The Portland daily press., 1881-02-02
The Carpet Baggers.
a Mass Of Facts About that Bugbear Of
the South in Congress.
( Washington Republican. I

AilnOugn ailuSiOnS TO What IS termed the
''carpet-bag element are less frequent than
formerly, it by no meons follows that the
temporary ascendency of the Democratic party
in the national legislature has resolved the
''grip-sack" into an unknown political guam
tity. Nor is it necessarily true that the much
abused carpet-bagger has been completely
eradicated from the body polite simply be-
cause of the successful enforcement of the
shotgun policy in certain localities and the
adoption of equally potent me assures in others
where the element referred to at one tune
predominated.
In order to disabuse the minds of those who
may be inclined to the contrary opinion, we
have prepared the subioined analysis from the
Congressional Directory showing the ma
tivity Of the Senators and members who at
present make up the body of our lawmakers
The investigation incident to the undertake
ing develops some interesting facts.
For instance, of the 375 Senators, Represent
stives and Territorial delegates there are but
200 who are natives of the States they in part
represent. The remainder are, technically
speaking, "carpet-baggers Seventeen are of
foreign birth, viz: Briggs of New Hampshire
Joyce of Vermont, Jones of Nevada and Can
non of Utah are Englishmen; Beck of Ken
lucky and Campbell of Arizona territory are
Scotchmen; Jones of Florida, Ford of Mis-
souri,, 0'Reilly and OBrien of New York and
Young of Ohio are Irishmen; while Heilma
of Indiana, Morse of Massachusetts,, Poehler
of Minnesota, Muller of New York and Deus
ter of Wisconsin are Germans.
furnish the only solid native born delegations:
and Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Min
nesota, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas,
Wisconsin and the territories, with the ex-
ception of New Mexico, are represented ex
clusively by carpet-baggers. Classified by
States, Alabama has given birth to neither of
her Senator'S, and to but three of her eight
Representatives She has furnished to other
States Berry of California, Ktchin of North
Carolina and Jones of Texas.
Arkansas, as already observed, sends full
carpet-bag delegation to Congress, besides con-
tributing Elan, another knight of the "grip-
sack" to Louisiana.
California sends one natiye-born citizen
Pacheco.
Connecticut sends five out of six, and con-
tributes Hayes to Illinois, Gillette to Iowa,
Chittenden, Hutchins, and Scoville to New
A.
OF the Florida delegation only one, David
son, is to the manor born.
Senator Brown, who was born in South
Carolina, is the only carpet-bagger from
Georgia, which State gave birth to Pugh and
Sanford Of Alabama, Hull of Florida King
of Louisiana, Lamar of Mississippi, and Cui-
be tson Of Texas.
Logan, Morrison, Thomas and Marsh ~
were born in the State to which they are ac-
credited (nlinois) and from the same section
Cla&a rAfn
ington Territory.
Cobb, New, Hostetler, and Colerick of In
diana are native Hoosers, as are also Hawk,
Springer, and Sparks, of Illinois, Whitaker
OF Oregon, Burnside of Rhode Island, and
Booth of California
Iowa gives Valentine to Nebraska, but
chooses none of her own sons to represent her.
self
Kansas is not yet of sufficient age to provide
a son of her own for the National Legislature.
with the exception OF Senator Beck and
one representative. the delegation from Ken
tucky are all natives of that State, as are
Walker of Arkansas, Call of Florida Steven
son of Illinois, Jonas and Gibson of Louisiana,
Singleton OF Mississippi, Vest, Bland and
Mcmillan of Tennessee, and Maxey of Texas.
Ellis OF Louisiana has the right to claim the
Pelican State as the place of his birth; and so
has Oscar Turner of Kentucky.
Maine sends six of her own sons to Congress,
anu iuAhlbuoo OIcSOu Will OTON6r, Iowa Wlun
Deering, and Minnesota with Dunnell and
Wsshburn.
McLane breaks the solidity of the Maryland
delegation by his having been born in Della
ware; but Lord Baltmore's plantation may
justly lay claim to David Davis and Town.
shend of Illinois, Kirkwood of Iowa, McMa-
hon Of Ohio, Davis of West Virginia, and
Downey, the poetical delegate from Wyoming
Territory.
Massachusetts represents herself with nine
OF her own offspring, and contributes Davis to
California, G. r. Davis to Illinois, Ingalls, to
Kansas, and Blake to New Jersey.
Michigan contents herself with Ferry, Brew
er and Hubbell, borrowing the remainder of
her delegation from other States.
Minnesota is dependent upon the generosity
OF her sister States for representation.
Mississippi has given birth to but two men,
bers of the present Congress-Muldrow and
Money.
Missouri is represented in part by seven
carpet-baggers, and gave birth to Cravens of
Arkansas and Ainslie of Idaho.
Nebraska and Nevada are srill under age.
and have no grown-up children of their own
New Hampshire sends one Englishman and
three native-born citizens to Congress- and
permits Sawyer of Missouri, W. A. Woods of
New York, Hazleton of Wisconsin and Nor
cross of Massachusetts 10 claim the Granite
State as the place of their BIRTH
New Jerseys delegation of nine includes
four carpet-baggers; while New York, in order
to represent herself in becoming manner,
selects II of her 30 members in the lower
house from beyond her own borders. The
Empire State, however, has numerous prog
eny distributed among has less favored sisters,
including the following, who are now claimed,
by right OF adoption, as citizens of the States
Ter and Hill of Colorado, Aldrich Barber and
Sherwin OF Illinois, De La Matyr and Baker
OF Indiana, Ryan of Kansas Newberry, Will
Its and Conger of Michigan, Wells Of Mis-
souri,. Paddock of Nebraska, Daggett of Ne
vada, Mcpherson and Brigham Of New Jer-
sey, Warner of Ohio, Errett of Pennsylvania
Upson of Texas, Cameron, Bragg, Bouck,
Humphreys and Williams of Wisconsin, and
Mag;nnis Of Montana Territory.
North Carolina includes one carpet-bagger
to Arkansas, Hawley to Connecticut, j. G.
Cannon to Illinois, Manning TO Mississippi
and Forney to Alaba ma.
The Buckeye State scarcely fulfills public
expectation. She borrows one Senator and
five Representatives from other localities. and
makes return by extending the services of
Fort and Forsythe to Illinois; Mcdonald,
Voorhees,, Brown, Myers Calkins and Corn
hill to Indiana; Allison, McCord, Weaver and
Sapp to Iowa; Plumb to Kansas; Stone and
sofa; Sharon to Nevada; Cox, Einstein and
McCook to New York; and of Bennett to Da.
kota Territory.
Oregon politically, is vet minor.
fennSglVanla can boast OF but one CARPET
bagger. Erret, in her delegation but for this
apparent oversight she makes ample amends
by contributing Belford to Colorado; Boyd to
Illinois; Bicknell and Orth to Indiana; Price
Updegraff and Carpenter to Iowa; Anderson
to Kansas; Blaine to Maine; Burroughs to
Michigan; Mcmillan to Minnesota; Fernando
Wood to New York; Townsend to Ohio; Jor-
gensen to Virginia and Pound to Wisconsin.
Rhode Island borrows one carpet Dagger
from Indiana, Burnside, and contributes
Baldwin to Michigan, thereby balancing the
account. South Carolina eschews CARPET
baggers for herself, but sends two of her sons
Brewn and Hooker, to aid in representing the
State of Georgia. Mcmillan, now of Tennes-
see, first saw the light in Kentucky, and is
the only carpet-bagger in the delegation from
the former State, which gave birth to Morgan
and Shelly of Alabama, Garland, Gunter and
Slemmons of Arkansas; Acklen and Robert
son OF Louisiana, and Reagan Of Texas.
Wellborn and Mills of exas do not appear,
from the directory, to have ever had a birth
place.
Vermont sent to England for one of her
representatives, and contributed out of her
own stock Haskell, Kellogg, Field and Rms
sell, Horr, Smith, Morton, Carpenter and
Caswell to Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts.
Michigan, New York and Wisconsin, respect
lively.
Virginia furnished birthplace to her own
delegation, with one exception, and also to
each of the several members and one Sanction