Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-11-13

member of congress. He will be one
of the youngest men in the house.
He has all the qualities Of rising
man.
w. c. Whitthorne, the present
senator, is the member-elect from the
seventh district. Gen. Whitthorne
will be one of the most experienced
legislators in the house, having served
ten years in that body, and was at
one time chairman of the committee
on naval affairs. He is known to
the whole country as man of rare
attachments as legislator, a strong
DICTATOR, a quick and ready parlia-
mentarian and thoroughly up with
political questions.
Like McMillin, he is a bourbon,
but is alive to the development of
the state, and if he was a younger
man he would recover. He is a man
of high character and unceptionable
habits, and now has such hold on
the people of his districts that he will
remain in congress as long as he de-
sires.
The eight district will be represent
ed by Mr.. B. A. Enloe, a young man
who has made considerable reputa-
ton as a journalist. He has had con-
siderable experience in the state legis-
lature, and for several years has been
one of our rising young men. There
are but few more promising young
men in the state. Trained to think
and work; and with a fondness fol-
books, as well as the current litera.
ture of the day, he is remarkably
we'll informed and thoroughly uI
with the great questions before the
public. He is industrious, and
though good speaker, he will dc
much more work than speaking in
congress. He was raised in the coun'
try, where his habits were formed
and which have not been corrupted
by getting to town.
The ninth district is at preset rep
resented by Mr.. Glass, who has beer
reelected. Mr.. Glass is man ad
vanced in life, a rather plain man
and of pure character. One term il
the legislature and one in congress
give him considerable knowledge o
the duties and business. There vii
be no more faithful and upright mar
in the tiftieth congress, and no mar
who will look more closely after hi
constituents and their interest. II
his character and habits he is a mode
man.
James Phelan is the new membe
from the tenth, or Memphis, district
He is quite young man, man o
rare scholarly attainments, having
had every advantages that this coun
try could give him and then the ad
vantages of the best schools in Ger
many. But he is emphatically
man of AFFAIRS business man will
great capacity for work, fine write
and strong speaker. He is emphat
ically a peoples man, but deals will
them in facts and arguments, neve
yielding for a moment to the tempa
ton that has led so many public mel
into the degradation of communist
sentiments.
Mr.. Phelan is capable of doing al
immense amount of work, and is on
of the strongest men in the state be
fore the people. He carried his dis
trict by $500 majority where the re
publicans carried it two years ago.
We have looked carefully over tn
list of members from the differen
states, noted the strong men left a
home, and weighed the delegation
as best as we could, and we pronOunc
| the Tennessee delegation far abov
an average. We doubt if a singl
state has better. We doubt if
single delegation from any state wi
in the aggregate rank high in habit
) and character, and this is a grea
deal.