Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-11-30
IN TIE COMING CONGRESS.

The 51st congress meets on Monday
next, 4 good many changes have taken
place and good many familiar names
and persons will be missed.
Senator Palmer, Of Michigan, has been
replaced by Senator Mcmillan. They are
both nllionares, one farmer the ether
q miller. Ex-senator Palmer was an
ardent advocate of woman's suffrage; he
was well posted Ii an the questions Of the
day and always ready 10 help his friends.
He is now minister to Spain.
Senator Sabin, of Minnesota, who rose
from n cierkship in the L. s. treasury to
a seat in the United States senate, has
given way to ex-Gov. W. D. WGshbnrne,
who is 4 statesman and very able man.
Plain Anthony Higgins succeeds old
Senator Salisbury, and tie state Of Della
ware will not have either n Bayard or a
salisbury in tha coming congress.
Young, Republican, active and pushing,
however, Senator Higgins will SEQ to it
that the Old Blue Hen state gets fair
show in the halls OF congress.
From Rhode Island that good, Old,
honest, ii rich, Quaker, Jonathan Chase,
has resigned, and a bright young man
and an ex-governor Of Rhode Island,
Dixon, take, his place.
Senator Wolcott, one of the youngest
men in the senate and commonly known
rs the silver tongued orator Of the Rocky
mountains, will occupy Senator Bowen's
seat, and the Centennial state delegation
will lie stronger than ever, and from
virginia Senator Barlow has replaced
the fiery, untamed and not always sober
Rl!dleherger,
Four deaths have taken place among
the members OF the house Of representa-
tiyes, namely Laird, OF Nebraska; Town
send, Of Illinois Cox, Of New York, and
Gay, Of Louisiana.
Among those who held seats in the last
congress vino will be absent in the neXt
are Gen. Lloyd Bryce, OF New York, who
has succeeded the late Allen Thorndyke
Rice Us editor OF the North American Re
view the Hon. Tim" Campbell, one OF
the most distinguished OF the awkward
squad" on the floor; William Bourke
Corkran, the Tammany Chief; Patrick
Collins, of Massachusetts, the chairman
Of the last national Democratic conycn-
lion; Martin ForAn, the free trade Demo-
crat laborite, from Cleveland, Ohio; Will
inn L. Scott, the millionaire coal baron
from Pennsylvania, who occupied the
unique position OF being the only free
trade representative from the great pro-
lection state; Nathan Golf, who was
cheated out OF the election as Republican
governor OF West Virginia by the Demo
Gratis; Ex-Gov John D. Long, v no might
have been one uf Massachusetts senators
tad he fought for the place; William
Walter Phelps, OF New Jersey, who re-
signed his seat TO 90 to Berlin SIS United
States minister; deacon" S. V. White, Of
Brooklyn; Leopold Morse, of Boston;
Rayner, the tariff reiolmer from Balti-
more; Ryan, of Kansas, who is now min
lister TO Mexico; ex-senator Norwood, OF
Georgia; Beriah Wilkins, OF Ohio, now
one OF the editors Of the Washington
Post.
Among the most noted of the new mem
bers will stand Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks,
from Massachusetts, who once presided
as speaker of the house; John +. An
drcws, OF Massachusetts,, son Of the old
war governor of that state; Mark II.
Dunnell, Of Minnesota; st. George Tucker
from Virginia, son OF Randolph Tucker;
and RosNe ell T. Flower, the perennial
Democratic candidate for the presidency.
The 51st congress contains plenty OF
GOOD material, and some good AMI
wholesome legislation may be expected
and, we think, will be had.