New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-17

10 1875 and hOaCoQ lnCO Novau" 90 -
Iinooln's Governor in 1861, when ~ wac
aert;cs in his native State. Out Of the
ppon n "A he is, he is still the welcome
0nost of every intelli gent circle. Nye mas
6aen described 80 often that l need only
~. ~ ~ yaars seem rather to increase IMAM
90 10y ;m;n;sh his remarkably handsome 1ea'
$50 and to add TO the stores OF MS IN
eouaIed wit and humor., ,o.
Everybody is asking for his successor, -.
p Jones, A single man in his iorty W
wear, with large head, croau p!o~, n;oh
eve, stout frame, active, reaoy, waSn e 80
tho Senate full armed. He is Welsnmah'
came to this country with his parents Wnsn
he was less than a year old, settle1 IN Tue
northern part Of Ohio, went out 10 Oan1oi,
MIA very young, engaged IN 1arnluS anu
mimi in one of the inland counties, winch
he subsequently represented IN the Legs
latcre. moved to Nevada in 1861, ana VIE
in a very few years became one OF inc rlGn'
est men in the country, it not in the world
indoing by the reports of his marvellous
nrotits from a celebrated silver mine said to
he the most productive on earth.
Calif0rnia's Senators are OF the same
scbooI Aaron A. Sargent, born in New
bnrvnort Massachusetts, September 8, 1917,
printer and editor in early life, emlgrated
to California in 1919, elected to the Thirty
seventh and Forty-tirst, and reelected TO
The Forty second Congress, subsequently
tn the United States Senate to succeed
Senator Cole. taking his seat March 4, 1873.
He il one of the ablest debaters IN either
house-resolute, elastic and energetic. MT.
Sargent tells the story that when ne was a
;nnrneymap printer he walked the streets
OF Pbiiadelphia without being able to get
employment at his trade. His colleague,
John s. Hager, successor to Eugene Ias-
serly (resigned). is a Democrat, was porn IN
Morris county, New Jersey, March ~ 1910;
moved to California in lS49 and has tiled
MANY judicial and political offices. Both the
Oregon Senators, James X. Kelly Demo
craft, and John H. Mitchell (RepnblicanI,
were born in Pennsylvania-helly 10 centre
connty. in 1919, and Mitchell in Wash
iugton county, in 1885. The first moved
to California in lS49 and the second to Ore
gon in 1860. Senator Thurman, OF Ohio,
was born at Lynchburg, Virginia, Novem-
Der Is, 1918, and moved TO ONO IN 1919.
William Gannaway BrownlOw, OF Tennes-
see, was born in Wythe county, Virginia,
1905, and moved to Tennessee in 1928. l. do
not know sixty-nine J ears OF any life so fali
of incident and novelty as that OF the vet
Gran Brownlow, of whom shall speak on
another occasion Senator Arthur BoremaD.
of West Virginia (Republican). was born at
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, in 1873, moving
with his father to West Virginia when
child. His colleague, Henry q. Davis Dem,
ocrat) was born the same year, in Howard
county, Maryland. Senator Timothy y.
Howe, Of Wisconsin, was born at Liver
more, Maine, in 1916, and moved to WiscOn-
sin in 1916. His colleague, Matthew w.
Carpenter, President of the Senate, was
born at Moretown, Vermont, in 1924; was
two wears cadet at West Point; studied
law with Rufus Choate, and moved to Wis
con in lS4S. Both OF these are Gistin
splendid Chief Justice, while Carpenter
stands at the head of his profession. OF
course the Senators from the newer States
are pioneers or emigrants. Thomas w. Tip
ton and Phineas w. Hitchcock. the two Ne
hraska Senators, we're born, the first at
Cadiz, Ohio, in 1917, and the second at New
Lebanon. New York, in 1881. The new
Northern Senators from the South are all in
the same category. Senator James Lush
Alcorn OF Mississippi, was born in 1916, in
Illinois, moving early into Kentucky, where
he held several offices, and next into Mis-
sissippi in 1874, where he served in various
positions in the Legislature as a Wing Rep
resentative. His colleague, Henry K. Pease,
was born in Connecticut. in 1885. entered
the Union army as a private soldier in 1861.
was sent into Mississippi in 1867, after the
war, as superintendent of the education OF
the freedmen. He succeeds Adelbert Alnes,
son in-law of General Butler,
who was elected Governor in 1874. Senator
Chandler. of Michigan, was born IN New
Bedford. New Hampshire. in 1913. SEN
atcr West. of Louisiana, was born in New
Orleans, September 10, 1922, but is prop
erly Pennsylvania, having resided
there the best part of his early life.
He was in the Mexican war, went to Cal
hn @ln
prietor Of a newspaper, whence he entered
the army as lieutenant colonel of the
First California Infantry. Elected to the
Senate in 1871, his term expires March 3,
1877. The two Senators from Kansas are
young men, both born in
1888. the one, John James ingalls,, at Mid
Massachusetts,, and the other,
James M. Harvey. in Monroe county, Vir-
ginia. Ingalls, will serve till 1879, and Har-
from Iowa. George G. Wright was born in
Indiana in 1920, and w. B. Allison at Perry, |
Ohio, in l829-twO strong men. Judge !
Wright is the brother Of the we'll known |
Governor Joseph A. Wright, of Indiana, |
who sat in the Senate as the successor of |
Jesse y. Bright from 1862 until 1868, when |
he was appointed by President Lincoln a
to attend the Hamburg ex- |
hibition, and in 1865 was sent by President |
lin March IL, 1867. Senator Pratt, of In |
diana. was born at Palermo, Maine, Octo-
Der 20 1873, and removed to Indiana in |
1882. Senator Richard j. Oglesby, of Hi
nois, was born in Kentucky Jnly IS, 1924, |
but settled in Illinois, at Decatur. where
be still lives, in 1886. For his high |
abilities and social qualities he is
one Of the most reserved members |
Of the Senate. He has been in that body |
fnr IN has mazda I ha
lieve, but one or two short speeches. Both
the Senators FROM Florida are Northern
one, Abijah Gilbert, was born in
New York, and the other, Simon B. Como
YER, in New jersey, in 1910. The same
with both the Senators from Arkansas,
Powell Clayton, born in Delaware county,
in 1885, and Stephen w.
Dorsey, born in Vermont, in 1912. Both
Union soldiers, and both educated and
men Senator George E. Spen-
GER, of Alabama, was born in Jefferson
county, New York, in 1886. Senator John
J. Patterson, Of South Carolina, was born
n Juniata county, Pennsylvania. The two
Minnesota Senators, Alexander Ramsey,
Dorn near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Sep
em5er 8, 1915, and William Window. in
Belmont county, Ohio May 10, 1927, COM
olete the list Of what have called pioneer
men, or rather men moving from the old
States into the new, or from the North into
,he South. They constitute powerful ele-
nent in this era of assimilation and inter-
course.
could illustrate my point more fully if l
lad time by showing how the pioneer col.
INN is represented in the House in our new
States and Territories. The multitudes
upon the Pacific coast in l849,
Utter the gold discovery, have all been
represented in Congress by original minds.
wynn and Fremont, Broderick, Latham,
NcDougall, Copness, Sargent, Casserly,
lager, in the Senate, and their associates
md contemporaries in the House including