The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-09-24
Party LEADERS i'm the Next Com.
2ress.

States senators and representatives
who are to assemble in Washington
this winter at tho session of the Forty
ninth Congress, we note several chang
es of importance in the personnel of
our Federal Legislature, In the Sem
ate the Democrats lose Lamar, Gar
land and Bayard, replacing them with
three other Democrats who are as yet
untried in Congressional service.
Jonas Of Louisiana (Dem ia friend
OF the Administration place to
Eustis (Dem.) }, who is opposed to the
President. Pendleton, of Ohio, one of
the most brilliant speakers and servi
ceable\ workers in tie Democratic
ranks, is succeeded by Henry B. Payne
(Dem.) }, who goes in as the representa-
tive Of the Standard Oil Company.
This leaves Harris, of Tennessee,
easily the leader OF the Democracy in
the United States Senate. In fact the
Democrats have no other man with
the ability, energy and experience to
undertake that important task. We
predict for Senator Harris the most
brilliant record as a parliamentary
leader OF any Dsemocrat in Congress
since the war, except Thurman. He
will be ably seconded bv such men as
Morgan, Hampton, Butler, Beck,
Blackburn (who succeeds Williams, OF
Kentucky Voorhees,, Cockrell and
German.
The Republicans have sustained a
grert loss in the defeat of the Hon. N.
P. Hill in the race for the Colorado
Senotorship. Senator Hill was one of
the albert and conscientious men in
public life, and possessed the conf
dence of the Western Republicans
more than any other man in the SEN
ate. In place of Lapham, of New
York, a mediocre "Stalwart," they
have Evarts, clever "halfbreed," I"
who has uniformity proved political
"hoodoo" on the party he chooses to
oppropinquate. The Senate Republi-
! cans will be split up into several fac
tions. John +. Miller, of California,
and Jones, of Nevada, heading the
Pacific coast delegation, Senator
Logan the central West, and Senator
Hoar with Aldrich, of Rhode Island,
plotting for the succession) the New
) England crowd. Senator Edmnnds
will probably lead the party in debate
Among the Democrats of the House
the most prominent figure is,of course
! Speaker Carlisle. Socially and Off
cially he is the second man in public
life in this country. The magnitude
of the political interests intrusted into
his hands by the National Democratic
patry cannot be overestimated 1t is
therefore, extremely gratifying to note
: the indications OF the cordial support
:. which the Democrats of the Fedora
Legislature accord to their chief, al
we'll as the excellent mutual under
) standing and sympathy that exists be
! tween Speaker Carlisle and Presiden
= Cleveland, the official head of the par
: ty.
y On the floor of the House the mos
" striking personalities are undoubtebl
- Col. Morrison and Mr. Randall. Co
:, Morrison's valuble services as a part
- leader---as shairman of the Ways an
Means Committee Of the House, an
- chairman of the committee which co
- structed the tariff plank in the Chici
70 go platform---are too well known t
= need special encomium here. M
:" Randall, too, has done much good Sc
- !, vice for the party, and is unlikely
~ repeat his Independent" tactics I
last year. Indeed, all the prominer
men who supported him in his bolt il
to the Republican camp-and thel
were only forty of them in all, big an
:. little---have been repudiated by I'll
10 party and the people, and will not a
~ in the present Congress, Eaton,
IT. Connecticut, and Converse, of Obi
u his chief lieutenants, have lost the
W. seats. Out Of the solidly Democrat
"' delegation from California in the la
Congress, the Hon. Barclay Henlt
I'm was the only man who did not join
ur the Randall bolt, and to-day he is Il
we only man out of all that delegate
ire who has been reelected to his sef
es. With such a lesson as that stariI
to him in the face, Mr. Randall will pro
ow ably give up independent" polite
en-. On the other hand the host of tri,
:. and true Democrats, who have new
!. failed the party in her hour, are bat
~ in their places There is Randoll
,ro Tucker big hearted, brainy, brillia
/, as diamond, and solid as a rock
-. the head Of IKE Virginia delegate
~ There 10 sturdy old Reagan there a
~" ~ Cobb and Holman, Hewitt and Blar
&. and many Others We have got rid
- such Republicans as Chalmers, of NJ
adv sisssppi; Kellogg, Of Louisiana VIII
81. OF Kentucky---the specifying bore
and Horr of Mishipan---the Hor