The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-02-13
Points About Senators.
WHERE THEY CAME FROM, WHAT THIif
AND FACTS OF GENERAL RrEREs

AND FACTS OF GENERAL INTEREST
In view Of the fact that the dsAhte
of the United States costs the &4er-
eign taxpayers Of the country Ipput
a round half million dollars per sll4l1m
in direct expense, not to mentil ex-
emplary damages, it might not put
of place for those sovereign tax hgers
to know something about wha they
are paying their money for. Hfnce
these few lines. The Senate, or Upper
house of Congress, consist of sespnty-
six members-that is, two each tIrthe
thirty-eight States of the Union lnd
their pay is $4,000 per year per eita,
with mileage at ten cents a mi Sta
tionery $125 per year and sedetary
during the session at So per daj So
much in general; now for part 'Prs.
There are forty-three Repubicai hnd
thirty-three DEMOCRATS and of ihese
the terms of sixteen Republicans hnd
nine Democrats expire in 1887, &een
Republicans and twelve Democlhts in
1889, and twelve Republican and
twelve Democrats in 1891. THe old
est Senator is Justin S. MoItI, of
Vermont, born April IA, 1910, dia the
youngest is John e. Kenna, of Vest
Virginia, born April 10, 1849 The
Oldest Senator is Just twice the Aee of
youngest and one represents th num-
Der of Senators in a body (seveAty six
and the youngest the mum NW Of
States in the Union thirty -eigh
SENATORIAL BIRTHPLAcEs.
All of the Senators were bor1lm the
United States but five. Englahd fur
nished 1, Scotland 1 and Irdhnd 8.
New York produced s; Ohio, Virginia
and Kentucky, 6 each; Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania, each; Ter haBsee,
Georgia, North Carolina SoutA Caro-
lima and Vermont, each; Delaware,
Indiana, Illinois, Maine, Maryldaa and
New Hampshire, 2 each, and Mssis-
sippi, Alabama, Iowa, Conn eiicut
Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri and
Rhode Island, each. Nortl Caro
lima, Pennsylvania, South Q4plina
New Hampshire, Delaware, Maine
Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia
West Virginia. Vermont and lailnes
see, believing in patronizing l me in
dustries, furnish their own SlpAtors
Ohio furnishes one of her owl, get'
one from New York and supplis Indi
ana and Iowa with all of theiiIl Ne
vada slips out from under tn wing
of the American Eagle and Shls on,
of hers from England and o1a from
Ireland. Alabama gets her supply
from Georgia and Tennessee; Al hnsal
from Mississippi and Alabam Cali
fornia, from Indiana and NeT York
Colorado, from Indiana an New
York; Connecticut, from herikh anC
North Carolina; Florida, fromlIrelant
and Kentucky; Georgia from hersel
and South Carolina; Illinois, fIYn her
= self and Kentucky; Indiana 1rbsset
the line into Ohio; Texas, fro h Ken
lucky and Virginia; West Wrginia
supplies herself, but when thu suppl,
was furnished there was no Wa Vir
ginia; Wisconsin, got one out Yer
mont and one from Indiana; Nsbask
went to Pennsylvania and NeV York
New Jersey took one from N Nv YoIl
and imported one from IrelanA NeV
York sends seven around the 41pntry
keeps one and takes one on Massl
chusetts Oregon finds o. din Ne,
York and one in Pennsylvania khod
Island is only large enough rails
one and has to call on Massaaailsett
for the other; Iowa puts up tY0 bucl
eyes; Kansas brings one fror Mass
chusetts and one from Ohid Kel
lucky raises one in blue grassland tn
other in blue bells of Scotland Loui
ma takes alaaRt her own and Ppea