Evening star., 1897-06-05

and Fl esented in pleasing attire. His voice
is good. and his manner excellent. AL
| though a comparatively young man, he is
the representative of Massachusetts in the
disposal Of the patronage allotted to the
state by the administration.
And there are other attractions for the
visitors from the House. Senator Quay,
cool and thoughtful, occupies a front seat.
He seems to pay little attention to the bus
iness of the Senate, but let any matter
come up involving the interests Of the
moment. He talks well, and long, when
| necessary. No man can WELD parlia-
mentary cleaver with greater ability.
A Master of Sarcasm.
Missouri has a choice tid-bit in store for
| novioes in legislation. He is a chunky lit
| tie gentleman, with sharp blue eyes and a
tongue as keen as Damascene blade. He
is George G. Vest OF Kansas City. When
thoroughly aroused he becomes meteoric,
and the display is more magnificent than a
| shower of falling stars. John ]. Ingalls,
is said to have been a master of exquisite
sarcasm; If SO. however, George G. Vest
was his teacher. A new member might
travel over to the Senate chamber for two
months without hearing Vest speak, but
when he did hear him he would feel well
repaid, and resume his journey afterward
for two months more.
Then there is the leonine senator from
| Illinois, VIM. E. Mason. When he shakes
| his shaggy name and begins to roar the
spectators are spellbound. There is di-
rectness and a bluntness about him that
attracts the galleries and rattles the dry
bones in the valley. The newspapers re-
ported an earthquake on the morning after
his speech on Cuba. There might have been
| an earthquake in Spain. If SO, it was un-
doubtedly caused by the echoes of the ILL.,
inois senator's speech. and not by subter-
ranean fires.
There are others equally as interesting
Gen. Hawley, calm, dgnified and sound
headed, speaks like a statesman of the
.olden time. and his colleague, Senator Platt,
is representative of the manufacturing
interests whose opinions are always re-
plete with information.
And Wisconsin possesses an intellectual
treasure far superior to Villas in the person
of john c. Spooner his successor. He re-
turns to the Senate in the halo of brilliant
achievements In that body years ago. His
speeches recall the days of Doolittie and
Matt. Carpenter.
In the Front Rank.
The young state Of Utah has upheaved
star of the first magnitude in Senator
Frank Cannon. His speeches on Cuba and
on the tariff have placed him in the front
rank. They were f1owery, yet logical: met
aptiorical, yet argumentative: sympathet-
ic and direct. They were delivered with
out notes and in extreme good taste.
On the democratic side stands John w.
Daniel of Virginia, whose Roman face is
indicative OF tne elOQuence Oh q pygOne
age. Virginians see in him a worthy sue
cessor OF Patrick Henry and Richard
Henry Lee
Then there is Senator Morgan of Ala
bama, a beacon light that steadily illumin-
ates our foreign relations, and T1llman Of
South Carolina, brandishng his pitchfork
like Mephistopheles and creating almost as
much terror.
These and many others awaken interest
in the breasts of the fedgling legislators
who tramp from the silent halls of the