The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-01-14
oUR A-w coNaR Is sMEN;
A Running Personal" Description Of
the New Members Of Congress.

hO uob vi lkCpiCoChbdtIfVS 10 duo
not full of strong names. Among the new
ones, Messrs. Lewis and Forney, of Ala
bama, are lawyers of fair ability. Hays,
from the same State, will have his seat con.
divided between lawyers and planters The
Arkansas Congressman are in no sense re-
markable. Mr.. Slemons, the only new
member, is an average country gentle
man." Williams of Del aware, is nice
old relic standby. Del ware only has one
Congressman, and is not particular Walls,
the Florida negro, used to he an overs-er.
Messrs. FELTON, and Chandler, the new
Georgia m mbers, are lawyers, 4 d y in
the Confe Ter tie service. The les [l!i-
noians ar mostly unknown In. Coul-
field is said TO be farmer ana Harrison a
merchant. Mr. Hsnd arson dipped into the
farmers movement. NJ. Campbell is con-
siderable of a man. Wnitins's seat will be
contested. Bagley, Wilke, Springer and
Stevenson are unexpectedly landed by the
tidal wave of 1874 The rest must wait for
greatness. 1t has not been thrust Cd them.
Little is known, outside of MI. Kerr, of
the new men from Indiana. He is one of
The ablest in the Democratic party. Messrs.
Fuller, Williams and Hamilton are lawyers.
Robinson and Raymond coquetted with
sraugerism. Tufts, Sampson and Oliver
from iowa, have been in the Legislature.
Ainsworth, is said to be lawyer, shrewd,
social and "rich.'' Mr.. Goodln, of Kan
Sas, is "falmer," political one. Mr.
Brown is an old politician. From Ken
lucky comes Boone, descendant of the
s,ioneer, and an ex-CoDfederate soldier. j.
Proctor Knott is he who mad. the "Du-
luth" and Pennsylvania avenue' speeches.
He i sort Of David Crockett in i" store
clio hes" Thomas l.. Jones has been
Cl.rk Of the Supreme Court of the State.
He is fiery lawyer. Parsons, Blackburn
and White are lawyers. Kentucky runs to
lawyers. White, the only Republican from
Kentucky, is "poor white, - and has good
.bility and great energy. The Louisiana
onservatives are lawyers and planters.
Mr.. Thomas, of Maryland, has been Gov
.rnor and Senator. He was in the Louise
II 1889, two years before Fernando Wood s
"1841 term. He is man Of decided cul-
ure. Roberts and Walsh are also lawyers
of fair ability. AS to Massachusetts, men,
Banks is well known; G. P. Thompson,
W beat Butler, is a lawyer; John K. Tar
box is smart, talkative attorney; William
w. Warren is merchant; Mr.. Seeyle is a
pr ,fessor at Dartmouth College, and sup
piled DR.. Buddington's church in New
York City for nine months when that pas
tor was away in Europe, and Mr.. Chaplin is
rich railroad President, seventy-one years
Id, but very hearty. Tho two Michigan
Democrats stepped in as Farmers" ''Bilp'
King has been introduced to the country
before by the Hon. John G. Schumacher.
The new Missourians are Beurbons all. and
the most of them are lawyers. BuckLer,
Phillips and DeBolt were in the Confe6er-
ate service. HEIR is Dutchman who has
behaved himself well. Woodburn, Of Ne
vada, is of the personal policies order.
Sharon and he agree. Sinniekson, of New
jersey, is farmer; Ross is "a broker; Cut
Ter is Bourbon lawyer, whom nobody
wanted to beat William Walter Phelps.
Teese and Hardenberg ''belong to good
fam lies,'' but have escaped eminence.
From New York, Metcalfe is a Long Island
urrogate; Chittenden and Bliss are well
<nowu; Meade is "nice" New York law
er; Ward used TO be Minister to China;
smith Ely. Jr., was !" tile honest Supervis-
or whom Tweed could not buy or bluff
Mr. Hewitt is "a bridge director and vice
,wyer; Beebe is an accomplished orator:
Martln l. Townsend is peppery loyalist
from Troy; Scott Lord, " no beat Mr. Ellis
II. Roberts, is Senator Conklln's law part
very new. North Carolina shows indiffer.
nily in the novices; SO does Ohio. Some
IF her youngsters are said to be able men.
Il. B. Payne is known 20 be. He is a law
yer and politician. The Pennsylvania
Democrats were surprised at their own sue
cess, and have few good men outside Of
those who served in the Forty y-third Con-
gress. Alex. Cochran, from the twenty
third district. is an able lawyer. The Ger.
mans demand recognition" They got in
enger, Sheakley and Malsh, practical kind
Of men. Mr.. Mackey, from South Caro-.
| lima, is an able man. Tennesse see has con.
boe xx,if n hon, SIo Ii L kQs
The country will know whether they are
liKeabIe after awhile. Ex-Federal Con.
gressman and ex Confederate Postmaster
General Reagan, of Texas, is as able @
morton is also Texan, and an able man
Culberson is an old Texas name. Schleich.
| er is Dutch caJtle-raiser, who has "sto0d
by the people of Texas Douglass, Tuck.
or, Goode and Cabbel represent .sOld Do
| minion" stock. They will take to the af
| fairs like a duck to the water. ExGov.
| ernor Walker, of Virginia, used to be Gen
eral Tracey's Law partner in Oswego. The
Virginians take TO him." He will be the
handsomest man in the new House. Den.
nison, of Vermont, is the country lawyer
who run independent" and defeated
Judge Poland. Charles ]. Faulkner, o.
West Virginia, was Mir. Buchanan's Minis
ter to France. He is able, "rich," OF ths
old style, and a '.perfect gentleman, sir. :
The new Wisconsin men are not well known
further than in their State or districts
Able men are reelected, but ON the whole
the House does not bid fair to be eminent
for mental power. The statesman /" j,
yet to come. Philadelphia Press.
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The FuaITIvE TWEED. sheriff Cor
ner, of New York, has had printed 5.0ol
letter-sheet circulars, dated from his of
nee, and offering reward of $4,000 fo
Tweed's capture. rhe circular has pho
tograph Of Tweed, carte de visite size, il