Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-11-26

the tympanum Of his hearers.
Given to asking questions OF others
Ia debate, be never refuses 20
answer questions prOponnded to him.
There is no s~training for effect, or beat
Ing about the bush. His speeches. give
evidence OF careful preparation and are
annealed By the intensity OF his convic-
tiOns. Jerry was a sailor Tor twenty
three years. He had command OF many
large vessels on the Great Lakes. He
was q soldier in the Civil war, though
born IN the. Providence Of New Bruins
wick. Mr.. Simpson belongs to the BIZ
cycling fraternity, of Washington. He
handles a wheel on land we'll as on sea.
While his bicycle is not so snowy as
that of tho Hon. Tom. L. Johnson, OF
Ohio, it makes better time. when pro:
PEELED by the legs Of the gentleman
from Medicine Lodge.
The most brilliant OF the Popullsts 10
the House is LATE Pence, of Colorado.
he is as breezy in debate as the wind
scattering cones from the Rocky Noun
tain pines. Tall, thin and straight,
with a voice as shrill and clear as the
notes Of a game cock, he attracts the
attention OF the House the instant he
takes the floor. Words pour from him
In rhythmic fueneY. His gestures are
we'll timed and his points are usually
clinched with pertinent anecdotes.
Pence was born in Indiana in the shad-
ow of the "Tall Sycamore OF the Wa
bash" He is a graduate Of Hanover
College, and has practlced law ever
since 1878. He will be SO years old
In December next. He has a boyish ap-
pearance and is neglige in dress. Pence
fills the place occupied by Tom Watson
In the last Congress, and fills it far more
acceptably. Watson aroused bitter en-
mites, but Pence, while speaking With
all Of W~atson's ardor and effectiveness,
is 4 general favorite in the Rouse. In
discussion he is as quick as a humming-
bird. His tilt with Bynum at the be-
ginning OF the session gave him we'll
merited now Modest and unaSsum-
ing, yet active and untiring, he is ever
on the skirmish line, cleaning whatever
little advantage for his party that is to
be obtained. He has a full blue eye and
brown hair combed In Jacksonian sim
plicity. 1t is Pence who keeps the
blood in circulation in the Populist body
In the House.
Next In the Populist line is John
Davis Of Kansas. This is his second
term. John looks like a genuine old
farmer. He has gray hair and a moss
like tuft on his chin. He makes q
speech with the same u%nconcern that
he would handle a plOwi in turning a fur
row. He has q resonant voice and a
stirring manner. Unlike Jerry Simp-
son, he shows no humor in his ad-
dresses. He says what he has 10 say
in the plaineSt words, and impresses 1t
upon his hearers by the use OF bis list.
At times he lapses into pOetieal quota
tions, but they are bucolic rather than
heroic. John Davis is a plain, matter
Of fact, straight, every day exponent
of Populist principles. Come veal or
woe, he has cast his lot with the Popu-
lists, and be shows no other political
predictions.
William Baker is o fit mate for John
Davis. There is q similarity between
the two men. They work tOgethar with
the steadiness and strength Of we'll
mated oxen. Nor do they need a yoke
to keep them together. They are
browsing in the Populist field, and they
need no post and rail fence to keep
them there, Rarely do you,fnd them
absent from the mouse. They watch
legislation with intense interest, always
Offering amendments to bills in the IN
terest Of tho farmers they claim TO rep
resent. Both are practical farmers.
has studied law and was gradua-
ted from Waynesboro college in 1856.
He has also been a school teacher.
Davis is five years older than Baker
and was a leading AbOlitionist years
ago. He has been the editor OF a pa
and is widely known as a writer on eco
nomic subjects.