The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-12-24
g.. A.. II.
Great Statesmen as a General Thing HALL
From the Couniry,
Large cities Nat Productive ot Theme
Jensraons Idea-'-Iiomes of senators
and Congressman,

WASHINGTON, ID, g., December 49,
Since the days when Washington came
from Mt, Vernon. JaiferaOn from MOnti-
cello, the Adams's from Quincy, jackson
from the Hermitage, henry Clay from
Ashland, and Daniel Webster from
Marshaald, II has been q rule that our
more prominent and able public men
hail from the country or from small
towns and cities. Large cltlea have not
generally been cOndn i've TO statesmen
ship, and the cheap men In C0ngresa
usually hail therefrOm, Take the list OF
U,s. Senator's TO day aud they make an
Interesting study from this point OF
view.
THE SENATOR Pro TEM,, JOHN SHERMAN,
Resides nj Mansfield. Ohio, n small In
terlOr town. The leader on the Repub'
llcan side, Senator Edmunda, In from
Burlington, VI. For the hrst time In
many years the Empire State has one
Senator, VIM NJ. Evarta, from New York
city. The great men OF that State have
almost always lived In the country,
H0RATIo SEYMOUR,
VIM. II, Seward, ex.GOyernOr Fenton
and Roscoe COnkllng ara good lllustra'
tlOna.
In looking over the Hat OF Senators II
ls found that California IL almost the
only execution TO the rule that one or
both OF the Senators come from the
smaller tOwna. In the case OF that State
both Senators Stanford and Miller are
from San FfancllcO, Alabama'a two
Senators are from towns scarcely
marked except on the larger maps, Pugh
Ia from Euiaula ana Morgan from
Selma,
THE SENATOR'S FROM MASSACHUSETTS,,
Both Of whom cut u large figure on the
HOar from Worcester aud Dawes from
PltteA ~ The same IL true Of Maine
Hale ia from Ellsworth nd FrVo from
Lewiston. Neither OF the Virginia
Senator, over whom there has been "
much talk In the papers, are from the
large towns OF the Safe. Malone n
frOm Petersburg aud Ritdleberger from
Woodstock, In West Virginia Senator
Kenna comes from Kanawha Court
House and Senator Camden from Park
ersburg. Teller, OF Colorado, comet
from new town called Central City
and his colleague Bowen from d i Norte
Sawyer, OF Wisconsin, IN from Oshkosh
and his colleague, SpoOner, from HudsOn
ON THE DEMOCRATIC sIDE
The contrast between the country aut
city haa always been even more marked
Daniel W. Voorhees,, "The Tall Sycamore
Of the Wabash" IL from the small tow
NJ TerTe Haute, Both Blackburn anC
Beck, OF Kentucky are from the smaller
towns ~ are Arthur p, German, OF Mary
land, Ypat and C0ckrell, OF Missouri
Vance and Ransom. Of North Carolina
Wade Hampton aud NJ, Q. Butler, Of
South Carolina, Maxey and Coke, Oi
Texas, and George, OF Mississippi,
In the House the same thing IL true 4
very large degree. Speaker Carlisle Il
from the small town OF COyingtOn, Ky
Col. Morrison, the leader, In from Water
loo. Illinois VIM, NJ. Springer aud
D'ck Townsend, the other leading
Illinois members, are from Sprlngll ID
and ShawneetOwn respectively, white
Frank Lawler, the saloon keeper, ~ from
Chicago. Judge Ho man, the only lndi'
ana member wAo has n national reputa
ton, ~ from the town OF Aurora, Gen,
Weaver, NJ Iowa, Ia from the unknown
town Of Bloomfield,
ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE
Reed, OF Maine, IL almost the only *,
CeptlOn Of lea Ing member coming
from the principal town OF that S'gte,
Frank Hscock IL from Syracuse, n, Y,
Ex Governor Long, Of Massachusetts, is
from HirghNm,
Mr. R,ndall represents n dls r,rt In
philadelphia, hut evp'yhOdy kr Owg that
hia real home In on % farm several miles
from lhp city, Rud more lhnu ,hret
miles from The railroad,
THE REASON FOR THIS
lles az much ~ aaything el4e In 'he
different mehOla IN politics that pre-.
vail In the country Gnd city, IL tue
fOtm.r thq beat men are usually select.
ed IN tho latter the worst, There are
EXCEPTIONS, Of course, but ~ a general
thing the ableat men IN the city eau
make more money, aud enj y more
QuietUde NJ llto at their own proper ay0
cation than IN the sCraubl, FOR Olllte,
The fact that our national legislation IN
10 largely done by men from the cOun
try iaone OF tn safeguards OF the 70.
public.
Jefferson believed that the great dan.
ger 10 the republic would come from
the growth Of lOrge cities He believed
that "the cntiyatOfs Of the soil are the
chosen people NJ God, II he ever had
one.' He also aaid Ia a letter from
Parts IN 1886: "CnltivatOrs Of the earth
are tho most valuable citlZans, They
ara the most vigorous, the most inde.
pendent, tho most ylrtuOus; ana they
are tied 10 their country and attached TO
lts liberty and interests by the most last
Ing bonds"
Thls Ia ~ true ~ the voice OF prOph.
ecy. The great problems that are TO be
met are those which great corporations
and great cities bring, @, A. Il.