New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-16
STATISTICS OF CONGRESS.
FACTS REVEALED BY THE COMPRESSION
AL DIRECTORY"

in to the general stock of public gayety
There is always Frank Lawcr to enliven It's pages
with unintentional burlesque; Martin, OF Texas
whose sober and satesmanke sketch OF himself wouin
be perfect IL 1t only explained satisfactorily why he
blew out the gas; pompOus and consequential
Joe" Brown. OF Georgia. whose harmless foibles and
unconscious vanity bring smile to the lips of every
reader Of his naive biography. Others, TOO, are Just
forward in exposing their idosyncIasies, ana
humorous touches from many pens lend constant UNI
derone of fresh and breezy comment to this otherwise
formidable collection of the lives Of statesmen.
But beneath the fun of The Dhec tory" lies a solid
Of information regarding the makeup of the two
houses Of Congress, from which may be gathered
many hints TO the present tendencies OF political
life What States furnish the preponderant proper
ton OF public men how far the foreign element In this
country is represented in Congress; what share In
legislation has already fallen to tho generation which
has grown up since the War; and 10 what extent a
military record is still honored in the choice of SEN
ators and Representatives both North and South; what
States send Congress only citizens born within their
own borders, and what commonwealth draw most
largely for Congressman other parts Of the country
these and many other interesting questions can be
answered in detail by a careful study of The Di-
, recory."
Some of the sketches arc, IT is true, defective and
incomplete. \ few Congressman have oven failed
10 Indicate their blrthpaces and dates OF BIRTH MI
Mills, Of Texas, for instance, merely mentions his
several elections TO Congress- and gives the vote by
which he carried his district in 1883. 1t may be that
the great tariff expert thinks the details of his career
are already familiar every schoo-boy. 3" Iceman'
Turner, OF NewY York, is equally meaSre In his ac-
count Of himself But the lceman didn't reach Wash
ngton I'm time TO furnish glowing autobiography for
this edition Of The Directory" He will. no doubt be
heard from later. Mr.. I'LL, of Illinois, goes 10 the
! other extreme lie has written 3.312 lines, chiefly
about his record in the Army, and CALAMITY finds
! thoth a q
Fcw other members of either branch of Congress have
thought this worth while About 406 out Of the Az
men in the two houses have put themselves enough
on record be included in all the comparisons that
| follow.
1t is striking testimony to the thoroughly American
character Of National politics that only twenty mem
bers Of he List Congress are foreign-born -Four ~
| them senatOrs-PascO, of Florida; Mcmillan Oh
Michigan; Jones, OF Nevada, and Beck, OF Kentucky.
The first two were born in England. senator NcMil-
Ian Is Canadian by birth. senator Beck, as IS well
! known. IS scotchman, and nhers many sturdy
Scotch qualities. OF sixteen foregn-bOrn Representa-
tivcs crisp Of Georgia, and Greenhage. Of Massachu-
sets. come from England Farquhar and Ladlaw, of
New-Yorl, are Scotch; Clancy, Quinn and Wiley, OF
! New-York, and McAdO0, of New-Jersey, are Irish
| Stephenson of Michigan, and Connell, Of Nebraska,
come from Canada Lind, OF Minnesota, is Swede
Haugen, Of Wisconsin, halls from Norway; Lehlbach,
of New-Jersey, Nedringhaus, OF Missouri, and Barwfg
| and Brckmer Of Wisconsin, are Germans, Nine of
| the twenty are Democrats and eleven Republicans.
New York f. viii be noticed, sends five mon of foreign
birth 10 Congress, New-Jersey two, and Wisconsin
| three.
Nine states have chosen for Representatives and
| senators only native-bOm citizens. Only the older
! and smaller commonweaths of course can show SUCH
Iecord and the list is that OF the thirteen original
| with Massachusetts,, Connecticut, NewYork New
jersey Pennsy lvania and Georgia taken out and Maine
and West Virginia added. Thus Maine sends six New
Hampshire, four Rhode Island four; Delaware, three
Maryland eight Virginia, twelve; Wesy Virginia, six
North Carolina, eleven, and South Carolina, nne-al
nauve-bOm delegations Pennsylvania might alnlos
be added to this roll Only of her delegation Of
thirty Congress- en, Dalzell, born outside tbs
state and he has lived in Piltsburg ever since hi
second year Twenty-eght of the thiry-six New
Workers were born the Empire state, surprisingly
large proportion, when the composite character of New
NOrks population is taken into account. Newly ork.
senior senator, it will he remembered. was born fl
Massachusetts,. Only three Of NewJersey'S min,
Senators and Representatives natives of tina
STATE. One Connecticut Senator Hawley, and ont
Representative. RUSSELL come from other parts of thu
Union. The proportion of homebom CongressmeI
grows naturally smaller goes further West
Ohio, additionally prolific Of statesmen ha
seven adopted citizens in her delegation o
twenty-five Indiana, extremely sensitive al
matters that touch state pride, sends ten nativ
| lndldnlanS out or niteen-u senator Iurpe can D
counted I'm he does not give his age place of birth
With Illinois, the natveborn element begins dis
appear entirely. Eighteen of the delegation 0
| twenty-five from this State born outside it
boundaries. Michigan sends three nativebom Repre-
sentaves out of thirteen Wisconsin out of eleven
Beyond the Mississippi only Missouri and Arkansa
can show any natveborn citizens in Congress. TIL
entire delegations from Iowa. Minnesota North Dakota
South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Montana, Wash
ington, Oregon. California, Nevada and Texas belon
by birth to other States or to other countries. Il
the Southern States generally the nativeborn elemen
prcponderates largely. Kentucky sends adopte
son to the Senate Mr.. Beck. Tennessee has onl
three in her delegation Of twelve, Georgia has tire
and Louisiana one. Alabama and Mississippi are ex
cepdons. They together have only six natve-bor
. members out Of a total of nineteen.
Taking all the figures together IL will be found tina
226 members and Senators were born in the States
! which they represent, and 1s4 I'm other States o.
foreign countries OF these 1s4 immigrant or carpe
bag statesmen, twO-thrdS, no doubt, popularl,
supposed TO come from Ohio and Massachusetts, Thi
is not the case at all New-YOrk easily distances al
the other States in the number of Congressman sh
has furnished to other commonwealth. No less thar
thiry-one Senators and Representatives from othe
New by birth This list includes, II
The Senate Stanford, of California: Teller. of Colorado
Farwell. Of Illinois; Davis Of Minnesota Paddock
of Nebraska Stewart, of Nevada Mcpherson, of New
Jersey; Casey and Pierce. of North Dakota; Payne
of Ohio; Doph, Of Oregon; Moody, Of South Dakota
and squire of Washington making with Senator His
cock over One-sXth Of the entire membership of thu
e senate In the House these NewYorlers represen
other states Lawler, Mason, Hill and Post, Illinois
Gear Iowa; Bellnap, Whiting. Bliss and Wheeler
Michigan: Bartlne, Nevada Geissenhainer and Beck
< with New-Jcrsey; Haynes and Pugsey Ohio Dazell
Pennsylvania Clifford, South Dakota; Van scha!c
and Clark, Wsconsln-const with the native
born members Of the New-York delegation, near
4 e-seventh Of the whole House.
Ohio has furnished twenty Senators and representa-
tlvcs for other States. among them Senators Alllso
and Wilson, OF Iowa; Plumb, Of Kansas. and voorhees,
Of Indiana and Representatives HIT Lane and Smith
Of Illinois Funston. Perkins. Kelly and Peters, of Kar
sas WADE OF Missouri, and Hare, of Texas. Sixtee
Pennsyvanans sit In Congress for other States anon
them Senators Mitchell, Of Oregon, and Henderson,