The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1891-05-06
Roger ousrles MiIIs.

s we aDrl0ge anu ADAPT the follow-
ing from Amos J. Cummings sketch
Of the great Texan in the New
York Sua
Mr.. Mills is about 55 years old.
Born in Kentucky. he went TO Texas
when a'boy. He studied law and
was second to none as an advocate
in the Texas courts. AT the OUT
break of the war he entered the
Confederate service, was wounded
three times, and came out OF The
war colonel of a cavalry regiment.
He is an entertaining talker and
the life OF a dinner table. He was
first elected to the house in the
year that Horace Greeley ran for
president. He has served nine
consecutive terms and has fairly won
his way to the leadership OF the
Democratic wing of the house.
Mr.. Mills has the pleasantest face
of any man in the house. He is as
winning socially and Intellectually
as is his face. He is more careless
in attire than Mr.. Crisp. His frock
coat at times looks rusty and his
turn-down collar crumpled. His
merry eyes, honest features, snowy
moustache, and thin gray hair
would attract attention anywhere.
He 10 o fluent and an eloquent
speaker, apt at repartee and at home
in the field ofdiseussion. His voice
is as clea- as O bell J, and his gestures
pat and graceful. He never uses
notes and rarely reads extracts.
Neither does he write his
speeches and commit them TO men,,
ory. He trusts to the inspiration of
the moment and he never fails to get
the inspiration. His propositions
are usually stated az clearly and
tersely as those of John G.. Carlisle.
There Is nothing abstruse about
them. The argument stands out
clear cut and impressive. No man
leaves the house when Mills 10
talking. rs s3l 6 4
When someleadsr ofthe opposition
has the floor, q slight physical ner-
vousness frequently betrays bis ca
gerness for The fray. He places his
elbow upon bis desk ,buries bis chin
in the palm of his hand, and trots
his foot. His eyes snap, and he
seems lost In contemplation of his
antagonist. When bis turn comes
the words pour from him like
molten metal. Although tamted
ct times almost beyond endurance in
the last congress, he never over
stepped The bounds of legitimate
debate. AS a parliamentary tacti-
clan, however, he Is hardly an adept.
The honest nature of the man Is apt
to lead him into ambuscades. He
has no taste for schemes and strata
gems. Hf z hPiis ~
Mills Is thinker and d phil
osopher. He writes and talks with
equal facility, and is well up In all
questions OF the day. He is an
omnivorous reader, and digests al
that he reads. IL all asslmilates
with bis intellectual system, and
gives him n mentaivigor and virility
perceptible 10 all who associate with
him.. He Ia strong in his convic-
tions. Nothing con swerve him from
them. He maintains them in The
face Of all opposition. No party
dilemmas or personal influences can
restrain him. He IL ever ready
with reasons for the faith that is in
him, and he always speaks out. He
10 q straightforward statesman,
with no taste for chicanery. He
believes In square fighting policy.
He insists upon fair play. Nothing
will induce him to conceal his CON-
vietions. Representing 'one OF the
largest wool growing districts in The
country, he was the loudest advocate
for free wool. He was the first
among the statesmen of the south
to jump upon the sub-treasury
scheme. It's officers wrote him .
letter asking him to define his views
This WAS last summer long before
the election. They got his vi>ow