The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-22

fore it and begged for favorable re-
port. He said his constituents could
never forgive HIM if he went
back home without having had any
bill already prepared. The committee
calmly told him to Introduce his bill and It
would give the document decent burial.
The Doctor has had three or four other
measures killed and he now consistently
votes no on everything.
Barnes of Jennings, poses as the leader
of the farmers. but he looks about as much
like q farmer as any well-dressed COM
mercial traveller would. He is on the floor
O great deal, and whenever he hears of any
subject being agitated he loses no time in
introducing bill or resolution on the snb-
ject, all of which are usually sent mp to the
reporters table long before, so that they
will be sure to get INTO the newspapers.
DR.. Passage and DR.. Blair, both of Peru
and both Democrats. are nevertheless bit
terly opposed to each other. DR.. Passage
is q man of enormous bulk. who talks in a
fog-horn whisper and feels that he has a
great history behind him. His business in
the House is to move the previous question
and refer things TO the judiciary commit
tee. DR.. Blair is right pert little man
with pop eyes and ideas: He and PASSAGE
got into different combinations on the
door. keeper fight and Passages side won,
though he got nothing out of il but janl-
tOrship which his mau would not take.
Blair, having been knocked ont completely,
votes no on every thing. and as his name
comes before that of Passage OIL the roll
call this compels Passage to vote yea on
everything and gIvcs him heap OF trouble.
Francis nj. Hord. the Infant phenom-
enon" of the House, bids fair to soon be-
come the enfant terrible of the Democratic
majority. Hord has ideas of his own and
the courage to vote for them, both of which
are very bad things for young Democrat
to have. The rest of the Democrats are
talking in breathless whispers about the
stand he has taken against organized la
boris demands, and when he introduced q
bill Ito protect nOnuniOn labor" they were
paralyZed. -
The Senate is slowly developing q little
oratory as time drags on. There is. how
ever. feeling of debility pervading the
general drift of argument, which ought
somehow or other be dissipated. Senator
Parker has found out that he belongs to
the Senate. and VIII very likely soon think
the Senate belongs to him. Mr.. Parker is
young man with mutton chops. and If he
is little more quiet Will succeed as o
Senator.
Senator Chandler is about the most elo-
quenty silent man N the combination.
Mr.. Chandler keeps his eye on the big ma
jorlty as though il were a weather cook
and veers with It's voting TO the mark and
never word for the great triumphant
Democratic party.
Senator Seller is deeply interested oiti-
zen of florid complexion. with q voice
that is decided heavy-set. His speeches
are not always composed of exquisite YER
biage. but his convictions are always as
strong as stale cheese. He generally votes
no.
Senator McCutcheop, of Vanderburg
county, 10 q quick, vivacious. hot headed
man, listle aged and exceedingly eccen-
tric. Mr.. McCntcbeon's physiognomy has
eXcited no little comment in the Senate
chamber. His profile is almost an exact
reproduction of that of the late Governor
Hovey. The fact that Senator McCutcheon
comes from the same section o. the State
makes the coincidence all the more remark
able. 1t would seem that the sou tn W estern
part of Indiana had endeav ord to as nearly
reproduce the late Governor as possible
Senator Cranor, of Delaware county, is a
very long man. and can wind himself near
~ around his desk He generally seems to
be in a kind of dOZe but when Senator Ma.
gee gets antic.n and Senator Cranor gets
mad. this long. lank statesman from Della
ware can pepper the Cass county cherub all
over and roast him to "a beautiful brown in
q single turn. but Senator Cranor has to
get mad before ho can wake up.
There Is no man in the Senate who has
Lent Gov Mortimer Nye under such
thorough control as has MclIneh. If Tippe-
canoe. The following. clipped from the