New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-04
MANY CONGRESSMEN RENOMlNAIED.
ADVANTAGE OF RETURNING EAFERlENoEi
uEMBERs-MEssRs. FAIoU1IAR AND LAID
LAW, OF NEw-YoRK. TWO CAshS


IN POINT.
washington. Sept. (spcclaD.- Judging from the
Contress nominations already made. the next Houso
Of Representatives will contain ra'her i"recr PRIV
notton than usa! of men who served in the preceding
Congress- This is o hopeful indication. Inc mehiocrs
Of both parties In many districts have at last reazi
the trt which for years has bccn plain to every care
f and Intelligent observer OF the prccedihg' oi o
popular branch OF Congressional. as n rulc' "''
must serve apprenticeship OF at least TWO years III
the House before he can become OF much scr|e0 W
his district his country or his party except a,
voting member and that II he amounts to anything
at all as q legislator. the value and usefulness Oh HIS
services will steadily increase from year to year.
What. for example, was the comparative influence
~ rso,un.ss OF samuel J. Randall or William d. Keaey
st the end OF his second term and MS twcHt term III
,n ,,orsn, Neither OF them cOuld be called brilliant
man hut they achieved much and during tIc iS''
nfccn years Of their lN,s, were powerful inh"c'.c'
in sbapnc legislation What Is the comparative niu'
cncc IN Congress, to-day OF the three senior ne'hocS
of the House, who represent three Phladclpma a'S
,rcts and the fourteen men who represent the rs'
fourteen districts Of New. York The M'ssrs oNcih'
Hammer and Bingham. Of Pennsylvania. represent al
aggregate period OF service covering hitS-sM !eA''
Mcssr, Covert. Campbell, Wallace, Clahc!, Msh"c''
Turner. Dunphy. Mccarthy. Cummings spino'a' o"n'
Flower Fitch and Stahlneckcr. OF New 1orn
q total pcrl0u OF scr|tc ai'A'"''s "
years. l., 40. -,
n s To he doubted whether any man VINO Is HUI an
active and expert political stastlclan couid c"rr'o'
o,moro.o lv name the fourteen statesmen VINO feP'c-
cont in Congress nearly onc-haf the population ana
wc,,.h f the Empire state. The districts OF 'ha'
Soto have lccn and sin rather co'spic"-
n, to- thcr adherence TO the mistaken policy
- r,,ir,ng a man from Congress as soon ~
la hos acnuircd the knowledge ana cAAcTchce
ncedr 10 make him a useful legislator and Valuable
REPRESENTATIVE Thus one hears Of an eho't 10 ''r'.
dawn, Major Farquhar. OF thc NXNlld Di'tric'' III"
- c,oud OF candidates, each OF whom hopes W SUE
Good Mr. I4aIdlaw, OF the XXXIVth District why
C,,n,v because OF q bad custom which OriaihS th"'
,h .amc man shall mol represent the XNAlid Disuic'
marc than three terms In succession, or the XANiNu
nj tri,t oor, than two terms cOils"c'itlVeiy. moc
nicent plan 70 minimize the influence Oh aist''c' III
Congress could hot lo dcviscu. .,,., ,rars,-ou.
Hoth Faruular and La!diaH are fathini lhuusIV V
o,d ILL Representatives; both have learned the
rones not only OF legislation. but Of cAccH!fo anu
dcpatmrntal routine we'll aud either Oh u,ca y, -
80 ting. more useful IN every rcnsc than "onii We
successor however brilliant or ahc, VINO tcM" .i,v
by acinal services Congress. Ia TINS C0hsrc,s AAo
Taruuhar Is chairman Of the IMPORTANT t"iini,,r III
Marhant Marine and Fisheries and Mr. Laaia~ ,'
chairman OF the equally Important o,hh,U 80, VA
CEdms Neither chairLii,hp @ouin w n.w mn
uI,On a second third rate man, or upon INV -,
In Congress. IH their managemcnt o! .n. uu' "a
their respective committee McSsrs faf'la'r anu
inidIaw have fully vindicaicd tao Wisdom OF scan"
Kc,si iu appointing them TO the important t'!l
.Eips which they hold. II the Republicans OF IN,
XXXIld aud XXXIVth Districts shall r,romlnm'c ana
n, elect these faithful Representatives, they VIII ms"e
no mistake by 30 doing.