Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-11-16
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Na.nAn'el E DanAs' on Massacnusetts'
s"ve ana geniai notwitnssanoing his
scventy-three years, was seated In the
anteroom Of the Office Of the secretagy
Of IL interior awaiting an audience
with Mr.. Noble. Near by wse McKin.
iey. Of Ohio. Tho pair renreseoted een.
erations widely senarated. Resida the
veteran Ranks. who bad heen snester.
AZ Mckinley aspires 10 he. the latter
looked ike a how. On the wall over the
deak Of tha private ,s,retarv hung =
chart publiahed thirxean vears saon. ana
called "The Centennial 0overnnent. y
In this chart Mr.. Banks evinced mora
than ordinary interest, He looked n
over and over. rising first on tintoe and
then mounting chair In his eaeernesa
to scan all the namea Il seemed IN i'm.
press itself upon him A an old friend,
"Ah. McKinlev.n exclaimed tho vot.
eran statesman. sswhat a kaleidoscone Of
men, Of human ambitions. Of success and
of disappointment this n. Here arc Itha
names OF NV friends OF thirteen vears
ago. / believe that no more than oS
Of the 1915 senators and renresentatives
Of the centennial wear are still In con.
gress."
So the veteran Banks and the Younger
Mckinley sat down to compare notes.
Banks knew the old congress and Nc
Kinley the new one.
"Let us begin with Maine.~ thew said.
They found that of the seven members
Of congress from that state In the GEN.
tennial year but two remain. Hale and
Frye, who were then representatives.
now sit as senators in place of Hannibal
Hamlin and James G.. Blaine. 1.-TWO men
who have made history. and are still
making it," as Mr.. Banks said, or New
Hampshire's five centennial statesmen
but one remains, Probably the country
at large has forgotten Senators Crapin
and Wadleiph. Henry w. Blair. then
in the house, is now in the senate. and
somewhat famous as tho author of the
Blair educational bill.
Little Vermont ia prettv constant ~
said Mr.. Banks: "she ia the ONLY state in
the Union which has here now the same
senators who represented her in the cen.
tennial year, Nav nv old friends Ed.
munds and Morrill, be here thirtsen
years hence,
'That reminds me-. added the or.
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 experiencein national iepis.
lation. was q member of the Thirty.
third congress. which makes IL inst thir.
ty-six years since came down here a
green, fresh statesman. Judge Kelley.
the father of the house. did not come tili
the Thirty-seventh congress. or eight
years later. Senator Morrill,. of Vermont.
first came to congress two years after /
did. and Senator Dawes. Of Massachu-
setts, four wears after. But their service
has been continuous. while mine has NOT.
Only three Massachusetts, members Of
the centennial congress ara now here.
Mr.. Dawes, Mr.. Hoar. who was then n
representative. and myselfn
Rhode Island has no survivors of the
period OF thirteen years Both of her
centennial senators. Henry q. ANTHONY
and Gen, Burnside. are dead. Connecti.
cut fares no better. Her senator's were
William w. Eaton and William II. Rar.
mum, the famous Democratic leader. who
died O few months ago.
Time has worked magic changes in
New York. Thirteen wears ago Roscoe
Conkling and Francis Herman repre-
sented the empire state in the senate.
Both are dead. Fernando Wood. the
next most conspicuous member of the
delegation, is also dead, Samuel Sulli-
van Cox passed away but a few weeks
ago. Strange that in thirteen wears all
Of the thirty-five statesmen from that
state should disappear from the conpres.
sional roster. Not one remains. As.
Hewitt still lives. but in private life.
William A. Wheeler, then a congress.
man, rose to the vice presidency and
disappeared. Thomas C. Platt was then
the congressman from Tioga. Subse.
quently he entered the senate, resigned
with Conkling, failed of reelection, dis
appeared from public view, and later ON
bobs up serenely power in his party.
Elbridga>G. Lapham, then a representa-
tive, succeeded the great Conklinp in the
senate, served his term and disappeared
while Conkling was yet living and fa-
nous.
Not one Jerseyman survived the period
that was composed of wears to the un-
lucky number of thirteen. or the nine
men in the New Jersey delepation of tbe
centennial wear. but one. Frederick r.
Frelinphuysen. subsequently, rose to
higher distinction.
Pennsylvania, conservative and rock
ribbed, tenacious of her political views
and favorites. presents greater number
Of survivors from the centennial era
than any other commonwealth. Though