Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-10-03
THE U. s. SENATE.
Conspicuous Figures i'm this Mo-
table Body of Law Makers.

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Those who have been fortunate
enough to be present in the Sen
ate galleries have seen and heard
the men of the Nation. There
has been, during the past week,
rich field for the student of char
acter as well as the student of
politics.
Looking down from the CALLER
les on the floor of the Senate, one
will involuntarily recall the prom
inent figures of but a few years
ago, and who have passed to the
great beyond Lamar and Ros-
coe Conkling, Blaine and Beck,
Gibson and Morton, together with
those who have gone in voluntary
retirement-Allen G.. Thurman,
Edmunds and Dawes.
Still, there are giants left. On
the Democratic side, Morgan, of
Alabama, Gray, of Delaware,
Vest, of Missouri, Voorhees,, of .
Indiana, and Walthall and George,
of Mississippi, are the acknowl-
edged brainy men, while the Re-
publicans can boast of Sherman,
Jones, of Nevada, Hoar and
| WolcOtt. of Colorado as also his
colleague, Senator Teller.
Let me give you pen picture
of scenes in the Senate, as view
ed them while Stewart, of New
ada, is speaking on his fourth
day. On the left side of the cham
Der in Il group, in close and inter-
esting conversation, are Berry,
of Arkansas, supporting an am
putated limb on crutches, Joe
Blackburn of kentucky, Gray,
of Delaware, and Walthall, of
Mississippi. The two latter SEN
ators are by all odds the hand
soonest and most graceful speak
ers in the Senate, and naturally
attract the attention and admira
ton of visitors.
In the centre of the Democrat
ic desks are Dan Voorhees-the
leader in this debate for the ad
ministration-the astute German,
and the far seeing Mcpherson, of
New Jersey. To their left sits
Pasco, of Florida, Cockrell, of
Missouri, and George, of Missis
sippi, (the latter busy chewing
gum all three of whom are zeal
Gus in the cause of silver.
In their immediate front are
the two venerable looking Sena-
tors from Tennessee, Harris and
Bate and Teller, of Colorado,
who makes frequent visits to the
Democratic side while the fight
for silver wages. To their right
sits Morgan, of Alabama, the
brainiest man in the Senate, with
that patriotic soldier and states
man, Butler, of S. c. By the
way, Irby, of S. c., is the most
"onnery'' looking Senator on the
floor, and its toss up as to who
you would select for Il populite,
PETER, of Kansas, or Don Caffery,
of Louisiana.
Mr.. Cleveland's Cabinet Minis
ters have undoubtedly succeeded
in making themselves unpopular
with members of both Houses,
with the single exception of Car
Isle, who ''turns the rascals out"
whenever it is in his power. Con-
gresham Lape Pence referred to
Carlisle in his speech in the House,
as ''clerk to the President" F"
Hoke Smith is universally dis
liked. Said a newspaper man to
me, "read his autobiography, of
course furnished by himself, and
which appears in the Congression-
al Record" Here it is:
Choke Smith, of Atlanta,
Georgia, Secretary of the Interi
or, was born in Newton, North
Carolina, September 2, 1855; was
educated by his father, DR.. IL. H.
Smith; was admitted to the bar
at Atlanta, Georgia, when seven
teen years old, and began at once
the practice of law; after being
admitted to the bar he devoted HIM
self to the study of law, carefully
reading all the decisions of the
Supreme Court of the United
States, the decisions of the SUI
preme Court of Georgia, and the
leading text books; did not wait
for case to study the law appli-
cable to it, but studied law to be
ready for any case in which he
might be employed; preferred
the practice of law to office, and
never held a political Office until
appointed Secretary of the Inte-