Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-04
TO LEAVE WASHINGTON.

LEGISLATORS WHOSE TERMS WILL
 EXPIRE ON MARCH 4.
 lives Is Only Appren.iccship-Some
 of the Old Senators Whose Faces Will Be
 Missed-Delaware'sF Four Bayards
 Special Correspondence.l
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-In a few days the semi-centennial congress of the Unites States will come to an end after fourteen months of work. At the close of every congress large number of statesmen retire from public to private life, a few of them to reappear when the conditions shall prove more favorable to their personal ambitions, but the great majority to pass the remainder of their days in comparative obscurity. On March not a larger number than usual retire from the halls of congress, to be replaced by other men from their states or districts. It Is noteworthy that so few of the disappearing statesmen are 1enators. So far as is definitely known only five senators are to retire-Bowen of Colorado, Palmer of Michigan, Sabin of Minnesota, Salisbury of Delaware, and Riddleberger of Virginia-thoughi it is possible Chandler of New Hampshire and Kenna of West Virginia will fail of reelection. In the list not one great historic name appears, unless it be that of old Uncle Eli Salisbury. The remain ing four outgoing senators are single term men, having taken seats in the sen- ate six years ago. Palmer did not care to remain longer ill the senate, Sabin and Bowen were defeated for renomination, while Riddleberger has entirely lost his grip upon the politics of Virginia. Sauls- bury, on the other hand, has been in the senate eighteen years, and before his ad- vent the seat was for many years occupied by his brother Willard. After March the state of Delaware will not be represented in congress by either Bayard or a Salisbury, the first time such a thing has happened for nearly half a century. There have been two Saulsburys and four Bayards in the senate from Delaware, the latter occu- pying one seat for fifty years. The re- tiring senator is nearly 72 years old, and one of the quaintest old figures in con- gress. Considerably more than six feet tall, he is very thin, and time has bent the top of his figure till he greatly re- sembles a shepherds crook. It is a habit of his to pace up and down in the rear of the senatorial chairs with his head nearly upon his breast and his long arms half interlocked upon his back. He is an old fashioned man, very obstinate, and his under lip protrudes like that of a bull dog, giving his face an expression of resoluteness and determination that is not often met with.
 Bowen is man whose career has been full of vicissitudes and surprises, and he has such remarkable facility for shift ing his base and bobbing up serenely from below that he may be expected to come back to congress from Oklahoma or Alaska, or almost any place.
 Palmer likes his ease and his stock farm too we'll to remain in public life, and Sabin will devote his attention to manufacturing. Nobody knows what will become of Riddleberger.
 1A1iollCi uOCC" C1ei ny AdCo IS tIlS SAnd1A number of members of congress from the south who have found it necessary to retire to private life at the end of this term. There is belief that the people of the south secure the services of abler representatives than the north for the simple reason that in the southern states men are generally chosen to go to con gress on the score of ability alone, wealth having less influence there than in other sections of the country. It appears that when the people of the south get an able and honest man in the house they de- 1, light in keeping him there, and thus en- abling him to grow stronger and more influential as session after session adds to his experience and prestige.
 Certainly this theory is borne out by the figures which the close of this con- B25 representatives and 8 delegates in the present congress, 409 in all, little more than one-fourth, or 11S, retire after March f. Of these 11S disappearing statesmen only 36 are from tho states commonly chased as of the south, and , of these 36 precisely two-thirds, or 24 hail from the ''border states of Dela- 1 ware, Maryland, Virginia, West Vir- ginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mis- souri, leaving but q dozen changes in the delegations from the south proper the two Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Ala bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas-or an average of but a little more than one change to each state. 1 Four of theso dozen changes are in North 1 Carolina. South Carolina continues her whole representation, Florida makes but one change, only one new face will ap- pear in the great delegation from Geor- gia, Alabama sends two new men, Louis jana two, Arkansas but one, and every one of the thirteen senators and repre- sentatives from Texas retains his seat. Political ambitions and rivalries must be keener in the north, for here the changes are surprisingly numerous. Eff. teen new men will sit in the next house