Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1885 — The New Attorney General. [ARTICLE]

The New Attorney General.

A Washington Letter to the Cleveland Leader says: As far as clothes and tastes are concerned, Garland and Brewster are as far apart as the poles. Garland pays no attention at all to his personal appearance, and it will not be surprising if he is found during - the summer attending to his business, amid all this art, in his shirt sleeves and slippers. He has no rutiles on his shirts, and he wears the oldfashioned kind which button in front and have the wristband attached to the sleeves. His collar is a turn-over, and that sols silk neck-tie of plain black was evidently tied with his own hands. Senator Garland looks the Democrat all over. His hair is disheveled, and his spectacles, he wears on the middle of his nose. He has a broad, low forehead, over which his hair falls while he is at work, making it look still lower. His hands and feet are very small, and on his left hand’s little finger he wears a big seal ring, which, with the exception of a hair watch chain, is his only jewelry. His wife died at about the time he came to the Senate, but his mother keeps house for him here,»and Garland is a widower. He prefers to spend his time with her and his children to loafing about the hotels. When not in his office he may be found at his pleasant home on Massachusetts avenue, engaged at work or play. He likes good living as well as Bayard, but he is hot so dainty in his tastes. He has the sweetest tooth of any man in Washington, and when in the Senate used to be always eating candy during a session. He is a great friend of Dan Yoorhees, and the two have been called the Damon and Pythias of the Senate. They sat together, lunched together, and laughed and swore together as the occasion seemed to demand while they were in the Senate. Yoorhees was very anxious to have Garland appointed Attorney General, and was delighted when it occurred. Senator Garland is a very approachable man, and his good-fellowship has made him the friend as well of Republicans as of Democrats. A party of Republican Senators called upon Hayes and asked him to appoint Garland instead of Stanley Matthews to the Supreme Bench

and it is said that Garland’s relations with Blaine are of the most friendly nature. He is now fiftythree years old, and likes to fish, hunt and play practical jokes as well as any of his three boys. He is not wealthy, but has a good house in Little Bock and a small income outside of his salary.