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Show J. Cnmmlngs describe him a he 1 sit-tiuft sit-tiuft wliJiftr fli)!L.."ai",fff;i'nt a mi arrow. JI i has thick gray hair and ft bruiting moustache. His eyes lire blmf iti)i his face white nndeamtv.l n'l'h a. Ha" wear a elose.fiiitfoncd frock coati.rwI pay$,Milut-flttrntloii''i$ the proceedings in thi) house. This veteran was speaker of I h houss ovor thirtjftve yfars agor Ther bt-rm-nna on tlio floor who wa a member when h presided. Tho picture of tlili-OV spdiker hangs in the lobby outside.! lit dark hair, black niontaciin, storn jft'i lures ami commanding poso Indicate tho manner in willed ho bore himself during thn fierce-, strjdalo f.U . jicoils him in tho speaker' ehni'r," The great popularity of Nathaniel P( rsiik may I bo Inferred from tfifl fact that tho bill just pasted was InirfMltuvdn tlje noitso by so fierce a political antagonist a ! Congressman Springer. . J |