Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-13
The Senatorial Elections.

most of their successes in the different
States in which United State. Senators
were to be elected by returning their
ablest men. So far this reasonable
expectation has not hcen realized.
Politically, the next Senate will be
exceedingly close and strong minori.
" would have succeeded in making it
very uncomfortable for the almost i'm
perceptible majority. so far n these
elections have progressed mediocriiy
is the rule and real excellence in the
selections the exception. In Maine
the Hon. Eugene Hale, better known
as little Hale" will wabblc around
in the seat at present occupied by
Hannibal Hamlin he can never fill
it. Although Mr.. Hamlin has been
the butt of the Capitol wits for years
his ability and integrity have never
been questioned, and he has been a
Senator Of whom any State might he
proud. Mr.. lIale's chief claim to the
distinction conferred upon him by the
Legislature of his State lies in the fact
that he is married to q daughter Of
the late Zach Chandler, and Is worth
two millions of dollars. In Minnesota
Alex. Ramsey, an importation from
Pennsylvania and n political pupil Of
Simon Cameron. succeeds Mcmillan,
who has occupied seat in the Senate
for six years, and whose entire record
consists in voting, either on one side
or the other, upon all questions that
came up during hi- presence in the
chamber Ramsey is a jobbing poIiti.
clan of very ordinary attainmcnis aud
will numerically swell the Republican
side Of the Senate without adding to
It's intellectual strength. Perhaps the
most di-heartcning result vet reached
j. the election of Omar ID. Cougcr, Of
Michigan, to n seat in the Senate.
After Mr., Zach Chandler, now gath
cred 70 his fathers. and the lamb.like
Mr. Chri,iiancy, ihc pre-rui plaintiff
I in divorce suit Of doubtful odor. it
was thought impossible TO render
Chandler and Christiancy respectable
I by contrast. But the choice Of thi.
( yclping hyena from the Wild. OF
Michigan will cause the cold chills to
creep up the backs Of all those who
still have an old.iashionci reverence
for our highest law-making body. We
can imagine the horror of Conkling.
/ Edmunds, ingalls,, Anthony and the
fastidious Burnside. when they recciv-
cd the dreadful intelligence of Congcr' :
election for although these Senators
are bitter aud unrelenting partisans,
they are likewise gentlemen who are
thoroughly alive TO the amenities of
social and political life. while Conger
is an ill.bred boor who by no stretch
of Imagination can be tortured into
anything but what he is His fellow
members of the House will gladly bid
him him ADIEU, but this feeling OF
gladness will he tinctured with pity for
the unfortunate body at the other end
of the Capitol. In Ohio John Sher.
will be the next Senator. Sherman is
as able as he is rapacious, and his ca.
reer in the Senate now will be but a
duplicate of his previous service in
the same body. He will be for John
Sherman first, last and all the time
while the country can take care Of il.
self. The little State of Connecticut
affords the country substantial reason
for rejoicing as she invests Joseph r.
Hawley with the Senatorial toga. Mr.,
Hawley is one of the best, purest and
most acceptable of latter day Repub-
lican leaders and he leavens his fealty
to party with liberal degree of toler-
ance and patriotism. In New York
and Pennsylvania the machine has
brought forward its own especial rep
resentatives, aud while in the former
State Evarts and George William
Curtis are unceremoniously put aside,
our own State rejects Benjamin Harris
Brewster and Wayne MacVeagh with