The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-25

| Near Senator Stewart and on the same
row sits a young warrior in pepper-and
| salt suit. He has black mustache,
thick black hair and black eyes, The
| lace is Frenchy and recalls pictures of
| st. just. The figure is sturdy and full
OF activity. This gentleman is Senator
DUBOIS OF Idaho. Born in Illinois, he is
| evidently descendant of the French
| Canadians who explored the country
| with La Sale in the last century. Du-
bols served two tesms in the House as
delegate from Idaho. He was once mar
i other man was instrumental in securing
| It's admission as State. He did not
shine very brilliantly ON the floor of the
House quiet and reserved, he had very
little to say. Transferred to the Senate,
however, ne has taken a commanding
| position. Aggressive in debate, he hews
TO the line, regardless as to where the
chips fall. His speeches have been
short, compact and very telling. Above
all he is wary and watchful, and ever in
attendance on the sessions Of the Senate.
He apparently has little veneration for
| the hoary antiquities of the chamber,
andNless veneration still for precedent
| and etiquette He talks like a man fresh
from the people, and assumes that as
such he ought to receive the same cour
tesy as the older Senator's This shocks
the nerves of the antiques, but it I'M
| doubtedly fastens Senator Dubois in the
affections of the people of Idaho. He is
| lighting for their interests, and is the
last man to listen to any compromise that
does not provide for the free coinage OF
| silver.
Near Dubois you see stern, clean
| shaver face, with a strong chin and per-
| spective faculties well developed. The
| clean-cut lips curve upward and the
| eyes are hidden behind spectacles. The
| hair is brown and there is plenty of it
Z his gentleman wears an old fashioned
| stand-up collar, with a black lcutaway
| coat and black trousers He is Senator
Allen of Nebraska, who is evidently
destined to be the leader of the Populists
| on the floor of the Senate He is Il young
| man full of energy and extremely dem
onstrative whenever the occasion warrants
| Eminently practical in discussion, he
has judicial mind and states his propo-
sitions with clearness and precision. He
fills his place in the silver phalanx with
out swerving Tall, muscular and direct
in manner, bearing and language, he
has already attracted the attention of
the galleries, and in time to come will
undoubtedly become very popular.
Allen presents marked contrast to
Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota, who
is a. year younger. He has dark auburn
hair and a Conkling lock falls over his
high forehead He weas Byron collar
and dark clothes Plain and unassuming
his face indicates clear perception and
the shreWdness of a man who wins his
way on the border. He is private in the
silver phalanx, and one implicitly trust
ed. He has made few speeches, but the
few have been applicable and to the point
Mr.. Pettigrew's colleague is James Hen
derson Kyle. This gentleman is Congre-
gational preacher. The Office of Senator
sought him and not he the office. He
made a Fourth of July speech so well
seasoned with piety and patriotism that
it attracted universal attention in South
Dakota. Its legislature was then squab-
bling over the election of a United States
Senator. The
Fame of Kyle as Speaker
soon became factor in the fight The
Democrat turned IN with the Populists
and ended the contest by elceting.s him
senator. In the Senate he has been re-
served and modest No man is more
courteous in his treatment OF the an
tiques. He gracefully gives way to them
on questions of etiquette, and when he
has anything to say he says it with the
fervor which characterizes men of his
cloth in the West. He is in the phalanx
to stay. Thoroughly imbued with the
silver principle he fights for it with the
philosophical firnmesss of Buddhist
Seated in front of Senator Stewart is
Senator Power of Montana The face is
thin and white; the features sharp and
refined and the figure angular. The
iron gray hair is parted in the middle.
Senator Power is said to be one of the
keenest men in Montana. His face GER
tainly indicates ability of no mean order.
While not snowy on the field of battle
he is apt to make himself felt in coun-
Gil of war. His Judgment is good and
his manipulation of adverse circumstan-
ces much better. Power is one of the
most trusted men in the phalanx. Mon
tana may repay him by reelection.
Seated to the right of Pettigrew is one
who ought to have been with Leonidas
at the Pass of Thermopylae. He is an
undemonstrative private in the silver
phalanx. This is Senator George L.
Shoup of Idaho He is tall and of spare
figure. He has a grayish mustache, and
small quantity of gray hair fringes his
head. He has a slight stoop when stand
ing, and withal bears a striking resem-
blance to Senator Gallinger of New
Hampshire.
Last of all comes the successor of John
j. ingalls,, the redoubtable Senator
PETER. His length of beard has given
very small and his body very thin. A
Kansas Democrat once spoke of him
thus: T" He resembles shaddock stuck
upon PIN" Although plain country
editor when he entered the Senate PETER
has undoubted intellectual ability. He
reminds you of a trim craft without rud-
der or centre board. To keep her to the
wind you have to use an oar The oar is
not always in place, and the ship backs
and falls off at times in an unexpected
manner AS a member of the silver
phalanx, however, there will be no shift
ing of the oar. The craft will keep on
her course and round the buoy in fine
style
Such is the silver phalanx pledged to
go to all lengths to prevent the passage
of the VOORHEES, bill Its operations are
of course aided by silver Senator's from
the South and elsewhere, who are not
pledged to SO radical course