The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-17

secure the senatorship it will be the flrst
failure, il is said, that he has ever scored In
his eventful career.
John Robinson fusionlst. of the Third
Nebraska district, Will go to Washington
with a reputation of the kind FttZsimmons
insists Corbett should get lie likes to be
wears the garb of tiller of the soil. pos
sibly from choice, though he Is frequently
charged with affecting this apparel for pol
itical purposes He lives at Madison on the
site of sod house which he erected with
his own hands in the pioneer days OF the
State
1t was not many years ago that Robinson
created a genuine sensation at Chadron. He
was trying case In the county court,
ran the place and toughs did they
pleased. When the rulings OF, the court be-
came so unfair that Robinson could not
withhold his indignation longer, ne sud
denly attacked the court, jury and con-
stables, and after lively battle OF
ten minutes put the whole outfit 10 flight
with his big lists, materially assisted by a
couple of heavy oak chairs.
on another occasion Robinson was sit
ting special district judge when jury
VIGOROUSLY influenced by wealthy client
rendered a decision dispossessng a poor
farmer of piece of mortgaged land he
endeared himself TO the farmers by quietly
remarking when the jury reported: Yer
dict set aside, as 1t takes thirteen men 10
steal a mans farm in this. court
the capital in Frank Cushman. a Repub-
lican. He IS thirty+three, tall, gaunt ana
DedrQleSS.
house and the stock range of the West.
When seventeen he left his home in Iowa
and became a cowboy in Wyoming. he
taught school in winter, studied law at
night and herded cattle on Wyoming's vast
plains during the summer. Finally he OBJ
tanned admission to the bar. He appeared
i'm the State Of Washington unknown ana
inexperienced, in 1851.
-Four years ago he startled Republican
convention in Tacoma oy delivering hurri-
cane speech with much real eloquence IN
it, From his lean and gaunt appearance and
his forensic abilities ne was Immediately
dubbed the ABE Lincoln of Washington.
This has partially superseded the sobriquet
of Cowboy Cushman.
The prodigious, tremendous. giganuc
laugh of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Wachter, or
Maryland, is likely to become historical in
Congress- 1t is a remarkably hearty gunaW,
beyond imitation, and breaks out on small
provocation. At a comedy play, II Wachter
is i'm the audience. he is as much feature
as the leading comedian, for his laugh re-
sounds above everything and quickly locales
'iI In the Ninth Virginia district. which has
voted to send William +. Rhea 70 Con-
gress. that gentleman is known as the m noS 81
tremendous fighter that ever tought. ne Is
thirty-four, six feet and has the muscular
activity of three men. va.
VIM. A. Young. elected in the Second Vlr-
ginia district is known as the pest dresser
in the State He is an enthusiastic ELK any
few years ago. when he ATTENDED tneli
convention at Detroit, he carried along sew
enteen suits of clothes. Fine clothes ana
plenty of them is his long suit.
Congressman Edy, reelected TOT the SCI
ond time in the strongest Popuiist dlstrlct
in Minnesota has had the honor OF pellls
considered the homelest man In congress
AN honor which he does not repudiate.
Among the congressman just elected IroH
Kentucky is Oscar Turner, or the Z ~
louisville district. He is the son or the ia
Oscar Turner, who for years represented
the First Kentucky district. he is lawyer
and in q few years has stepped INTO tne
front ranks among Louisvilles younger DAT
risters He inherited great wealth from MS
father and mother He accepted the noinl-
nation when it seemed Impossible 10 uetea.
the Republican incumbent, Congressman
Walter Evans. -. .;o
Edward T. Noonan the new Democratlc
congressman from the Fifth Illinois district
which takes in the heart Of Chlcagos Wes'
turesque in the House. he Is IsInIl ..a, y y
known as the Human Chrysanthemu,n'
No football field ever presented such
shock of hair on one head as Noonan car,
ries about under his hat. 1t attracts ano
fascinates all beholders. 1t Is coal plaSk'
aggressive rampant, thick, long ana Mlu rs-
spread. He is an able lawyer. ana among
his friends at the bar is known as the nan
A. S. Burleson. of the Ninth Texas dis
trict is a noted Indian fighter f1ne orator
and IS distinguished for his marvellous use
of sarcasm. made intensely cutting by IRON
tier irony and raliery.
John L. Burnett. the only new congress-,
man-elect from Alabama, is an original
character. He is a short, dumpy little man
of forty-five years. wears hand me-ooWvn
clothes, which never fit him, and brushes
his hair pompadOur. Twenty years ago ,I ne
was a laborer in an Alabama ore mine he
is now recognized as one OF the shreWoes'
lawyers in the State.