The National tribune., 1888-08-09
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Tie Weeks D0ings at the Ma
tiOnal Capital


slsrriag 70 his recent renomira .. He seemed
pleased s. g child with a new but he tried
% appesr 70 be taking il yeTE itterenty
You have been in politics . g time, Gen
eral9n
ayes; ] voted for William airy Harrison
sn 1870. Il was my first Pr euriai vote. L
was then Just y years old. Tess ct Go vote next
November for Benjamin HaT -1n, and 1t Will
probably be my last; but / have grasped
tbree generations gith my Is, 3t. am now
"a years Of age, and by the time ne next Presl-
dent Is inauguratsd viii be 2. Old enough
% quit, don't you think, yoUs aan
Msi.-Gen. NandeveT was serving his second
term IN Congress from Iowa when the war broke
out sud resigned TO take the Zee of Colonel
in the 9Th Iowa Wm. b. Allison, who was pre-
vented by III health from going into the army
Fucceeded him Col Naudever was specially
promoted TO BrigadieT General aud bre-
vetbed Maior-General in 1865. he is again
tn Congress, serving 8 first term from the
Golden State. and let rs hope that the brave
old man may be elected once more 70 second,
and be spared TO serve il out ana many sue
ceeding terms also Gen. Naudever, however,
Is not the Oldest Member OF our National Leg
iglature. There are SIX older than hej Two
Represen tativ es-Ralph Plumb, Of Illinois,
Hnd Edward Gay, Of Louisiana, who are respect
Yvsly - years OF age; and four Senators
Henry i. Dawes. Of Massachusetts, and Phiie-
t1s Sawyer, Of Wisconsin also 2; and Henry
E EaFle- OF ONO, ana JGsLlI >. 1lotAli4s %
Vermont, each of whom bushlngly confess 10 a.
There are Just bakers dozen mot Of the
present times, however Of our Statesmen IL
Congress who 8re over 79-seven Of them Sena-
G0rB and six Representatives. IN addition TO
fhose already named are Senator's Eli Sauls-
bury, Of Delaware; Wade Hampton, Of South
Carolina aud John III. Reagan of Texas; and
Representative Toby Granger, Of Connecticut;
Edmund Rice, of Minnesota, and Edward Scull
Of PeEnsylvauia
The youngest man in the House is Ben. z.
Ehively. Of Indiana. goOd-lo0king young man
q SO years and pensiye countenauce.
There are is who do not know their ages, or
else Rre ashamed TO own mp; at any rate, they
Go not appear on the record, OF these two OF
them are Senators, both from Tennessee. AL
from the South but four, and al Democrats
but three.
Roger q. BEiIls is one Of these. Just how
much this has 10 do with his free-trade theo-
ries IL g question for algebraic solution. Ii is
Just possible that the star under which he was
born is 9 dsrk-lantern, which superstition If
proven would account for many things
There is another curious fact connected
with cur statesmen, a. revealed by a close
study Of the Congressional Directory. There
Sc only oDe man Of the whole zl3 who has
anything but an asteTisk for 5 wife; and
sons do not indicate their =" better half =
even by that means. Hon. L. Burnett, Of
fhs Ninth District Of Massachusetts,, married
the only child of James Russell Lowell in 1872,
and thought the fact Of sufficient importance
70 mention. If the lady is IS bright as her
father, there is small wonder about that, how
ever; but your correspondent knows so many
Congressional ladies Of the same sort that the
exception is unjust even then.
There are six wid0WeEs aud bachelor In
The Senate, any one Of them old enough 70
marry, the youngest Of the lot just bordering
on so, and the oldest Y. Eli Salisbury, tue
one bachelor, is qHite well seasoned, and there
fore has probably attained an eminent degree
Of that toughness held in such high esteem by
She friends Of EaJisha, he having liYed-but
moi ioFed-thr0UEb = Summers.
In the House there are . CT 30 marketable
Genbers-fYe of them baehel0Ts-the States OF
Indiana and Florida having the largest quotas.
En0m Indiana both Senators and I've out Of her
l5 Members are playing the role CT ore blade 70
n pair o. scissors; aud beth Members from
Florida sre in a similar unjointed condition.
This state Of affairs is = positive shame. No
E9D0er there Is q surplus OF women IL our
country Is well IS Surplus o cash IN our
treasury, and tae former lz the worse OF the
two. The stupidity OF the men tho cannot
agree on the best neta bod Of reducing the latter,
cannot be expected either 20 see that so many
good, sbie-bOdied men should lot be wasted,
when there is already tOo few 70 90 round
WHAT is this country coming to- move Laat
We cal OB Mr. Blair - formulate 2 compulsory
matrimonial bill.
The foregoing facts ere possibly OF more ia,
tsEest 10 your lady readers Than asybody else
8Bd nOH viii esilate 3 few that VIII be O.
special interest 10 the soldiers.
or the z13 Members ii both Houses, there
are is eK-soldiers, Of these - are from ths
U1ioD army. nine Of them Senators, and Il
from the Confederate IS Senator'S To snow
the average more c.ezrlyit must be remember
Cd that there arc - Northern States and II
Southern States. represented respectively bl
&J5 Members % che lower House with A Sena
tors and Ia Members the lower House witt
81 Senator'S OF tbs ~ Confederate Senator'S, on,
SENATOR Ri3dlebsFgeTJ is 3 Republican now
OF the 81 Union soldiers IL Cenzrlas eght ar
Democrats and q tAe II Confederate soldier
in the House tAFse are ReDa5licsus Thss
three, Ike Senator RidaseDergsT. iii hail from
the COED cid STATE VI Virginia, 2 tie mother o
President" in tie past. Both the Sen2tor
En6 81 Of the ErpresentEtiFes Of Mississippi
were Confederate soldiers and from ali th
Southern States large per cent were Confed
crate soldiers.
On the other hand New York. with a Rep
VeBsntatIVes ard Two Senators sends but ri
soldier % CCngrass one OF those being e!scte
By Democratic votes Maine sends but ons
Sic gallant BOuIelis Of the Navy. LIIinof
sends but fear. with her two Senator'S and ,
Representative. Indiana, Iowa aud Kansas d
better. OF 10 Representative IRON Ind ian
seven were soldiers. one o. whom is 8 Demo
crAt. al the Republican ReDresentstive
from HaTris0u's STATE were ex-seid ers exceE
che. who was too Young % enlist then, and
nov most ardent supporter u the rights OF Ga
soldier Hon. William y. Owen. Of the 10,
District Iowa out q II Representatives. Id
seven soldiers, one Of whom is a Democra
ksEsas with seven Members gives SIX frol
tbe army. aud heT two Senators beside.
The soldier Interest Is growing iu Coners
Es everywhere else and the day viii soon I
past when they can be ignored there or els
where.
THDIAEA CoEGAE.ssalES RESoElIEATED.
Capt. James B. white, who was renominats
for Congress last week, Was the subject Of
famous contest 81 the beginning Of his preset
term. DE was elected by some $500 maiorii
over ms competitor but hiE eligibility 70 Il
seal was contested by lowry, bis opponent
The polls. The Elections Committee by q par
vote favored uusszting him, but surpri
awaited them in the unexpected attitude
Ebe leaciug f0reign-b0ru Members on the Der
OcrHtic side. Gen. Collins Of Massachusett
and TIE fiery Burke Cochran. q Tammal
Esiis assaulted the position Of Whites OBJ
neuts and carried il by storm. Although !
visa s Republican snd they were Demoera
there Was the kinship Of naturalization !
tween them all The case hinged upon Car
Whites inability 10 produce his certificate /
though be had testimony TO show that be h
been neutral red. Gen Collins declared that I.