Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-06-20
Saint Mary $ Beacon.
Dress Of Conqressmen.

Ii 10 not always sale to judge O
man By his clothes, but dress goes
Q long way in certain localities. II
any one doubt our democracy let
him spend 9 day in the gallery OF
the United States Senate, the least
dignified ''upper house" Of legisla-
ton in the world. "Befo' de wah''
all members we're clean sbayen.
wore black frocks and high stocks,
beavers, peg-top trousers and sol.
emn air of public importance pri-
vately expressed. They believed
in their hearts that they were states
men, and the world acknowledged
them az such. Dignity was their
chief quality, pride their most cher
ished possession. The old-timers,
like Morgan, Teller, Cockrell, Der.
~. Proctor and Daniel, still wear
their before-the-war clothes, digni-
ty and pride, but the post-bellum
regiment Of politicians 10 uniformed
in the sack suit or cntaway.
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Among the first members Of Con-
gress to attract universal attention
to dress in the House was James
Douglas Williams, Of Indiana,
known in life and death as "Blue
Jeans" Williams. Az Congressman
and Governor he always wore trou-
sers made Of blue jeans, which cost
about 80 cents O pair. The dreesi-
est man in the Senate today 10 Mr..
Hale, Of Maine. He wears q cuta-
way. Lodge, Of Massachusetts,. also
q good dresser, seldom appears in
anything but cutaway. Tillman,
who 10 playing opera bouffe in South
Carolina, looks a. disreputable as
possible in sn old sack coat that
needs pressing. Mr.. Hanna likes
the sack. Heitford, the giant from
Idaho, wears any old duds that hap
pen to come handy. Fairbanks,
being as long as q street end az shad-
owy 90 o vine, presents himself in o
tightly-buttoned frock.
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Senator Bate. who 10 extremely
bow-legged, never wore anything
but o frock coat in his life, and his
trousers have always been built on
the balloon style. He wears one
suit about 10 years. Bailey, of
Texas, will shine in q long-tailed
frock and white tie while in charge
Of the Constitution in the Senate.
Chandler, one Of the outs, the wis
dom, wit and allegory Of the Sem
ate for many years, 10 singularly
careless Of dress. His clothes look
as if they are hanging on hatrack.
One Of the fashion plates was VOL
colt, Of Colorado. When deliver
ing q set speech he was gotten up
regardless" bright cravat, bou-
tonniere and ell. German main
tains ell the proprieties in frock or
cutaway. Frye has the appearance
Of an active business man. Haw-
ley is soldierly and correct, remind
ing one Of our late Colonel Kip.
who never was seen in public with
ont gloves. John Sherman always
wore o long frock, unbottoned.
Vest, the "wasp" Of the Senate,
looks like o grizzled cherub in
wrinkled. well-worn garb Of monde
script style.
1t is not difficult to tell BY their
clothes from which section Of the
country Senators hail. Perhaps
not 30 much by their clothes a. by
the way they wear them, / should
say, to be accurate. All the string
titles, for instance, come from the
West and South. Eastern Senators
wear stylish scarfs almost without
exception. Eastern Senators but
ton their frocks and getaways !;
Westerners and Southerners leave
them open. The Western and
Southern members have low-cut
vests, usually with two buttons I'M
bottoned. Twotinely groomed Sen.
ators are Platt and Dspew, whose
clothes are made BY the best tail
ors in New York and London.
Where viii you find q more neatly
dressed man than Aldrich, Of Rhode
Island? And Wetmore-one Of the
400? His clothes cost him the
largest part Of his salary. Nesc
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