The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-08

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AN EAST WIND.
acteristic of the public men from the
northeast to be CLANS. They never would
he interviewed very much, especially tho
New England senators. l think they are
a little too toploftical for any ordinary
mortals to approach.
Hard to Approach.
venture to quote this as it comes from
an eastern man, but it goes much further
than 1 should venture. With the con-
gressmen of the middle west and south,
however, I easily established the most
pleasant relations perhaps because they
are my own sort of folk. 1 often wonder
where the New Englanders keep them
selves. While the smoking rooms on one
side of the chamber are full, and the laugh
and merry jest go round, and pleasant rem
iniscences are brought up of former days
in congress, I do not see the New Eng
landers at their desk, nor do hear the
sound of talk and laughter from the smok
ing room on that side. They are not in
the committee rooms either One explana-
ton Of this is that there are comparative
ly few Of them, and their party being such
a minority in this house makes their posi-
ton somewhat awkward. OF all the
states, however, New York is the hardest
for a new man here to do anything with.
The Republican representatives will not
talk at all, and the Democrats talk for the
most part only in wearisoEe platitudes and
with far more caution than the ordinary
man would show under cross examination
in a murder case. The painful truth is,
the New York Democrats occupy a rather
more delicate position than those of any
other section Of this congress. They arc as
much in opposition as the Republicans
in truth, they are in double opposition if
not treble. They are against tho south
and west in finance, against the majority
of their own party as to radical tariff re-
duction, against the Republicans on gen.
eral party lines and many of them against
the administration on New York lines.
Easy of Access.
On the other hand, if 1 were asked to
name a state which has the most approach
able representatives, think should name
Missouri. The state is very ably repre-
sented indeed, and so far as / know all its
representatives Of both parties are most
genial gentlemen and eager to assist the
journalist in all legitimate ways. In fact,
they are accustomed to a breezy style Of
journalism and to free and easy methods
of communication, for not only was Mis-
souri, the great border state for 40 years,
but an immense number of its young men
have gone to all parts of the far west.
mined, hunted, ranched, freighted and
otherwise employed themselves for many
years and then returned to their old homes.
Every day have occasion to smile at tho
contrast between them or any of the mem
berS from the remote west with those in
the northeast. One will see Champ Clark,
Late Pence, T. j. Hudson, G. II. Morgan
or any one of q dozen others leaning back
in his seat, hat on OK off, as accident
may have determined, and often with one
leg over the desk, talking with the ELUSIVE
freedom he enjoys in his Office at home.
The pale and slender Johnny Wilson of
Washington talks with equal freedom and
far more enthusiasm, every nerve and
muscle in his body jumping in harmony
with his talk, and even his heavy colleague,
Mr.. Doolittle, becomes extremely animated
and free spoken when he can spare the
time.
CHANGING across the house-the most of
the talking Is done in the half hour or so
before the session begins-one occasionally
sees correspondent approaching some
New England member, who SIS often as
otherwise bows with the solemn dignity of
Homer s ZeuS, rises, waves his hand Dep
recatingly as he retires and begs TO be ex-
cused as he has ''some important business
TO attend to- All this makes me wonder
If journalists born and bred in New Eng
land feel as free with their Representatives
Is do we OF the west and south.
senator Hoar Il Irritable
In the senate there have been strange
changes, notably in Senators Hoar and
VOORHEES,. To look down from the gallery
one would think the former the mildest
hammered man that ever taught an infant
Sunday school class, but his mildness is
much like that of Horace Greeley. 10 whom
lie bears quite a likeness in the general
facial aspect. Horace used to start il SO
mildly that it was almost glowing 10 listen
or read bur when checked or contraGicted
tie expletives few around rather lively. and
the opponent might look to be called harsh
names-as the boys used to put il in those
days, You are liar, horse thief and
Democrat, and ought TO go west and buy
q farm"
Senator Hoar's mildness has been de- |
stroyed by the daily consciousness Of los !
ing ground He has often been irritating, /
rs often arrogant and sometimes insult 1
ing. Every man Of experience has noted (
how often a quarrel between two rather /.
rough citizens seems TO have been entirely /
made up. and vet when one Of them gets 4
drunk Up very angry how quick the old 1
trouble comes up As the progress of 6e-
bste every day showed stronger prOhs- 1
bilitv that the tariff bill would pass the !
senate by good majority. and when il 4
became certain that all the silver Rerub- I
Ii N,n senators and Populists would unite (.
with the Democrats for vote al an early .
6ay. Senator Hoar's sld animOsity against !
southern feeling revived and II has re- 4
ouired all his self control and al trzdi-
tons OF senatorial courtesy 70 keep him
within bounds I; i amusing - obscrve +
the vigorous spz,s between him ana Mr
Harris or seIae other southern naIuz ~
cry day. and 20 observe aslin how. when
they have cooled. ;hcy eSpiain thai all 4
Tier had said was in P.cksickian ScIse /