The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-03
FADS OF STATESMEN.
,-oRs AND CONGREsNIES
HAVE THEIR HOBBIES.

--~,.1ation DiscIO=es Thena-Viee
,,-..iient stevenson Averse to
-,.o,b1ackfng-JOurn "A PEI
--..orfon with Many-GibSon and
,.a-ien as Epfcures-Murphy and
s,.rIes Both Hard Smokers.
From the Chicago Times.
lexington. Jan. Is.-Even casual study
, House and Senate viii disclose the
-. mat congressman have fads and
.-..ss no end. There's no end Of the
,.-..-r bear about some statesmen. and
-...si as much vanity and conceit as
=. ever found among the people of
.--f, opera. Let the Senate galleries
N nm with some unusual flock Of sight
-..-s and presto. the Senate proper hus
=, There may be nothing worth while
Ling forward OF a business sort, buy
=. biz bevy OF visitors crowd the gal
,.-tss and out comes your senator from
.,,stroon. committee-rooms and restar-
-, and proceeds to put himself on cx-
,b.,jon. and they are great posers. one
81, see romantic men like Mills frown
.-5 breath tremendously and strike at
.s,r5ss for an hour at time if one will
o,fv keep the gallery full. Nothing more
heroic may be proceeding than a speech
~ PETER on beet sugar as a pillar of Kan
..r prosperity. Speaking Of congress
sional peculiarites. the Post goes on to
.sv that vice President Stevenson. since
ts election, has made many changes n
ts manner Of dressing. which would pos
.i5lv Be thought rather dainty by some
n his neighbors of Bloomington. One
n The habits Of his younger days stu
c,nqs to him. He never has his shoes
hacked except on state occasions, aud
even then he is very likely to forget this
vsrv important matter unless reminded
Q. it,
The rapidity with which trihes con-
csrning public men become widely known
vas demonstrated during the latter part
Of the last session Of congress. The in
rssnt occurred in that long-draWn-out
and pauence-trying plague, the discussion
nj the tariff bill. For many days it had
been pulled and sawed until it was be
g-rning TO show signs Of dilapidatiou,
and all Of the senators were fast becOm-
ing eminently disguised with the entire
rr0ceedings. One day when the debate
was Inclined to lag and the crowds in the
galleries were looking about for some
Thing out Of the ordinary run, one of
the gentlemen in the political arena be
low bent over in his chair and went
through a short pantomime in which his
tack only was visible TO the people above.
Shortly after one foot clad in d red-and-
uhite-striped sock, minus the shoe, rose
above the carpeted floor and thence to
The TOD of the desk in front of the gen
ueman. where it found a resting place.
Another foot followed, and the man at
tached TO the other end of the conspic-
nous pedal extremities leaned back in
his chair and rested in satisfied manner,
undaunted. mistaken by any pangs of
conscience for this breach of senatorial
etouette 1t was the Hon. Willison
Cal of Florida In tweuty-four hours
comments on the gentlemaa's ut.le va
rely show were published all over the
country.
Ps1dleton Of West Virginia Is recog-
nzed congressional dramatic critic, and
bis approval or disapproval of perform
\ ance goes a long way In the making or
unmaking of a play in the estimation of
his fellow theater-goers.
Bailey Of Texas, who once enjoyed the
i distinction Of being the youngest member
Of the lower house, has gained great no
torety. not only as being a chronic objec-
tor but for the faultless manner in which
he is always dressed. His costume, like
that Of his native state, is invariably the
same and consists of a black Prince Al
bert suit with a vest cut low, white tie,
4 high rolling collar and broad-brimmed,
black SLOUGH hat. In this makeup, with
his erect bearing and smoothly shaver
face. Mr. Bailey is the typical specimen
Of the southern gentleman.
Hill is peculiar in the fact that he has
no peculiarities, unless bachelorhood can
be classed as such. Mr.. Hill is great
stickler Tor methods, doing everything by
Il q given schedule. He has the enViable
reputation Of never failing to keep an en-
gagement and appearing promptly at
The tine appointed.
Reed. like the senior senator from New
York is too busy to devote much time TO
anything outside of politics. He is, how
ever UP TO date in all matters pertaining
70 dress, always being among the first to
change as the new styles are announced.
The combined forces of the House and
Senate can produce only one bona fide
yachtsman-Reyburn of Pennsylvania.
His steam yacht Gretchen remains in
Washington during the entire session OF
congress. Reyburn frequently takes
party Of congressional cronies on board
ana runs down to Chesapeake pay on
hunting and fshing expedition.
Journalism is a pronounced hobby OF
number of congressman. Conn Of Indiana,
aside from being one of the largest musi-
cal instrument manufacturers of the coun-
Try is a newspaper man. Conn is also
base ball crank of unlimited enthusiasm.
Dtngley Of Maine is the proprietor Of sew
eFal newspapers in his state. The princi-
pal OF course, is the Lewiston Journal.
one Of Dingleys most noticeable charac-
tarlsttcs is the careful and clear-cut man
aer in which he delivers his speeches be-
fore the House
Moses of Georgia and Brosius of Penn
syVan.a are the possesors of unusually
powerful voices, and when the two get
thoroughly warmed up to the spirit OF
ne debate there is no use for any other
member trying to make himself heard.
amos ]. Cummings. now resigned, who IS
wen known as a contributor to newspa-
per literature, adds a considerable amount
" ms income in this manner. GaHinger
" New Hampshire is an NJ. D, and still
mus time in the midst Of his duties as
alssrnan to keep up with the studies OF
rs profession. Gallinger is enthusiastic
" lAe subject of quarantine regulations,
-.1 When called upon in debate IS al
,1ss ready 70 hurl facts, statistics and
@ fe-ating to his hobby at his oppo-
nus until in self-defense they are forced