Smyrna times., 1885-01-21
Our Lawmakers at Dover,

A correspondent of the Wilmington
Republican, gives the following pen
sketch of the members of our Legisla-
ture:
"The house has a level-headed |
Speaker in the person Of Mr.. COmegys,
of MiddletOwn, who by some strange |
combination of political legerdemain |
was boosted into the Speakers chair in |
preference to the nephew" of the |
distinguished United States Senator |
from Kent County.
"A glance over the members of the |
House leads us to single out Mr.. |
Barlow, of Brandywine, as the Oldest |
member, somewhere in the fifties,
while DR.. Howe, from Leipsic, will not
run far behind him. Representative
McCabe, from Baltimore hundred, is
singled out as the youngest member of
the House, his age evidently not being
more than twenty-six. By the way.
this young man will be the leader of
his county delegation, and we predict
will be heard from upon every ques
ton that will admit of discussion. 1t
is quite unnecessary to say that John
f. Salisbury, the nephew" will be
the mouthpiece of the Kent county
| delegation, and the little nervousness
| that is noticed, the flash of the eye in
dicates that he is a warrior to be feared.
1t is said that he is opposed to the rep
resentatiOn Amendment to the COnsti-
tuition. If this be so, the friends of the
amendment have got a foe worthy OF
their best steel.
But it seems strange that the
| Judges of the Courts are not favorable
to the ratification of the Judiciary
Amendment, which if ratified would
relieve them of much of their arduous
labOrs But they are not only judges
but sound lawyers, and there may be a
little Objectionable germ away down at
the bottom of the Judiciary Amend
ment that common mOrtals cannot see,
and therefore we must submit.
THE Scrgeant-at-arms of the House
will not pass unnoticed through the
session. The duties of his office are
such that they would bring the most
reserved man into prominence, but
Mr.. Rankin, q school teacher of Sus-
sex, is the peer of any member of the
House from that county in intelligence,
and is not at all troubled with reserv-
edness. He is good at storytelling
and on that account he is welcome to
social talk circles.
"The Senate is composed of such
quiet, conservative gentlemen, that at
} | the commencement of a session, it is so
, quiet that were it not for the Brussels
: carpeting a pin might be heard drop to
the floor. The youngest member OF
! that body, A. b. Cooper, Esq, is the
j | Speaker Of this body of nine members.
| Mr.. Cooper enjoys the distinction OF
; being the only lawyer in the Legisla-
Q | ture, but of doctors the Senate has a
monopoly, no less than four of the big
5 nine being active practitioners, and
singular to state, although HOmRp-
Q athy is popular all over the State, the
6 | Senate lightning only struck the AllO-
pathist. New Castle county contrib
0 utes DIR. Chandler; Kent, DIR. Cooper,
a brother of the Speaker, and Sussex
: goes one more in Doctors Martin and
: Mustard. DIR. Martin is the oldest
) member of the body, followed closely
by DR.. Chandler, both having entered
the fifth decade of life.
Mr.. Cavendar is not much Ovel
forty, robust, and in feature and Gu
of whiskers is not in appearance un
like President Arthur. Mr.. McWhOr
ter, in avOirdupois, is the light weigh
of the Senate, but will be one of th'
most industrious, as he Immediately
represents the business community o
" Wilmington. In this respect he will
be found attentive, and in political nc
tion he will be found conservative ant
Independent. He has independence
and he will not be afraid to show
when political measures will be intro
duced.
1.-THE Senate, in T.. H. Foster, has
u Sergeant-at-Arms conservative, quie
# and dignifed like its members. A.
le attempt without success has bee
~ made to locate Mr.. Foster. For man
is years he was Il resident of Wilmington
Of but removed down to Clayton, an
25 was there about six months, vote
l., there at the last election, made appl
e, cation for his Office as Il resident q
If. Kent county, and some four week
IL ago removed back to Wilmington. A
it was supposed that Kent was to b
la given one of the Scrgeants-at-Arm,
10 the members of the Legislature froI
nd that county are discussing the que;
. UlOn Wnefe OSlcf DclOHSS. ne say
en an himself that he is a member at large {
re the Democratic party, but those VIII
re are little jealous of distribution ,
n the loaves are of the idea that Ne
tn Castle has been little piggish in gol
bling up both the Speakers, one Sc
geant-at-Arms, and fireman.
In personal appearance the men
= bers of the House do not compare we
with the Senators, but they are on a
average with the majority of Delawal
Representatives. Although there al
some among them who would
Z, looked upon as men of more than o
dinary attractions, there are othe
1T who are quite the contrary"