The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-10
STORIES OF STATESMEN.
DOingS Of the Men Who Make Laws
at the Nations Capital.
Senator Murphy a Surprise-Lafe
Pence's Silver Tongued oratory-Ed-
ward Everett's Son.
From the Commercial Advertiser

From the Commercial Advertiser.
Washington Oct. 3.-Senator Edward
Murphy, Jr., promises to restore the ira
ditions of hospitality for which New York
have been famous. He has leased the
handsome house on Farragut square,
where the late Senator Stanford lived
and entertained so sumptuously. There
Senator Murphy and his gracious wife
will do the social honOrs for the Empire
state. Their charming young daughter,
whom they are expected to introduce this
winter, will lend an interest to the house
which it did not have under the Stan
fords.
Senator Murphy, by the way, was the
greatest surprise to Washington, which
had apparently expected a Bowery tough
to sit in his seat in the United States Sen
ate. To this day strangers in the gallery
refuse to believe that the fine looking gen
tleman of the old school, whose white hair
and white mustache give such distinction
to his refined face, whose clothes are so
tasteful and whose manners are so grace
full, can be ED" Murphy. They usually
pick out Senator Irby of South Carolina,
as the junior Senator from New York.
And when public men and others who
Senator Murphy they were even more
surprised to find how witty and how wise
his conversation was, and in what choice
language it was couched. Instead of
having no topic but politics, Senator
Murphy was soon found to have many
subjects Of interest.
'Why,n said one man the other day.
''you might talk to Murphy all day and
never know he was a politician or even
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pretty generally understood now, how
ever, that Senator Murphy is not only a
college graduate, but a man of cultiva-
ton, with an eye for art and ear for
| music, fond of literature and able to give
and take in a spirit of play of wit
Whatever he may or may not be in poll
tics, Senator Murphy is delightful com
panion in private life, and, better still, a
model husband and father He is simply
devoted to his wife and his seven chill
dren; is with them whenever he can be,
and enjoys their undivided devotion in re
turn. ....
1t may be true that the American peo-
pie are going 1.-The pace that kills" but
certainly active political life does not
seem to have a wearing effect on them
There are many instances in the history
of the country of statesmen who have
remained in active political life after
TGdCuluR
esting of these at the present day is that
of Allen G. Thurman of Ohio, who was
leading candidate for the Presidency in
the Chicago convention of 1884 and re-
ceived the vote of the Ohio delegation.
Mr.. Thurman was then II. When he
was nominated for the Vice Presi-
dency at ST. Louis he was IS years
old. He is living now at Columbus,
though he has vanished from public at
well illustrated at the democratic ma
tional convention of last year, when
the intelligent decorator in charge
of the convention hall put Mr..
Humans portrait among those of the
distinguished dead" Only a few days
ago a controversy arose in the Washington
Office of Cincinnati newspaper over the
question whether Mr.. Thurman was alive
or not; and an appeal being made to the
Cincinnati Office, the reply came back
that Mr.. Thurman died two years ago.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Thurman is very
much alive, though he takes no active
part in politics to-day.
LATE Pence of Colorado took Just a
week after he entered congress to make a
national reputation. 1t was owing to Mr..
Bland, too. that he did 50. The Missouri
advocate of the silver metal is great be-
lever in young men, who always takes
pains to put them forward whenever pos
sibie. Bland heard that a young man by
the name of Pence wished to speak in
favor of free coinage. He knew nothing
about him. nor did any one else, except
that he had reputation in Colorado of
being clever stump speaker. Bland
gave him some time, and the young man
was given his opportunity.
Pence spoke among the first in the sill
yer debate and at once made reputation
as one of the cleYerest and boldest speak
ers who have risen in the House for
years. He does not look like an orator,
but more like a schoolboy. He is tall and
thin, with rosy cheeks and very dimin-
utive mustache, and when he first rises
presents the appearance of boy at school
about to speak his piece in the usual
awkward style. But when he gets to
speaking he is not awkward. His ora
tory is fervid, his gestures are free and
frequent and his whole manner alive
with the enthusiasm of the western stump
speaker.
He is refreshingly bold and original in
his talk, too, and well qualified to hold
his own upon the floor of congress. He is
sc years old and in Colorado is known as
the 'boy orator" He is an Indianian by
birth. but has lived in a number of states
within the short period of his life. Up to
last year he was an ardent democrat, but
changed his political belief when the sill
yer question came to the front, put silver
above the party, worked enthusiastically
for Weaver for president and was elected
to congress on the populist ticket In
Colorado he has served as district attor-
ney, and with the reputation of never
having lost case. He is modest and I'M
assuming, and the reputation he has made
has not turned his head.
The venerable Senator Morrill, is a fine
specimen of well preserved New England
intellect and usefulness. He has discussed
the currency question longer than any
man in congress, and he has always taken
sound positions with regard to it. The
old gentleman is rather antiquated in his
views on the tariff, but even here we
would trust him to be more moderate and
practical than some of the younger men
who have essayed to take legislation upon
it out of his hands His currency speeches,
always able, interesting and instructive,
and he clothes them in an agreeable die
ton, which indicates a liveliness of mind
that age has been Intellectual to impair.
William Everett of the House Of Pepre-
sentatives, who spoke in favor of un-
conditional repeal, is typical New Eng
lander in appearances gray-haired man
of more than middle age, spare Of figure,
with a severe countenance and small
waist He represents the Massachusetts
district of Cabot Lodge, now senator, al
though he lives in the district now repre-
scented by Mr. McEttrick Mr.. Everett
is the son Of the famous Edward Everett
and comes of a distinguished Bay state