The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-21

multipiicd--e. 60 sos, 1888, &C., o..
Perhaps that correspondent was pok'ng
fun at somebody. ,.-.y~--.' 1880
Ts,e Present Ifousc--.S omethinS aDo '' :
,,c New Members OF the Housc OF
Representatives.
Tn fbe House Oh Representatives OF the
Forty-siSth Congress. (which began IT'S ses'
s;ons Yesterday, there are 2SI members,
California having yet TO elect her delegation
of four members, and there being vacancies
in New York and Texas caused bV tue
deaths OF Messrs. Alexander Smith ana Gus.
tave ScbIeicher. OF these 2S7 members, 100
served in the last House, while many OF the
NOW members have at previous times Oeeh
representatives.
No member OF the last House went mp TO
The Senate, Death was unusually busy IN Tue
Hn,,se during the Forty-tilth Congress-
Messrs. Julian Hartridge, OF Georgia. Al
nheus S. Williams, OF Michigan; Jonn 1:
Leonard, OF Louisiana; Frank "e!ch' OF
Nebraska; Terence j. Quinn, OF New ORE )
Gustave SchIeicber, OF Texas, ana beVeriy
4. Douglas, OF Virginia, being cut down.
Oftbese gentlemen but one (hr. Scble!cher)
had been reelected TO Congress. VI tnelr
successors. where the vacancies were h'leu;
Messrs. John NJ. Bailey, OF New YORK, ana
Il. L. T. Beale, OF Virginia, are hieuhoeis VI
tue present House.
A Number of very notable members OF the
uouse are among those retired, among them
being Messrs. Carter Ii. Harrison (Dem.) OF
Illinois the author OF the famous Marine
Rand speech: Horatio G. Burchard, OF llii'
ro;s. Minister WashbuJne's successor, no"
Director OF the Mint; John r. Eden, OF l'i''
nois. the chairman Of the Committee on
Southern Claims; William a. Phillips, VI
Kansas: Milton J. Durham, OF Kentucky
Eugene Hale, OF Maine; Thomas Swami,
of MARYLAND, chairman OF the Commlt-
Zee on Foreign Affairs; Nathaniel L:
Banks, OF Massachusetts, now Unlteu
States marshal; and General 3. +. But
Ter. who hopes to be Governor; the
late General A. s. Williams, OF Michl'
ran: Robert A. Hatcher, Of Missouri; John
NJ. Glover, OF Missouri, the investigator
abram S. Hewitt, Clarkson n. Potter
George NJ. Beebc, Martin l. Townsend, ano
George A. Baglev, OF New 1oIk Cur'is
II. Brogden and Alfred NJ. Waddeli, OF
North Carolina; Milton Sayler, Henry Is
Banning, Americas '. Rice, JACOB u. CoA
fex-Secretary OF the 1DtcrioI). Charles EOS
ter, Milton l. Southland, and Lorenzo Dan.
ford, OF Ohio; William S. Stenger ana Lev
A. Mackey, OF Pennsylvania; BENJAMIN !
Games, Of Rhode Island; Haywood L: KID
die, Of Tennessee; James w. IhrocKmor'
ton, OF Texas; Gilbert G. WALKER OF Vir'
ginia: and William Pitt Lynde, OF WIS
consin.
There will be no colored representa-.
tive in Congress this session, and
but one senator OF African descent,
Mr.. Bruce, of Mississippi. AS rule,
the southern States have made but
slight changes in their delegations, for
though Alabama returned but three of the
eight congresem who represented her IN
she 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 Uhree
OF these are to he attributed to change oil
the political complexion OF the distrlctS)
South Carolina, three in five (the three new
members having been Democratic nominees
in lS76); Tennessee, four in ten Zone due
to "A cbange); Texas, two in six Zone due to
q change; Virginia, three in nine, ano
West Virginia, none. OF the northern
States, Wisconsin and Massachusetts are
the most faithful 10 their members, return
ing respectively seven OK eight, and nine Of
eleven.
or the new members many have already
made desirable records in Congress or arc
described as men Of promise. Mr.. Burwel
Il. Lewis, Of Alabama, served in the Forty
fourth Congress acceptably; Mr.. PoindexteI
Dunn. the new member from Arkansas
showed in his canvass the good gifts OF elo
1uence and moderation. General Joseph X
{iawley, OF Connecticut, is too widely known
to need description. OF the new members
from Georgia, Mcssrs. John G. Nichols ant
y. /. Hammond bring unenylable rcputa
tons for character and ability, and Mr.
Emory Speer, the gentleman from the Ninth
d;strict-than whom only Mr.. Taylor, o
Tennessee, Is younger in years OF tn
members Of the present Housc-is de
scribed as one OF the most brllian
speakers OF the South and man worthy il
every way to represent the famous Mountain
District. which, within the memory OF thi
generation, has sent Washington such mel
as Howell Cobb, Junius Hillycr, jaime
Jackson. and Ben. Hill. OF the Illinois ncy
members only AGlai +. Stevenson ha
served before. General james w. Single
Ton, from the Quincy District, is gentle
man OF force OF character and ability, ant
CAPTAIN John Il. Thomas promises t(
be a useful and Woodworking member. Ii
New, both men OF talent, are returned
once more, and from Iowa is sent eX
Governor Cyrus c. Carpenter, who has
bad long experience in public life
both in his adopted State and at Wash
ineton. Mr.. John A. Anderson, OF Kansas
is an eX-cergylnan and college president, o
fair powers, and Mr.. Philip 3. Thompson
Jr., Of Kentucky, has the talent and apti
,ude OF his distinguished family. Marylant
sends good substitute for Ex-Governor
Swami in Mr. Robert NJ. McLane, q veteran
soldier, lawyer, and diplomatlst, who ba!
already served two terms in Congress
where he made his mark. Minnesota sends
one OF her most prominent residentS-Mr
William ID. Washburn, whose business ca.
pacily has long been approved. Uf the new
members from Missouri. Mr.. Erastus Wells
{, has already sat In the House, where he left
the reputation OF u modest, Woodworking,
and useful member, and Judge Samuel
L. Sawyer is an accomplished lawyer and
a man OF high character. EX.Sccretary
George NJ Robson is the most conspicuous
OF the new members from New Jersey, but
the Republican representatives from the
Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh districts are
highly spoken OF for ability and experience.
The Ohio delegation. will be strong one,
DESPITE the retirement OF Messrs. Cox, Say
Ter, Southland, and others. Mr.. Thomas l..
Young is veteran and successful politi-
cfan; his Cincinnati colleague, Mr.. Benja-
min Butterworth, has q high local reputa.
ton; Mr.. Frank FL. Hurd, who was in
Congress before, Is one OF the best lawyers
OF the State, and Mr.. w. D. Hill is qualified
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