New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-16
records Two, Houck and Evans, both OF Tennessee

records. Two, Houck and Evans, both OF IehheSso''
fought In (he Union Army.
In the Northern States the tradition Of army SERVICES
as qualification for legislative office has apparently
feeber hOd, and only eighty seven senatofs AN, ann
Representatives from other than former sa, Of
can show military records. ms dLsprOpOruo. Us
civilians IS more marked IN the East, psrnaPs' haSa
in West though tie Ps,ihc slope s,a' them in
Congress NewYork and h Kansas. i
oH*3eps Spiec aie has nine and iowa has eight
while Ohio sends the greatest number OF al, s.
Michigan has elected SIX men to Congress win recors
~ ssrvce and Illinois and Massachusetts, four ap.e.
General Banks Is probably the best known onI9r ~
Ire d Wbele~ are among the leading Confederate
me election OF 1855 brought an unusually larse
,,nbor % vomng men 10 the front as candidates for
seats the House OF Representatives. and .sy n
WaryIand was long thought be the youngest OF the
new members. lie born in ls56 and Is now soH IN
his thirty fourth year The directory shows tnat sew
cral other Representatives are Younger Or, s'd I
of Brooklyn gives his age "a evenly -nne Mr. ILL
YER, Of Iowa. rising campaign orator hs ou,S coord
man in the House, IS thirty-twO so Is Mr. "a
are price of Louisiana Brookshire Of Indiana: tltnan
Of illinois Lind OF Minnesota Wallace, Dunphy ana ana
shsr of west o. vrc6a and LaFoee Of wisconsin
McAdoo of NewJerscy is another promising you ny
man. The jersey City statesman ana orator i've nob n
age as only thirty six. Turner the iceman, Is plOoa
bly, under thirty but his fe7 IS yet 10 be written e a.
The patriarch of the House in years, as Wen i "a
length Of service is the venerable William d. Kelley
of PHILADELPHIA. He is now seVenty-nVe. MI Nlnos.
Of Connecticut, is year younger General bahSs on -
seventv-thrre and General Nandever long ago a Oon
gessmaIn from Iowa ana Now vaD sc6ack Of wis
consln Is also two years past the ualluoHL, 1 I'd
and ten. Other members o pe' Nabama: Riggs.
Of California; Pennington. OF DeaWae' tI5Inen and
Georgia. M RrdEne Of in d Gear Of Iowa Randall
Gambler Walker and allace OF Msssaehuseess ,noa
Sfiyers ouackenblsh, WILDER Belden and SAWYER; OK
New.YOrk E. j. TAYLOR, OF ono " Nedi' nAi pann
Darlington BucEaiew sontb Carolina: whitthorne o,
Tennessee Hare and Martin OF ieSas a'A''n' "
The oenae IS naturally mon Sor A be anv truth or
body than dhe 0 ,bat tSitber all good statesmen go
wben they de Mr. wolcott the youngest OF tho
senaors is fortyone senators Morrill, OF sernI Ina
nawes and SAWYER are seventy-three; Evarts, wade
Hampton and Reagan Of Texas. are sevsniy,ome'
iopdty If the Senators run in from this down to
fifty fve Sixty IS perhaps the average az. cav
about themselves would I'LL column Mr., Iqrp ~.
of Alabama sees fir to say thar ne aS Wa" hpt was dee
feated by the twO-thrs rule and DARK hOrse., se
ator Jones. of Arkansas states ms war recOrn .rus
on the losing side Mr. Cunie of California takes care
TO explain that though he was born at ST. johns,
~ that city at the time senator . Joe" Brown, Of
Georgia records failure before the Legislature as
the only defeat of his life: In every instance "hen
he has been candidate before the people he has
been successful Frank Lawer the G M On Wa sSs
1
stump, that he was once the agent for Inc Wornng
| mans Advocate" a newspaper published IN Lhe IN
eTest of the toillng Mr. Bullock, OF Flor1da
mentions the startling fact that he Is marned ana
has a family of thirteen childres.2 Mr. Ellis OF hen
ucky has been twice married. ard the author %
! One Hundred Days in Europe MT stump, Oh
MARYLAND records that he " was born on Oahingtoh
! Farm. a wellBnown ancestral estate situated on
| chesapeake Bay" Elijah A. Morse. OF Massachs stts,
naive of Indiana and manufacturer OF stove POLISH
modestly states that he :" is distant relative OF the
| Adams family, Of Quincy. and represents me same
| district once represented by John Quincy ADAMS"
MIR Norton Missouri cOnfesseS thar he has had no
| public service, civil or military"
| Mr.. Quinn. Of New-YOlk IKE Mr. LAWYER; " was
conspicuous among the clamp n OF Inc eight,hour
| law In l86S-7O. and has entered enthusiastically
| into the agitation for the education and improve
ment of the working classes Senator
| Casey Of North Dakota. mentions the
! fact that "he went Europe and travelled and
studied for five years: became student OF foreign
affairs and an accomplished ngust.' Mr.. Drummer.
of Pennsylvania. Is the author OF an elementary
work on English Grammar and Analysis and a
work entitled The Indians Of Berks County, Penn
sylvania ': has devoted much time TO microscopy
and nealOgy, and has large collections OF spec-
mems in these departments of science Mr. McCom.
of Wisconsin. is by occupation publisher lumber
man and farmer, and by profession an editor"