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and, besides its own four representatives,
Maine born mon are members of the house
one each from Florida Minnesota, Massachu-
sets, and Kansas.
Indiana is not represented in the senate by |
q gentleman ITO the manor born" although |
Senator Miller, of California, Is a native Of |
tho Hoosier state. In the house, in addition |
to seven native Hoosier representatives,
there is one from Illinois and one from Mis-
souri,.
Maryland, New Hampshire, and Illinois
each has nine Of its natives in congress.
Maryland has its two senators, Groome and
German, and in the house, in addition to it's
own six representatives, it has one son, Town
shond, representing a district of the state Of
Illinoise. New Hampshire has its two sena-
tors. Blair and Pike, and, although neither of
its two members of the house was born in the
Granite state, still six of its sons are in the
lower house as representative-two from New
York, and one each from Virginia, Michigan,
Massachusetts, and Illinois. The state of Illi-
nois has in the upper house its own senator,
Logan, and Senators Sabin, Of Minnesota
aud Slater, of Oregon; in the house, four Of
its twenty districts are represented by native
citizens, and one Illinoisan represents Kan
sas district, and another is the delegate from
Washington territory.
Connecticut has one native senator, Plat.
In the house are its four representatives and
three of its progeny represent, respectively,
districts Of the states Of Minnesota, New
York, and Iowa.
Michigan has one native senator, Palmer,
and four of its eleven representatives In
short, this state has only five natives in its
quota of thirteen congressman.
Rhode Island, New Jersey, Missouri, Mis-
sissippi, and Louisiana have, respectively,
four sons. Rhode Island has its own sena-
tors, Anthony and Aldrich, and one Of the
districts of the state is represented by native
Rhode Islander, while another native of that
state is o representative from Illinois. Now
Jersey has no native senator, and only two
of its seven districts are represented in the
house by state-born men, while two of the
districts of Wisconsin are represented in the
house by Now Jersey men. Missouris con-
gressional delegation, sixteen in number
comprises only one senator, Cockrell, and
three representatives who were born within
the state. Mississippi, like Indiana and New
Jersey, has no native in the senate, but in
the house two of its seven districts are repre-
| sented by natives, and two other Mississip-
plans are are in the house as representatives,
| ono from California, and one from Arkansas.
| Louisiana, too, is represented in tho senate
| by gentlemen who were born in other states.
Its two senators, Jonas and Gibson, were born
in Kentucky, and 1t happens that Louis
| iana-born man represents one Of tho districts
of Kentucky, while three of the six districts
of Louisiana are represented by natives.
| Alabama is another state which has no
native in its seats in the senate, and although
| its quota in the congressional representation
is ten, the state has only three natives in the
| house.
Delaware has its own two senators, Bayard
and salisbury, and its only congressional
district is represented by o native of the
state.
Wisconsin, Iowa, and Florida have. re-
spectively, two natives in congress, but
neither state is represented in the senate by
o native. Senator Bowen, of Colorado, is,
however, an lowan by birth. In the house, a
state born citizen represents one of tho nine
districts of Wirconsin, and another Wisconsin
born man is sent here from one of the dis
tricts of California. An Iowan represents one
of the three districts of Nebraska. One OF
| Floridas two districts ia represented by q
native, and q Florida born man comes here
from North Carolina district.
Tho District of Columbia and Arkansas
each has one son in the congress-namely
Representative Woodward of the seventh
district of Wisconsin, and Representative
Peel. of Arkansas. The latter state is, how.
ever entitled by legal apportionment to two
senators and five representatives, while
although tho District of Columbia has a
native in the lower house, he got there by
emigrating to remote district which is
allowed representation in congress in proper.
ton to its population.
Kansas, whose quota of representation in
congress is nine, has no native in either
house, that bleeding" state being repro
sented in the senate by a native Of Massa
chusetts, Mr.. Ingalls,. and by son of "the
United States of Ohio" Mr.. Plumb, and in
sented by Ohioans, one by native of ILL
nois, another by Maine born man, another
by New Yorker, and still another by q
Pennsylvania, while the remaining district
was represented by the lately deceased bud.
ley G. Haskell, who was born at Springfield,
vt.
To sum up the foregoing analysis: Seven
teen states are represented in the senate by
men who was born elsewhere than those
states, namely: Alabama, Arkansas, Califor,
mia, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas, Louis.
lana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New
Jersey, Oregon, Texas, Wisconsin, Nevada
and Florida.
Five states have but one of their two sens.
tors who are natives" namely Connecticut
Georgia, Illinois. Michigan, and Missouri.
There are five foreign born senators Mr.
Jones, of Nevada, was born in England; Mr.
Beck, of Kentucky, in Scotland and Messrs
Jones, of Florida; Sewell, of Now Jersey
and Fair, of Nevada, were born in Ireland.
In the house of representatives, there are
twenty-five foreign-born members, as fol
lows: Spriggs, of New York, and Crisp, o.
Georgia. are set down as England-born
Game, of Utah, was born on the Isle of Man
Buchanan. of Georgia; Henderson, of Iowa
and Hardsy, of New York, are Scotland-born
Finerty and Cullen, of Illinois; Davis and
Collins, of Massachusetts,; Lowry, of Indiana
McAdoo, of New Jersey; Robinson, of New
York, and Barr, of Pennsylvania are named
as Of Irish birth; Morse, of Massachusetts
was born in Bavaria; Deuster and Guenther
of Wisconsin; Breitung, of Michigan, ant
Muller of New York, were born in Germany
Nelson, of Minnesota, was born in Norway
John s. Wise, of Virginia, was born in Brazil
and Stephenson, of Wisconsin, in New Bruins
wick.
Thirty-four congressman have not stated
where they were born. Thirteen of these ar,
representative from the eight states befor,
named. which furnished the material out o
which grew four more than one-half of thu
whole membership of the senate and within
four Of one-half of the entire membership o
the house Of representatives.
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Commerce Committee.
The house committee on commerce at it
meeting yesterday decided to hear arguments
on Jan. "a, 25 and 90 from any persons de
string TO be heard against the pending bill
for tho regulation of interstate commerce
and arguments in favor Of such bills on Jan
2S, 90, and 80, after which no public hearing