, 1879-04-14


THE GENTLEMEN FROM THE UNION,
The natncs Of tho members of tho now House
OF Representatives ar1 worth stutlytng,-as, In
decd, always are The nnmcs OF any considerable
number Of mon. 9orna Of tile DEVELOPMENTS nro
only amusing, others aEaln arc but curious, but
sonic are really interesting. For instance, Ia
the last House tho tribe Of WILLIAMS was tho
tnost numerous, six Representatives answering
to tho nnr,c Uut une OF the six, Mr. WILLIAMS,
Of Wisconsin, WITS reelected, md he "a supported
by but oun namcaakc. In November, 1870, avogcn-
tlcnsn sur,lamcd sftLroN san for Congress, arll
every MtLToN was elected: not ono OF them WAS
elected In 1878, ami the only MtLroN-by no
means muto If inglorious- Tho present HOUSE
Ia Mr.. URSan, Of Maryland. Taking them in
alphabetical order, tho nnmca Of 8 tnofnbors Of
tile House begin with 4; 20 names bcgin Will,
d; 20 With G; II with D; @ with E; IL with F;
with q: 30 With II; with j.; 10 with k: Q
with l.; 81 with NJ; i with N; with @; 8 With
T; 10 with R; - with g.; II with T; with u
5Etth '; 81 with "; aml with Y. Total, 287.
Tie "common names" 'aro corsptcuously
absent. II will aseontsh the DRowNs to learn
that they arc without Congressman to their
name, while there Is but ono BROWNE. There
Is but ono JONES. ono johnston, nnd one
ROBINSON, md Of eMtTns there aro only three,
willis but one honorable gentleman spells bis
namc THOMPSON, with or without "p." In
deed, Implications Of family namcs nrc un-
usually rare In this House. There arc three
ctAMKB, thrae DAvIsEs, three AlAnF1Ns, and
three sMrrus, aml two each Of tho trtbcs Of
ALDn1clt HAMMOND, HARRIS, RusssLr, Rlc1s-
AhnsoN, 8IsoLEroN TunNr1., UrpaoHArF,
WILLIAMS, Woop, a,ll fouau,-ln olier words,
2oS family nancs are represented among the
n n ItRE0 T.
IN the Senate mud House nre those OF Hill.
JONES, DAVIS, WILLIAMS, VANCE, uAgsts,
BAILEY, JOHNSTON, md CARPENTER There aro
but four O's in tho IIouso,-O'Dn1EH, o'Coy-
NOR, oNElLI, and O'RE1lLr; eight Mes md
blacs,-McCoip, McKRszlH, McLAuu, McGow-
An, McCooK. MCMAHON, MCKINLEY, md Nc
M1LLEH; two Vans,-VAg ARNAM and YAK
Yoon1l1s; at,d a single De,-DB Ia MATrn.
There Ia no such swcotlY pretty name, however,
oorno til Congress as that Of British Co.un-
htan member Of tho Canadian Commons
LIE COSMOS {though liz was, NC believe, chris
tened, THOMAS SMlrl1). Mcss1s. Cox, LAT, and
NEW must divide between thcmsclvcs tho honor
Of bcnrng the shorteat names; htr. SuAL1rH-
nEHaEr's nsnn fs nearly 20 per cent louecr t,,an
that OF hts nearest rival. As a ru1e, tho names
Of Legislators are short.
For tic bencht Of tho curious It may DO ea2d
that thero arc among the mombcrs Of the uo1,so
BAKER. BA RnER, Bowman, a BREWER, a
COOK, q CARpENrHn, d FISHER, d. KING, a
LADDt M1LLER, MASON, d SAWYER, q Tun-
NEu, TAILOR, TYLER, WEAVER, and other
PERSONS, BROWNE, and WHITE, whose clla.ar.
teristfcs ara BLAND, DnEunT, GOODS, LOVE-.
NEW, and-DHAog. There nrc FoRr and CANT.
With CANNON and 8PEEn, Mills, HOUSE, HALL,
ind KITCHEN Tiers arc u1LL, FIRLp, Coy
RHT, MARcn, WELLS, and Fonp. The animal
kingdom ia represented by MARTIN, Cosorn,
HAWK, mud Cox; the vegetable by Woop, RICE,
COIN, uuL1s REED, md 6Arr (which the
nymphs protect from Fnosrl), and the mineral
BY SToNH md sTEgIR. The House IL not with.
out MONEY or without PRICE; nav, 1t Ina
NICHOLAS. There arc SCALES, PouNp, and
WAIT; M1LEs, CABEIL, srARKB, ant from ono
Of tho sparks 1t not by cab'e) VALENTINE, nj.
lowing our lady readers to conclude NTH Ey,ss
md Bliss.
In the mattcr Of initials, Mcssrs. j, U. g.
BLACKBURN, j. FRKD c. TALnorr, RopEar II.
III. DAVIDSON, RonERT N. A. HAWK, WILLIAM
a. ]. siARKs and JOHN .. e. ArK1ss lend their
less fortunate follows. Eight honorable gentle-
mon part their names In tho mtddle,-SEesars.
L. JoHN ELLIS. J. PHocToR KNOTT, J, FLoYp
KING, j. FIRED o.TALDorT,J j. WARMsS KBIrEn,
A. HEIR SMITH, II. CASEY Youao, md j. RAN.
poLrH TUCKER Admirers Of Afr. D1cKrss'
novels will regret to hear that there Is not n
single GtNHRr In the 11ouse and that as d r,tlo
tho ncmhcrs' Christian names nro Of nlatn
ordinary character. Thcra are 81 Jouus. 30
WILLIAMS, Is JAMHsEs, IA TuoMAsrs, l3
GKoNoEs, nnd10JosEpns. Then como8 ursuYg,
as many 1sonEHEs, C1ARLrsEs, O EDWARDS.
and BESIAMlss; OF PM1LL1rs, RICHARDS, aud
sAAUELs there arc each; DANIELS, ALrnaDs,
and DAylps, 3; ALEXANDRIA,, IIlRASis, A1uElsrs,
cYhu6Es, DupLErs, Epw1As, hAAks, N1c1l-
oLAsEa, WALTERS, aud FRAMES, 2; leaving
% unduplicated Christian names, to Wit.
ApLAI, ANpNHW, AMOS, AMAsA, AYLurr. At
YAH, ARCHIBALD, ANsoH, AMAz1An, BunwaL1.
bRADLKr, BrNroN, CALVIN, EMERY, ErpA,
ELIJAH, ELI, ERAsTUs, EvAnTs ELnp1pos,
EBEsEzA1t, FnEpEnsOK, FNASo1s, FERNANDO,
GREsNbunT, GILBERT, GopLoyn. GABRIEL,
GIDEON. Glnsos, H1LAAT, HESTER, HRNputoK.
1foRAT1o, HAIRY, uEnMAaB, HEzsK1Au, jon
DAN. JEI'TliA, JONATHAN, JONAS, JULIUS, JAR,
JOSHUA, JEREMIAH, Luc1nN, LAriMxn, Law
nEScE, LEoroLD, LowNpEs, LRW1s, Lay,.
MORGAN, MICHAEL, MosEs, M1lTos, MARTIN,
MILES, NoBLE, NATHAN, NELSON, NArnAn1EL,
OL1s, OMAN, OTHo OaoAR, Po1xpsxrsu,
ROGER, REunrN, RussuL1., I,usH, RANDALL,
ROSWELL. KoLLIH, RAT, SETH, STEPHEN, Sell
WIN, SIMEON, ssrHADpauB, THOMPSON, VAN H.,
WASHINGTON, WALroLE, WA1nlupaB, and
WARMER,
And limits what's 10 nnna 10 far as tho
members Of tho present House arc CONCERNED,
The Baltimore american OF tho 11ll says cdI.
tor1aiEy: "T!u Illinois Legislature has earned
for itsc!f, according to almost Unanimous re-
port, sorry distinction for iobbery, md tic