The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-30
HOW THEY STRIKE ONE.
Character Sketches and Pencil Portraits of
Sundry Legislators.

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Campbell of Stafford is very quie
| member of the house this session al
| though he was a fighter two year:
ago. The Pops are all behaving them
( selves nicely in the lower house True.
/ blood of Usage, seems to be their lead
er this year with Brown of Pratt sec.
ond.
| Lambert of Lyon and Miller of Nor.
! ris are two of the brainiest men in the
house, although they do not say much
Mr.. Miller is chairman of the elections
committee and a hard worker.
Representative Bucklin appears In
the house like a blacksmith at his forge
He wears a faded blue shirt and appar
emily never combs his hair. He is, how
ever, an active member and attends all
the committee meetings. He is Swede
Senator Sterne of Shawnee county,
makes no speeches, but he introduces
more bills than any other member OF
the senate.
Representative Wilson of Barber
county, is the quietest member in the
house, but he is a diligent worker in
the committees. The Pops elected him,
but he does not affiliate with them at
all
1t is now pretty we'll understood that
Mrs. Lease will have to go down in her
jeans for the $500 she spent in defending
her case when she was removed from
the board of charities by Governor
Lewelling. The legislature will pigeon
hole her claim without a doubt.
Mr.. Cannon of Kingman county is
the best type of q farmer on the Repub-
lican side OF the house. He is man of
splendid commonsense and he is loyal
TO southern Kansas. He is very active
in the various committees of which he
is member and he will go home to his
constituents with a clean and honor
able record.
Judge Carr of Medicine Lodge, once
an eminent Kentucky lawyer. is door
keeper of the mems gallery in the SEN
ate. Being a man of fine intellect, legal
learning and gray hairs, he seems odd
in his present station but il is his fate.
He looks sad when he looks down upon
senators numbering the queens Eng
liSh and discussing great constitutional
questions about which they know as
much as billy goat does about the ten
Representative Cornell is as fine a
tpye of the early Kansas political
school as there is in the Legislature He
wears a collar and scarf like those
worn in the days Of James Madison
and his hair is cut and trimmed like
that of a patron of the Yale-Harvard
foot ball match. In fact he looks like
an old ancestral portrait one frequently
sees upon the walls Of an old family.
His disposition is very gentle.
II Representative Frazer of Harvey
county had a stubby horse hair mus
tache he might pass anywhere in Amer
lea for Jerry Simpson.
United States Senator-Elect Lucien
Baker Is not church member lie
prays, however. once a day and II Is |
the prayer his mother learned him 4
when he was only three years OF age /
Tie says himself that he has never since I
that time gone to bed a night without /
that prayer.
Senator Charles Scott Of Allen county I
Is one of the most foreible men in the I
legislature. When he takes hold OF \
anything he stays by IL with a persist
ance that is astonishing. Next to Sen 1
tor O'Bryan the Pops fear him more /
han any other member Of the senate.
O'Bryan. however, fights like an Irish
nan, all IN a bunch. while Scott fights
Ike a man would fight pneumonia or
Fellow fever He does not go in with
| rush, but he fights step by step, al
Says forward. slowly and surely. but
lever backward.
The chaplain Of the house. Elder
Rhodes, Chews tobacco and lots OF it !
lie Is popular because OF the fact that
IFS prayers are short He prays only !
or the speaker and the members. and
Ilows the typewTiters, pages and door
.eeuers to hustle for themselves.
One Of the most classic looking men
n the legislature i NT- NcCray.
.pesker Lobdeil's private secretary.
i Is priestly IN his appearance and
7ould make a splendid Brutus lie is
young man Of great influence with
he members Of the house and press.
nd consequently a valuable assistant !
D Mr. Lobdeli
Governor Morrill, never stays at The I
able after he has finished his meal |
u eats Ike machinery and when ne IL
one he leaves his wife and daughter
-ithoGt ceremony and goes 70 his rCon1-
he ladies eat slow and Ternain after
in some times for half an hour
The following prominent citizens a
,uthern Kansas ar here today: J
:. Dobson and Thomas Best OF Ned
ne Lodge. a " oliver and q. W
cement q Wichita. Captain Osborne :
a J. W Mills 81 Sumner county.
ines Kay % Harper county and | o
rank x. Ellsworth q Kingnaa :
'uuty-
Speaker Lobdel. Mr.. Glenn q Greeley r
unity and Judge Beekmsn AZ Arksn- ! G
= City. spoke IL ore OF TIE city ! =
.urcheS Sunday night. their theme b. Z
< temperature 81 TIE three Judge / 2
-ekn1zn was the drawing card for - q
an eloquent pulpit orator and Re =
rused old roUnder. he cTa-E lots % =
ECKER n his JiTEe buI he came W II
N . sudden Jerk one day. renounced =
5 ci!eS1eDce 20 King alcohol ana has ! =
: i5uche@ drop since lie - rot q ! n
Enk on the subject. however. and | 5
aiie 10 fsoin.s out ifs evils with force ! 4,
= * handles he sEbts-, tan .e.E A Z