The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-11-22

eyes are rested and gratifed, and your senses
s0Otbed by the gorgeous array aud artistic dis
tribution Of plants and flowers on every side,
you must know hereafter that il is due TO the
artistic eye and the def handiwork of Comrade
William H. Brown. lie is a fixture in his
place; Commissioners Of Public Buildings and
Grounds may come and 90 but COmTade Brown
remains 10 do the work he loves so well, aud
that few others could do. lie has now been
Public Gardener under Commissioner Is. t.
French (whO was known to ali old-timers here
ana TO all Ereeuas0ns all through the world,
the late Gen. Nathaniel Micher, the late Gen.
o. E. Babcock, Gen. Casey, Col. Rockwell and
Col. John VI. Wilson / hope he Will live TO
serve under another half dozen.
SOME OF the NEW coNGREssMEN.
The people Of New York State who have had
an opportunity Of becoming acquainted with
him think that the country will hear from
Capt Frederick Lansing, who has been elected
from the 22d District, which comprises ST. Law
renee and Jefferson Counties, New York. capt.
Lansing was born in Herkimer County, New
York, in 1885 and enlisted at the beginning OF
the war ia the Sth n Y Cav. coming out as
Adjutant, after receiving disabling wound.
He is a fine lawyer and a brilliant extempo-
TaTy speaker, being especially effective on the
stump before popular audiences. his figure is
slender, his hight five feet eight inches, and his
manner frank, mpetuous and straightforward.
ed TO two terms in the New York Senate. lie
now enters Congress backed by the comtorta-
bic majority of 1900.
The Republicans in the Second District of
Massachusetts elected Elijah A Morse, who
made his fortune in the well-known Rising
Sun Stove Polish" He is active in Sunday
school and church work, and believes firmly in
protection.
After an absence of 81 years Gen. N. P.
Banks returns to the House of Representatives,
of which he was once a brilliant ornament, and
one of the abest Speakers who presided over
il. He was elected Speaker after one of the
most remarkable contests in our history, and
though the sessions, after he assumed the
gayel were exciting 10 the last degree his fair
ness was never called TO question, and not
ruling that be ever made has since been over
4 turned He left the House of Representatives
Z TO become Governor of Massachusetts,, to which
/ Office he was elected three times, aud left the
/ GubernatOrial Chair TO assume command OF
/ troops IN the field. His competitor was Col.
/ Theodore Wentworth Higgnson, the we'll
+ known Boston writer, aud who commanded
1 one Of the earliest negro regiments raised.
Henry Stockbridge. who defeats Isldor
Rayuer, the Democratic Member from the
Fourth District of Maryland, was educated
lawyer, but is an editorial writer on the Bate
more american
John A. Buchanan. the new Member from
! Blues, oftEeuricinal Stonewali Jackson Brigade.
/ He was taken prisoner in 1863, and confined
for the last 20 months of the war at Fort Della
ware. lie Is a lawyer by profession, and
/ partner OF Beverly Il. Johnston, a brother OF
Joseph 7. Johnston.
/ john Henry Wilson, Republican, who dis
/ places the Rev. W. p. Taubee in the Tenth
District Of Kentucky, is a printer by trade !;
was a pension clerk in Washington; studied
1 law; was admitted to the bar and settled IN
Barboursviile, Ky, where he was elected a
State Senator in 1883 and 1855. He disJin-
gushed himself by his crusade against land
1 grabbing and convicJ-labor laws
Capt. Charles E. BelknaR, who is a Republi-
/ can accession from Michigan, taking the place
Of Ford in the Fifth District was live soldier
4 and has been mentioned at some length in
/ The NATIONAL TRIBUNE before.
/ Col. \. 7. Bliss, who replaces Timothy Tars-
ney In the Eighth Michigan District, was a
4 Captain in the 10th \. Y. Cav, and is now
/ borne on the Volunteer Register as having
been killed in 1864. Instead of this he was
severely wounded, taken prisoner, and kept in
prison for some months, until he finally es-
/ capped He IS a blum, hearty man, with no
/ aiiectation or nonsense about him, thoroughly
selI-made and popular in all his ways. he is
z Whole-souled GAR. man, and is frequently
to be seen at EncamFmeats and other soldier
gatherings
William n. Kinsey, who succeeds Martin l..
I ClaTdv in the Tenth District of Missouri, is an
Ohio boy, who served three years in the Union
army, and who went TO st. Louis in 1874 to
/ practice law.
Col. Abner Taylor. of the First Illinois Dis
trict, Is 80 years old, lawyer wealthy, and
was an excellent soldier.
Capt. Charles L. Hill, of the Eighth Illinois
District, IS also lawyer, and has good war
record. His majority was so large that it was
/ suggested 10 make 1t unanimous.
Samuel p Snyder, OF the Fourth Minnesota
1 District enlisted at the age of l6 in an Ohio
| regiment and was wounded at Stone River
and Chickamauga He is a millionaire, aud
made his money in mining property and lum-
Der. In the Legislature lac was distinguished
as a friend of the workingm8n.
Martin Brosias Of the Lancaster, Pa, Dis
trict, is q graduate Of the State Normal School
at Miilersyile; graduated in law from the
Michigan University in 1861 and enlisted as
private in Co K, 9th Pa. he served until
/ December, 1854, when he was discharged for
wounds received in battle.
Col Wan. F. Haynes, Democrat who succeeds
Jacob Romeis, Republican, in the Toledo Dis.
trict of Ohio began life as printers appren-
tice in the office Of the Sanduszy Register, and
afterWard published paper OF his own in Ere.
mont o.. now the home of Ex-President r. Is
Hayes. He entered the 9Th Ohio at the begin,
ming of the war, became Captain, and was sub
seqgeutly promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and
Colonel Of the 10Th Ohio Cav. He is now
banker at Fremont, and is regarded as quite
wealthy.
Capt J. W Owens, who succeeds Beriah
Wilkins in the Sixteenth Ohio District, was
a Captain in the 66th Ohio, sIx-months regi
ment. He is q lawyer, about so years old, and
resides at Newark.
Col. Wm. Edgar Simonds, Republican, whC
succeeds Robert J. Vance, Democrat in tht
Hartford District Of Connecticut is an old com
rade and Granger, and live GAR. man. By
profession he IS patent lawyer, with large
f practice. He IS also an extensive farmer.
! Chas B. Smith, Republican. who succeeds
! Democrat in the Fourth w. Va District, Is al
extensive fouudTymau IN Parkersburg ID
served throughout the war private soldier
+ and is an enthusiastic Grand Army man.
s UNDER FALSE coLoRs.
Considerable amusement was created by al
incident which took place last Thursday nigh
at Wizards Hotel. A young man with darE
! hair and mustache, dressed in black suit
with black Oyercoat, alighted from a cab, ant
/ entering the hotel, registered the name Jane
! g. Blaine, jr." 1t was quietly whispere,
! through the lobby that young Blaine had ar
! rived, and several persons gathered near t
! look at him. It was an easy matter to open
conversation with him, and the young maj
+ talked freely about his father and his relation
with his wife. lie said he had had an imniens
q deal Of trouble aud had been drinking rathe