The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-28
resented and keeps her best men her.

A0ooAeou auN hScpS ner DeSG men Qere
until they acquire seniority ON the COM
mittecs. This, as has often been remark
ed, is the reason of southern men 40
curing so many advantages, and it I'M
avoldably gives an appearance of OK
treme soctlonallsm and unfairness to the
committees Tho rule as to seniority
required the present makeup of the con-
ference committee on tho tariff bill, and
yet it looks rs if northern men had been
purposoly excluded. Since tho revolu-
ton of 1874 the Republicans have car
riod the house but few times, and so
their men are out Of practice as chair
men and committee leaders Genius
will assert itself, however, and wher-
ever Mr.. Reed or Mr.. Cannon or Mr..
Dinglcy sits is liable to DO the head of
the table i'll that committee
Under n Cloud.
At least 10 men in this house are un-
der sort Of cloud which it is not easy
TO explain. Their colleagues get ready
to smile when they rise, and they have
to work twice rs hard as other men to
accomplish anything. Unreasonable as
it may seem, the name has something
to do with it. Such names as Quigg,
Sorg and Sipe lend themselves too read
lily to jokes, and if either Of these gen.
tlomen were named Smith 1t would be
to his advantage. Another ono of this
class is DR.. William Everett of Massa-
chusetts. He was elected by such an OBJ
vious accident that no one expects him
to return, and he has some personal Pc
culiarities, so in spite of his great in
dustry and unQuestionod ability tho
house pcrsi stently refuses to tako tho
doctor seriously. An unusually large
number of members have received the
highest of all compliments from their
uents-renomination by unani-
nous vote or with very little opposition
In the senate a peculiar combination
of circumstances has brought the now
men to the 'front.' with one exception.
Messrs. PETER and Allen have been, if
any odds, moro prominent than such
veterans as Mr.. Hoar and Mr. George,
and among the really remarkable phe-
nomena of the session have been the
silence of Mr.. Voorhees,, the modesty of
MIR. Villas and the complete self efface-
ment of Mr.. Roach. Thero is much Gu
riosity, of course, as to what the final
position of the last named is to be and
whether serious charges against him
are to pcl.-. ,Hcntly cloud his career, but
so far he has carefully rcfrained from
saying anything to attract attention
Senator George is another whose posi-
ton is not easily understood He has
more to say about the constitution than
any other senator, and is always careful
to avow himself a strict constructionist
of the old school, and yet manages to
support more of the so called paternalist
schemes than any other Democrat He
made by far the most able speech in
favor Of the once famous Blair bill for
educating the negroes at government
expense. He stood alone among Demo-
Gratis i'll earnest support of All appropri-
alton OF ST. 200, 600 to eXtcrminate tho
Russian cactus and introduced measure
for arbitration which would, so somo of
his colleagues say, have frightened
Alexander Hamilton.
DO Not Speak They Pass by.
There is as much human nature in n
senator as in any other man, and the
personal animosities are curious and
amusing. When both senators of state
are of the same party, they seldom agree
quite as well as If of opposite parties,
and If it is tho party in power strained
relations are almost certain. For many
year Messrs. Pugh and Morgan were
barely civil with each other Mcssrs.
Jarvis and Ransom are restrained by
senatorial courtesy and their native self
control, but they don't like each other
even little bit. Senators Chandler
and Galingcr do not speak as they pass
10y, and the former almost took 10 his
bed when the latter WAS chosen to the
senate i'll spite of him.
While there is difference of opinion
Ill most cases there is one senator as to
whom the Democrats are unanimous, and
that is Mr.. Hill. 1t would he painful TO
record the remarks made about him in
the house, and, as to the letters that come
from the west, they are positively a
danger to the mails by their ferocious
heat i prominent official OH his return
from recent visit homo made this
statement: II don't believe Hill would
be allowed to speak in Indiana or Illi-
nois. They would tear him out of tho
stand, and they might even White Cap
him. He couldn't be elected third as
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