The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-01

resented and keeps her best men hero
until they acquire seniority on the COM
mittees. This. as has often been remark
ed, is the reason of southern men &C
curing so many advantages, and it IN
avoidably gives an appearance of ex-
treme sectlOnallsn and unfairneSs to the
committees. The rule as t. seniority
required the present makeup Of the con-
ference committee on the tariff bill, and
yet it looks as if northern men had been
purposely excluded Since the revolu-
tion of 1874 the Republicans have car
ried 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..
Dingley sits is liable to be this head of
the table in that committee.
Under a Cloud.
At least o men in this house are un-
der sort of cloud which ie is not easy
to explain. Their colleagues get ready
to smile when they rise, and they have
TO work twice as 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
tlemen were named Smith it would be
TO his advantage. Another one 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
cuharities, so in spite of his great in
dustry and unquestioned ability the
house persistently refuses to take the
doctor seriously An unusually large
number of members have received IL =
highest of all compliments from their
nstituents-renominat by unani-
nous vote or with very little opposition.
In the senate a peculiar combination
Of circumstances has brought the new
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 EIr. Voorhees,, the modesty of
Mr.. Villas and the complete self efface-
ment Of Mr.. Roach. Theze is much Gu
riosity, Of course, as to what the final
position Of the last named is to be and
whether the serious charges against him
are to permanently cloud his career, but
SO far he has carefully refrained from
saying anything to attract attention.
Senator George is another whose posi-
more to say about the constitution than
any other senator, and is always careful
to avow himself 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 in earnest support Of an appropri
alton of 81. 900, 600 to exterminate the
Russian cactus and introduced a measure
for arbitration which would. so some Of
his colleagues say, have frightened
Alexander Hamilton
DO Not Speak as They Pass BY.
There is as much human nature in a
senator as in any other man, and the
personal animosities are curious and
amusing. When both senators of a state
are of the same party, they seldom agree !
quite as well as If of opposite parties. /
and If it Is the party in power strained !
relations are almost certain. For many
q year Messrs. Pugh and Morgan were
barely civil with each other. Messrs.
Jarvis and Ransom are restrained by
senatorial courtesy and their native self |
control, but they don't like each other
even a little bit. Senators Chand%r !
ana Lali1n8eE 90 DOT speak as sney pass /
by, and the former almost took to his |
bed when the latter was chosen to the |
senate in spite of him
While there is difference Of opinion |
in most cases there is one senator as tc |
whom the Democrats are unanimous, and |
that is Mr.. Hill It would be painful to
record the remarks made about him IN |
the house, and. as to the letters that come |
from the west, they are positively q |
danger to the mails by their ferocious |
heat. A prominent official on his return |
from a recent visit home made this !