The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-04-01

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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
tallest man in the senate to-day, and
undoubtedly the youngest, being only
thirty-seven years Of age. He is not
only tall but well proportioned, has a
kindly face, and his education and
training for the ministry are indicated
constantly in his manner among his
friends. Senator Gordon, of Georgia,
who succeeded Mr.. Brown, is no longer
the vigorous and handsome man 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
cheeks lack somewhat of the rudy
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 darlz-brown locks remaining.
Until Mr.. White, Of Louisiana, took his
Iseat in the senate, Mr.. Pugh wore the
! largest face in that body.
! Senator George, of Mississippi, is
probably the most rugged character,
physically, excepting Senator Coke, OF
Texas. Mr.. George is not very tall
man, but has a well-knit, vigorous
frame, and his hair and beard are stiff
and why. Senator Coke, of Texas, is
tall, broad-shouldered man, with a
snow-white beard. When he becomes
in earnest and speaks as forcefully as
he can, the senate 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 IL 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 nerv-
GUS man. His 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 one time, because he is called to
the marble-room, to the waiting-room,
to the cloalk-room or committee-room,
to meet in conference friends and legis-
lators on public business.
Mr.. Voorhees,, of Indiana, looks like
a 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 fight of years, alone re-
main of the powerful physique of former
days. The senior senator from Ohio
looks no older than when I 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
all respects upon the floor of the senate.
His colleague, Senator Brice, who sits
upon the democratic side, is a short,
well proportioned man with face
which is noted for its Semitic features.
He has heavy suit of fine, black hair
and heavy, coarse, wiry, red beard.
He is a companionable gentleman
among his friends, and generous to the
poor. Senator German, of Maryland, is
as smooth physically as he is intellectu-
ally. He is the keenest politician of
his party, and at the same time an ex-
perienced statesman. His sharp fea-
lures and smooth shaver face; his hair,
parted and smoothed like the locks of a |
hotel clerk, and his perfect fitting
clothes make him man who must at |
tract attention wherever he goes.
SMITH d. Fry