Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17
CONGRESS- VETERANS
d ?. Ba1ks ca the Z pa and Downs
OF Public Lie.
II LYONS H9H II IS EIASELF
Himself ne Earisssf ~ fhs Fressst MsE1l-
ssrs-fhs heesEa 81 ThiFtssa xs.rs--
49, Dean 4ad Elsresa- So az Goa
1le1 No. aL&t<s4sa-


of la interior awaiting an audience
with Mr. Noole. Near by Wa AcKin-
ley ~ Ohio. -Aa pair represented gen
srations -4eig separated. Beside the
veteran L.-aks. Hl0 had besn speaker,
as Achllley asplTes 70 he, the latter
looked IKE a boy. On the vail over the
tesk ~ the private secretary hung a
chart published thirteen years ago. and
ealLsi The Centennial Government. p
la this chart Mr.. Ranks svinced more
than ordinary interest He looked 10
over ami over. rising hrst On tiptoe and
then mounting a chair in ais eazerness
- scan all the names. Ir seemed 70 i'm
press lself upon him as an old friend.
An, AckiaieY. eKclainesi the vet
eraa statesman, what kaleidoscope Of
men. u human ambitions. Of success a. q
of dsappointment this IS. Here are the
names Il my friends OF thirteen years
ago. / believe thas 10 more than %
" the 855 senator's and representatives
0f the centennial year are still IN con
GEES"
So ths veteran Banks and the Younger
Mckinley sat down % compare notes.
Packs knew the old congress and Nc
Kiniey the new one.
L. as begin with Maine" they said
They found that Of the seven members
~ congress from that state in the cen
teunial year bat two remain. Hale and
Frye, who were then representative.
now sit a. senator's in place u Hannibal
Hamlln and james o.. Blaine, two men
ho have made history, and are still
masking it. as Nr. Banks said. OF New
Hampshire's five centennial statesmen
but one remaina PROBABLY the country
at large has forgotten Senators Cragin
and Wadleigh. Henry W Blair. then
la the house. Is now in the senate. and
somewhat famous as the author Of the
Blair educational bill
Little Vermont Is pretty constant.
said Slr. Banks, she is the only state in
the Union which has here COW the same
senator's who represented her in the cen
sennial year. May my old friends Ell
munds aud Morrill, be here thirteen
years hence.
That reminds me-" added the ex-
speaker, that in talking about Massa-
chusetts representatives you should not
forget me. have the honor. sir, TO be
the member Of the Fifty first congress
with earliest experience in national legis-
lation. l was member OF the Thirty
third congress. which makes it Just thir-
ty-siX years since | came down here a
green. fresh statesman. Judge Kelley.
tle father of the house, did not come tin
the Thirty congress. or eight
years later. Senator Morrill,, Of Vermont.
FIRST came % congress two years after I
dill. and senator Dawes. Of Massachu-
setts, four years after. But their service
has been continuous, while mine has rst.
Only three Massachusetts, members of
the centennial congress are now here
Mr. Dawes. Mr. HOar, who was then a
representative, and myself"
Rhode Island has no survivors Of the
period Of thirteen years. Both OF her
centennial senators. Henry b. Anthony
AMI Cen Burnside, are dead. Connect
cur fares TO be5ter. Her senator's were
William W Eaton and William II. Bar
mum, tie famous Democratic leader. who
dlel few months aco.
Time has worked magic changes in
New forS. Thirteen years ago Roscoe
Co-N,iug and Francis Herman repre-
scnted the empire state in the senate.
Hoh are dead Fernando Wood. the
next most conspicuous member of tie
E. -1-an. Is also dean Samuel Sulli-
san Cox passed aro~ .at O few weeks
e-a. strange thar in thirteen years ali
90 Che tn,ry y0va statesmen from tha.
s-a,e should disappear from the c0DSrcs-
snal roster. Nos one remains. a. =.
Hewitt SIN lives. bat in private life.
William A. Wheeler. then a oonxress-
ma0, rose To- the vice presidency and
diHTneared Thomas g. Platt was then
t7s congressman from Ti0ga. Subse-
qu n-iy Pee entered the senate. resigned
vita Conking. failed Of reelection. dis
appeared from public view. aad later on
boos gp sersuely a power IN his party.
LlgridSe o.. Lapham. then q representa-
tive. sacCcedsd the great ConkhnE in the
senate served his term and disappeared
whiio Conkuns was yet living and IA
r.-'ls.
Not one Jersovrlan survived the period
that waz composed q years 90 the uu-
lucky number Il thirteen OF the nine
r-.n in the View Jersey delegation of the
Centennial year. bat one. Frederick T.
Trr nEhuvsen. subsequently rose 70
higher distinction.
pennsvlvania. conservative and rock
ribaed. tenacious Of her political views
and fsvoritss. presents a greater number
of survivors from she centennial era
than any other commonwealth. Though
simon Cameron. the Nestor. has disap-
reared forever. samuel J. Randall wiz
lam U. Kelley aud Charles O'Neul re-
moin.
a remarkabls instance. this. of long
continued service II great municipal
e. Kelley. Randall and O'NeiI have
,r-rther represented the CITY II Phila-
le'phda I'm congress fer a quarter ~
-e7turv ConEressuen Mutchier an1
iiaish are the other survivors N the
Pennsylvania delegation.
sven irtle Delaware. In which the Citl-
re-s hal come Or iocF upCu che BaTards
ara ere sauishurvs IS life senator's, has
fe-t -he Influences r this period Il
rn11gr Thirteen years aEo Thomas
ffa Ic's Havari the ,hiri cf his family
l' -ccupv a seat in the senate. was one =
tna most active statesmen of che daT.
N''F a.tor serVinI eizht years more IS
ssna.,r and four a. secretary ~ state, -
81 re17vrr- ei- Tcrru as a private c1vIzen
srt hr'liserocn rha Saulsburvs, TO.
ho-o r-firei to private ufe.
afrr .ant hai ro representatives. n
I3 Fita enough Vitality % Span the thir-
trn rear per'd. nor hai Virginia