Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-01-15

Among inc incoming members are
nine persons who have seen service in
the Legislature in past years. These
are Findley Patterson, Of Washington
county, who was Senator away back
IN 1886, when his district extended
from the Mcaongahcla TO Lake Eric,
and who was suoseqIiens;t Speaker OF
the Senate and Speaker of the House !;
Col. Il. W. Davis, of Philadelphia, who
came here from yenango county, as u
member, nineteen years ago, and who
has also been Speaker of the House
and of the Ssnate Charles S. Wolf Of
Union, the great anti. Cameron leader,
who has " bearded the lion in his den,
the Douglass in his hall" in former
Legislatures u. Il. Hewitt, an able
lawyer of Blair NJ. Edwards, mem.
Der of the late Constitutional Conven-
ton Robt. j. Nicholson, an enter
prising lumberman, Of Jefferson; Il. NJ
Schrock, Of Somerset j. G. Gatchell,
Of Lancaster, and James Holgatc, Of
Philadelphia. Besides there is John
Il. Barrett, the new member from
Lackawanna, who took notes Of the
proceedings last Winter from "the
hole in tho WALL called q reporters
gallery, and became so enamorcd with
the beauties of legislation that be dc
termined to take band in the busl-
ness Of making laws, and try the use
of his tongue instead of his pen. Add.
ing these TO the members of the last
House who successfully ran the gaunt.
let Of reelection, and we have SO
members who have seen legislative ex.
perience out of total of POL The
House will surely be a green one, but
it is doubtful whether it is any the
worse for that, as new members are
more careful about their records than
old ones, and what they lack in expert
ence they make up ln the desire to do
the best they can.
Going over TO the Senate we find
that the political iatcs have dealt no
less harshly with those who had to
stand their chances before the people.
Twenty-fveof the iiity Senator's (those
representing the odd-numbered dis
tricts) held over. There were elections
in the even-numbered districts and
also in the Twenty-seventh. This
made twenty-six vacancies to be filed.
Out Of this number only six were re
turned, as follows Horatio Gates
Jones, VIM. j. Newell, of Philadelphia
Evan HOLDEN, of Lehigh G. B. Sea
man, of Laclsawanna Hugh Mcneil,
of Allegheny, and George V Lawrence,
Of Washington, the two latter narrowly
escaping defeat. This shows the muta.
tions Of politics, and may serve as a
warning to ambitious young men who
think it an easy thing to get an office,
and a still easier thing to hold on to it.
OF the twenty new members, three
(Messrs. Schnatterly, Nelson and Rob
erts) were members OF the last House,
and eight (Messrs William Elliott, OF
Philadelphia, Kaufman, Craig, Jack.
son, Ross, Hereter, Alexander and Hall)
have served in former Legislatures. OF
the outgoing Senator's, Dill resigned to
make his canvass for Governor Stone,
and DunKef were elected to State Off.
ces Fertig was defeated for Lieuten.
ant Governor, and Nagle is dead. The
others either declined to be candidates
or were defeated for the nomination or
election. Fisher, of Huntingdon,
although elected TO Congress last Fall,
still holds his seat in the Senate. The
Senate hts lost great deal of ability
in the retirement OF Dill, Newmyer,
Yerkes, Corbett, Allen and Peale,
which has been in part compensated
by the accession of such new men as
Wolverton (Dill's successor), Hall, OF
Elk, and Allen Craig, Of Carbon. With
the resignation of Dill and the defeat
OF Newmyer, both political parties lost
their leaders, unless Senator Herr may
be called the leader on the Republican
side. Politically the new Senate stands
Republicans, 32 "a gain Of one) Demo
Gratis, 10 Grecnbackers, 3. Those
holding over stand 81 Republicans to
A Democrats, as the result of the late
Mr.. Mackey's gerrymander to sccure
Cameron votes, at the election two
years ago Counting the Greenbackers
with the Democrats, and we have IL
Republicans and IA Democrats going
in now and holding over beyond the
next election for United States Senator,
which will be advantageous to Mr..
Wallace, should bc bc candidate for
reelection, whether il was so contem.
plated and intended originally or not
AS the House is elected every two
years, Mr.. Wallace will have TO run
bis chances for that in Presidential
year
Great preparations are in progress
for the Inauguration Of Governor-clect
IIoyt. The entire National Guard,
1000 strong, have been furnished new
overcoats and transportation, and will
be present. All the Republican Clubs
in the State will turn out, and the
pageant promises to be one of the
grandest ever seen In Pennsylvania.
All are making arrangements to stay
two days.
OVERDOING 1T.