The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-16


~ changes Of party sentiment,
rs present congress he died IN
= 4 protective tariff. The IA
- Ksllsy came into the House
= was president, and for nearly
- his strong voice and keen
lnir effect upon the Republican
~ tnsi6 question. He, too. was .
p "a. and, as the Father Of the
Ia great influence and large
Now he Is dead, and the eul0-
- hlIow -members are in the Cbn-
rond side BY side with those OF
11l1xau Cox. the brightest wit in
r he past generation, and .
~ No was rs strong in the free
q his party as Sam Randall
- side Of protection. The death
zSii11s 6ock took John G.. Carlisle from
~ 4 ths House. Morrison was
1kelysd BY being put on the inter-
ri 1Srumerce commission, and now all
RI 81 the Democratic lights Of
= ~ William 8. Holman, the
63toctor, and 'Rise-up" William
NO has been tramped upon
- aenin BY the ponderoua feet of
1eod. but who springs TO his feet
= - ~ elasticity of the india-rubber
q ~ dfcus.
: boklicsns. though they have been
I1t1iod b death than the Democrats,
- eVoryWhers by defeat. McKin.
- : go fight, will have . chance
- law q Canton. o., and Speaker
m ha1o to come down out Of the
- taks the leadership of the Re-
|IiI1s MY on the door Of the House.
! ~ ia many Of his lieutenants miss
N1lor Hem Butterworih has retired
+ 1lIltool life and has accepted the
III 81 The Worlds fair EXPOSE
= ckioaeo. General Cutcheon, Of
80 MIN eight years OF active sery.
: Slooioood By Z Democrat, and bold
R k1unody. Of Ohio, notwithstand-
- attack upon the Sem
= docted to stay ct home. One
= ~ M notable changes in the West
~ - retirement for the time, Of
- G. Cannon. Of Illinois. For
80 yo1ss II has been . member Of
Is doa He came here whom he was
Il - II . splenid legal business and the
q ( fortune. For nine congresses
nol1svsd the Republican party. and
ri ~ olght Of these he has been one
m en- his side of the House.
III \ =. he goes back to his district and
b}fe Iiie, comparatively . poor man.
F. - told me that his congressional life
~ - : poor investment for him, and
ri ~ vonld have bsen much wiser to
ll0Spd at homo and continued to Be .
kmng other changes, / note that the
@lnt nd the latest man in this House
- ooth besn left. George Barnes, Of
llIlA rho wsighs 400 pounds. and says
&NDuld not I'll an ounc. OF his super
0Mn on1h for . thousand dollars, will 60
~ Il hh law practice in Augusta. Gem
II 4ndsrvsr,the old stager of California.
: M his a years back to his district
~ y VII probably not be heard in con-
- gain. General N. P. Banks is an
- I'd stagsr, Who IL replaced BY .
oas nan, and Sherman Hoar has his
~ r TIE Massachusetts, delegation. A
r1Q of the oldest members in
- 4 service have been retired, and
1get ons-third Of the House Is made up Of
y nen. The average life Of . business
ID twenty years. The average con-
nnan lasts only four years, and every
9uem res about one-third of the heads
4 members chopped of. to make room
J elAera The rewards of politics IN the
!alled Statss grows less and less As the
- - on. The average congressman Of
= nothing but the errand boy of his
aeeuenn. and he gets paid for his SER
- salary which will not enable him
IN hes - we'll ~ he does ct home. It
~ him about four years to learn how to
- businsss Of his new position. and
- y dnds things easy for him, he
- up 10 learn that his successor has
- docted.
tnderstaud tina. General Garrison will
~ nom politics with this campaign.
y aeallh is broken down by the work of
! ecogressional campaign, which he
aased nom Washington, and he has
" e Ashsville, N. c., to recuperate. He
4 ne other day that he was tired OF
n : business which brought him no
and, though he is worth perhaps
1. Wy. a. feels that he cannot afford 10
pubic ofice. He sold out his half In
~ u ehe Des Moines Register to his
= when he came here, and this prop
y nas worth $4,000 year. 1t was built
II ~ father and himself in connection
ais brother. and it has circulation
nom 300 to 10000 daily. Clarkson's
We printer. and young Clarkson
We 10 tue Cincinnati Gazette Office
y. Wnltelaw Reid was writing letters to
taper under the signature of Agate"
aos GETS about $500. 900 a year out OF
1.ssA6 and both he and Clarkson
q ossn working together in the admin
GARRISON has for years been
s.aaens In Iowa politics and he has had
chances at public office before he
place under Postmaster General
eker. When be was Is years old
q eaered Swiss mission and he could
y aso cabinet Office under Garfield.
would not leave his paper. His
sas offered the commissionership of
ofe BY Grant, and Garrison might
en postmaster general in Wanna
2 Aaos had he so chosen. Ii was
ous to his mastery efforts at the
. . ne national committee that Harri.
"A. eaected. and Dudley. Quay and
kef were anxious that he should
l z place in the cabinet. The
however. told them that the
49, aiready filed. and Wanamaker
a mat be would rather not have .
"a nsslf than see Garrison left out
euered to retire in his favor. Clark.
o. this, and he went to Wana-
ena told him that under no circum-
y Would be accept . place under
-. Mons, and il was bis friend ship
amaker that made him take the
ant postmaster generaiship Al