Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-25
SNAPSHOTS AT SENATORS.
How Some Noted Men Look in
Action and in RepOse.

4 Washington Star.
!. The Senatorial attitude in por-
] traits, and such like, is imposing,
!. .he shoulders thrown back, the
i head high, the chest thrown out,
and one hand in the breast of q
closely buttoned coat.
i Conkling and few others, per-
1 |haps, have stood before the public
in this way, but it is not typical of
our upper house statesmen. 1t is
in no sense a characteristic atti-
tude. A snapshot Of the Senate
at any time when there is pretty
fair attendance would present some
odd figures.
4. During Mr.. Davis's speech on
/. Hawaii, Senator White, VT Louis-
lana sat upright in his chair with
his head lying on his right shoulder,
sound asleep. His colleagues won
dered how so big a neck could be
bent to one side at such sharp
angle. This was hardly charac-
/ teristic attitude, but a curious one.
There is hardly a man in the
jSenate who might not be easily
recognized by his shadow, if we'll
4 defined. When Eyarts was in the
Senate it was his custom when in
terested in the proceedings to twist
i his legs one about the other, tight
er and tighter, as he became en-
lgrossed, until be looked exactly
Hike a corkscrew. Senator Reagan
used to tear paper into long, mar
row slips, like lamplighters, and
then teal these into little squares.
1 The floor about him used to be
1 covered with bits of paper like
snow drift, and he had to keep his
Stationary locked in his desk to
avoid destroying all of it.
ALLISON is seldom seen in the
;ESenate:t that he is rot playing with
a.rubber band across his two
Thumbs. He sits frml.; in his
Iplaee, obserYant of all things
ssabout him, and twangs at the little
:Ebits of rubber twisting it about
lone thun bsand thensthe other, and
Then weay ing 1T It insa sandsout about.
The characteristic attitude of
Harris, of Tennessee. is one of the
most striking in the body. 1t is
that of the heavy man in tragedy,
with a modification of Henry Irv-
ing's, pose and facial expression.
He stands with tightly-drawa mus
cles, shoulders slightly bent, head
thrust forward, lips compressed,
and brow contracted. with an ex-
preston of blood-curdling deter
mination. There is a suggestion
of slow music when be moves
about the Senate or rises to give a
dogmatic expression of bis views,
with one finger drawn threatening
ly, like weapon, upon his collea-
CUES. Coming to and from the
Capitol he is usually alone, walk
ing with head down, and wearing
a tragic air. An interruption
brings flash to hie eye and sud-
den contraction of his brow.
PETER always cuts an odd figure,
but the oldest of all is when he
mounts the terrace of the Capitol
on cold day, with his whiskers
tucked under his vest safe from the
wind, his overcoat collar turned up
and the coat buttoned out of line,
and his bundles of papers hugged
up against his chest with both
arms, while the brim of his soft
hat droops about his ears.
Sherman, while listening to de-
bate in the Senate, has way of
holding the back of bis head in
his right hand, his arm twisted
back over his shoulder.
Washburn, who is almost as tall
as Sherman, sits 80 low down on
his spine that his head is below
the back of his chair, and if he is
attentive, his hands are clasped
across his belt.
Caffrey has way of resting his
face in his hand so that his nose
rests in the fork formed between
the thumb and fingers.
The habitual attitude of Vest is
to sit deep down in his chair, with |
his legs slightly apart and his head
so drawn down that his ears and
shoulders are about on a level.
One might swear that he mad neith-
er neck nor chin.
One of the most graceful men IN