The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-02-25

ten years Or more we have known him
as a tall, wcll-formed, handsome man
with a long black beard. One year ago
for some occult reason he despoiled
himself of his whiskers, and came to
the senate one morning looking like a
beardless boy. The messenger at the
main door refused to permit him to
enter the chamber until he smiled and
spoke his name. Even then the faith
full old employee feared that it must be
q long-lost brother instead Of Mitchell
himself. He is now permitting his
beard to grow again, and, although it
is short and stubby and anything but
pretty, it makes the genial and like
aple senator from the Pacific slope look
more like the man we nave known and
liked for SO many years. Senator
Hansbrough, of South Dakota, looks
minstrel and theatrical manager, than
any genuine member of Haverly's
family could. look. His hair is thick
and glossy and his mustache large,
strong and nearly the color which
Titan loved to paint. lie is one of the
youngest men ever elected to the upper
house of congress, and quite naturally
churs with 4 brother senator nearly
his w age.
Senator Dubois. of Idaho, served one
term in the house of representatives
with Ha~nsbrough, and they were elect
ed to the senate by their respective
states at the same time. Their seats are
contiguous, but it would make no diff
ference to these senatorial friends if
their seats were far apart, for they
would get together every day, either
upon the floor of the chamber or in the
cloak room, and always lunch together
in the senate restaurant. Senator
Kyle, of South Dakota, is probably the
undoubtedly the youngest, being only
thirty-seven years of age. He is not
only tall but well proportional, has a
kindly face, and his education and
training for the ministry are indicated
constantly in his lanne among his
friends. Senator Gordon, of Georgia,
who succeeded Mr.. Brown, is no longer
the vigorous and handsome nan the
older correspondents knew when he
left the senate ten years ago. His black
hair is worn but little longer than the
regulation cut, and his smooth-shaven
checks lack somewhat of the ruddy
glow of youth and health. Still he is a
very active and valuable member of. the
senate. Senator Pugh, of Alabama, a
large and almost portly man, has but
few OF his dark-brown locks remaining.
Until Mr.. White, Of Louisiana, took his
scat i'll the senate, Mr.. Pugh wore the
largest smooth-shaven face in that body.
Senator George, of Mississippi, is
probably the most rugged character.
physically, excepting Senator Coke, of
Texas. Mr.. George is not a very tall
man, but has a well-knit, vigorous
frame, and his hair and beard arc stiff
and wiry. Senator Coke, of Texas, is a
tall, broad-shouldered man, with a
s1,ow-white beard. When he becomes
in earnest and speaks as ~forcefully as
he can, the n walls and ceiling
almost crack and crack again with
the volume of sound. Senator Gull
lom, of Illinois, would look very
much like Abraham Lincoln if he
were taller and more homely. His
entire head and face and neck are COW
cred with black hair, rapidly growing
gray, but his upper lip is smooth
shaven. Anybody can see that Senator
Pettigrew, Of South Dakota, is a nerv-
ous man. Ills full beard and full suit
of hair are very dark, but no kodak
fend could photograph him, for he is
constantly on the move, and so many
demands are made upon him that
he can seldom remain long in his
seat at onc time, because he is called to
the marble-rooE, to the waiting-room,
TO the cloak-room or committeeman,
to meet in conference friends and legis-
lators on public business.
Mr.. Voorhees,, of Indiana, looks like
n tall sycamore of the Wabash, bowed
and Bonded and silvered by the blasts
AND frosts of time. His strong voice
and bright eyes, unaffected and I'M
dimmed by the flight of years, alone re
main ofthe powerful physique of former
days. The senior senator from Ohio
looks no older than when | first saw
him on the floor of the senate before he
became secretary of the treasury. John
Sherman is, in the Judgment of the
press gallery, the ablest statesman in
al respects upon the ioor of the senate.
His colleague, Senator Brice, who sits
upon the democratic side, is a short,
well proportional man with a face
which is noted for its Semitic features.
He has a heavy suit of fine, black hair
and a heavy, coarse, wiry, red beard.
He is a com~panionable gentleman
poor. Senator German, Of Maryland, is
as smooth physically as he is intellectu-
ally. He is the keenest politician of