Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-06-08

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 actcriStic of tho public men from the | northeast to be clans They never would tC interviewed very much, especially tho | New England senators think they aro little too topleftical for any ordinary mortals to apprach." "
 Hard to Approach.
 vCntup, Ia quote this aS it comes from an eastern man. hut il goes much further | than l should vCnturc With tho con gr,SSmcn of the middle west and south, | however. I easily established tho most | pleasant rClationS, perhaps because they are my own sort of folk. often wonder when, tho New Englandcrs keep them | selves. While the smoking rooms on one side of the chamber arc full, and the laugh | and merry jest % round. and pleasant rcm- | iniScCuCCS arn brought up of former days l in ConCpcSS, 1 do not sce the New Eng flanders at their desk, nor do 1 hear the | sound of talk and laughter from the Snok l ing roon on that side. They aro not in | tho Committc, roomS either One cxplana- | tiun of this iS that thCrc aro comparative | ly few of them. and their party being such n minority in this house makes their posi- ton somewhat awkward. Of all tho states. however, New York Is the hardest l for new man hcrc to do anything with. | The Republican representatives will not | talk at all and tho Democrats talk for the | most part only in wcariSome platitudes and | with fAr mon caution than the ordinary man would show under cross examination 1 in luurVlCr case. Tho painful truth is, tho New York Democrats occupy n rather mon dv!icatc position than thoSc of any other section of this Cungp'SS. They arc as much in opposition as the Republicans in truth. they arH in double opposition, if not trCblc. They arr against the south | and west in finauCc, against the majority 1 of their own party aS to radical tariff It. | duction. against the Republicans on spcn- cr;ll party lines and many of them against tho administration on New York lines Easy of Access.
 On the other hand. if l were asked 10 name a state which has the most approach able representatives. think should name | Missouri The state is very ably rCprc- Scutcd iu,lC,,d. and so far as l know all it's l representatives of both parties arc most | gvNial gentlemen and CIgCr to assist the ! Iouruili>t in all legitimate ways. In fact | they a0N accu>tOuCd tu n brCc-y style of | journalism and to frCc and easy methods uf communication, for not only was Mis- l souri the l,p,It border state for 10 years | but an immense number of its young men ! NslNN Eo4tt NN AAA kNlEAS bA tAlC lstE "tSts | mined. hunted. ranchc,l. frCightCd and 1 otherwise employed themselves for many 1 years and then rCturncd 10 their old homes. 1 Every day have occasion 10 smile at tho l contrast between them or any of the mem l bCrS from tho r,mutc west with thoSc in 1 the northeast. One will Scc Champ Clark, 1 l-afC Pence. r T Hudson. (. II. Morgan 1 or any one of dozen others leaning hack in his seat, hat on or off, as accident -F. sak. ! leg over tho desk, talking with the CffuSive frS'lon he enjoys in his office at home l The pale and slender Johnny Wilson of l Washington talks with equal frccdom and l far mon, enthusiasm, every nerve and | nuSClC in his body jumping in harmony | with his talk. and even his heavy colleague 1 Mir. nsolit;lC. bccOmCs cxtrcmely animated and free spoken when he can spare the l time.
 GlanCing acp,>S the houS,,-the most of l tho talking; k done in the half hour or so l bCfor, the session bcginS-OnC occasionally | sCCS a correspondent approaching some New England mcnber, who as often as 1 otherwise bows with tho solemn dignity of l Humcr's ZCUs, rises, waves his hand dep rcCatinEiy aS hC rctircS and hcgs to be cx. | Cu>Cd. aS he has some important business Ia attend to" All this makes me wonder | if journalists born and hr,'d in New Eng land feel as frcc with their representatives as do we of the west and south.
 Senator Hoar l. Irritable.
 In tho senate thcrc havc been strange changes, notably in Senators Hoar and NoorhCcs To look down from the gallery one would think the former the mildcst mnnnrr,d man that ever taught m infant sunday school class, but his mildncSs is much like that of Horace Greeley, to whom he bears quite likeness ir the general facial aspect. Horace used to start in so mildly that 1t waS almost cloying to listen ar read but when checked or contradicted the explosives flew around rather lively, and the opponent might look to bc called harsh namcS-aS the boys used to put it in those days, You are q liar, n horse thief and a Democrat, and ought to go west and buy farm"
 Senator Huar's mildncss has been de Stroycd by the daily consciousness of los ing ground. He has often been irritating, aS often arrogant and sometimes insult ing Every man of experience has noted how often n quarrel between two rather rough citizens seems to have been entirely 1 made up. and yet when one of them gets druEk or very angry how quick the old | trouble comes up! As tho progress of de- bate every day showed a stronger proba- bility that the tariff bill would pass the senate by good majority, and when 1t became certain that all tho silver Ropub- lican senators and Populists would unite with the Democrats for n vote at an carly day, Senator Hoar's old animosity against southern feeling revived, and 1t has TO- quired all his self control and all tradt- tions of senatorial courtesy to keep him within bounds. It is amusing to observe the vigorous spats between him and Mir. Harris or somo other southern senator ev- cry day and to observe again how, when they have cooled, they explain that all they had said was in Pickwickian sense and then read next days Record and sec how mild it is compared with the actual language used.
 Senator vOorhces and New Correspondents
 Senator Voorhees,, having prepared tho bill and launched it in the senate with a vigorous speech, retired completely from the field, leaving tho leadership to Mir. Harris and the principal fighting in tho de-
 fense to MeSsEs. Vest, Jones and two or three others. He stated that as soon as the committee's work was done he would
 go up into Virginia for a few weeks rest,
 as his health hAd slightly fniled again,
 but 1t was thought best for him to stay
 here. He Is not now approachable by now
 men, but is more sociable than ever with
 old acquaintances- He loves to sit in his
 committee room whenever he can be spared from the chamber and talk with
 those he knew In Indiana in the carly days.