, 1875-02-06
OUR LEGISLATORS.

t'foe the iIIinofa State .ihnral.
From Winslow's Legislative Manual" We
CLEAN the following facts regarding tue posnon-
mel OF ouE Legislators:
OF the fifty-ono members composing the Sem
ate. seven arc Of foreign aud fiftyfour Of native
birth. OF those born III foreign countries, three
wero born In Germany, two in England. ono in
Scotland, and one in ireland. Tho native-born
arc dlBtributea among the States aB follows:
New York and Ohio lead tho lat, With eight
each Illinois, Elk; Kentucky, four :; Indiana.
aud Vermont, three each Virginia, Maino, and
Pennsylvania, each two xud MARYLAND, Maaaa-
chusetts, Missouri, Now Hampshire. New Jer-
aey, aud Connections have the honor Of produe-
ing ono each OF tho members Of the Illinois Sen
ale. The native 1lllnoisans are !: Robert Brown,
Thomas 8. CaHoy, Abort 0. Marshall William
Il. Murphy. William Il. Parish, Jefferson lkainoy.
Tic lawyers and fatmere are in q largo major
ity; and by combining could have oil their own
way. The laMyers, Of themselves, lack only ono
Of having clear minority Of tho whole Senate
they numbering twenty-five. The farmers
come next, with more tt,ou half the number Of
lawyers, tiley numbering thirteen. Next in nu-
n1cricai strength are the bankers-the money
changers" /" as Afr. Castle would call tI1em-nun-
Der zix. TLs remaining seven can only muster
manual infosms us, they are designated ~ ono
general agent, lead ams}ter, trador, ono work.
ipeman {AIileH Kehoe, of Chicago), one real cs-
tate donler, Que teacher, ono plysician.
Ing three from each Of the fltty-one Senatorial
Districts. Nineteen sre Of foreign birth, Sweden
claiming q: EDg!aod, 6; Ireland, 6; Germany.
g; acotand: l Prussia, 1--2o in al, not inelnl.
made OIL with soms $780, Of other peoples
money after the election, and 10 now represent
Ing his constituents in ono Of the European
countries. A Robot haa not informed tho pub
| a.
itics in the manual i. left blank. rumor to
| the effect that 1hoim voted "aye" on the reso-
luton consuming tho President and Gen. Sheri-
dan for interfering to prevent b!oodshed In
| l.ouiHIaun, Tas current for few days; but ~
| tho Committee to report upon the question
! whether member knows how he voted, or eau
vote aB he pleases, has not yet repotted 1t can
! not give tho truth or fa1sity Of the rumor. II
| that Committee reports Theim AZ voting "ayo, !"
| 1t will not bs 10 order for Republican to novo
for correction Of tho Journal un'css Farmer
uaineB is in better humor than laBt week.
The nntive-born, 132 members, hnil from
seventeen Of thcao Upitod States. New York
an,t Illinois have tho Gonor TT honor 1t boz Of
| turbulent individual atoms which compose the
| House. Ohio and Pennsylvania follow next with
sixteen each. "ola Kainsuck" :" produced nine.
ono Of whom 97 tg .a1yy Shelly NJ. &c cu'lo% tho
snd T'ouneasee each have eight Virginia, atx
Maryland, tlyo. Tho New England btatea are
fairly represented Maine, threa; Now Haup.
shire, three; Massachusetts two Vermont, TWO
Rhode Island, two Connecticut ono. Three
wara born in New Jersey and one In Mississippi.
Among 20 many farmers and lawyers, There mus!
bo some very poor naembe1a Of the profession,
aud. possibly. some who make better lawyers o1
farmers than legislators. II tho lawyer lacks
but one Of . clear majority In the Senate, the
| farmers bold tho satno numerical power in thu
House. OF The 1853 elected. sefenty-Bix gtvt
theit occupation az "faymer." The lawyers
wore either moro modest Of lesH ambitious, Al
tl,ay number but tnirty-six. OF the remaining
forty thirteen are cfassed IS merchants, i've al
bankers, aud tho rest real-eBtate dealars, uni.u.
agents. 4 few have variety Of callings, some
OF which aro queer In their combinations, Ont
Ia farmer und merchant, others lawyer hne
banker, millor and furmcr, lawyer aud genera
dealer. lawyer and farmer, banker aud farmer
farmer and railroaling. Ono Of ths Chicago re-
formers IA "Jnstlce OF tue Peace" -Four arf
phyEicians, ono IN aKrlcultnrist.