The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-03-27
PERSONNEL OF THE HOUSE.
L Glance at the New Members In tho
Forty-Sixth Congress.

PERSONNEL OF THE HOUSE.
A Glance at the New Members In tho
Forty-sixth Congress.
From the New York World.
In the House of Representatives of the
Forty-sixth Congress there are 2S7 men,
bers, California having yet to elect her
delegation Of four members, and there
being vacancies in New York and Texas
caused by the deaths of Messrs. Alexan-
der Smith and Gustave Schleicher. OF
these 2S7 members 155 served in the last
House, while many of the new members
have at previous times been Representa-
tives. No member of the last House
went up to the Senate. Death was un-
usually busy in the House during the
Forty-ffth Congress, Messrs. julian
Hartridge, of Georgia; Alpheus S. Will
liams, of Michigan John l. Leonard, of
Louisiana; Frank Welch, of Nebraska
Terence ]. Quinn, of New York; Gus.
tave Schleicher, Of Texas, and Beverly
B. Douglas, of Virginia, being cut down.
Of these gentlemen but one, Mr..
Schleicher, had been reelected to Con-
gress. Of their successors, where the
vacancies were filled, Messrs. John M.
Bailey, of New York, and R. L. T. Beale,
of Virginia, are members of the present
House.
A number of very notable members of
the House are among those retired,
among them being Messrs. Carter H.
Harrison, (Dem.) Of Illinois, the author
of the famous Marine Band speech Ho-
ratio G. Burchard, of Illinois, Minister
Washburne's successor, now director of
the Mint; John R. Eden, of Illinois, the
chairman of the committee on Southern
claims; William A. Phillips, of Kansas
Milton J. Durham, of Kentucky; Eu-
gene Hale, of Maine; Thomas Swami, of
Maryland, chairman of the committee on
foreign affairs; Nathaniel P. Banks, of
Massachusetts, now United States mar
shall, and Gen. B. F. Butler, who hopes
to be Governor; the late Gen. A. S.
Williams, of Michigan; Robt. A. Hatch
er, of Missouri; John NJ. Glover, of Mis-
souri,, the investigator; Abram S. Hew-
lit, Clarkson N. Potter, George NJ. Beebe,
Martin I. Townsend and George A.
Bagley, of New York; Curtis II. Brog-
den and Alfred M. IYaddell, of North
Carolina; Milton Sayler, Henry B. Ban
ming. Americus V. Rice, (who may be
the Democratic nominee for Governor in
October Jacob D. Cox, ex-secretary of
the interior, Charles Foster, (who will
not be the Republican nominee for Gov
ernor in October,) Milton l. Southland
and Lorenzo Danford, of Ohio; William
S. Stenger and Levi A. Mackey, of Penn
sylvania; Benjamin T. Eames, of Rhode
Island; Haywood Y. Riddle, of Ten
nessee; James w. Throckmorton, of
Texas; Gilbert G. Walker, of Virginia,
and William Pitt Lynde, Of Wisconsin.
There will be no colored representative
in Congress this session, and but one SEN
ator of African descent, Mr.. Bruce, of
Mississippi. AS a rule the Southern
States have made but slight changes in
their delegations, for though Alabama
returned but three of the eight Congress
men who represented her in the last
House, Arkansas makes but one change
in four districts; Florida, none; Georgia,
three in nine; Kentucky, three in ten
Louisiana, one in six; Mississippi, none
North Carolina, four in eight, (three Of
these are to be attributed to change of
the political complexion of the districts y
South Carolina, three in FIVE (the three
new members having been Democratic
nominees in 1861 Tennessee, four in
ten lone due to q change y Texas, two in
six lone due to change y Virginia,
three in nine, and West Virginia, none.
Of the Northern States Wisconsin and
Massachusetts, are the most faithful to
their members, returning respectively
seven Of eight and nine of eleven.
Of the new members many have al
ready made desirable records in Congress
or are described as men of promise. Mr..
Burwell B. Lewis, of Alabama, served in
the Forty-fourth Congress acceptably;
Mr. Poindexter Dunn, the new member
from Arkanaas, showed in his canvass
the good gifts of eloquence and modera-
ton. Gen. Joseph r. Hawley, of Con-
necticut, is too widely known to need de-
scriptlon. Of the new members from
Georgia, Messrs. John c. Nichols and
N. /. Hammond, bring enviable reputa-
tions for character and ability, and Mr..
Emory Speer, the gentleman from the
Ninth District-than whom only Mr..
Taylor, of Tennessee, is younger in years
of the members Of the present House-is
described as one of the most brilliant
speakers of the South and man worthy
in every way to represent the famous
Mountain District, which within the
memory of this generation has sent to
| Washington such men as Howell Cobb,
Junius Hillyer, james Jackson and Ben.
Hill. Ofthe Illinois new members only
Mr.. Adlar i, Stevenson has served be-
fore, Gen. James w. Singleton, from
the Quincy District, is gentleman Of
force Of character and ability, and Capt.
John R. Thomas promises to be useful
and hard working member, In Indiana,
Godloye S. 0rth and Jeptha d. New,
both men of talent are returned once
more, and from Iowa is sent Ex-Governor
Cyrus G. Carpenter, who has had lcng
experience Of public life both in his
adopted State and ut Washington. Mr.
John A. Anderson, of Kansas, is an ex-
clergyman and college president of fair
powers, and Mr.. Philip i. Thompson,
Jr, of Kentucky, has the talent and atti-
tude Of his distinguished family. Mary
land sends n good substitute for cx-Gov-
ernor Swami, in Mr.. Robert NJ. McLaip,
veteran soldier, lawyer and diplomatist
who has already served two terms in
Congress, where he made his mark.
Minnesota sends one of her most promi-
nent residents, Mr.. Wu. j. Washburn,
whose business capacity has long heep
approved. OF the new members from
Missouri, Mr.. Erastus Wells has already
sat in the House, where he left the repu-
tation of modest, Woodworking and
useful member, and Judge Samuel L.
Sawyer is an accomplished lawyer and a
man of high character Ex-Secrctary
George NJ. Robeson is the most conspic-
uous of the new members from New