Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-01-27
A DAY IN CONGRESS.

States, ana In knowing just now the
average beholder is impressed by the
behavior and appearance OF our ma
tional law makers.
Business in the Senate is conducted
In a grave and solemn manner. The
description of one day will probably
answer for any. Vics-President Nor
ton sat in his chair as presiding Of
ficer. He is not impressive looking,
for he is too little and his smooth
shaven face Is too sharpfeatured to
be handsome, while his voice is thin
and weak. But he doesn't say much,
and he doesn't seem nearly as impor-
tant as the clerk, who reads various
documents in a loud and resonant
voice that is calculated to make one
think he is the biggest man in the
chamber.
1t looks as though a great deal of
time is being wasted-which is prob
ably true, for it takes great deal OF
time to get measure through Con
gress, unless it is a pension bill.
The Senate is composed of fine
looking body of men, physically and
intellectually-that is, if man can
be Judged intellectually from his out
ward appearance-and it appeared as
though they had on a sort of assumed
senatorial dignity, which they wore
like a little boy wears his Sunday
clothes. They glided over the floor
in a soft, easy manner, as though
there was a corpse in the next room,
and when one of them laughed it
seemed really out of place. 1t was
noticeable, though, that some of the
western Senators had much less of
this habit than their brethren of the
effete east.
Senator German moved around the
easiest of them all He looked we'll
satisfied with himself, and his whole
manner indicated a man who had
great self-possession. He is a smooth
faced. cunning looking man, the sort
of person who appears as though he
knows what is what.
Senator Frank Hiscock, Of New
York, who will give up his seat TO
Senator elect Murphy, is supposed TO
be the handSomest man in the Senate
He undoubtedly thinks so himself, as
he is usually posing for the benefit Of
the galleries. He has splendid head
and he looks well fed.
Senator David b. Hill is clever,
pleasant-looking young man without
any hair on the top of his head. He
impresses the casual observer as being
a first-rate, everyday sort Of a fellow,
attractive in his manner and better
looking than his pictures show him.
His voice is strong and musical. You
would never take him to be the boss
politician of New York.
What whiskers Senator PETER has !
There seem to be more whiskers than
anything else. The famous farmers
alliance man was very quiet, and
acted as though he realized that he
was in the wrong pew.
Pennsylvania two Senators, DOh
Cameron aud NJ. S. Quay, are not
much to look at. They are among
the plainest and most ordinary look
ing men in the Senate. Senator
Quay looked as though he was all
that is claimed for him as a politician
and all that is not claimed for him
as a statesman. He made o few I'M
important remarks in an unimpor-
tant voice.
Anthony Higgins, of Delaware,
looks just like his name. Higgins is
written all over him. There is some
thing obtrusive about the name Of
Higgins, and Senator Higgins moved
about with briskness and sickness
that seemed to mean that if anybody
resented HiSgins's presence there
Higgins was prepared to stand up for
Higgins's rights. His colleague, Sen
ator Gray, Is q tall. handsome, dig
nified man.
Senator Palmer is a fne-looking
western man, who seems to be made
for business, and Senator Voorh ees,
the tall sycamore OF the Wabash, has
a great, big head with plenty in it.
Voorhees, doesn't look as young as he
did few years ago, and the sycamore
is beginning 10 bend little. Mr..
Allison OF Iowa is rather fine-look
ing Senator.
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts is
one OF the notable men in the Senate.
If he were to be put in dress and a
frilled night-cap placed on his head
you'd take him to be your grand
mother. And his nose is the most
inquisitive looking nasal organ you
ever saw. Mr.. Hoar doesn't like any
thing south of Mason and Dixon's
line, and the lack of affection is warm
ly reciprocated.
Uncle Philetus Sawyer, of Wiscon-
sin, is the funniest looking man in the
Senate. He is quite old and very
wide. He doesn't walk like . cat. He
can't. He has enough stomach for
four men, and as he waddles about
the chamber you are constantly fear
ing he will get top-heavy and fall for
ward. He has an old-time fringe Of
white whiskers under his chin. The
other Senator from Wisconsin, Mr..
Villas, who was in President Cleve-
lands cabinet, is just the opposite in
He is small, alert.
keen looking man, with handsome,
intellectual face.
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