
1eta, great traveller, an adventurer
'-0 has known what 10 is to face dan
t Out in Rock Island, where he
yes, be is known TO every one as Ben
'e, and though a very rich man,
.lg the son Of the president OF the
c6 Island railway, many Of his warm
i friends and most intimate compan-
Us are poor young men whom he has
$50 90 school or in business.
] O-e story is told Of Gable which IS too
d % suppress. When he decided 10
axe the race for congress in district
ccl had previously given a large ma
Fly against his party, he went 70 an
politician and asked him his ADVICE
70 how to carry on a successful cam
20 The old politician gave him q
l5er % valuable hints, and added;
Gus, one word more. You are popular
This district. You can make goOo
-op2igu, But there is one thing you
--', C0 or be defeated; IL is Z simple
a. ana yet fear you will not do IL.
bat is that?" ''Give up smoking
'afe.tas til. after election. Can you
4tF Young Mr.. Cable was silent Tor
le minutes. IL was apparent that a
-2g.s was going on in his nina De-
'sel The allurements of a seat In Con-
SIS and the 10y Of cigarette smoking
The end ambition triumphed over
'ot, and for six weeks Mr.. Cable was
Yer seen In public with cigarette
Tween his lips. II he had continued
-laing the people of thatdistrlct woulu
have sent him TO Congress, where
smokes as many cigarettes as he
sss.
Ooe man who went away from WASH
Zion year ago without a beard ana
'le back with one on his face Is the
Sous funny man, John Allen, OF Mis-
lpi Allen is without doubt the
.-l.eSt man now in congress, unless q
light Of laughter shall be dlscov-
among the new statesmen. Since
ia left the house and Sam Cox dled
70 has reigned supreme In the realm
oagressional humor, and he Is now
sler than he ever was
o'e in his life. Usually wear