Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-07-31
NUMBER 81.

tiun II 1874 the Republicans have car
ried the house hut few times, and ~
their men are out of practice A. chair.
b'.n aud committee Leaders Genius
will assert itself. however. and wher.
ever Mr. Reed Or Mr Cannon or Mr..
DinglCy sits Il liable 90 h. the head ~
tia table in that committee
Usd.r . CIsad.
At least 10 men in this house are un.
DIR sort ~ cloud which II IL not easy
90 explain. Their colleagues get rcady
to smile when they rise. and they have
O. work twice A. hard a. other men 90
accomplish anything Unreasonable as
u may seem. the name Ia. something
20 do with H. Such names ~ Quigg.
s0rg aud Sips lend themselves ton rad.
lily to Jokes. aud II either - these gcn.
tleinen were named Smith IL would ho
,o his advantage Another one ~ this
class IL Dr. William Everett % Massa.
chusctts. lie wa- elected by such an OBJ
vious accident that no one expects him
,o return. and he has some personal Ts-
,uliaritio.. - IN spite u his great la.
iustry and unguesti0ncd ability the
house p.rsistently refuses 90 take the
doctor Seriously. An unusually large
number ~ members have received the
highest ~ all compliments from their
o0nstitucnts-rcn0min by unani.
nous vote or with very little opposition.
In the -.naio . peculiar combination
of circumstances has brought the new
men a. the front. with one exception
Messr. PETER and Allen have lccn. II
any oids, more prominent than such
veterans A. Mr.. Ilou and Mr. Georgr.
AMI among the really remarkable phe.
nOmcua ~ the session have b"en the
silence ~ Mr.. VOORHEES,. the mO,ie.ty ~
Mr. villas and the complete self ofaoe-
ment ~ Mr.. Roach. There l. much Gu.
riosi,y. ~ course. A. to what the final
position ~ the las, named l. to b. and
whether the serious charges against him
are o. permanently cloud hi. career. but
~ far he has carefully refrained from
saying anything to attract attention.
Senator George l. another Whose pnsi-
,ion l. not easily understood He has
more to say about Oh. constitution than
any other scnatOr. and IL always careful
to ayuw himself strict con-tructionist
of the old school. and yet manages "a
support more ~ the ~ called paternalist
schemes than any other Democrat lie
made by far the most able sI-och In
favor - the once famous Blair hill fOi
educating the negroes at government
expense H. sto0d alone among Demo
ctats in earnest support q an appropri.
alton - sl. 600, 600 o. cNtorminato the
Russian cactu. and iniruluc,d a measure
for arbitration which would. 30 some ~
hi colleague. LAY. have frightened
Alexander Hamilton.
Do ~, >p.sk .. They Ia. ~.
Thcr, l. as much human nature in 4
senator ~ I'm any other man. and the
Personal animo-itics are curious and
amusing. When both snaior. ~ a state
arr ~ the same party. they seldom agrve
quite a. we'll n II - opposite partic-.
and II IL j. the party In power straincl
relations arr almost certain. For many
a year Mos.rs. Pugh and Morgan were
barely civil with each other. MossrS
Jarvis and Ransom are restrained by
senatorial courtesy and their native self
control. but they don't like each other
even little bit Ssnators Chandler
and Galling,r do not spcak - they ins-
by. AMI the former almost tonk 90 his
bcd when the latter was cho~.n to the
senate in spite q him
while there l. a difference q opinion
In most ca-.s there II one senator ~ to
whom the Democrats are unanimous, and
that j. Mr. Hill ltwould b" painful to
rcourd the remarks made about him In
the hou,c. and. a. to the letters that come
frum the west. they are positively q
danger to the mails by their fcrEiUus
heat 4 prominent official un his return
from q roccnt visit home made this
statement: n don't believe Hill would
BE- allowed to sp"ak In Indiana or iii.
nois They would tear him cut ~ the
stand. and they might even White Cap
him. lie couldn't b. elected thirl a..