The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-26

senate or elsewhere, but Washburn knew
his subject 80 well and has SO many friends
that he was favored with a respectable
audience. His most faithful listener was
Senator George, Of Mississippi The latter
senator's seat is away over on the other
side Of the chamber, but on this occasion
he moved over on the Republican side OF
the aisle and sat down within five feet Of
the speaker After he had been going
about two hours Mr.. Washburn saw an
opportunity TO pay a compliment to his de-
voted admirer and persistent listener "As
was so well said the other day by the dis
tinQuished senator from Mississippi, who
now does me the honor to listen TO me,
exclaimed Washburn, and then he turned
70 the statesman from the south. Senator
George was there, where he had been Tor
more than 100 minutes, and his face was
turned toward the figure of the Minnesota
senator, but alasl the senator from Missis-
sippi was fast sleep.
The coolest looking man In the chamber
these days is Mr.. Hawley, Of Connecticut.
He wears linen suit that is about as thin
as paper, but Senator Hawley is too digni-
fed TO put on anything that savors Of neg
ligee. His linen coat is buttoned tight, and
there are outside pockets in it which hold
the letters which it is his habit TO carry
about his person in large numbers. One
quickly notices that there are two distinct
STYLES of summer attire here-one the
northern style and the other the southern.
The only northern senators who 90 in for
the summer things are Hawley, with his
dignified linen suit, Wolcott, with his sea
beach outfit, and old Senator Sawyer, who
wads about his thick body a very thin al
paca coat, but without any vest under
meath He keeps his coat buttoned all the
time, however 1t is only the southern
senator who loves to display his shirt front
IN all its expanse and glory. In this hot
weather our average southern senator es-
chews waistcOats as an invention Of the
devil. He wears q short coat OF some light
material, and the rest Of his visible attire
Is shirt and trousers, principally shirt.
Where they buy shirts with such enor-
nous surfaces Of starched material l
don't know. In the morning they look
very prim, but after the starch has wilted
and the shirts have developed a tendency
to draw upward and become puffy and
congested about the waist they are not
pretty. Vest is one of those senators who
eschew vests. Bate is another In fact
half the men from the southern states 20
about the chamber showing the red mi
tials which their wives or their laundry
men have sewed on the 'front.' of their shirts
under the little flap which is supposed to
DO tackled and riyeted lower down. Sena-
tor Call is the most picturesque object in
this line. He leaves off not only vest but
suspenders, and you can imagine the re-
suit Senatorial dignity be hanged is evil
IDENTITY his motto when the mercury climbs
toward the ceiling.
The two senator's who take less heed Of
the hot weather than any other are two OF
the Oldest men in the body-Coke, OF Tex
as, and Harris, Of Tennessee They sit
side by side, and when one Of them feels
that the heat OF the chamber is rising a
little too high and is warming up the blood
In his old veins he leans over TO his neigh
Dor and asks for that plug The plug is
produced, and with il two big pocket
knives Then Harris carves off a series OF
shavings from the brown bunch Of tobacco
and waits till Coke has done the same
thing. Together, with graceful motions
which only long experience can bring.
with a loving tenderness which de-
fes description, the two great senator's
place the shayings in their respective
mouths, close and put away the big jack
knives and settle back in their chairs APP
parently the happiest men in Christendom.
With synchronous motion which comes
from perfect sympathy and harmony be-
tween them their jaws work together, not
only at the outset and for one minute, but
for hours and hours, like two kline crea-
lures enjoying the afternoon with their
cuds under the shade of protecting tree.
No heat disturbs them, nothing ruffles
their even tempers. They simply chew
ana chew, and expectorate and erpectorate,
occasionally pausing for fresh supplies, al
ternately from each others plug neither
would think of replenishing by himself il
tne other were in the Capitol-and thus
the day passes and the days come and 20
ana Two really nssfnl and admirable man