The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-28

eraI character they rank equally high. 1t
is a little singular, by tho way, that all
free peoples follow tho example Of those
half developed heather who go to work
and mold or carve a god to their liking
and abuse it sbamefully because it does
not bring rain or fair weather or something
else, according to their notion.
We create a congress and then fall TO
abusing it most Yenomously. One day we
send it petitions to cure our social ills and
the next day denounce it as a collection of
scamps. Why should we not presume that
each constituency sends hither a man
above the average? Butte the facts. Here
are 444 men, and am very positive that
-Sbcrv- 70 a-sE1I03ior percentugc OF hdrd
drinkers, gamblers or immoral fellows
than in any equal number in any state
1t is doubtful, too, If there ever was con-
press that had so many good speakers as
the present. Leaving out the great guns
known to everybody, there are scores Of
comparatively new men who can talk well
and convincingly on occasions, such rs
LATE Pence, Newlands of Nevada Hendrix
of Brooklyn, Hartman Of Montana, Swan
son of Virginia, Jerry Simpson, Champ
Clark and others. And for conclusion in
the personal line, everybody knows that
Mr. Berry of kentucky is the tallest man
in the house, with General Curtis Of New
York as n good second, while tho hand
to tho ugliest, the vote is close between
Mr.. McEttricJC Of Boston and Mr.. Pcndlc-
ton Of Texas.
Good Word For Crisp.
A. to the 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 a par in the next
rank And here comes up the old COM
Lot nr-hf oh "A chestnut in no
time OF Henry Clay, that the south keeps
her mon here till they become masters of
tho situation, while the north sends new
mon every second or third term. Not only
arc the first two states named very ably
represented, but by a happy accident Ten
nessee returned her best, and Georgia re-
turned all but one. 1t goes without say
ing that Speaker Crisp will lead the mi
nority in the next house, and that by uni
yersal and enthusiastic consent, for he not
only has all the qualifications OF talent
experience, GOODNESS and unfailing good
humor in a crisis, but tho logic OF tho
situation demands IL. II we wero just a
little farther away from the civil war in
sentiment, he would make a splendid
Democratic candidate for president, for,
though he was born in England, it was
yybfle his parents were on a visit there,
md tho federal courts have uniformly held
that such a one IS a native Of this country.
Next TO him IS Mr. Turner, equally cool
and experienced and certain TO be very
valuable man 10 his party when in the
minority. Mr.. Lawson occupies a unique
position, being a pronounced antisilver
man and cuckoo and the only Democrat
from the south who really wanted to sup
port Tom Reed s currency proposition. He
is q strong man, broad minded and bold,
but rather lonesome. His antipode in all
things is Mr.. Livingston, now pronounced
las good as Populist. Mr.. Black came
into congress with a warm welcome from
all the Democrats, because, as they said,
The kept that Tom Watson out The
whole delegation is strong, though IL con-
tains three very new men. Everybody
knows the ability Of Benton McMillin
and Mr.. Richardson of Tennessee and
their colleague, Mr.. Washington, though
bearing a very honOred name, is business
man rather than warrior or orator. In So
ciety he is quite figure, IS wealthy, at
tractive in manner and entertains in fine
style Messrs. Cox and Patterson are the
antipodes Of the delegation. The latter's
goldbug ideas are we'll known, and the
former, while willing to concede 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 Mr..
Clarke Of Mobile, and, like Mr.. Patterson.
he illustrates the fact that the cities down
there are against the rural regions. He is
one Of the ablest lawyers in the south. ard