The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-12
THE NATIONAL HUB.
Some Interesting Facts Con-
corning congressman.
A VISITOR VIEWS SALT LAKE
The Oldest Man in Congress-Wash-
ton People In Salt Lake-A
Washington habit.
TEMPUs FUGIT.


WASHINGTON, August. Especial 10
TIE HERALD. - Senatoc lngalls re-
marked the other day. as striking ex.
empli6cation of the mutabillty of
human affairs and the mortality Of
man, that of all those who were mem
bers OF the United States Senate when
he was admitted, on March 4th, 1873
the only ones nov remaining in the
Senate are Messrs. Sherman, Edmulds,
Morrill,, Salisbury aud Ransom. aud Of
those who first took the oath as Soma
tors GA the day when he was sworn in,
there now remains only Messrs. Ali :
son, of Iowa, and Jonas OF Nevada.
The Senator of the longest service is
Sherman. With the exception OF the
term when he was Secretary of the
Treasury and when Allen G. Thurman
filed his place in the Senate. Mr.. Sher-
man has been a Senator continuously
since 1861, and before that time he had
served IN the House of Representatives
beginning with the Thirty-fourth Con-
gress. Senator Morrill, served in the
House, too, during the Thirty fourth
and five subsequent Congresses. He
and Mr.. Sherman are the only two men
in Congress now who were there so long
ago as the Thirty-fourtn. Mr.. Cox, Of
New York, stands next in this respect.
He came to the Thirty ff h Congress
from Ohio, and continued to serve unit
the end OF the Thfrty-eighth, when he
moved to New York. The Thirty ninth
aud Fortieth Congresses Knew him not,
bat he has b-ea a member Of the House
during every Congress since. So far as
| leagth of service is concerned, TINS puts
him on level with Mr.. Kelley, a mem.
Der of the House continually since the
beginning of the Thirty-seventh Con-
gress. Representative Springer, too, is
in the habit of looking back over the
years that have gone, and rejecting
upon the great change ID the personnel
of the House since he first came to
Congress as a msmber of the House in
the the Forty-fourth. OF the 325 mem
bers of the present House, less than
dozen participate in that memorable
contest on the ''forca" bill in the Forty
third Congress. They are Messrs. Cox
Kelley, Randall, ONeill, of Pennsyi-
vania, Mills, Bland, Blount and Cannon,
and Only three or four OF those who
came in with Mr.. Springer in the Forty
fourth Congress are mam5ers now.
All these things show how changeful
Congress is. At least one third OF the
memb :rs of the present House were
not members OF the last one, and Rep
resentative Pat. Collins said the other
day that he believed at least one half
the members of the present House
would be missing from the next.
Changes in the Senate are necessarily
slower than in the House. Only one
third of the Senate b4gin new terms
With the beginning OF every new Con-
gress and OF this third, less than one
half, as rule, are new men; the ma
jority are Senators who have been re-
elected. 1t will probably be so at the
beginning of the next Coz gress. One
change, however, is certain. Mr. Bar.
bour will take the place of Mr.. Riddle
berger, of Virginia. Other changes are
possible, some that would alter tie
political complexion of the Senate, and
some that would only change the per-
sonnet. Senator Stantord's term does
not expire until 1891. but he is hardly
ever at the Capital. He is tired of Con.
gressional life, and would resign at any
time if he could be succeeded as Re-
publican. Mr.. Harris, of Tenne. see,
finishes his present term on the 4th o.
March next, and at present there is a
lively contest going on between himself
and Mr.. Atkins. who resigned the office
of Commissioner of Indian Affairs in
order to push his candidature for the
Senate. Mr.. Morgan's term expires
next March, and Rep resen awe Oates
desires to succeed him. kepGb lIcans
think there is chsncs of eleeting Re
publicans to succeed Senators McPher
son, of New Jersey, and Kenna. of
West Virginia, next year. M. White
has been elected to succeed Senator
Eustis, of Louisiana bnt his term does
not begin until 1891 Senators Beck
and Gibson have been ell .cted to sue
coed themselves, but some of the other
Senators whose terms expire n>xt wear
are having hard contests in their States
Besides those already mentioned, the
Senators whose terms expire next year
are Messrs. Berry Bower, Salisbury
Colquitt, Colon. Plumb, Frye, Hosr, |
Chandler, Palmer, Sab:n WalthaM,
Mandleson, Ransom, DoIph, Chase,
Butler and Coke. Dolph will not be
displaced by Democrat as had been
hoped, but there is a chance that he
will be displaced by another Repubi-
can. Ii no other political changes occur
than the one in Virginia the Senate
will be tie in the next Congress.
INTER EST IN UTAH.
Eastern people are taking more in
terest in Utah just at present than they
have for some time past, and the interest