The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-25

In on the floor of the Senate chamber.
Senator Wolcott leads the list when it
comes to variety of color in shirts and
waistcoats but when 1t comes to dies. the
Michigan man can give him what card
players denominate cards and spades. 1t
is scarlet in hue-brilhantly and beautiful
ly scarlet; and its hue is accentuated by
contrast with the quiet clothes Senator
Burrows usually wears Senator Burrows
is proud of the historic name he bears.
He and Senator Bacon of Georgia who is
Augustus Octavius, have a standing Joke
about the relationship they bear TO the
old Roman senator's; and each clothes him
self in a dignity in keeping with his name.
LittIeheId's speech.
Representative Charles r.. Littlefield of
Maine, whose maiden speech to the House,
made in connection with the Roberts case,
was one of the chief features of this
bound to-be -famous trial, Is tall, well
proportioned fellow, with a shock of hair
that when he speaks gets unruly and car
ries a suggestion of bangs. He came to
Congress with a reputation as a forceful
debater and trained parliamentarian, ana
his first performance demonstrates that
the Second district of Maine has in Mr..
Dingley's successor a man destined to
make his mark in congressional affairs.
Mr.. Littlefield is another example of the
value of membership in the Legislature
10 a man sent to Congress. He is a law
yer who, after two terms of service in the
general assembly served as Attorney Cen
eral of his state for four years During
his second term in the Legislature he was
Speaker of the lower house of that body,
and he has the reputation of being espe-
cally well versed In parliamentary law.
He proved in his speech in support of
the minority report OF the Roberts COM
mittee that he is an able lawyer, as well
as an expert debater. Both Maine Sena-
tors and all four of the representatives
are natives of the state. Ii is noticeable
that the representatives in Congress from
the older states of the Union are almost
always natives of the states they repre-
sent.
Bailey Mny he Senator.
Reports from Texas indicate that Repre-
sentative Joe Bailey is almost certain to
win in the contest for the seat in the
Senate which he covets. Bailey Is I'm q
good many respects unique fellow Few
people know that his highest aim at one
period of his existence was to be an expert
billiard player. That was at the time of
his young manhood-that is, when he
was in his teens and up to the time he
was q years of age He lived in Missis-
sippi in those days and ran a billiard
and pool room. His aim was to be known
as the finest billiard player in that state
and he was. incidentally, he was study
ing law in those days. but he loved the
worries fer better than he did his Black
stone. He went out to Texas when he
was about 23 and it was then that he de-
voted himself 20 Inc law in serious earnest
He never plays Billiards these days. On
the contrary, he has so far changed from
those days that his chief delight is in his
books. He is a hard notwithstanding
by the way which can be said of very few
men after they come to Washington. Most
of them seem to think that election to
Congress is in itself such an honor that
there is nothing to be done, except rest
on their iaurels.
DeGranenreid's Success.
Another man for whom Texas air seems
to have brought change OF life is Repre-
sentative De Graffenreid, who is notediy