Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-01
STUDY OF CRANIUMS.
Some Statesmen as Seen from
the Press Gallery.
There Are Long, Round, Square and
Furfowed Heads Among Them.
But They All Have Good Deal in Them
Peace and War.

h;ds of statesmen as seen in tho senate
chamber afford most interesting study.
Why should It not be so9 We choose our
representatives. in congress for their heads,
not for their hands or feet. There is q
popular suspicion that some of our SEN
ators were elected moro on account Of their
ability to manipulate ehcckhooks than for
in rare instances this suspicion is i'll
founded Tho most peculiar head in the
senate is that CT Mr.. Pettus, tho new SEN
atcr from Alabama. The irrcverent and
fiippant young men in the press gallery
call 1t an .ting.owing bead" In truth 1t
warrants tho characterization. There are
dents in its surface, gullios and pockets
and protuberances rough and rocky. 1t Is
a head without shape or form known to
tho science of geometry. 1t Is such head
as ono would expect to sec upon the shout
ders of a man who had attended Upper
airy fair or who had led an expedition to
the retreat of the hornets. Having lost a
great share of its hair, this head has no
means of covering up its inequalities.
What hair there is reposcs in such way
as to emphasize the mountainous nature
of the country upon which it grows. But
this remarkable head Of the senator from
Alabama has great deal in it, its owner
being conceded to bea man Of great ability.
a Big, Black Head.
The new senator from Georgia, Mr..
Clay, has head which at once attracts
the attention of every visitor to the senate
chamber. 1t is "A big, black head, covered
with a dense growth OF dark hair. Mr..
Clay combs his raven locks SO that a great
shock OF inky hirsute projects over his
forehead, and tho effect Is quite striking.
Another pompadour senator is Mr.. Can
non Of Utah. Mr.. Cannon is asked about
by nearly every woman who visits the
senate galleries. Young. handsome, elo-
quent, always neatly dressed, debonair of
manner, Mr.. Cannon is at once epthroned
IN tho feminine heart. His chief attrac-
ton, however, remains to be mentioned.
1t is his shapely head, covered with lux
uriant growth of dark, curly hair, worn In
q loose, graceful, upward flourish from his
forehead.
Senator Allison, the leader Of the Re-
publican side. has one of the most interest
ing heads in tho upper branch. 1t is mas
f,t bn
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Senator ButIer. fbe aggressive Young
Fopulist from North Carolina, has head
which invariably attracts the attention of
visitors to the chamber. 1t is the head CT
/, poet, of an enthusiast, of a fanatic. The
hair is as black as coal, and the long,
tawny locks dangle down upon his hand
some forehead in way which plcases the
eye of all imaginative observers.
Fine and Massive Heads.
f,o old beo5 10 that of Senator Wal
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