The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-02-07
THE NEW SENATORS.
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The terms of twenty-five Senators
expire with the present Congress.
Elections to supply their places for the
next six years have occurred In every
case but two. OF the twenty-three who
are chosen, seven are reelected as their
own successors, fourteen are entirely
new to the Senate heretofore, though
not during this Congress.
The seven reelected are Morrill, OF
Vermont, Conklfng of New YORK,
Cameron of Pennsylvania, Allison OF
Iowa, and Jones of Nevada, all Repub-
lfcans, and Gordon Of Georgia, ana
VOORHEES, of Indiana, both Democrats.
Mr.. voorhees, has been serving out q
short unexpired term of Mr.. Morton,
deceased; otherwise, he Is now to the
Senate. Logan of Illinois and Carpen-
ter of Wisconsin, both Republicans,
now return to the Senate after an alb
sence respectively of two and four
years. .,....
AL these gentlemen are too we'll
known to the country to require any
special reference to their qualifications
for occupying seats in the Senate.
OF the fourteen new Senators, only
four can set up the slightest pretence
to a national reputation Of any sort.
George s. Houston of Alabama was
Democratic Representative In Congress
for sixteen years previous to the war,
and became chairman of the Commit
tee of Ways and Means. He retired
from the House when Alabama seeded
from the Union. He has recently been
Governor of the State. When In Con-
eress he was industrious, an able deba-
ter, but apt to lose his temper when
hard pressed by an opponent. He Is
chosen to the Senate as q Democrat.
The most notable of the new Senators
is George HI. Pendleton Of Ohio. He
was prominent member OF Congress
for eight years, the Democratic nomi.
nee for Governor Of Ohio, tho canoi.
date for e-President on the ticket
with Gen. Mcclellan in 1864, and a
competitor for the Presidential nomt
nation at tho National Convention foul
years later, which, after long contest
presented the name OF HOratio Sey.
mOur.
II any of the other new Senators arc
men of superior attainmcnts, the fact
is yet to be demonstrated. Orville II.
Platt, who beat Gen. Joe Hawley In
Connecticut, is u medium-sized Repub-
lican politician OF Meridian. Hawley
had to interfere at the last moment to
prevent a bolt among the Republicans,
that would have resulted In the over
throw of Platt in the Legislature. Prof.
N. p. Hill, a Republican, comes from
Colorado. He is an emigrant nom
New England, and the manager OF tho
Boston and Colorado Smelling Works.
He is reputed to be able to obtain the
largest amount of silver from the small
est amount of ore, of any man in the
West; and is charged with having used
some OF the surplus in procuring his
rotten-borough seat in the Senate.
BY what rule the Democrats were
guided when they selected some OF
their Senators it is difficult to conjec-
ture. Perhaps John s. Williams OF
Kentucky is an exception to this gener-
al remark. We doubt if anybody out
side of their several States ever heard
of James Il. Farley of California, James
H. Slater of Oregon, George @. Vest OF
Missouri, James B. Groome of Mary
land. and Wilkinson Call OF Florida,
until the telegraph announced that
they had been elected Senators In Con-
gress. 1t is some consolation, however,
to believe that it is impossible for them
to be inferior in any respect to their
predecessors.
AS Plat, Hill and Call have already
caused biographical sketches of their
interesting lives to be sent by telegraph
to the metropolitan newspapers, per-
haps the rest will do likewise, and then
the public will know something more
about all these Senators.