Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-03-06
Men Mhn Ar.I.mnn..

Nsa Who Ar~ Famous.
There are not many really celebrated
men In congress. Oi the 30 mrmbfrs
~ the house u would h. biz estimate
10 say that one In ten IL known outside
of his own state. Of course each mem.
bsr Is great In his district or the IeUple
think he IL TIL he gets herr-but there
are whole state delegations without a
man whose fame 1. national.
Twas In . group the other evening 81
senators and members who make NO prN
tense 10 national fame when each one
made out his list of the truly great men
In the house. Pairing them On party
lines and putting the men of similar
qualities together. the list with tie lar
gest support ran thus: Speaker Crisp and
Tom Red, William l.. Wilson aud j. e.
Burrows. McMillin and Millikeu, Ding.
ley and Holman. Turner u Georgia and
Walker % Massachusetts,. Bland and Jo.
Cannon, Culb-r-on and DalEell. Bouiells
and Tom johnson. and then. n there are
many more Democrats than Republic
ans. pairing ended. aud there were votes
for Hatch. Jerry simpson. McIsae of Ar.
kansas. both the Dreckinridge-, Springer.
Bynum. John Allen. Bourke COckran,
Deliver. Hit. IIartsr AMI some Others,
Altogether there are at least 25 men ~
really national fame. or one In -, and
here comes In fine point % Washing.
ton etiquette. IL IL not considered eH'
actly the thing 90 name a member state
after naming him II be Is at all famous.
lie l. SUPPOSED to b. known independent
of his state. but generally insert II,
knowing very well that there are mill
lions - readers who cannot at once ~
call the state even ~ n tolerably great
man. AZ least half the members are
practically never heard from. There l.
q very large Percentage Of new men AL
the time.
P.sssasI Pssaiisri,i..-
Every speaker. as | said. has his pe-
culiarities ~ delivery. but still more In
the substance Of his sp.sch. and II isacon.
yiction among the Democrats that Tom
Reed can sp.ak with great force and
ability for Just ~ minutes only. There
after. they say, "he runs out % a feather
edge" IL IL indeed true that his long
and 1T speeches DO not rank a. high as
his short ones In . running debate.
George Wise Of the Richmond district
l. jocularly known as the Talmagr u the
house. He breaks all % pieces In his fer
vor and doubles around like an acrobat.
Old habitues % the gallery say this IL a
characteristic Of the Wise family.
A few men speak AZ Sullivan and Cor
bstt strike. ~ II they were delivering
londerous -lelge hammer blows. Con
spicuous among these are BJurke Cock.
ran and lsidor Rayner. A few gush ia
resistle-s torrents of words. most noted
among them Dolliyer Of Iowa anil Bro
sius 81 Pennsylvania. a fcw-a very
few-thers are whose sp-eches both
sound and Rad like those the ancient
historians composed In their Libraries
and pa, In the mouth of great wnrriors.
and at the heal Of these stands Burrows
Of Michigan. Artificial flowers under
glass was the description which Wilson
gave Of the former. tarif sleech. Mr.
Burrows cant bear interruption. HIS
,I-ech must be deliverr'las whole, aud
,hi. was . characteristic of Governor
Mckinley through all his long service.
Tales, .sa shortest
Among tho. who can bear intsrrup
ton and are helped by IL. who are In fact
happy at repartee. are Tom Reed. John
Allen and Champ Clark. And Jerry
simpson Il not at all bad. General Mon
sy and Speaker Crisp are particularly
apt at answering questions. All who
were In congress with him remember
Ben Butterworth OF Ohio for his remark
able ability In this line and his generally
genial qualities In debate. and all say hs
Was the best liked man In the house.
OF courss she members ~ congress a.
. whole average considerably larger In
sire, and especially In head aud chest
measurement. than do mankind in gener'
al. Berry Of Kentucky is the talle-t man
In the house or the city, being fee' Q
inches high, and John l.. Wilson ~
Washington state IL the lightest-nd
only the lightest, but doubtless the frail.
est In physical makeup. Henry U. John.
son In usually considered the quickest
tempered and Is by all odds the fastest
speaker. The stenographers sayi "He
Just tears us all TO pieces. II IL worse
than reporting ward caucus when four