The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-02-07

there was made up by Partisan wigger
you would never suspect it. Mr.. Morton
does not like the work Of p' esiding over
the deliberations Of the senate, that IL
evident. It is too obviously task for
him, one which makes him nervous, fear.
full, timid.
He is afraid to open his mouth lest he
say the wrong thing, and constantly has
his eye on two senators who sit little
to the lett, as II looking to them for the
cue what to do next. These senators,
ingalls, and Ednunds, are ever on the
alert to give assistance, and the amiable
but hesitating man in the chair puts
question. when Mr.. Edmunds mods and de-
clares the order of business is so and so,
when Mr.. ingalls, calls u page and sends
. marked copy of the calendar to the
desk Of the presiding officer. Vice Pres
tdent Morton says presiding over the
sessions Ut the senate is the hardest
work he ever did in his life, and after
an hour or so Of It this day he retires to
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 u man
who would attract attention anywhere.
He is unlike any other man in the world.
a. he stands at the base of the platform
ON which TIE president sits. waiting to
ascend, he unconsciously assumes u
statuesque posture so like that of some
great. peculiar, impossible swamp bird
that newspaper correspondent who sits
by my side, and who has some genius
for pencil sketching. exclaims, "Look at
the Kansas stork!' and rapidly draws an
amusing picture. Mr.. Ingalls, is nm
habitual attitudinizcr. Some people say
he does this because he knows it at
tracts attention and excites comment:
but think it is all done unconsciously.
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: but these suspicious
are very unjust. Mr.. Reed drawls and
twangs because he cant help it, any
more than he can help being fat and
sassy. Az for Mr.. Ingalls,, it is rs nat
nral for him to pose. to be picturesque,
to fold his arms on his breast or clasp
hands behind his back. as it is for him
to breathe. Politics aside, and thinking
only of the men who are interesting aud
extraordinary. it is pity that Mr.. ingalls,
may leave the senate. where he is clearly
the most conspicuous figure. He ID not
exactly popular among his associates,
but every one will be sorry to see him 70.
Without 1ngalls-the thin, tall. grave
man with voice six sizes too large for
him; the man whose face has an ex.
preston ut vit1iol and of intellectual saw.
agery In It; the man who chews his
scrubby gray mustahce all the time and
occasionally adjusts his red cravat or
takes off his owl like spectacles and
wipes them with IN air all his own, in |
imitable and indescribable: the man who
speaks the English language in large,
bold type. all nicely punctuated, accent
mated and italicized, so that every sylla-
Die he utters may be heard to the utter
most parts Of the chamber-without this
man. II indeed he is to 20, the senate
will be devoid Of one of its greatest at.
fractions. When shall we look upon his
like again: i
There are men here who appear to be !
a part OF the senate chamber itself, 80
hong have they been sitting in their
accustomed spots. BY Ingalls, side sits
another tall. aim, grave man on whom
time seems to leave few marks. John
Sherman. the father of the senate. and
now the Nestor Of American public men,
all things considered, is Il remarkable
instance Of vitality in Il frame which
does not look overstrong. Six feet
Ehree inches tall. and weighing but $50
pounds, Senator Sherman is not of the
physical mold Of which the choicest life
Insurance rish 40 composed. Yet here