Evening star., 1893-09-09

Cochran II, Debate.
the last convention. Mr.. Cochran is rich
man. He lives here. at Washington in Secor
Robeson's house on 18th street. He paid 1
think $1,000 for IT, He hal a magnificent
about 100 acresaad his stables are said to
He is fond of horse bacH riding and he
eess sy
lung power and De is good long distance
Ung swimmer Ne gsiehs. Il jgfge. about 200
stockings. m completion. g dark. his eyes
are blue, but bis meetacAS and hair are
Of a dark browh yershg on blackness. He
ordinary memory a3 Ss usually s hy talks talks
without notes. sentences are
believe that the gre4tVst 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 lust
thirty-nine years ago.
Bryan of Nebraska.
Bourke Cochran is a great orator BRYAN
OF Nebraska is very fair speaker He
lacks Cockran's form and physique, and
his square face Is angular rather than full
He Is a black-eyed, dark-faced man of
thirty-three- His jaw is heavy, square and
smooth shaven. His cheek bones are prom
inent and his forehead square. He is a
pleasant talker and is fond of dealing in
wel-rounded phrases, and his speeches are
full of poetry His first speech in Congress
was surprise. Sayers 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 q poor man. He
Is a lawyer of Lincoln. Neb., and he comes
originally from Illinois.
CntchinSs and Cannon.
mississippi Catchings'' and illinois
Cannon" have created considerable atten-
ton already and they will keep themselves
before the people during the rest Of this
Congress. Catchings of Mississippi looks
for all the world like George Daniels. the
general passenger agent of the Big Four
railroad He has long red chin whiskers,
square forehead. from the middle of
which white part runs back to the crown.
and thin light hair so carefully combed
that you can see the parallel lines of white
scalp shining through it. He makes me
think Of the Maine Speaker of the House
day. This man had very few hairs and he
combed them just in order to cover his
badness; One day Hamlin went up to
MIN and in joking way said: Excuse
me. Mr.. Speaker. but you have one of your
hairs crossed this morning" This remark
made the Speaker very angry and he be-
came Hamlins enemy for life. Well.
Catchings' head is not exactly bald, but
the hair IS very thin and very fine. His
head is very full at the top and the ears
are well set down on the sides. He is not
a bad looking man and he Is fairly good
speaker. He delights in quoting Jefferson
and jackson and he talks easily and well.
Joe Cannon, on the other hand. is the
greatest air tearer in Congress. He makes
dozen gestures minute and when he
begins TO shake his finger 1t moves up and
down at the rate of 100 revolutions to every
50 seconds He looks trifle older than
when he was in Congress few years ago,
but he has, II anything. more energy than
ever. and he appears every day on the floor
fresh for the fight. He is more at home
har "a he pra in A Il,
Of his life has been spent in Congress and
he once told me that he would be a rich
man today II he had kept out of it. AS 1t
is have been told that he is worth in the