Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-02
CONSCRIpT Fathers,
A Body Composed Of Lawyers and
MllIi0naires.
The Level Not Lowered During tho
Past Decade.
Decade ofths Spread Eagle 0ratory
Of Earlier Days.
A Friendly Estimate Of Senator
Kenna and He Future.


bined Senatorial wealth were equally dis.
tributed, every Senator would b two.
millionaire, and have half million more
than that with which, doubtless. he would
dispense charity; for the total
wealth OF the Senators Is reck.
oned. by those who have taken the
bother to figbre It, In the near neigh
borhood OF SIS, Coz, 900. senator Fair, OF
Hevada, Is the richest and voorhees,. OF
Indiana, the poorest Senator. Mr.. Fair
surely possesses So, 90, 90 or 81, 900, 100.
but does not enjoy q 1.-THE Of the felicity OF
bis opposite, tho tall sycamore OF the
Wabash, whose much respected name
graces the wrong side Of the ledger OF near.
| ~ every storekeePer in Tsrre Haute. II
E.sash Mo.ey
to support you decently," he bluntly said
| TO his SON who had Just arrived In Wash.
| ineton, and informed his father that he
came there on his bridal tour; and nov
you've added . mouth. What do You
want with wife anyway This story 10
all Of three years old, and at that time the
young man was smitten with the drama
| the t.nderer smite being only side spec
| uIstion," ~ Colonel Sdllers. puts IT, Not
long afterwards he had q discourASing
utbut bOmeWutIc, hDu tnht ~ Tue lbSt
have heard OF him. voorhees, 10 barely the
| talltst Senator, and ~ | never had taps
| when Vest or Malone wers around eau
| not say who 10 tie shortest The aggregate
| ages OF the Senators 10 3Slj, and the aver
sge, hale and hearty, 10 81.
Morrill,, Of Vermont 10 u. and the old.
| est, but not the least active Senator, aud
| Kenna, Of West Virginia,
being only 80, Is the youngest, and 70 board
less and youthful looking, but there are
Senatorial minds far less mature. Mr..
Kehna Is careless In his dress and not al.
e grther re- tined In his manner, but his
deep eye and rather broad forehead are
| promises, which he Is able TO fnlhll, Of
more than average depth Of thought aud
intellectual capacity. Entering the Con.
| fecerate army ct III, he saw little moro than
| q years service before the surrender aud
his return TO the West Virginia mountains.
| His father was shot dead In CharlestoWn BE-.
| Il re the war, and he was thus forced 70 rely
upon his own labor for support. isu,psct
that West virginis's Senator found him.
self without an idea OF the sl phsbst at the
close OF the war. Only . fey months after
| his return, however, an old priest found
| the bsrsfooted mountain boy, and, liking
| his face and manner, took him TO convsnt
| school In Wheeling, where the young fol.
| lows sptness advanced him, after Q few
| years, into the study OF law. The priest
| and benefactsr now lives In Kansas, and IN
| 10 kept up between him and his fstherlsss
ward, whose high advancement 10
The Coed Ola Mans Sufficient Reward.
| We often hear OF Western Senators With
| Western manners and speech. but Il occurs
TO few that OF the twenty -four men who Gig
| in the Senate for constituencies bsyond
| the Mississippi only Two are Of trans Ms
| titsippi nativity. One OF these 10 81 Ssna.
| tor CockreIl, Q native OF Missouri, who 10
q plain. quiet man, . studious lawyer and
well thought Of. Senator Bowen, Of Colo.
RADIO, 10 the other, Iowa being his birth
| place. Bowen eat In the Iowa House before
| The war, and during the struggle was On OF.
| fictr OF an Iowa sgimtnL Al the National
| Republican convention of 1884 he In some
way got into the Kansas delegation, but
| In me diately after the close OF the war was
an Arkansas lawyer, and little later on
the presiding ofilcer OF the Reconstruction
| Con veDtion Of Little Rock. Then he vent
| on the State Supreme bench, and frota that
| Grant sent him 10 Idaho ~ Governor. Of
which office, however, he soon sictsnsd.
Returning TO Arkansas and csTpet.baggery
be success fully crossed blades with
| Dorsey
In the Senatorial contest. This over. he ~
| once began 10 set up the pins for Powell
| Cay tons seat In the Senate, but long b..
| fore that gentleman's term hsd expired
| carp. begging In Arksnsas fell TO earth Q
crush cd and implied thing, aud hr. Tom
Bow, q got on the train and vent 70 Colo.
RADIO, where IN 1870. at the orrSsniIis.on OF
| the State. he got on the bench OF She
| P.nfh Judicial District. In pursuance OF
h. duties Of this place. he VS. the 6r.t
| il, re that ever held Circuit Court In Lead.
| VIII, where he threw aside court fosmsll.
.i.s rnd proceeded 10 soil 1lfy himself 9Th
| Il 4. b. Va Of the CAMP" and their points
arc fii,ndsbip soon made Mr.. Tom Bovso
| ay,ry rich man. In 1850 he resigned bic
Iufirt,l plses, but he had Hsy.f hd jsd
him,ef Of the Senatorial Itch, snd shortly
| after his election to the LegIsIsturs In 1881,
meeting friend Of mine, . pioneer news:
pster man Of I<sdyills. Bowen assured
| BIN that be vas Certainly going 70 the
Senate, snd that Harry Tabor can't have
| the long term. "rIi pay 5000 900 10 ret
| Il, end I'll make tGO,0.0Co before ! get
through with IT, Harry must take the
short term now, but he's 1oins 70 have
| Hill', seat In two years more" Among
the Senators be 10 regarded - the Union
Pscifc's best friend and
| A YtsIshsd Poker PIsysv.
In appearance be IL rather cosrss, snd bis
looks have not bi. the bsst Of bis Ten snd
forty years.
| nan, with bot two sxosptious-bssk o.
| Kentucky 10 Q BcotcbBsn and Jouss Of
| FLORIDA an Irishmsn. Tires Of the North
ern Senators sps Eoutherbsrs BY birth
nsmely: CuIlom, Farley and Hswisy, the
latter gentleman being = North Csroiinian.
Then three Huropeans, Seward sud 1sif
lri'hmsn. and Jones Of Nsv:ds % ss'
gliShmap, at In the northern dslsgsuoa.
So thirty eight Senstors sre Softhssa nsa.
thirty three souihsrn snd Eve are karerss
ems. They srs oil pretty well Ansstss:
iud nov, however, snd the narrow 81
hateful distinctions OF "yorthsrD De6"
end sSoutbsrn man" are fsst dissppeestse
| Kentucky 10 the mother OF Ssrstoes. Digit
sekro,lesging bsi mst.,nity; vSils ohis
even. Only INGALLS, and hsT pfscsst ess.
siorr we're born In Massachusetts,, ed
thirteen in Nsv Eoglsnd sitoesthss.
| ThiTty.tbfes esnstorS rscsissd colegi.
ate trsipipg. and tventy.nins @ sco1s9S
cal, but the privileges ooIy Of tho co9e0e
schools veSe enjoyed By The neDeasteg
fourteen. sictphrg one, tbs really 80
spd fairly slo7usst
Jsoes. 81 YD0sS1e,
Who wss denied b. circumstances svso Ills
ordinary isstsuetiou, and VIE hss only ths
stolen 6ours Of the dsy sod late end geesy
ones u the night 70 tnsnk Ior nU 49,
on6srstspdipg end corrsst lietiea. ne
nore prominent schools u Tie eouatsl ~
lhe aims mstsfB Of very few q 10 800.
ton. Harvard might elsim NJ. hoex
,bs dsred, spd DO other, Wills MlIlisos
taught opiy IpeaiIs bis moro thsa svesage
| gsnersI tnformsdor; bis IsspiDg sicq $780,
q pecuIisriy bis ovn. Apihony ssd HI
| are Room Graduates. Hsvley 10 Hull
'oo usn. Gi6sos and D!sss are Ysls nsot
CoIquitt NaIsy and Camden ars Wsse
he sensts be- bsss lsvyss BODY. 81
inst nov body 81 n}hsr sssotn boes AZ.
ven; thoush certainly isS d the rally
,r,si brsi nssn Of t6s ecustsy Gig 10 =.
That lawyers st TIE bar might sos y 80
| 10 pull lsws 10 pieces With theif sscssisN
tneoIsdfs, ss drive III. tsalsuoesl AZ
kosse team tbrooeh the isoGe esste.n
| e. desirshts and pecsssagy % hoye h&nS
| tfco frAped by lssy&n Bcs veysVIs<
| srs lee tbsr 5000 lawyers y $3.50.