Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-05
S0LONS OF THE SENATE.
THEIR AGE, APPEARANCE. AND
BIRTHDAYS.


Three instances OF LonGevity-October
the Natal Month OF the American
LOrds-Kenna the Youngest Mem Der of
the Upper Chamber - Mrs. James
Brown Potter's Luck as d Lobbyist
WASHINGTON, July 1.-The approach
of the day of adjournment Invariably at
tracts more attention TO Congress than is
accorded to it during the greater part
of the time it is in session. y peep
at the occupants Of the Senate chamber
will, therefore, not be uninteTeshng Just
at this time. 1t is somewhat singular
coincidence that the Green Mountain
state, in It's two Senators, represents two
of the three instances of exceptional Sen
atorial longevity. Had senator Anthony
lived out his last term be would have en-
ioyed five terms, or thirty years OF Send-
torial lie. Ex-senator MorrlI. lives until
1891 he will have completed
-four terms, or tWenty-touT
years. Senator Edmunds began
his Senatorial career by appointment Tor
the unexpired term Of solomon FOpte,
taking his seat A ril ), 1855. lie was
subsequently elected by the Legislature
10 NIL out that term and was reelected Tor
been reelected three times successfully,
and from present indications he stands
pretty good show for fourth term.
Senator Morrill, was born in 1910 and
Edmunds in 1898. sherman IS sand
wiched in at 1923. Morrill, looks
youngest anG Sherman acts youngest,
while Edmunds in looks and actions ap-
pears Oldest. sherman, however, leads
IN the race over the pitfalls and battle
10 of at.f IL
He has received soc 600 10 salaries from
the public offices he has held, and is
large speCulatOr in Washington real
estate. Mr.. Morrill,, in the Iirst decades
of the century, combined mercantile and
bucolic pursuits until 100, when he sud
denly sprang into political prominence as
a member OF the ThIrty fourth Congress.
Edmunds prscticed law at the Bur
lington bar until 1904, when he took
a turn at the state Legislative
hopper in making laws for others to eX-
pound. Sherman by this time was "a vete-
ran in politics. he had been delegate
TO the great National Wing Conventions
OF 1S4S and so, presided over the first Re
publican Convention in OHIO IN 1919. and
entered the Thirty-tOurth Congress with
Mr.. Morrill, in that year. His term, which
will expire next March, will not end his
Senatorial career, as bis fine work III ONO
politics sent a Legislature to Columbus
TO see that his career was not cut short
by failure 10 ratiiy his work at the polls.
HOW THE sOLONs BEAR THEIR AGE.
White locks and boards among the Sena-
tors are not always Indications OF age.
Take, for instance, Senator Edmuuds.
His beard is almost white, ana not in the
Senate chamber is there another head
more bald than his, yet he is only -
years old. Voorhees,, OF the same age. has
Or a hal an. AH.h mo- 1 md - hal w
brown hair 10 but slightly tnged with
gray. Coke and Allison, each II wears Of
age, are two other extremes. Allison has
q heavy growth OF hat over his entire
head, as has so the other Senator from
Ohio. Wilson is Of the same age,
but his hair is gray and
stands straigrt up like stubble
in grain field. Butler at 30, from
his thin gray har and white
Inoustache, looks nearly "a old as Con
ger at IS. Nine persons out Of ten would
say that Black burn at Il looks as old as
George at 80. Cockrel at 81 looks to be
ten years Older than Logan, while in fact
be is nine years younger. Mcpherson is
80, yet from his white hair, feeble gait
and followed checks, would quickly be
taken TO be eight or ten years Older THAI
Beck, who is eleven years his senior, but
who in appearance at least is muscular as
an OK. On Beck's head not a bald spot
Is to be seen. An examination OF ages
shows that in the thirties there Is but one,
Senator henna, whose age Is 81, and who
is therefore the youngest member In the
upper branch OF Congress. In the tOrties
there are fourteen Senators. The tilteS
claim nearly one-half of the Senators, the
number being thirty-seyeu, and every
year between fifty and sixty being repre-
scented. In the seventies there are but
two Senators, Payne being - and Morrill,
16. Between the youngest Senator, Ken
ma, and the Oldest, Morrill,, there
are therefore thrty-eight years,
morrill, being exactly twice
the age OF kenna. The month OF October
has gwen birth to the greatest number OF
Senators, eleven having been born in that
month. March aud April have joined
hands with December, each month haV-
-lng gwen seven Senator's. February, May
and September can be credited with six
each; August and November, four; Jan
uary, June aud July, three each. Five
Senators can never become Presidents as
they are fOreign born. New York has
given birth to more of the present Sena-
tors than any other State, the mum Der be-
ing eight; kentucky, Ohio and Virginia
gan boast Of SIX each, Virginia and West
rginla being considered IN this estimate
as one; Massachusetts, and PENNSYLVANIA
five each, W tn the remainder scattering.
Fourteen have been born n New England.
only four States west Of the Mississippi
Indiana, Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota
have given birth to Senator'S. Not a
Senator has been born in the western half
OF the United States. Out OF a total
of seventy-siX Senators thrty-lour
have been born IN the States they repre-
sent. Only one New York Senator (AAl-
ler) was born in the Empire State, EYarts
having first seen light in Boston Mass.
Both OF the Senators from Mary
land, from PeHnsylvania, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Delaware,
Virginia, " est Virginia ami Tennessee
were born in the States they represent.
The remaining Sena Ors that are certified
representatives Of the States that gave
1hem birth are Blackburn, Cockrell, Col
quit, Eustis, Logan, Palmer and Sher-
1nan.
PRETTY LOBBYISTS LUCK.
Mrs. James Brown Potter, OF New York,
is very clever woman, as clever as she
is pretty. A little story going the rounds
ri society about the cause Of her present
trip 10 Europe illustrates this very pic
auresquely. Mrs. Potter's mother, Mrs
Jrquhart, has Tor a long time had "A
clam against the government for prop
erty used and destroyed during the war
The claim has dragged It's slow length
along through session after session, with
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