The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-09

that of Thomas B. Reed, and is very
fond of crisp white celery. Forty years
ago he was a barefooted boy tilling
the soil and eating goober peas in the
county of fernando, where he was
born. Sparkman is known throughout
the peninsula as "the cracker states
man of the saw palmettoes." He first
developed as a school teacher and af-
terward studied law with Gov. Mitch
ell, Twice was he declined a seat on
the bench in his native state. He came
into Congress as the successor Of Ste
phen r. Mallory, and his friends claim
that he will succeed Mallory in the
United States Senate. To-day Spark
man is the leading lawyer in the state.
AS a member of the Committee on
Rivers and Harbors, he is of great
service to it's maritime interests. He
invariably addresses the House from
a judicial standpoint, weighing the ar
guments pro and con with the gravity
and impartiality of an upright judge.
He lays no claim TO eloquence and
makes no showy spurts, but pursues
the event tenor Of his way relying
upon undisputed facts clearly present.
ed to insure conviction and gain his
point.
Away off on the rim of the chamber,
to the right, stands another example
american youths. He is James A. Taw-
ney of Winona. As straight and dark
as an Indian, he has swapping black
eyes and the voice of a born orator.
Never aiming nj effect he is sure to
create il. Energetic in diction and ges-
ture, picturesque in manner, his froclS
coat fits him to perfection. making his
physique is attractive as his intellect.
Thirty-four years have passed since
this man was an apprentice to a black
smith near Gettysburg. The music Of
the anvil was evidently not satisfac-
tory, for later on he became ma
chinist, and drifted out to Lake Pep
in Here he studied law in the shadow
of Maiden Rock, and at last entered she
magic maze OF political life. He has
been in Congress eight years, and is
now a member of the Ways and Means,
ensnared in the meshes of the tariff net.
Aside from this, he is promenent fix
ture in the important Committee on In
sular Affairs He stands high I'm the
councils of his party, and Is recognized
as the Republican whip. AS a whip
he posses the elegance of Delaney
Kane and the insOuciance of AN army
teamster. Plausible and ductile In ora
tory. he Is one of the few men able
TO electrify the galleries.
But Tawney is not the only black
smith In the House. Near by you see
the agricultural figure OF George w.
Smith of MurphysborO. III. Forty years
ago he was pounding an anvil In
Wayne county surrounded with fiery
sparks and hot horseshOef. Like Taw-
ney. he glided into the legal piofes-
sion. and broke into the House Of Rep
resentatives. Here he has made his
mark. His deyition 10 his duties Ia
proverbial. He has hair or a Titan tint,
a square iawed American face. and all
the virtues Of an American statesman
OF the Olden time Years ago be made
"A speech on pcnsi0n matters that re-
mains unrlyaled n was delivered a.
night. when the galleries we're hlifd,
ana was appiauded 90 the echo. Wien
river and hnrbor Dllls ere under dlf-
cufslOn. Smith iF aF nctire 80 an hsYp-
tan dragon o. $50 always secures
liberal appropriations FOR DIE dlfuief
and seem to b. proud of hia work ~
"a campaign orntor he if untuf passed.