The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-10

his tactics a. % the character Of his road
irofa THOSE which he had used in Indian
tEing Of the very best He naveti s~avilIe
avenue AZ his own expense. spending 500
80 on u. and made himself noted a. .
friend Of the people. He got lIttse line 81
track on the vest side Of the CITY ard be-
gan 70 carry passengers from one side Of
Sasseaaho 20 tie other for one fare. He
nau 70 hase onnfousses carry bis passen-
gefs TWO miles IN order 10 do this. bat he
stuck 70 II and in this way made himself
more popular. as the regular roads eharred
NO ano three fares for the same distance
IN tue meantime he did everyshiaz TO get
ms roads connected He worked with Ire
ciIy councii, but in his own war. He
never gave any passes over his road. He
one should ride free. He xas wifIinr 10
pay man or 3 councilman for his ser
wees, pat he would not give him a pass.
Heai, ne nnasiy got his measures through
anu eventually secured one OF the most
sAIuaple street railway properties OF the
si.y. IN tne meantime he invented num-
Ger OF Shings connected with street rail-
ways and he gets a big royalty from these.
ne has rolling mill at Johnssown.
"a. "a, ana ne Is SAID 20 have an income of
sLs1Uo year. He is q peculiarity among
statesmen, In that though all OF his
business - largely protected By the tariff
ne ~ = Tree trader. He frankly says his
ralifoaas ought 70 belong to the city. bat
Until Henry George principles prevail he
viii keep them. Tom Johnson is a queer
looking man He makes me think Of
Dickebs tat boy. His round fat head is q
cannon ball OF rosy flesh. matched with
wayy brown hair and pierced at the front
with TWO bright eyes. which look out at
you over . fairly shaped nose. This head
Is fastened by short. thick neck. TO fat,
1ouhu shoulders and bis roly-poiy form
rolls around the house at a good pace
lom Johnson does not look TO be over 30
years old, but he is In reality 30. He is
Eoou on-hand speaker and be Is especially
nappy IN ten-fninute oratione. He dresses
III business suit and cools his fat face
aunng these warm days with palm leaf
One of the most marked men on the
moor OF the house this session Is Bourke
Sockran. lie would be a striking char
acter II he had no brains, and his fig-
ure would attract attention anywhere.
The fact that he has brains and an elo-
quent tongue make him the more interest
ing. lie IS one OF the straightest men In
congress. His tailor could lay hun on his
BACK and measure him for his well-eut suit
OF clothes, and he dresses like French
dandy. He looks like a Frenchman, bat
he - an Irishman and his voice has all the
rneiiowness of those of the best speakers
OF old Erin. HIS French appearance may
come irofh the fact that he was educated
N Francs and also that he is well ap ia
French literature. He reads French and
great many OF his heroes are French
men. He Is great admirer of Napoleon
and he Is not aeerse toFrench novels. His
mind Is well stored with history and he
has been praciieing stump speaking from
hoyhood. His greatest speeches have
naftn al Ha
into fame at Chicago when Cleveland
was frst nominated, and he added 10
his reputation by his great speech at the
last convention. Mr.. Cochran is q rich
man. lie lives here at Washington in
Secor Roneson's house on Sixteenth
street. He paid, | think, $4,000 for il.
lie has magnificent coun.ry seat on
Long Island consisting of about 100 acres
and his stables are said to be among the
finest In the United States. He Is fond of
horseback riding and he keeps himself in
good physical condition by constant ex-
ercise. lie has wonderful lung power
and he Is good iong-distanee swimmer.
He weighs. judge. about 200 pounds and
stands 5 feet 10 inches in his stockings.
His complexion is dark, his eyes are blue,
hut his mustache aud hair are of dark
brown verging on blackness. He talks
from the abdomen and he can speak for
hours without firing He has an extraor-
binary memory and he usually talks with
out notes. His best sentences are framed
after he 10 on the floor and he doesn't be-
lieve that the greatest speech can be made
otherwise than on the spur of the mo-
ment. he Is still young man and was
born on the last day of February just 81
years ago.
Bourke Cochran Is q great orator. Bryan
of Nebraska is q very fair speaker. He
lacks Cockran's form and physique, and
his square face Is angular rather tnan full
He is a biack-eyed, dark-faced man of g.
His jaw is heavy, square aud smooth
shayen. His cheek bones are prominent
and his forehead square. He is pleasant
talker aud is fond of dealing in we'll
rounded phrases, and his speeches are full
of poetry. His first speech IN congress
Was surprise. Sayres of Texas gave him
portion of his time. and Bryan spoke on
free wool. He had not talked three min
utes before he had the attention of the
house. and he held them for an hour.
Bryan is comparatively poor man. He
Is a lawyer of Lincoln. Neb.. and he comes
originally from Illinois.
The latest sensation among the young
sters Of the house is LATE Pence, of Dem
YER. He created a sensation as soon as the
house opened. and he made one of the
bright, shrewd speeches of the time. He
had quite contest with lsadore Rayner
in which he showed himself as regardless
OF tho feelings of his opponent as is Tom
Reed. He kept the house in a roar of
laughter during his attack on Byuum and
he promises. in fact, to be q second John
J. Ingalls,. Pence is typical Wesierner.
lie looks like the COW boys of Frederick
Remingson's sketches. Tall and lean. he
has q long, thin head. the most striking
feature of which is long. thin nose His
cheeks are thin. his jaws strong, and his
smoothly shaven face is full of lines of de-
termination and grit. He is all muscle,
bones and brains. just how much brains
the future will show. but he has demon
strated that he has fair quantity and no
lack of grit. His face is rather sallow and
his arms are as long as those Of John Sher-
man. He has shed his vest during these
dog days, and be wears flannel shirt with
a turnover collar, about which he has .
long blue scarf. This scarf is tied in a
sailor knot AID the ne ends OF IL stand
out on each side of his chin against his
short black coat With all his rough air.
ne Is a college bred man, and he comes
here at the age Of 81 as Populist and a
silver Democrat.
Speaking of Pence brings TO mind Isa-
dore Rayner. Rayner Is a ctean-cut, dark
faced member from Baltimore He made
reputation for himself during the
Fiftieth aud Fiity-Second congresses as an
able debater, sound thinker and an all
around good fellow. he Is of Jewish de-
scent, hut there is no sign of the Israelite
in his features. I don't know how rigid
he IL in his belief, but have been told
that ne il rather liberal. He comes of A
wealthy family, and he makes about SIS
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