The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-11-27
NEW MEN IN CONGRESS.
Ola Faces That VIII DC Missed at Tho
Capital.

members than old ones. OF it's 1872
members at least 170 will make their
first bow in the National House. Many
OF them arc without any experience
whatever in the legislative hall, and at
least two-thirds of them will take the
places of men who have become promi-
helt factors before the country. The
slaughter Of leading men at the past
election and in the primaries previous
10 1t has been wonderful. In fact, the
memory OF the oldest inlabitant here
runs not back to the time when this has
been exceeded. Were a regular attcn
dant upon the sessions of the House to
be absent for Il year and then look i'm
| upon the next House he would fail to
recognize IT, owing to the absence of SO
many familiar faces. The Democratic
Slde would be more familiar because
lherc have been but few changes in the
! Southern delegation, but those changes
have resulted in the removal of some
old oddities.
barnes, the fat man Of Georgia, is one
of the latter class. About medium
height, with girth of forty-six inches
and weighing nearly four hundred
pounds, he has been left at home by his
constituents, who have sent in his stead
a lightweight, who will barely tip the
scale at one hundred pounds, to succeed
| him.
Then there is Major Martin, of Tex
as. SIX feet two, straight as an arrow
and wearing a broad Sombrcro, he natll-
rally attracted the attention of all. Dur
ing his first term he was the butt of ridi-
culc and many were the jokes played up
on him. llliteratc and uncOutll, he al
ways was surrounded by Il crowd of his
colleagues. Although he was charged
with blowing out the gas and in other
ways showing his disregard of the meth
odS OF civilization, yet the old man
| retircS from Congress better fixed bv
far than many of those who surround
cd him. At the end of this session he
Will have served four years in Congress,
;uld 1T IS believed he has saved his entire
salary ry~S2O,OOO. His mileage amounts
| to about $1,000 per annum and he has
managed to live on that, boarding at a
private house and paying but $;25 per
month.
| Ihc next notable who has Succumhcd
TO the fatcS of politics is lccman Tur-
ner, of New York city, who was chosen
TO I'LL out an llneXprrd term. His sud
den elevation to the National Congress
ut SIG per month salary turned his
head. lie was willing and anxious to
make speech on any subject that came
before the House, and cared but little
what thc subject was, SO long as it af-
iordcd him chance to talk.
Then there is McClammy, of North
Naroilna, II little, dried up man. lie
served two terms from one of the moun
tain regions of North Carolina, an,
never made aSpeech but one, when n,
Drancneu OIL into tar heel poetry, tina
convulsed both sides with laughter
Major Thomas Winfield Grimes. b.
CAD, sir, of Georgia, is another of thos,
who will be conspicuous by their alb
Scnce in the next House. Mr. Grimes
was polished Southern gentleman, ant
IS Il descendant of one Of the oldest
FAMILIES in Southern Georgia. Neat
and tidy in appearance, he always com.
manded attention. He must, however
have been nominated on his name, for
during the four years he has been here
his legislative work was confined solely
TO voting on questions or staying away
from the House in order to break a quo
rum. His only notable exploit during
THIS time was when he seized his hat
and stampcdcd from the dining room of
the Riggs llousc in Il rage because EX-
Minister Atwood, Il colorcd man, was
allowed to take dinner there.
| nv i'iIl"le"Hto AUX, Oh lnllluel-
phla, who was elected to Congress be-
cause ne had danced with Queen Vic
lorla, VIII also be missed. Ills antique
garments ana long lowing hair remind
| ed one of the Colonial days.
Oli the Republican side the changes
VIII nc more marked. Foremost in the
iiSt OF aDSenteeS Will be William Me
| kinlcy .Jr, the great defender of protcc-
tlon. The record Of the infamous gerry
manucr which left him at home is too
well known to be repeated here. Next in
importance m; IS honest zoe Cannon, of
limos the defender of the Treasury de-
!artmcht from the raids of The lobbyists.
hlicr seventeen years OF faithful service
ne ne IS lelt at nome because a banker with
Picnly OF Doodle coveted his seat. Then
mere IS me dlgnliled Adams, of Illinois,
one OF me brightest legal lights in the
lio,,Se. l,ia lle' 700, VIII be conspicuous by
iSd niS aDSeiaGc; sen ana c no good reason can be
SIKH XIII ~ Mannr ,tiH ucIeaC a,sa +; ;,,
,nn niily NY, M''S0n' a,So, IS numbered among
Clle Sl;tlii. Mr.: Mason was undoubtedly