The Dillon tribune., 1884-02-02
Ghf Rinor griburt.
EVERY SATURDAY.
ORR WASHINGTON BUDGET.
The New Congressional Directory and its
Curious Revelations.


lust been ompleted by the Public Printer,
and it reveals some curious personal stats
tics. OF the twenty six Senators who were
,worn in at the beginning of the present
session only twelys are new to that body.
Mr.. Morrill, OF Vermont, is the oldest, be-
ing Il, while Mr.. kenra, of West Virginia,
i, the Youngest Senator he being only s.
wears aye The longest Senatorial oiog
raphy in the directory is that Of Mr.. Brown
of Georgia, who admits tnat because he ia
vOrtd reconstruction measures he "beCane
very UNPOPULAR but sa!ves his vanity by
asserting that "every instance when he
has been candidate before the people he
has been success!ul.' The br;-test sketch
j, that of Senator Call, Of Florida, who oc-
c,oes tour lines. The richest Senator is
Mr. Fair, Of Nevada, rcputed to be worth
over forty millions, though Mr.. Bowen OF
Colorado, is said to possess nearly as much
as Fair. The poorest are about dozen OF
the Southern Senators, whose riches are on
an e. en- plane, being confined to their Sen
atorial salaries. Brown, of GeOrg ia, and
Malone, of Virginia, are the only y two from
the South that are wealthy. Senator But.
Ter. of South Carolina, is pronounced the
handsomest man in the Senate, through
MIR. Rddleberger, of Virginia, disputes the
palm in this respect. Senator ingalls, is
considered tire best debater and Senator
Morgan the best logican. .Iessrs. Ed
munds and Garland are the ablest lawyers,
while Senator Vance is the finest rhetori,
tician and best 'storv-tel!er. But to return
to the directory: Both Malone and Riddle
berger make their Confederate records
conspicuous portion of their personal
sketches Senator Anthony is the Oldest
in Senatorial services, and Edmunds next
The nativity of the Senators is: Ken
lucky leads the States in furnishing the
Senate with eight native horn Senators;
Ohio comes next with seven; New York,
six; Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and
Pennsyl, ania, each four: Ireland, three,
Uones, of Florida, Fair and SmallD Eng
land one, Zones of Nevada) and Scotland
one, (Bcck of Kentucky) Ohio furnishes
two Senators for Indiana and two for Iowa,
the four Senators representing these States
having been born in the Buckeye State.
The House Directory shows that there
are twenty foreign born members of that
body. The oldest is Mr. Kelley and the
Youngest is Mr.. Post. General Rosecrans
has the longest biography, nearly page,
while Messrs. Skinner, of North Carolina,
and Houseman, Of Michigan, give simply
their names and postoffice address. After
Rosecrans, ex-Speaker Keiter indulges in
the longest sketch. A grandson of Henry
Clay, who now sits in the House, employs
less than three lines.
The members write their own sketches,
and great diversity Of taste is manifested
as to what is worth telling Of themselves.
For instance, John S. Wise, of Virginia,
considers it an honor that he "was Captain
Of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues for
several wears" l.. II. Weller, Of Iowa,
known in his State as "Calamity Weller,' y
informs the country that though born and
reared Democrat, he voted for Fremont,
Lincoln, Grant, Greeley, and then sand
wiched Tlden in, and then voted for Wea-
yer, the Greenbacker. After moving to
Iowa he "tiled the soil in the day, and
studied law, politics and theology at night
was admitted TO politics at once, subse.
quently to the courts, and finally to the
church, Mr.. Weller then details mum.
Der OF defeats while running for Office
while most Congressman conceal the de-
teats and make the successes the most
prominent. Col. Tom Ochiltree says thai
he is the first native Texan ever elected
to Congress" and as the Colonel is bach
elor he omitted to say when he was born
but gives his age away when he states tina
at the age Of sixteen he engaged in the IN
dian campaign of IS54-s5. He is, there
fore, forty six or thereabouts.-
The nativity of the members is as fol
lows: The only native Of Washington ir
Congress is Gilbert NJ. Woodward, OF Wis
consin, whose birth in the city was acci
dental. New York leads in the House
with IS native sons; Pennsylvania, 80
Ohio, 81; Kentucky and Virginia II each
Massachusetts, and Tennessee, 13 each
North Carolina, II, Of the entire Arkan
sas delegation % in both houses, but sin
gle member was born in that State. Onl.
two Of the Mississippi delegation 20 ar
natives Of that State, but she gets even b,
having sons in the Arkansas, Missouri AM
California delegations. OF the 4o1 Sena
tors and Congressman 267 are lawyers
while the remaining number represen
over forty different trades and professions
Newspaper Geography.
Connccticut furnishes more valnabl
things than wooden nutmegs, sometimes
At New Haven they have adopted q ne,
..d,,ca t;Dn n tE.af,,cs - - l. Onnr1 They ca