The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-10

The house OF representatives has be-
come so large a body that the average
individuality is sunk in it. Only here
and there do members specially noted
for physical or moral traits stand eyre
gious, attracting attention by reason of
eccentricity of one sort or another, Of
ten when their mental stature or ora
torical ability would not render them
conspicuous, writes a Washington cor
respondent.
There is no man in the house who
pays more attention to his costume
than Joe Bailey of Texas, the erst-
while Democratic leader, notwithstand-
ing the fact that he processes such q
lofty disregard Of matters of the sort,
even refusing to attend receptions at
the white house because he would be
obliged to wear dress suit. His spe-
cial fad in dress is the picturesque,
which he deems preferable to the mere
y fashionable, and in this respect he is
unrlvaled by any other congressman
The great expanse of shirt front and
hat with flaring brim are features of at
tire carefully studied out for their eff
fectiveness to the eye, particularly
from the point Of view OF the ladies, for
the fiery young statesman is emphati-
cally ladies' idol. In this latter re-
spect he is hardly matched by John
Wesley Gaines of Tennessee-he of the
striking neckties and prematurely gray
head Bailey wears his raven hair long
to help the half-piratical effect for
which he strives. 1t is fashion rare
ly seen in congress nowadays, though
formerly much affected by southern
members.
The biggest beard in the house is the
property of ICY" Sulloway of New
Hampshire. 1t is a cadaverous beard
OF iron-gray hue. But the most luxuri-
ant hair belongs to Lands of Indiana.
His is a leonine name, gray and very
straight when it's owner is in an ex-
cited mood it is tossed wildly. On the
other hand, if one looks for the baldest
member, one finds him in Hoffnecker OF
Delaware, who has practically no hair
at all. The biggest head belongs to
Sulloway again, as well as the largest
feet; but then, you see, he is a very re-
markable person, being six inches over
six feet in height, so that his extremi-
ties are not out of proportion, nor his
beard extravagant. He is likewise the
biggest member.
The smallest man in the house ls
Sam Smith of Michigan. That state
has three representatives in congress
named Smith, but this is the only Sam.
He is only three inches above five feet
in height, and is thin, weighing hardly
more than 100 pounds.
There is always some dispute as to
who is the best dressed man in the
house, but in the last two congresses,
Bennett of Brooklyn, who has been re-
Gently made secretary Of the senate,
was pretty generally acknowledged as
the proper holder of the title. Now that
he has departed, the laurel wreath
may be safely placed upon the head OF
Harry Bingham of Philadelphia. Bing-
ham is swell" clear through, with
not bit Of pinchbeck about him. As
a rule Philadelphia and New York send
the best-dressed men to congress.
When it is question OF the worst
dressed member there is no doubt that
Frank M. Eddy of Minnesota takes the
premium; and yet it is probable that
no other man in congress spends more
money on his clothes than he does.
II he gets a new suit, he buttons the
lowest button into the top buttonhole
and inside of 4S hours that SIS costume
looks like an arrangement of hand
me-downs"
Eddy is an example of the man who
wants to be bowling swell" but
can't somehow. He was born way uu
in Minnesota when that part of the
country was a wilderness, and as a bow
he worked in a brickyard. The most
unpretending of men and jolliest OF
good fellows, he is exceedingly popular
The people of his district worship him
and no wonder, inasmuch as when he
goes out on an electioneering tolIr no
wears blue shirt and pair of tall
boots, buys the bar" at every cross
roads saloon he comes across, hires a
brass band to help along the enthusi-
asm, and talks to the lumbermen in
the logging camps in their native Nor
wegian.
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A clergyman entering upon the
charge of a new living not for fro~,