Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-03-27

From the correspondence ofthe NashviiI,

Z THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
! From the correspondence ofthe Nashvill,
Y American.
las two Of The eminent men
; spoken of in the following letter are
0 citizens Of Clarksville, wethink that
the recognition of their great merits
as public men comes more graceful
ly from Nashville than from Clarks-
! vile, and we give the encomiums
I of our contemporary with the hearty
endorsement of the Editor of the
Chronicle. t..
WASHINGTON, March 16, 1885,
As you have already beenInformed,
your immediate Representative in
| Congress broke in Upon the ordinary
routine and enlivened the dull
monotony of proceedings i'm the
House,of Representatives, last week,
by the delivery of ringing speech,
in which he exposed and denounced,
in terms of mastery eloquence, the
inefficiency, hypocrisy and corrup-
tion of the fraudulent Hayes adj
ministration. Tennessee has, in the
present Congress, and exceptional
ly able representation-one Of which
the people of the State may well feel
prOud--and had not Representative
House already attained an enyiable
reputation, and position well adj
vanced towards the front rank Of
the delegation, the delivery of his
speech of Tuesday would have Sc
cured to him that distinction. No
4 speech in the House of Representa-
tives, since the assembling Of the
10th Congress, to which it has been
my fortune to listen, has command
i ed more attentive hearing, or has
/ received from politicians and the
\ press, higher enconiums for its abili-
ty, eloquence and timely applica-
tion. H ogia yasI
Referring to the conceded high
standing Of Tennessee's Representa-
tives in the House, it may not be
amiss to add word, in the slme
connection, with reference to stas I
TENNRssEE's SENATORS.
OF Senator Harris it is scarcely
necessary to speak. AS an active
participant in the heated political
contests of the last thirty years, he
has canvassed the State to and fro,
] in all directions, so often, that from
"Carter to Shelby,p he is personal
| ly known to a majority of the adult
population, and his ability, energy,
and fidelity to principle are every
where fully recognized. Plain, un-
assuming manners, perfect aecessi-
bility, outspOlep frankness, coupled
with vigilant and untiring attention
to the interests of his constituents,
no matter how humble their sphere
in life, have achieved for Senator
| Harris, throughout the borders of
the State a popularitysit has fallen
| to the lot of few public men to en-
| Joy. Beginning in 1S47 as a MEM
Der of the State Legislature, he was
subsequently twice elected a Re-
preventative in the Congress Of the
United States; was thrice elected
| Governor OF Tennessee, and he is
now in the fourth year of a term in
the Senate. 1t is sufficient to say
that he has fully justified the conf
dence reposed in him by the people |
of Tennessee, by bringing to the dis
charge of his duties, in every capaci- |
| ty in which he has been called to |
act, faithful and unTemitting atten-
ton, coupled with capacity of the |
| highest order. Since his appearance |
| in theSenate, he has impressed HIM |
self upon the legislation of Congress |
in the presentation and successful |
advocacy of measures sofimpQrtance,
not only to his own State, but to the |
country at large.
SENATOR BAILEY, ,
on the contrary, has not been so |
long nor so prominently identified |
with the political history of his !
native State. His life has been |
chiefly devoted to his profession; |
and although recognized by his |
brethren of the bar as one of the |
soundest and ablest lawyers in Ten |
nessee, he was, till within a recent |
period, to the great mass of the peo-
pie of the State, comparatively |
stranger. He was elected inJanua- |
ry, 1877, a Senator in Congress, to |
| fill the vacancy occasioned by the |
death of Andrew johnson, and took |
his seat on the 10Th day of the same
month. OF the seVenty-eight mem
hers who comprise the United 1
States Senate, there were perhaps /
less than dozen to whom he was |
known even by name, Yet to-day, |
in that dignified and august body, |
| he is recognized as one of the ablest |
aud most prominent members. No |
man ever gained more steadily and |
rapidly upon the respect, the esteem
and the confidence of his brother |
Senators. He is regarded as pru-
dent, thoughtful, perfectly poised,
brainy man; forming his opinions /
only after careful and. intelligent |
study and analysis; but once form
ed, maintaining them withimmova-
ble firmness and tenacity Of pur-
pose. ~
: There have been periods in the |
past history of Tennessee, when, |
though the State was represented in
the Senate by men acknowledged |
ability, her influence In that body |
was neutralized by discOrdant poll
tical views, weakened by personal
rivalries, or frittered wholly away |
by social excesses on the part other |
representatives, Such is not the |
/ case to-day. Her present Senators, |
/ though altogether unlike in man /
ner and temperament, are in perfect |
accord on questions of public policy, |
| are upon terms Of the most friendly |
intimacy, and are both zealously |
devoted to the public service. Act [
ing in concert, they are enabled to /
exert important and recognized in
huence upon legislation, and es-
| pecially upon measures more i'm
mediateIy affecting the interests of |
their own constituency. / can re- |
call no period within my recollec-
tion when Tennessee was ever, In /
all respects, so ably and so efficient !
ly represented, as at the present |
time, in the Senate of the United |
1 States.
The question, with reference to |
| Congress, that from the frequency !
with which it is repeated, infer to !
be uppermOst in the minds Of the |
people, is fsig m drtra,
HOW LONG WILL LLTHEsEssI0M LAST? !
1T is one difficult to answer This |
much, however, / can safely say: |
The length Of the session will de- |
pend almost wholly, ifnot altogeth- /
er, upon how soon the annual APP !
propriation bills can be passed. OF |
the many important measures pend [
ing in Congress, ] know Of only one 1
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