The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-15
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

The Illinois Legislature has passed q
law compelling public treasurers to in
vest surplus moneys in government
bonds.
Gov. LESLIE, of Kentucky, is a candi-
date for the United States Senatorship
from that State. The Hon. James B.
Beck is his rival.
The New Haven Register asserts that
5000 pounds of mail matter recently ar
rived at Norwich, Conn, under the frank
of Representative Starkweather.
The town of Seaford, Del, unpatrioti-
cally forgot it's town election recently
an inadvertence which will compel an act
of the State Legislature to remedy.
In five States of the Union the Gov
ernor receives a salary of but ST. 900.
These States are Michigan, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Yer
mont.
Ex-Gov. PARKER, of New Jersey, has
resigned his office of Attorney General
because he wishes to give more time to
private practice. Ex-senator Stockton
and Mr.. Jacob Vanatta are candidates
for the position.
IT is not expected that there will be
any controversy between Secretary Bris-
tow and the new Treasurer relative to
appointments in the Treasuuer's Office
News friends state that he will insist
that Gen. Bristow make all the appoint
ments.
The new Legislature of Connecticut
stands as follows Senate, Is Democrats
to Republicans House, 100 Repubh-
cans to 1873 Democrats and l Independ-
ent. Last year the Senate stood II
Democrats to 4 Republicans, and the
House SO Republicans and 142 Demo
Gratis.
FLANAGAN, of Flanagan's Mills, Texas,
retires from the United States Senate
with remarkable record for a man of
his experience. Though a native of Vir-
glnia, once a tanner in Kentucky, and
cotton planter In Texas, he never smoked
a cigar, uttered profane word, or drank
a drop of Intoxicating liquor
The majorities for Congressman at the
recent election in Connecticut, as COM
pared with 1873 and 1871, are as follow
l. George NJ. Landers 263 D. 1266R. 247R.
2. James Phelps. ....... 897 D. 588R 23R.
3. III H. Starkweather. 372 R. 1,764 R. 1,465 r.
4. *Wm. H. Barnum. 2, 1870 D. 1,764 D. ,O76 D..
Reelected.
CONCERNING the personal appearance
Of the new United States Senators
Angus Cameron is not unlike Simon
Cameron in size, features and manner.
Mcmillan, who takes Ramsey's place, is
small man, with black beard and
Granger or rural air about him. Ran
dolph, of New Jersey, is tall, corpulent
and DrOad-shouldered man, with full face
and bushy side whiskers. Like Burn
side, he is snowy and dresses well.
Pinckney Whyte, of Maryland, is of a
delicate and aristocratic bearing. Ker-
nan, of New York, is very Senatorial in
his looks, and looks as if he had six years
Of uninterrupted happiness before him.
Cockrell, OF Missouri, and Withers, of
Virginia, both of whom were in the Con
federate army, have that hard and rough
look of the Southern soldier Andrew
johnson looks admirably, walking around
the Senate chamber with an air of cas-
and comfort. Eaten, Of Connecticut, is
small man, with gray fair and smooth face,
and has look on his countenance, of
perpetual anger. Jones. Of Florida, is
tall, gaunt, broad-shoul>,ered, ungainly
fellow, with sandy hair cropped down
close to the skull, and a smooth red face.
1t is frank and honest face, although
not very handsome. Maxey, of Texas,
is tall and slim man, with long goatee.
He was at West Point, and a General in
the rebel army. Mcdonald, of Indiana,
is a great, heavy man, with a big head
and full round face, and look of intense
severity. Bruce, the colored member
from Mississippi, dresses well, and has
the bearing of quiet and unobtrusive
manson