The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-29
UGLY, KINDLY GEORGE WEST.
LOI tBIE TRtITS or THE ~
SONGRESSNt Jt'ST man.


The late Congr-ssmAn George West Of
Rall-iou Spa wa-, with the exception ~
Ga" late State Senator George ~Zerubbabe!
Erwin ~ PotsdAm. the homelie,t man In
the Empire state He was also one Of tho
iollies' and most popular Republicans In
the State
Instead Of being ssusiuve on the
subject % his looks. he fairly rpvclled in
any Incident or Joke that accumulated
aud called attention Ia HE general
makeup he was witty. humorous and
gay. aud although nearly NJ when be died
tho other day. he Wa considered one ~
"ihe boys al the nth Avenue Hotel and
was a. active and ~sIuberant a. tho next.
lie was worth 5000 Oo At the time u
Ids death Yet fe never adorned himself
In fine raimcnt He Was pain in attire
almost 10 severity
lie was known a. Uncle George West.
lie was always a warm supporter ~ former
United States SenAtor Warner Miller In
Republican State politics. lie was a State
Asse mildly man and y memter Of Congress.
VII eDeNer ttCle George heard Of n hOmely
mar he laughed and said
They say | cant hold a candle 70 him
Well. ! have taken the blue ubbOn ia tho
State Legislature and held my own In
Congress, where this teauti"s are scNTco
NJ hens teeth
Probably the highes, tribute 20 Uncle
Georges unique appearance Sar paid To
him nearly ten years ago Ia Sal Fran
ci-co He was a Mystic Shriner and went
on one - the big excursions - the order
- the Pacific SLOPE
Il never knew great honor awaited mo
In the West. . b" said later Ia telling % the
trip. but even now take IN my hat To- the
ladies Of 'Fri-co because they paid me a
great compliment After arriving at tho
Golden Gate city, we went upon an eScur-
sion down the bay and the lhdies on the
boat almost unanimously voted that | was
th" handsofne-t man that they bad ever
seen from tho rfcta Fast And | guess
they were right That rvfItos the impu-
tUtion made bV New Workers. that ! am
not beautiful
Then Uncle Georges gray eyc- would
~ mike with merrimsut He Would raise
his ha' m salutatiun to the lAiie~ and add
Cos bless ia" fair women U! san Fran
cisOo tlry have excellent tsste and know
a handsome man when they see him
Mr. West was short ard had short legs.
Ar immons. body, a large, aggressive mouth.
a large fiat nos" and a forehead hat Nas
round and high His long gray beard
added To his striking and original appeal
anCe HIS Political sucC..- wAs largely
due 20 h,- unique APPEARANCE and hAs ability
20 SAY something witty and apposlts thereto.
often his political opponents tried 90 de-
feat him on the sllmmest Kind of preieIt.
They even went ~ far a. to distribute
thousands 81 his pictures in his district.
bat the trick acted like "A boomerang
In 1919 he Vas "a member - the Arsefn-
bly and one day after he had been upall
night working on some bills In behalf -
IA" worAiugmAn. he AT back Ia his chair
and went sound asleep That wa too
good a chanO. u escape his political OF
pon.uis. and they not only had aim photo
graphed asleep, but also got several light
ming sketch artists 90 caricatun" linn Tho
carlCaturcs represented him with his feet
on HI d,~k and hts head rolled back. fast
a-ierp. Ten thousand of a. 'RricAtur-.
which had been Photographic" - rrRt-
tered broadcast Ia Ills dlstri,t with this
legend printed "a theTn