Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12

silent Pasco. who startled the legislative
world on Wednesday last by actually read
ing argument in favor OF the Nicara-
guam canal.
Mr.. Call has a reputation in the Senate
for his great capacity to spin" words. He
has probably the largest vocabulary or
any man IN the Senate. 1t Is said OF h!m
that he could talk for twelve hours with
out intermission, extemporiZing most or
his remarks. and not make rhetorical or
grammatical blunder during the entire
period. Yet with all this he is the least
popular talker in the Senate.
Senator Call is persistent worker In
behalf of his own measures, and every mo-
ment of his time is occupied in canvassing
beth sides of the Senate in behalf Of his
pet projects. He is a clever manipulation
of reciprocal favors. and gives and takes
with Senators of both faiths with wonder
full deXterity vote for my bill on so and
so,' he says to some republican, land
will help you out on such and such nomi-
nation" This Is strong argument and
often helps Mr.. Call out of some very awk
ward dilemmas; but he is just as good at
revenge as he is at keeping promises. Many
Senators on both sides have learned this
to their grief. He regards vote or
voice against his own measures as blows
at him. and he usually manages to return
the compliment in some way before the
end of the session.
There are two subjects on which Mr..
Call is always ready to talk or to fight.
One of these is the Louisiana atuery. W hich
of the Honduras Lottery Company, and
which, he asserts, is trying to defeat him
for reelection to the Senate. He is also
champion of the settlers in Florida. and. as
he Is most fond Of expressing it, "the great
mass OF the people," whose interests he
claims are constantly menaced by the
swamp and oyerhOwed land acts, now in
force in that state. He Is continually talk
ing about corporations tEat have oyerrun
the state with vicious legislation, and his
speeches are usually full of harsh words
for the railroad interests in the state Judg-
Ing from the number of severe attacks that
he seems called upon to make upon vari-
Gus vested interests in Florida, his life is
not altogether happy one; but 1t is said
that ne enjoys fighting more than dining.
Gen. Dam Sickles of New York is one of
the most interesting figures in the House.
He has been in public life for so many
years, and IN 50 many capacities, that he
Is known everywhere. His friends will be
glad to learn that there is possibility of
his coming back to Congress next session.
Notwithstanding the fact that he was one
or the victims in the slaughter of Tam
many Congressman last November. The
republican who was elected to succeed him
died, and another election will be held to
I'LL the vacancy. 1t is said that there is
little doubt that Gen. Sickles will be nom
mated and elected, and there is no feeling
against him personally in his district. and
his candidacy will not be trammeled with
the entanglements which beset the Tam
many ticket last November.
Gen. Sickles' legislative career commenced
in 1916, when he was twenty-five years old.
and was elected a member of the New
York legislature. In 1852 he became cor
poration attorney of New York. The next
year he went to London as secretary of
the American legation. He came back in
1856 and went to the state senate, where
upon he was nominated by the democratic
caucus for United States Senator. In that
same year he was elected to Congress as
member of the lower house, and reelected
to the Thirty-seventh Congress. The first
bugle call of the war took him into the
army as colonel of the first excelsior bri-
gade. Every one knows his brilliant career
in the army from that time until he was
mustered out of service and transferred to
the retired list on account of wounds re-
ceived in battle. with the rank of major
general. Gen. Sickles lost his leg at Get
tySbUrg, and was carried off the field of
battle minus a limb but calmly smoking
a cigar. In 1869 he commenced his diplo-
matte career. being appointed minister to
Spain, although he had really seen some
service previous to that in special mission
to South American republics. Gen. SickleS
is civil service reformer, and was chair
man of the New York state civil service
commission in 1888.
Here is the picture of a member Of the
House who does more routine work of an
exacting and painstaking nature and gets
less credit for his labor than probably any
other man in the House. This Is Judge
Pearson CT Ohio, chairman of the commit
tee on enrolled bills Every bill or resolu-
ton that passes the House goes through
his hand, is read and carefully examined
by him, and he sees to 1t that there is no
mistake in the final draft of the bill, and
that it goes to the Senate or to the Presi-
dent just as it passed the House. He sees
that ali the amendments which the House