The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-16
BERRY AND cULBERsoN.

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BERRY AND CULBERsoN.
ers from the delta region of Mississippi. en-
thusiastic promoters from Florida, and
especially protesting and indignant sugar
growers from Louisiana
Best Lawyer In Texas.
But in the parlor above is grouped Sc
lect body of humorists, statesmen and good
listeners, the last rs important as any Gle
ment i'll making up Il truly conGenial par
ty. at one moment the chairs are all drawn
close together in n group, in the next the
party breaks up into half dozen little
groups rs each member is called aside to
talk with an anxious constituent and then
the larger group gathers again, the cigars
are rclighted, and stories of the war, com
ments ON the days doings in congress, ar
guments about this or that phase of the
tariff, and somewhat personal pleasantries
follow each other in rapid and delightful
succession. The great pressure Is to get
near the chair occupied by Judge Culber-
son of Texas, chairman of the house Judi
ciary committee and walking encyclopedia
of Texas legal history. He says little, but
that little contains so much law and sense.
enlivcncd by Il dry, sarcastic humor, that
1T is well worth hearing.
Bill Stcrrett, the universal Texas news
paper man, describes him in this pithv
manner: BEST lawyer in our state sir.
Never loses case. Why, sir, he has ac-
quilted over 80 of our most distinguished
murdcrcrsl' 1t is the solemn truth, and
to hear Judge Culberson give an account
OF the famous Rothschilds case-the Gin
clnnati lsraelitc, who was tried for the
murder of Diamond Bessie" on Jefferson
Dayou-is rs good ms first class play while
1t lasts. Next comes Senator Berry, who
says much less than Judge Culberson. but
is II universal favorite among the habtues
of the hotel. Judge Culberson is familiar
ly known in the house and about the hotels
as the "Tycoon," and when you ask the
average member what he means by that
he SAYS: "Oh, the Tycoon? Yes. he was
that fellow in Japan or Tartary, or out
there somewhere, who was supposed to be
doing the will of the emperor when the
emperor and all the empire were really do.
ing his will, and they never found it out
till 1T was too late. That's Judge Culber-
sons way"
The House Sanballat
Conspicuous in the group is Constantine
buckley kilgore, who usually comes in
with the music-that is TO say, about $40
p. M, when the street band strikes up in
the big room below. He is sometimes called
the Big Objector' and is jocularly known
as the Sanballat of the house Having
vague idea that had read of Sanballat in
some ancient history, asked one Of his col
leagues what that meant, and he replied;
oh, Sanballat was that fellow who bucked
against Nehemiah. He first laughed at
Nehemiah's attempt to build the wall of
Jerusalem and told him that everybody
else was laughing at him. Finding that a
failure, he proposed Il joint debate, and that
failing he tried bulldoZing" So far the
member, but whether this is II correct de-
scription of Kilgore have my doubts
Another prominent man in the group
both for size and soidity of statement is
Sam Robert son of Louisiana, but lie is far
from humorous ut present. His district is
one vast sugar plantation, with ricefields
and other crops here and there, and is dot
ted all over with new villages built and oc-
cuped entirely by northern men, most of
them from Ohio Indiana and Illinois.
There are post offices where three fourths of
the mail are received from the last two
states.
Conspicuous Figures.
Conspicuous also is the smooth and boy
lsh face of Stallings Of the Second district
OF Alabama, who good naturally says that
there Is ut least one surprising thing about
this congress, and that is that he is i'm il
He isn't really very young man, as he
was born i'll 1856, but Mt 30 he had acquired
brilliant reputation as a lawyer, and at
81, though not looking more than 2G, was
elected to this congress. Still another very
young looking man is the amiable Hugh
DlnSmore OF Arkansas, who was minister
to Korea during the first administration of
Cleveland, and, in the language of a col
league, blends in his proper person all the
most attractive features of oriental and oc-
cidental society" He is in truth quite a
society man, is 43 years old and looks 80.
The neat and scholarly looking John H.
Bankhead of Alabama is one of the best
listeners in the place and is, if it be DO
lite to say SO, sort of fraud in this-that
ne looks like very great scholar, but is in
fact business man of but average educa-
tlon He has become noted for his prac-
teal common sense. A parsonage to at
tract attention for underlined peculiarities
Is the Hon. William Terry of Little Rock,
who looks as if he had a grievance, never
laughs or speaks loud and very rarely
smiles, but has Il remarkable reputation for
getting everything he really wants. Cen
trail in the regular evening group is Colonel
fernando de Soto Money, who is a good
lawyer and strong III argument, but makes
no pretensions to social humor
Drop In Occasionully
Occasional members are Colonel Hendcr-
son of North Carolina, chairman of the
committee OH postollices and post roads;
Measrs Alexander and Woodland of the
same state, Cooper of Texas, Schell of South
Carolina and Marshall of Virginia the last