The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-03-27
PERSONNEL OF THE HOUSE.
A Glance mt the New Members In tho
FOrty-Slxth Congress.
From the INe,o Io.k World.

From the NeW To.k World
In the House of Representatives of the
Forty sixth Congress there are 2S7 mem
bcrs, 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 Gustavc Schleicher OF
these 2S7 members 155 served i'm 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-fifth Congress, Messrs. Julian
Hartridgc, of Georgia; Alpheus S. VIII
Louisiana; Franz. Welch, of Nebraska ;
Terence ]. Quinn, of New York; Gus
tave schlcicher, Of Texas, and beverly
B. Douglas, of Virginia, being cut down.
Of these gentlemen but one, Mr..
Schlcicher, had been reelected to Con.
gross. or their successors, where the
vacancies were filled, Messrs. John NJ.
Bailey, of New York, and r. l.. r. 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. +. Butler, who hopes
T. be Governor the late Gen. A. S.
.lliams, of Michigan; Robt. A. Ha, CHI
of Missouri; John NJ. Glover, of Mis-
suuri, the Investigator; Abram S. H.Y-
lit, Clarkson n. Potter, George NJ. Beebe.
Martin l. Townsend and George A..
Bagley, Of New York; Curtis H. Brog-
den and Alfred NJ. Waddel, of North
Carolina; Milton Sayler, Henry B. Ban
ming. Americus V. Rice, (who NAV be
the Democratic nominee for Governor in
October,) Jacob d. Cox, ex-sccretary of
the interior, Charles Foster, (who will
not be the Republican nominee for Gov
ernor in Octobcr,) Milton |. Southland
and Lorenzo Daniord, of Ohio; William
S. Stenger and Levi A. Mackey, of Penn
sylvania; Benjumin L. Eames, of Rhode
Island; Haywood Y. Riddle, of Ten
nessee; James w. Throckmorton, of
Texas; Gilbert c. 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, 0Ir. 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 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 1869 Tennessee, four in
ten lone due to change y Texas, two i'm
six lone due to n change y Virginia.
three in nine, and West Virginia, none.
Of the Northern States Wisconsin and
Massachusetts are ne most faithful to
their members, returning respectively
seven Of eight and nine of eleven.
or the new members many have al
ready made desirable records in Congress
or arc described as men of promise. M-.
Burweii Is. Lewis, Of Alabama, served in
tho Forty-fourth Congress acceptably 4:
MT. Foipdexier Dunn, tho new imember
from Arkansas, showed In his canvass
the good gifts Of eloquence and modera-
tion. Gen. Joseph r. Hawley, OF Con-
necticut, is too widely known to need de-
scription. OF the new members from
Georgia, Messrs. John G. Nichols and
n. /. Hammond, bring enviahle repa.a-
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 haa gent to
Washington SUCH men as Howell Cobb,
Junius Hillyer, James Jackson an0 Ben.
Hill. Ofthe Illinois new members only
Mr.. Adlar Il. Stevenson has served be-
fore. Gen. James w. Singleton, from
the Quincy District, is gentleman OF
force of ohf.nc;er and ability, and Capt.
John r. Tho;aas promises to be useful
and hard working member. In Indiana,
Godlovo 8. Orth and Jeptha D. New,
both men Of talent, are returned once
more, and from Iowa is sent ex- Governor
Cyrus @. Carpenter, who has had long
experience of public i;s5 boin in his
adopted State and Mt Washington. Mr..
John A. Anderson, of Kansas, is an ex-
clergyman aud college president of fair
powers, and hlr. Philip =. Thompson,
Jr., of Kentucky, has the talent and atti-
tude of his distinguished family Mary
land sends good substitute for ex-Goy-
crnor Swami, in Mr.. Robert NJ. McLain,
veteran soldier, lawyer and diplomatist
who has already served two terms 10
Congress, where he made his mark.
Minnesota sends one of her most promi-
nent residcnts, Mr.. Wm. y. WashbpTn,
whose business capacity has long heen
approved. OF the new members from
Missouri, Mr.. Erastus Wells has already
sat in tie House, where ne left the rcp1-
tation of modest, hard-working and
useful member, and Judge Samuel L.
Sawyer is an accomplished lawyer and a
man of high character. Ex-Secretary
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