Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-04

eral character they rank equally high. It Is q little singular, by the way, that all frco peoples follow the example of those half developed heathcn who so to work and mold or carve n god to their liking and ahusO it shamcfully because 1t does not bring rain or fair weather or something else, according to their notion.
 Wo create Fl congress and then fall to abusing it most vCnOmously. One day we send it petitions to cure our social ills and tho next day donounce it RS a collection of scamps. Why should we not presume that each constituency sends hithor man above the average9 But to the facts. Hero arc Al men, and am very positive that there is smaller pcrccntago of hard drinkers, gamblers or immoral fellows than in any equal number in any state It Is doubtful, too, if thero ever was n con- gresS thAt had so many good speakers as the prrSCNt. Leaving out tho great guns known to everybody, thero are scores of comparatively new men who can talk well and convincinSly on occasions, such as Lafc Ponce, Ncwlands of Nevada, Hendrix of Brooklyn, Hartman of Montana, Swan son of Virginia. Jerry Simpson, Champ Clark and others. And, for conclusion in tho personal lnc, everybody knows that Mir. Berry of Kentucky is the tallcst man
 
 York us a good second, whilo tho hand sOmcst man has not been selected, and, as to tho uglicst, tho voto Is close between MT. McEttrick of Boston and Mir. Penale- ton of Texas.
 a Good Word For Crisp.
 As 10 tho survivors of tho late cyclone Georgia and Tennessee stand at tho head in good fortune and Arkansas in complete ness, with Texas, Alabama, Mississippi | and Louisiana about on q par In the next rank. And hcT0 comes up tho old com plaint, which was chestnut" in the timc of Honry Clay, that the south keeps her mon hero till they become masters of | tho situation, while the north sends now men every second or third term. Not only arc tho first two states named very ably represented, but by happy accident Ten | ncsseo returned her best, and Georgia re- turned all but ono. It goes without say ing that Speaker Crisp will lead the mi nority in tho next house, and that by uni versal and enthusiastic consent, for he not only has all tho qualifications of talent, | experience, Q coulnoss and unfaiIing good | humor in chsis, but the logic of the situation demands it. If wo wcre just a littlo farther away from the civil war in sentiment, hc would mako splendid Democratic candidate for president, for, | though he was born in England, 1t was whilo his parents were on n visit thero, and tho federal courts have uniformly held | that such one is a native of this country.
 Next to him is Mir. Turner, equally cool and experienced and certain to be a very valuable man to his party when in the minority. Mir. Lawson occupies unique position, being a pronounced Antisilver man and cuckoo" and the only Democrat from tho south who really wanted to sup port Tom Reed s currency proposition. He | is n strong man, broad minded and bold, but rather lonesome. His antipode in all things Is NIT. Livingston, now pronounced "as good as Populist." Mir. Black came into congress with a warm welcome from all the Democrats, because, as they said, ''he kept that Tom Watson out" The | whole delegation is strong, though it con- tains three very new men. Everybody knows the ability of Benton MoMillin and Mir Richardson of Tennessee, and their colleague Mr. Washington, though bearing very honored name, is business man rather than warrior or orator. In so- oiety hc Is quite figure, Is wealthy, at. | tractive in manner and entertains in fine | style. MeSsrs. Cox and Patterson arc the antipodes of the delegation. Tho latter | goldbug ideas arc we'll known, and the former, while willing to ooncode a little for Cleveland's sake, at heart believes that this country will never have financial stability or any steady prosperity till silver Is restored.
 Another goldbug who survives Is Mfr. Clarko of Mobile, and, like MT. Patterson, he illustrates the fact that the cities dowr there arc against the rural regions. He i: one of tho ablest lawyers in the south, and while his financial views have kept him rather silent in this congress he is evident ly man of great reserve power Mir. Cols. of St, Louis adds another to tho list, ana these, with a stray goldbug picked up herC and thero in other cities of the south ana remote west, arc all who save tho votes or tho curronoy bills from being absolutely sectional, from Abbott of Texas to Wright of Massachusetts. Not only have the vote: been sectional from the start, but they have grown moro so, for many who voted to repeal the Sherman law are at heart radical silverites and now metaphorically kicking themselves for said vote.
 Arkansas Is tho state that rodo higf above the November flood, bearing back hither in tho ark of safety every one of hel six Democrats, and all good men-thC amiable Hugh Dinsmore, society leader the very sly Judge Terry, who gots what ever he wants at tho departments beforC nybody knows that ho wants 1t; the very l quiet Mir. MoCullooh, tho only cuckoo in the delegation; Mir. McRae, political leader of tho delegation, and two others too new to have shown what was in them Texas used to boast that she could losG loo, 900 votes and still b9S tho banner Dem, ocratio state, but one Republican slipped in last fall with her 19 Democrats Mir. Crano of the Eleventh district claims tC Do the only Democrat in tho United States who increased at onco his voto and his U