The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-03-01


tee aud q member Of The Committee
% Private Lund aud Library.
Oliver Z. Morton is u native of In
diana, and il ffty-four years Of age.
and has been 10 the Sruato since
1867. Hc is Cbairmao oil Tho Com
Committee on Privileges and Elcc-
tons, aud is n member Of tho Com-
mit,ees ou Foreign Relations ani
Education and Laoor.-The public
are familiar with tho earnestucs-
with which he opposed the bill crea-
tiog tho Tribunal.
Frcderck L. Frcclin.hu sen of
New jersey, is native ut the State
he represents, aui nearly sixty gears
oI age. Ec has been in the Senate
since 1867, having previously held
important State o;lices. lie ia Chairs
man of the Committee on Agrical-
ture upd is a member of the Cons
mlttees on Foreign Relations, Ia
naoce AMI judiciary.
Allen G.. Tnurm,n is a Virgiuiau
by bir,h, aud is Ga years ot age.
tie has bccn citizen Of Ohio siucc
1919. lie il man of un1i4patcI
ability, and is Chairmlu oil the Cons
mittce on P,ivate land claims aud u
member OF tue Judiciary Committee.
Thom,s Il. B,ynrd represents II
little State, but ho il unqnestionn-
bIy a man Of ability. Hc was forty
eight years OF age. and Chairman OF
the Committee on Engrossrd Bills,
aud q ~, mber o' tho Committee sn
F,uauce aud Private Land Claims.
THE HOUSE MEMBERS.
Henry B. Payne is rativc OF
New York, AMI j. nearly sxtv-saveo
years of uge. He was elected to
Congress BY the Liberal Republi-
cans aud Democrat. Ho is consider d.
ed iair inan, who will weigh all
qlcstions JudIcially. lie is - mem-
Der of the Committee ou B,niing
aud Cur eucy aul OF that Oh the
Count of th, Electoral Votes.
Eppa nunton, ui Virginia, is fifty.
four years Of aac. and is also Law.
ser. He is native cl the district he
represents CJngrosa. 10 held q
uumb,r OF civil oilicos iu his State
until he outbreak Of the rebellion
when be went into tho Confederate
army aud .crved through the war.
attaining the rank Of D'igadicr q n
cral. H. is serviu. ihr,uih his src-
md Congress ani is re.cleclcd to the
uext.
Joseph A. Abbott, Of M.ssach,-
setts, is sixty-two years Of age. lic
was admitted TO bis scat just before
the close OF the last session an at.
ter II bitter contest wi.h Mr. RlIu-
) Fro-t who hld received the cer-
titicate, but who was declared 10y the
House not to have bscu el'ctad lie
{, "a iawycr. aud has served la tn,
Massachusetts, Legislature and on
the bench OF that State.
George L. Hpur is serving bis
eighth year IN Congress, having been
first elected to tho Fvriy-F,rst Con,
gres-. lie declined denomination
last Summer, aud has since been eicc-
ted to tn, United States Senate to
succeed Mr, Boutwell, Mr.. H,ar i,
a member of the Judiciary Conmit-
toe aud Of the committee on Eluca-
ton aud Labor. Mr. uoar Is be-
tween City and tiity-onc years ofage.
james \. Garfield is also An expo
ricnced Congressman since the thirty
eighth. He has been Chairman Of
the Committee on Banking and Crr-
rency, Military afIiirs, and Appro
priations, aud is 10 this Congress
member Of the Committee of Ways
and Means and of tho Pacific rail-
roads. uo is nrtive OF Ohio, and
torly~live years Of age. Ho served
in the army during tho late war, aud
attained tho rank OF Major General.
He has occupied conspicuous place
and position since he has been u
member Of Congress. for il is concc-
led that he Is O man of decided abil.
ity. Ohio bas been the lucky State
in tho formation of tho Tribunal, for
il has 10 less than three members,
Wis Payne, Garfield aud Thurmau.
NJ body Of men ever assumed a
weigh,ier responsibility than that
which now rests upon this C'mmls-
sion. The eyes of tho whole connpy,
aud, in fact. of the entire civilized
world. look anxiou.ly to them for a
OF tho difficulties now vexins
our land. 1t is believed that their
dccissiou, wha'ever it may be. will
Ia annninanal In ly lhn nennle M