Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-11

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Viii ~ MHMG President Adlai e.
wv EEt& Stevenson sits just
-91NNB below me, the snowy
- WH - expanse of his bald
ivory and almost
tempting me to shake the ink from the end
of my pen down upon it. What a commo-
ton it would create If I did so. and what a
blot II would make On the pate of the lead
ing democratic presidential candidate of
the Capitol!
But let me throw my X ray camera on
Adlai! -...
What an immense man he is! He Is more
than six feet tall and he tips the beam at
2OO pounds. You can almost hear the vice
presidential chair groan with his weight
as he sits upon it. Look at that right arm
with which he Yields the gavel in calling
the Senate to order! 1t is bigger around
than the thigh of Senator William E. Chand-
Ter, who Is hopping about over there on the
republican side trying to get the Vice Presi
dents attention. Vice President Stevenson
has big chest He measures two feet
across the shoulders, and his blonde head
Is SO massive that you could hardly squeeze
1t into peck measure. His face is as fair
as that of newly washed baby, and his
eyes are Of that clear blue which you find
on old English china. Note the dome of his
head! 1t looks much like Bismarck's, and
those heavy brows remind you of Webster.
How somber he locks! He is dressed in
black his long frock coat buttoned tightly
over his big chest, and standing collar
framing his head until it makes you think
OF that of John the Baptist. when it was
brought In to Herodias a charger.
l wonder how the Vice President feels as
he sits there, holding the second office of
the Union! l wonder If he remembers how
he worked on farm in Kentucky. blowing
corn on his fathers plantation with a one
eyed mule! I wonder If he reviews his
career as school teacher at $50 a month
and as a struggling young lawyer, when he
was glad to get s. fee Now he is recev-
ing 5000 a year, and has his eye on Prest-
dent Cleveland and his $4,000 job.
Looks Like Lincoln.
Let us move the carfe4a!
See that fellow standing at the back of
the Senate chamber under the clock! 1
mean that tall man with his hands in his
pockets He is dres4ed in black, and his
long coat hangs fronf his square shoulders
as though 1t were o'Hfssmire frame in front
OF a secondhand clotdhg store His arms
are long, and you can alnaost see knots at the
elbows and shoulders. His thin. bony hands
extend out below his cuffs Now he nuts
his hands In his pocket3, throwing back his
coat and making himsSif hook more caun,
and angular than ever See how his face
comes out the around glass Of the
camera! 1t Is strong. gut it hasa rugged
strength, and its features are almost as
angular as those of the rest of his bofy
The cheek bones are as high as those of an
Indian. He wears RIO mustache and stiff
short black hair mixed with gray forms
bristly beard around his angular chin
His eyes are sunken. His forehead Is high
and 1ull. His nose Is large and strong 1t
Is 50 prominent that he rests his gold eve
glasses on the bridge at least an inch below
the point used by the spectacles of the ordi.
nary man. AS look one of his fellow Sena-
tors comes mp. The angular man greets him
cordially and gives him a pump-handIe
snake OF the hand. The two chat and laugh
together. and 1t is evident that the tail
angular, rough-featured man is telling
story.
That man is Shelby NJ. CulIom, United
states Senator from Illinois, and the man
whom that state will present to the ST
Louis convention for the presidency.
Cuilom Is typical sen Of Illinois. Born
IN kentucky, hauled in canyas-covare{l
wagon through the woods and over the
stumps to Illinois when he was still a hahv
just cutting his first teeth he was raised in
log cabin and got his schooling at a coun-
try school. His early life was much like
that OF Lincoln-who by the way, he
strkinsy resembles. Working on the farm
ne shot Up tall and slender-an angular
boy, who later on developed into an angu-
lar man. His education was meaeer- He
went to school at little seminary. and nv
burning the midnight oil within a couple
grave. He had, I think a hemorrhage or
two, and for time thought that a farmers
career was the only one that would keen
him alive. He went back to his father and
walked behind the plow in his bare feet un-
I'll the hfe-breathing properties of the sofl
and the pure air gave him the muscle
which enabled him to go back to bis studies
After hard struggle with his health. he
succeeded at the law, got into politics. be-
came governor of the state, was elected TO
Congress- then to the Senate, and ia now
one of the candidates for the nominal ton OF
the republican party as President
He Wears n Big Collar.
In front of Senator Cullom sits another
presidential candidate. He is not as tail "a
Cullom, but he weighs, venture, twice as
much. He has a square-shaped head, bright.
twinkling brown eyes, a complexion as fair
as that Of girl, and collar as white as
the marble statues in. the rotunda of the
Capitol. This collar is of the old-fashioned
kind. 1t is the biggest collar worn in the
United States Senate, and if you could turn
it down you would find on its back written
the name of it's owner. w. B. Allison.
Senator Allison Is so near Senator CuI-
lom that Cullom could lean over and stick
wisp of straw into AIisor's ear, where
upon Allison would jump, but would hook
about and laugh. He is a remarkably even
tempered man. He rever gets excited and
never loses his head. Now he gets I'D and
moves across the chamber. Notice how
quietly he goes, and still there Is an air
about him that shows YOU he means to get
there. Allison always, does get there, and
though he looks lazy and seems to take
things very easily, he, is, one Of the hardest
workers in the Senate. He does not look to
Re sixty-eight years of age, and his d.
gestion is probably perfect.
Now he writes a letter. He holds his pen
like that Of school boy, and he pens his
words in true SpencerIan style, making
every curve of the proper shape. As he
writes a long-bearded man, with q head not
much bigger than base ball, comes I'D and
sits down beside Allison. He puts his hand
on Allison's shoulder, and Allison turns
around. He greets the long bearded man
cordially aud chats with him. placing his
hands on the mans knees, as though he
loved him. Still, there Is no love lost be-
tween these two men. That little man with
the base ball head and long beard Is PETER.
and venture that away down in his soul
Allison despises him; but Allison Is q diplo-
mat, and there Is no need Of showing it.
There are some curious things about ALL
son and Cullom. Both were born the same
year, both worked on farm, both got their
schooling in log school houses and both
were educated in second-class colleges ALI
son was born In Wayne county, Ohio: Cub