The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-12-22
Hon. Henry B. Anthony.
Rhode Islands Veteran Senator Brief
Sketch of His Public Career.

From Our Washington Correspondent.
Upon the accession of Vice President Az
thur to the Presidency in September, 1881,
the Senate at its next session elected as its
President pro tenapore David Davis of Illi-
nois, whose term of Office as Senator ex-
pired on the 3rd of March, 1888. Just be-
fore the expiration of his term Mr.. Davis
resigned the Presidency of the Senate, and
George F. Edmunds, Senator from Yer
mont, was elected as his successor, Mr.. Ed
munds' term not expiring until 1857. This
procedure was necessary in order that the
Presidency of the Senate should not be va
cant during the interim between the Forty
seventh and Fo=ty- y-eighth Congresses. Had
Mr.. Davis not resigned, the expiration OF
his Senatorial term would have LETT the
country without legal successor to Presi-
dent Arthur in case the latter had died be-
fore the Senate of the Forty-eighth Con
gress had elected President pro tenn. MI.
E Ednurds,f therefore, was practically made
Vice President of the United States and
will remain such until the present Senate
elects a successor.
It is now well known in official circles
that Senator Edmrnds does not wish to
continue in his present. position as presi-
ding officer of the Senate, it being his de-
sire to accompany his family to the Ber-
mudas for the health of his vile. The Re-
publican majority have consequently indi-
Gated disposition to choose the subject of
our illustration as Mr.. Edmunds' successor,
and this event seemed only to await the re-
covery of Senator Anthony from his late
illness and his reappea-alce OH the foo: OF
the Senate.
SENATOR ANTHoNY's 8 RECORD.
Henry B. Anthony of Providence, Rhode
Island. was born in Coventry, that State,
April 1, 1916, of Quaker ancestry. He grad
uated at Brown University in 1893, and in
1888 he assumed editorial charge of the
Providence Journal, which he retained un-
til called to a seat in the United States Sem
ate. He was elected Governor of his native
State in 1849, was reelected in 1850, and de-
clined thereafter to accept the candidacy
for another term.
lie was elected 10 the united StateS 0eu-
ate as Union Republican to succeed Phil
ip Allen, Democrat, and took his seat in
1859, his term expiring in 1865. Daring
this term he served as chairman of the
Committee on Printing. Mr.. Anthony has
been returned as his own successor each
expiring term ever since, his present term
ending; March 3, 1889. HeTwas elected
President of the Senate pro tenn. March g,
1869, and reelected March 10, 1871.
Senator Anthony was member of the
national committed appointed to accom-
pany the remains of President Lincoln to
Illinois, and was one of the Senators desig-
mated by the Senate to attend the funeral of
GeneralsScott in 1866, and was also dele
gate to the Philadelphia Loyalists' Con7en-
ton the same year. He is one Of the lnost
popular members of the Senate, and his ell
ovation to its Presidency third time is at
present strongly indicated.
An alarming report that Senator Antho-
ny had died was current in Washington on
Wednesday, but the CHIEFS correspondent
called at the Senator's residence and ascer-
teined that thefrumor was not only without
foundation, but that the distinguished gen.
tleman was feeling better. than he had been
for some weeks.