Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-11-16

the present coneress, was IN the con-
gre@ Of the centennial year. George T.
Spencer, now . clerk In one oe the gov
ernment departments In washingtou,
was . senator from Alabama In "a
y Mississippi has but one survivor, the
gallant Gen. Hooker. Lucius 9. G. La
mar, . congressman In 20, % now on the
supreme bench; Blanche X. Bruce, cen.
ator, Il . lawyer In Washington, and
John r. Lynch, who was born . slave
and became Q lawmaker In the centen-
nial year. is now an official Of the United
States treasury. Senator Gibson, of
louisiana, was in the house FROM that
state thirteen years ago. but none Of his
eaSly colleagues remain In the Capitol
with him.
In 1879 Texas was Represented In the
senate by ono Republican and one Dem
ocrat-Hamilton and Maxey.s Both hava
disappeared. John Fl. Reagan was then
q representative. He Il now . senator.
Roger Q. Mills, chairman Of the ways
and means committee Of the house. has
been in congress since 1879, and David
B. Culberson, the best constitutional
lawyer in the south, since 1874. Arkan.
~ senators and representatives Of 20,
among whom were Powell Clayton and
Stephen w. Dorsey, are known no more
in the halls of legislation. n
Senator Cockrell and Congressman
Bland, the father OF the silver dollar,
are Missouri's only survivors. Congress-
man Whitthornc is alone among the rep
rescntatives Of Tennessee who was there
thirteen years ago, as Joseph G. Black
burn, then congressman, now senator, is
the only survivor in kentucky.
Times record In Ohio Is like ro-
nance. But two Of the members Of the
delegation Of the centennial year are
still In public life-John Sherman, then,
as now, o senator, and Henry b. Payne,
thema member Of the house and now in
the senate. Allen g. Thurman, then Mr..
Sherman's colleague, has lived to be-
come the patriarch Of his party. Will
lam Lawrence won national fame as the
watchdog Of the treasury. Frank Hurd
became o noted orator, and was then
pressed back and beaten in the race for
place. Charles Foster, afterward COVER
nor, has twice or thrice had tho sena-
torial cup dashed from his lips. James
A. Garfield, congressman thirteen
years ago, then senator, president,
martyr. What changes In q time so
shortl
Veteran Banks looks in vain for the
face Of Senator Oliver P. Morton. 1t
seems long time since o. p. Morton
was Republican leader. and yet here is
Joseph Mcdonald, "Old Saddlebags,"
an older man than Morton, and Morton's
Democratic colleague in 1876, looking
forward to the possibility Of a presiden-
tial nomination in 1892, after spending a
decade in private life. Queer tricks time
plays in this merry-go-round Of politicsl
Indiana's only survivor Of the centennial
congressional delegation is William 8.
Holman, the objector. In 1876 an Indi-
anian, now pretty well known through
out the country, Benjamin Harrison,
had held no important public Office.
Michigan's present senators and con-
gressmen have all come to the front in
the last ten years. The leader of Illinois
centennial delegation was John A. Logan,
then in his primo. With him in the sem
ate was Richard Oglesby, then an old
man. Only the latter still lives. but in
retirement. Cannon, Henderson and
Springer are the three congressman from
Illinois who have remained steadily at
their posts Scott will now mako his
temperance after several years of re-
tirement. Morrison, Stevenson and
Sparks were famous members of Illinois
delegation in 1875. Only Morrison is in
the government service. How time
mows them down!
Wisconsins congressman are all of re-
cent growth. The only member OF her
centennial representation who has sur.
vived the slings and arrows Of remorse-
less time is Jeremiah NJ. Rusk, then the
member from Buffalo.
In 1876 William Window was in the
senate from Minnesota. After leaving
congress he served as secretary OF the
treasury, and then retired to private
life. as he supposed, forever. lie is
again secretary Of the treasury, made
such without an effort on his part, while
half a dozen men were running their
legs off for the honor. Time brings luck
as well as adversely.
Only Senator Allison remains of Iowa's
centennial statesmen, only Ingalls, Of
Kansas deputation, and only Teller of
Colorados first representation. Jones Of
Nevada and Mitchell of Oregon are the
only survivors of the Pacific coast.
$50 you see, Mckinley" said Mr.
Banks. on counting up the result of his
careful examination of the centennial
chart, "my guess was not far wrong
Less than forty of the 375 senators and
representatives whose names appear on
this chart are in congress today. In a
dozen years death and the fierceness Of
the struggle for political honors have
swept away nine men out of ten. Nc
Kinley, where shall you and l be q
dozen years hence?'
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