The Portland daily press., 1890-06-28


debate not tending to produce the short,
sharp conflicts which come in the hand-to-
hand sorties of debate under the five-minute
rule. On next Monday and Tuesday will
come the five-minute debate; and then may
be expected some of the liveliest scenes of
the session.
MessIs. Lodge and Hemphill having opened
the battle, left the arena open for the older
war horses. Already have taken part,lOr
will take part, b the vote Tuesday. a
large proportion the most prominent
members Of the House. On the Democratic
side, the most prominent are Southern MEM
bers, as might be expected, and of the South.
ern members La portion are old leaders
of the South. men who saw service in the
Confederate army 25 years ago.
No man is more prominent on the South
ern side than Gen. Joe" Wheeler, of the
eighth Alabama district. He is the most fa-
nous ex.oOnfederatt on the floor. When
ever he speaks he is liz tened to, not only for
his reputation. but for his exceedingly inter
esting and amusing personality. He is a
chOA1 anu WHY ihdhf QultO UdAuf Ohb 6iOAJAhe
in .long, full beard, which is but slightly
tinged with gray. But General Wheeler
could never appear venerable If he should
become as white as the driven snow. \ t
that he has not those qualities of mind which
make men venerable; but there are altogeth-
er too many nerves in his body to allow him
to become venerable for an instant On the
floor Of the House he is like jumping jack,
popping up like flash. shaking his fore
finger nervously in the air, and shouting a
repartee or observation or challenge at the
top Of his voice and with a rapiditY that gen.
orally leaves whatever he says misunder-
stood. In the war, General Wheeler was
one of the ablest cavalry leaders of the Con-
federacy. Educated at West Point, he rose
rapidly in the. service. In 1864. he became
the senior cavalry general In the Conteder-
ate service. When Sherman marched to the
sea with Fitzpatrick, to command his cavalry
it was General Wheeler, with the Confeder-
ate cavalry, who made some OF the most
troublesome resistance. After the war he
was appointed professor Of philosophy in
Louisiana State Seminary. but declined, to
become lawyer and planter in Alabama.
He has been in Congress seven years.
Another ex. Confederate among the active
OppOnOAbo VI IAO 10 NOls w Allldul "
Oates of Alabama. His right sleeve is emp
ty, his arm having been shot off in the last
days Of the war. during the defence of Rich
mond. Col Oates commanded the 10Th Ala
bama infantry, the regiment that assailed
the Goth Maine so fiercely on Little Round
Top at Gettysburg He Is a veteran Of 27
battles. A tall, weH formed man, exceed
ingly modest and quiet in demeanOr, he full
fills the idea of a gallant soldier. BE is
much liked by Republicans, as well as Dem
ocrats. His reputation as a lawyer is high
in Alabama and in the House, but he rarely
igRgssS In asSats IN the present s 5 seSsts Hs
the third Alabama. is one in which the col
ored vote is very large.
Judge Crisp, Of Georgia, is another ex-Con-
federate. He served through the war, be-
coming lieutenant in Company K, Tenth
Virginia Infantry. In 1864 he was captured
and confined in Fort Delaware as prisoner
OF war; AS lawyer he has had a diStin-
guished career in Georgia.
Ex-Governor McCreary Of Kentucky, who
represents the eighth congressional district
of his state, was one of Morgan's raiders.
With that dashing cavalryman he rode into
Ohio, and while in Ohio was captured and,
with the rest Of Morgan's officers, was sent
to the Ohio penitentiary. When the war
of the Eleventh Kentucky Cavalry. Since
the war ne has had political career in Ken
lucky which made him governor and then
congressman. Unlike his fellow cavalry
man, General Wheeler, he is an exceedingly
stately gentleman. When he speaks on the
but he has no taste for rough and tumble
fights.
The Texans who flash quite conspicuously
on the forefront of the present contest, are
generally ex-Confederates. Samuel w. T.
Lanham. of the 18th district, served as boy
in the Third South Carolina Regiment;
Joseph d. Sayers, of the tenth district, sery-
ed through the war; l.. w. Moore, of the
eighth district, also served through the war
in the Confederate army. w. H. Grain, of
the seventh district, is almost alone of the
Texas men in not having a Confederate
record He was boy only when the war
broke out. David b. Culbertson, of the
Fourth district, was colonel of the Eigh-
teenth Texas Infantry, and in 1874 was ad-
jutant general Of Texas. He is an exceed
ingly able lawyer, but before the present
contest has rarely been heard in the House.
John S. Henderson of North Carolina was
q plAfdb III viz AOhsh 4NOlth OulOllud lCSl-
ment, Confederate. He represents district,
the Seventh North Carolina, where there
seems to have been a pretty fair vote, as 10
had 2,125 votes, while his Republican op-
ponent had 1925 votes.
q. w. Dargan, of the Sixth Carolina dis
trict, has no Confederate record; but Will
liam Elliott of the Seventh district was
Confederate officer throughout the war.
Elliott represents Robert Smalps old dis
trict, and will probably be unseated before
the end of this Congress in favor Of Thomas
K. Miller, Republican contestant
Hilary A. Herbert. of the Second Alabama
district, was colonel of the Eighth Alabama
volunteers. He is a lawyer. and the leading
Democrat in the House in all affairs pertain
lug to the.na
On the Republican side in the debate there
are not wanting old opponents Of the de-
tenders of Southern methods of today.
Julius Caesar Burrows of Michigan served
through the war. Jonathan III. Rowell of
Illinois, probably the best informed Repub-
lican in matters relating to Southern election
methods, is veteran Of the Seventeenth IL
linOis Infantry.
Leondas G. Houk. of the Knoxville district
of Tennessee. was one Of Parson Brown
lows East Tennessee Unionists. He was
member of the Loyal East Tennessee con-
yenti0n in 1861, and in the war was colonel
in the Loyal Third Tennessee reserve in
fantry.
One of the most prominent OF the Republl-
can speakers is Mr.. Boutelle Of Maine,
whose distinguished record as naval officer
is we'll known in his own state and in other
states.
But there are number of younger men
who were too young to participate 10 the
war. among the Republican debaters. There
are Louis E. McCOmas, of the Sixth Mary
land district, and Sydney L. Mudd, of the
Fifth Maryland. Native Marylanders, they
were too young TO take part IN the war. But
they have shown of what stuff they are made
by their political contests in their districts.
Mr.. McCOmas was defeated for the 45th Con-
gress by fourteen votes, but has worked his
way to the front until now he has fair
majority. Mudd is one of the most anxious
advocates of a federal election bill. He was
beaten on the face of the returns in the last
election through the action of a gang of Bal
timOTe rOughs, who went down into a pre-
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