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senators...Their Original Origins.

the August, DeceinDci oh" =,
ally July body which represents the
upper house of legislation. As each
State has two Senatorial representa-
tives, the seventy.six, not seventy,
eight, are subjects of interest, ana
their authentic birthplace is by no
means unintereshng. -
But fourteen of the thirty-elght
States-there are only thrty-eight
States in the Union, though very few
voters are aware of the specified num-
Der but fourteen of that number are
represented by native born residents
in the Senatorial outfit. The fourteen
States are Delaware, Maryland, Massa-
chusetts, New Hampshire, New York.
North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania
Rhode Island, South Carolina, len
nessee, Vermont and. Virginia. ,
The Senatorial representatives OF
those States were all born WITHIN
their limits. Of the States which
have one of tire two Senators native
born are Connecticut, Georgia, ILL
nois, Kentucky, Missouri Micmgan
and West Virginia.
Seventeen States are represented by
Senators not to the manor born, Dut
no doubt to the manner accllmated.
These states are Alabama, Arkansas
California, Colorado, Florida. Indiana
Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New
JERSEY, Oregon, Wisconsin and Texas.
Five Senators are foreigners: jones,
Democrat, of Florida, is an lnshman;
Sewell, Republican, of New Jersey, Is
an Irishman; Beck, Democrat OF Ken.
lucky. is Scotchman; Far, OF
Nevada, is an Irishman; Jones, OF
Nevada is Welshman.
Eight of the Senators are natives OF
New York State: Miller and Lapham,
Teller and Hill, Conger, Van Wyck,
Mcpherson and Angus Cameron.
Ohio, a State never left III Office
holding, is stand-off to New York,
as she claims, and for once, properly,
the exact Senatorial amount. Pendle-
ton and Sherman, Allison and McDlll,
Dan VOORHEES,, Harrison, Plumb and
Window were all born in the Buckeye
States.
kentucky is only left by one, and
her figure is the happy one, If there
be luck in odd numbers. There are
seven Kentuckians in the Senatorial
list. Williams of Kentucky, Call OF
Florida, Walker of Arkansas, Jonas
of Louisiana, Yes, of Missouri, Saun-
ders of Nebraska and Maxey of Texas.
Senators David Davis Of Illinois
and N. G. Davis of West Virginia
were born in Maryland; Senator Nor
gan of Alabama am Garland of Ar
kansas were born in Tennessee; Farley
of California and Coke of Texas in
Virginia; Hawley of Connecticut III
North Carolina; Brown of Georgia III
South Carolina; ingalls, of Kansas IN
Massachusetts; Pugh of Alabama IN
Georgia; Kellogg of Louisiana and
Sawyer of Wisconsin i'll Vermont;
Mcmillan of Minnesota in Pensylva-
MIA; Grover of Oregon in Maine; Sla-
ter of Oregon in Illinois; Miller of
California in Indiana.
The recapitulation by States is as
follows: Born in Alabama, 0; Az
kansas, 0; California, 0; Colorado, 0;
Connecticut, 1; Delaware, 2; Florida,
O; Georgia, 4; Illinois 2; Indiana, l;
Iowa, o; Kansas, 0; Kentucky, Z;
Louisiana, 0; Maine, 3; Maryland, 4;
Massachusetts,, 3; Michigan, 1; Min
nesota, 0; Mississippi %; Missouri, 1;
Nebraska, 0; Nevada, 0: Newhamp-
shire, 2; New Jersey, 0; New York, s;
North Carolina, 3; Ohio, s; Oregon, O;
Pennsylvania, 3; Rhode Island, 2;
South Carolina, 3; Tennessee, 4; Tex
as, 0; Vermont 4; Virginia, 4; West
Virginia, l; Wisconsin, 0; Ireland, 3;
Scotland, l; and England, l; To-
tai, 76.
An analysis of the 293 members of
the House shows the birthplace as
follows: Alabama, 5; Arkansas, 0;
California, l; Colorado, 0; Connect
cut, 6; Delaware, 2; Florida, l; Geor-
gia, IL; Illinois, 2; Indiana u; Iowa,
/; Kansas, 0; Kentucky, IS; Louisi-
ana, 2, Maine 9, Maryland, 4; Massa-
chusetts, ID; Michigan 1; Minnesota,
O; Mississippi, 8; Missouri, s; Nebras-
ka, 0. Nevada, o; New Hampshire, 5;
New Jersey, 4; New York, 81; North
Carolina, 10; Ohio, %; Oregon, o;
Pennsylvania, 40; Rhode Island, 3;
South Carolina, Z; Tennessee, -;
Texas, 0; Vermont u; Virginia, 0;
Wisconsin, o; England, 4; Scotland,
8: Ireland, Z: Germany, ); Canada,1;