Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-16

tract attention for undetined peculiarities IS the Hon. William Terry of Little Rock who looks as if he had grievance, never laughs or speaks loud and very rarely smiles, but has a remarkable reputation for getting everything he really wants Cen tral i'll the regular evening group is Colonel fernando de Soto Money, who is a good lawyer and strong in argument, but makes no pretenSiOns to social humor.
 Drop In Occasionally.
 Occasional members are Colonel Tender son of North Carolina, chairman of the committee on postollices and post roads; Messrs. Alexander and Woodland of the same state, Cooper of Texas, Schell of South familiarly known as "Cyclone Jim" from his manner of speaking. He is big and ruddy mOuntaineer and represents the mountainous district of southwestern Nir- ginia, is quite a primitive specimen, but has, his colleagues say, buShel of horse sense Schell of South Carolina is at pres ent famous for having been threat ened with extreme personal violence by Senator Irby. The two very quiet men of the group are Pendleton and Cooper of Texas. But for some time past the talking member has been the venerable Judge John T. Harris only an eX-congressman, but famous for his career in congress in the olden times when the secession movement began
 An occasional visitor is Colonel Josiah Patterson, sometimes called the "BrOnZe Lion" of Tennessee Democracy, an orat or of the ardent, florid, southwestern type and an unfaltering supporter of the admlnlstril- tion He has stood by Cleveland unhinch- ingly during all the recent storms, when, at one time anyhow, the stress of political p d. ministraton men could or would do was to ask for postponement of judgment.
 Speaker Crisp Is n Boarder.
 There is only one Republican member in the hotel-namely, Thaddeus NJ. Mahone of the Eighteenth Pennsylvana-and look ing over the register recently l observed that of the A arrivals in one day only four were from places north of Mason and Dixon. Speaker Crisp boards ill the house, but has recently been rather secluded by reason of the great pressure of his labOrs. Another occasional member of the group is the ven erable Senator Ransom of North Carolina, who has been here now 22 years continu- ously and had previously had q long eXpe- rience in the legislature Cf North Carolina and an uncommonly livc.y one ia the Con federate army
 Among all these statesmen the somewhat
 
 nalist, is a privileged character and never fails to have an anecdOte with a very point ed application to any Democratic member who is not voting with his party-aS, for instance, this one ill reply to sam Robert sons complaint: sam, you remind me of a little boy 1 used to know who was his mothers pet. She always took his side in quarrels with the other children and would say: Now, children, Eddie is the best na- tured child in the world if you just treat him right. But you're always astartin him. Well, Eddie soon underst ood the sit uaton, so he'd go out and raise tne very mischief with the other children, and when any of them resented it he would WElne out, Ma, the children's a-startin me-! Now, Robertson, that's just the way with you. The western Democrats are l.Startln you, but you're altogethe too easily start ed" The sarcasm was thrown away, for the four sugar members of Louisiana vot ed against the Wilson bill.