The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-12-09
Isnociol Correspondence.l

the Outgoing Veterans.
Especial Correspondencel
| WhsHITGToN. Nov 11-One hundred and
fifty-six, or nearly one-half, of the mem
bers of the next house Of representatives
are not members of the present house. A
few of the new members served one or more
terms in the past, but substantially every
other man in the next house will be a
greeahorn. Such a shaking up was never
before seen. The great st number of new
Lien that ever came into the house to-
gether was l25, but now this high water
mark is raised by at least two dozen names.
| As usual, tue greatest number of changes
is in the northern stGtcs. l have in these
letters more than once pointed out that the
| different tendencies of the two great sec
tons OF the country in respect of keeping
men in congress term after term is giving
the south great advantage in influence
and efficiency of service. For some reason
or other the people OF the north are less
/ constant in their loyalty to individuals,
/ and are disposed TO improve every oppor-
! tunity to get new hired men at Washington.
In many districts there is a sort OF I'M
written law that a congressman shall have
/ but two terms before stepping down and
! out, and often the man who has served
| one term is very lucky to get the other one,
50 eager is the rivalry and so impatient are
! the rivals. The people of the south, as a
rule, take directly the contrary view. They
! believe in keeping a man in Washington
as long as hc does them good. Thus the
representatives from the south have op-
| portunity to develop and strengthen them
selves. Age and experience give prestige
in congress as well as anywhere else and
it is in these essentials that the statesmen
from the south have signal advantage over
their brethren from the north.
Take the result of the recent elections
for illustration. In the house the states
of Alabama, Arkansas. Georgia, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
and Virginia have los members. Seventy
seven of these are reelected, and only 81,
or 2 out of Z, win be succeeded by new
men in the Fifty-second congress. OF the
222 members hailing from the northern
and western states, including Maryland,
Delaware and West Virginia, 124, or 8
out of ), have failed Of reelection to the
next congress.
Ia the southern states the changes are
more numerous than usJhl on account of
the appearance in politics of the Farmers
Alliance movement. Notwithstanding the
effect of this new activity in the political
field the state Of Alabama sends back to
congress all of her present representatives,
eight in number. 1t is the only state in
the Union having more than one repre-
sentative which does do So Arkansas
sends but one new man, to take the place
Of Mr.. Rogers, that master of satire and
of invective, who created so many stirring
scenes in the house last winter Mr. Rog-
ers voluntarily retired from public life,
desiring 10 do something for himself and
his old age, and not to give all his energy
and years of fruitfulness to his country
There are six new men from Georgia, the
largest number from any of the southern
states.
The man who will be most missed from
this delegation is Barnes, of Augusta-the
leviathan, good natured Barnes, whose
$50 pound hulk has been one of the land
marks of the Democratic side of the hall
for five years. His successor, Mai Wat
son, is likely to be the smallest man in the
next house, as his weight is about ninety
pounds Extremes will meet when Barnes
courteously hands his chair ovel TO Wat
son. Kentucky sends but TWO new men,
one to succeed ex-Speaker Carlisle Louisi-
ana makes but two changes, and Mis-
sissippi the same number. In Missouri five
new men appear, one of them replacing the
picturesque Mr.. Eiedinghaus, of st. Louis,
who used to throw the house into convul-
sions of laughter with his funny speeches,
which were intended TO be serious. In
Missouri Is q striking instance of the I'M
certainty of politics and of the breaks of
fortune. This has become known as "the
farmers year" in politics, and yet among
the slain in this state is Farmer Wade
himself, one of the most able and jealous
of all the champions of agriculture 1t is
a singular fact that in all the southern
states not one Of the leaders in congress.
not one of the men of great influence, was
defeated. Mills, Crisp, Herbert, Oates,
Hemphill, McMillin, Houk, Blount, Hook
er, the two Breckinrldges, McCreary,
Allen, Hatch, Bland, Dockery, Heard,
Richardson, Enloe, Culberson, Lee, O'Fer-
rail-, Cowles, Tucker-all are returned.
Not so in the north. Among the unfort-
innate statesmen from this section are
many Of the strongest and brightest men
of the present house. The greatest mum
Der of changes is in New York, where
eighteen men of a delegation of thirty-four
fail of reelection. One of the new men
Mr.. LockwoOd-has already seen congress
sional service, so that exactly one-half of
the delegation in the next congress will
have the ropes to learn. Mr.. Farquhar,
the printers friend, and one of the many
practical printers in the present congress,
Is perhaps the most noted of the retiring
members. Ii is an odd fact that only one
of all the members from New York-Mr. |
Ketcham-is entitled TO rank among the |
veterans of the house, and he has been
twenty-five years in congress.
Pennsylvania, with a delegation of TWEEN |
ty-eight men, sends fifteen new members.
OF those reelected only two have seen ex-
tended service-O'Neill and Harmer The |
former is the father OF the house, having |
first entered congress in 1853 and missing I
but one term in all the quarter of cent |
ury and more that has since elapsed. Mr.. |
Harmer has been sixteen years in congress,
and is well up among the veterans. OF I
the retiring members ex-senator Buckalew 1
and Thomas ". Bayne are the most note |
worthy. Doubtless this is the end of Mr.. |
Buckalew's political career, which has been |
one of most distinguished service He was I
attorney of his county nearly /
fifty years ago; was elected TO the state /
senate; was United States treaty commits
sioner with Paraguay; was elected com
missioner 10 revise the penal code of Penn
sylvania; was minister to Ecuador; was