The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-25

gan'S celebrated rad through Ihdlatl eiN
Ohio. Captured at Cheshire he spent some
time as a prisoner of war in Pennsylvania
penitentiary The last of the Kentucky
Confederates is Col. James b. McCreaiy.
He has been Governor of the State and a
United States Senator. Col. McCreary IS
one of the solid men on the Democratic
side, and is frequently called to the char
when the House is in committee Oh the
whole
The entire delegation from Mississippi
fought under tine Confederate flag. zen.
Charles f, Hooker may be said to head the
squad. He was born in South Carolina
and lost his arm in the siege of Vlcksburg'
The general is a graduate OS the Cambridge
Law School He has been encouragement
of Mississippi, and has served eight years
in Congress- He commanded cavalry reg
iment during the war, and he is as dashlng
in debate as on the field Next to Gen;
Hooker Is Thomas {. Catchings, called
general probably because he also has been
acknowledgement of the State. Catchings
served throughout the war The other Mis-
sissippI veterans are Col. james b. Morgan
of fernando, Col. T. r. Stockdale. who was
badly wounded in 1864, Lieut.. c. L. Ander-
son, and Privates f. q. Barry and John NJ
Allen of Tishomingo county. Alien has the
reputation of being the best story teller IN
Congress but he doesn't tell too many sto-
rIes.
OF the fourteen members from Missouri
two served under the Stars and Stripes and
two under the Stars and Bars. The
latter is Gen William II Hatch of Hanni-
bal. He has served eight years i'll Congress,
and is one of the ablest and cheerest mem
bers of the House. Tho Grand Army men
are William Warner of Kansas City and
William Fl. Wade of Springfield. Both
were private soldiers aud both are RePub-
licans who apparently do more thinking
than talking.
Six of the nine members from North Car
DINA are Confederate veterans. Two of the
six were Majors and one was a Colonel. The
Colonel is W. Fl. H. Cowles, of Wilkesbor-
ough. He served in Lees army, and was
twice severely wounded. He has the mark
of a Federal bullet i'll his head to-day. Maj.
Charles w. McClammy, "a new member,
was among those VINO surrendered at Apo
mattox. as was also Maj. Louis {. Latham,
of Greenville The latter is a graduate of
Harvard law school The other Confederate
veterans from North Carolina are Lieut..
Alfred Rowland, of Lumberton, and Thos.
S. Johnston, of Buncombe county. Row
land was captured at SpOttsylvanla Court
House, and was imprisoned in Fort Della
ware for a year. Johnston received three
desperate wounds at the battle of Malvern
Hill, and is still suffering from them.
The Palmetto State is hardly up to the
Mississippi mark Only five of her seven
Representatives were soldiers. The most
prominent of the five is Lieut.. Samuel Did
BILE, of Orangeburg He is Chairman of
the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds. He has charge Of bills that may
take millions upon millions from the Trea-
sury for the erection of public buildings in
such cities as GreenvIlle, Portsmouth,
Springfield, Ahsheville, and Hanni-
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well up in the rules of the House.
Next in Importance is Private George d.
Tillman, Chairman of the Reading
Railroad Investigating Committee. Till
man once unsuccessfully contested the seat
of Gen. Robert Smalls, the black Grand
Army man from the Sea Islands. Gen
Smalls afterwards successfully contested
Tillman's seat, and is now cOnteSting the
seat of another Confederate soldier-Col
William Elliott of Beaufort. One of the
brightest of the South Carolina veterans is
Capt James S. Cothran, of the Abbeyville
district. He was severely wounded at
Charlottesville, second Bull Run and
Jericho Ford, and he was among those who
laid down his sword at Appomattox. Judge
Cothran is good lawyer and one of the
best speakers on the floor of the House.
The other Palmetto veteran is the son of
old Gov b. F. Perry. He served during
OF the ten members from Tennessee two
were Union soldiers and three Confederates
The former are Col Roderick Random But
Ter and Leonidas c. Houk. of Knoxville
Both are also veterans in political service
No men are better known in national Re-
publican conventions. Houk's voice is fire.
quently heard in the House. When he is
warmed up it sounds like the rolling
of thunder in the mountains of East
Inf
and carries less fumes of sulphur i'll
his speeches. The Confederate veter-
ans are Gen. Washington, c. Whit
thorne, Adit. James d. Richardson, of
Murfreesboro, and Col. John R. Neal
Whitthorne is credited with breaking the
Naval Ring engineered by George M.
Robson. His hair is as white as snow, but
he is as vigorous as a Mexican eagle, and
fully as saucy when corruption is unearthed
Richardson is a long-bodied, long legged,
long-armed and long headed man, chair
man of the printing committee. He is also
q thirty third degree Mason He is a hard
worker and a good speaker Neal is a quiet
Democrat, who has hard fights in his Con
gressional district, and who invariably
wins them.
Eight of the eleven members from Texas
fought the fight of Secession. None of tho
eight held prominent positions in the Con
federate army. David b. Culberson, Chair
man of the Committee on Judiciary, was
Colonel of the Eighteenth Texas Regi-
ment. He is as solid in the House as in
Texas, and may be reckoned as one of the
Democratic leaders. Next in prominence is
Samuel W. T. Lanhanl, Chairman of the
Committee on Claims. He enlisted in
| South Carolina regiment when boy, and
served through the war He carries weight
in the House, and is a plain, practical de-
batter. Judge Moore, Lieut.. 10 Abbott, Capt.
Hare, Capt. Kilgore and Maj. William H.
Martin are the other Texas veterans. Maj.
Martin has attracted more attention than
all his comrades. He is the successor of
John H. Reagan, and is as quaint as David
Crockett He has been accused of blowing
out the gas, of breaking his finger nails
in an effort to pull out the button of an
electric bell, of setting his watch by dials
in horse cars, and of various other eccen-
tricities, all of which accusations are
probably without foundation. His Con
federate record, however, is beyond re-
proach. No man knows this better than
the Hon. John H. Moflitt, of Chateaugay
Lake, n Y. Moffitt met Martin and the
Fourth Texas Regiment at Gaines Mill
in 1862. There was a rapid exchange
of compliments, and Motfitt and the
Fourth Texas got the worst of it. The
Fourth Texas was driven back and Moffitt
was left on the field badly wounded. The
two veterans frequently fight the battle
over again, and invariably separate charmed
with each other. A story illustrative of the