The Leavenworth weekly times., 1879-03-20
The Cor gress ths Neets to-day Com
pared with that og 1860.
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pared with that Of 1860.
Philadelphia Times.I
The last Senate in which the Democrats
| held a msiority met on December 5, 1860
and contained si1ty-sIx members There
sere thirty-eight Democrats, twenty six
Republicans and two Americans, the latter
being John J. Crittenden, of Kentucky, and
Anthony Kennedy, of Maryland. Among
the conspicuous Democratic names in that
Senate were those of William K. Sebas,isn.
Of Arkansas; Clement c Clay, of Alab ms;
Will I'm NJ Gwin, Of Californis; James A
Bsv ard, OF Delaware, faith of the present
Senator; Stephen K. Mallory, of Florida,
sfterward Confederate Secretary of tn.
Navy; Stephen A. Douglas, OF Illinois;
Jesse D. Bright, of Indians, afuerward
expelled; John Slidell and Judah p
Benz smin, OF Louisiana, the last named
having since attained high honors at tn.
Eoglish bar; Jefferson DAVIS, of Mississippi
afterward the Confederate President; Trues
ten Polk, of Missouri, who became a Con
federate brig adler; Joseph Lane, of Oregon,
then lately candidate for Vice PresidenI
on the Brckinridge ticket; Andrew
johnson, of Tennessee, who remained
Unionist in spite Of his State and reached
the highest position in the Republic in les
than half dozen years thereafter; Loui,
T. Wigfall, Of Texas; james NJ Ma-on and
r. NJ. I. Hunter, of Virginia, the Last
named recently the Treasurer of his State
Among the Republican leaders were Lsmsn
Trumbull, of illinois, who retired from tn.
Sc ,ste six ye rs age; Hannibal Hamlin. the
Vice Pres,drn, elect, ard William PITT
Fessenden, of Maine, the latter afterward
of h. TharI,,
and Henry Wilson. of Massachusetts,; John
P. Hale, of New Hampshire; William II
Seward, Of New York, who became Secre
tary Of State upon the organization of Lin
coins Cabinet; Benjsmin F. Wada, OF
Ohio; Edward d. Baker, of Oregon, who
left his seat to go into the war, and was
killed soon after; Simon Cameron, of Penn
-ylvanla, who went into Lincoln's Cabinet
as Secretary of War, and James r DoolI,-
tie, of Wisconsin. This body was presided
over by Vice President Breckinridge, who
served in the Confederate army throughout
the war. In tie House OF that
Congress there were one hundred and
fourteen Republicans, eighty seven
Administration Democrats, six anti-Le
compton Democrats aud twenty -four Amer
leans. The Democratic majority iu the
Senate went TO pieces in IN winter and
spring Of 1861, by the secession Of the |
Southern States, and the withdrawal OF
their Senators and Representatives gave
the Republicans full swing. The succeed |
ing Senate contained only ten regular Dem
ocrats and the House but forty-two.
The Senate which will meet on Tuesday |
next will contain ten members more than |
the last Democratic body before il, Colora-
do. Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada and West
Virginia having been admitted as States /
There will be forty three Democrats snd
Republic ins, giving the Demo
Gratis exactly the maj lriiy they had in the
Senate OF the Thirty sixth Congre nine.
years sgo' 1t is interesting to note
The number of new men who have
come up. There are in the present
Senate but three men who were there twenty
Eesrs ago-Anthony, Hsmlin and Chan
Her. Senator Houston, Of Alabama; Pen
lieton, OF Ohio; Dawes, of Massachusetts,:
of Minnesots; Lamar, of Missis-
ippi; Logan, Of Illinois; Coukling, of New
York; Vance, of North Carolina; Morrill,,
Il Vermont, were then in the House Sem
tor Hill, of Georgis, was in the next yesr
N. mber of the Confederate Senate, while
iarland, of Arkansas, and Vest, OF Mis-
ouri, were members of the Confederate
iouse. Senstor Harris. of Tennessee, was
{ thst time Governor of the State and one
{ the most bitter rebels in the South |
side from these the men in tn Senate as
'ell a. in the House are Of a new growtf.
'laine had not come into public life outside
Maine twenty years sgo; Edmund -.
sached the Senate in 1865; Thurman hsd ,
OF then been heard of, and attained his ;
rat prominence as the Democratic csndi +.
ate for Governor of Ohio in 1867, when !
E vas beateu by only few hundred votes .
'oorhees vas q memNer of the House,
ecfsd in 1862; David Davis was brought
ON IIlinois and put on the supreme bench
, Lincoln; Matt Carpenter was Just put
pg If his Democracy and had begun to :,
make arguments in behalf of ''the war (,
over Of the government" Nearly the i,
hole rae Of men nov prominent have 4
,me into national politics within a few Il
.srs. This is particularly 80 from the v
,uih; there may be Confederate brigadiers ii
abundance, but they are for tie moet part b
en- who have nothing in Common with i,
oee who went out from Washington in {,
6l to do the work of treason. They are ID
nerslly able men, and in fact the Forty y
nth Congress nov about to meet will con | II
in q better average of able men than apy
4, has preceded il for Q number of wears.