Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1870 — Senator Pratt. [ARTICLE]

Senator Pratt.

D. D. Pratt, one of the Indiana Senators, is gradually becoming reconciled to tho arduous duties of his position, and he is growing rapidly iu the appreciation of his Senatorial colleagues. Quiet and unobtrusive in the Senate, a foe to all lobby rings and office-seekers, he will never be popular with that class, or with the Bohemians who write for the press in their interest. When Senator Pratt speaks, it is after careful examination of the subject, as he would a lawyer’s brief. Speaks directly to the question, without a word to the galleries or to gain the applause of outsiders. Few new members have so soon acquired the influence 31r. Pratt.wielda on the floor of the Senate. It is with pleasure wc learn that Senator J*ratt is looking for a residence in Washington, to which he will remove his family, after the summer vacation, -rif Instead of squanderingthe bound books, printed by Congress for distribution, among a few individuals, Mr. Pratt sends them to tho counties to be deposited in the county libraries —Madison Courier.