Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-18
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ffSFFHty.6rst Congress now rapid
lyIassfhgnwaH. has certainly teen a
rcHItrkGble b5dy. nnd the criticism.
niSIhced on all -sides, that there
MAST Gisiust such n Congress, seems
wafEritsi by tho 'farts; not ulone ;
c%jnttfN1rs it's Legislative incidents,
hut in 9.her. interesting regaels. The.
necrdlo3yot this CongraSs- has no
PARALLEL, not wholly as To numbers, :
but in: riSard'of the de1th OF so many
G~SsEIsSmiahed ,!members. quito m
nrEay. OF WHOM zero gathered Into.
tho ttefnnl harvest before tina .Cup-
gross to which they had been chosen.
convGned'o ON the first Monday :.Of De-
cember, 1885. lfhe neurology inclpdes
The hamcs OF James n. Burnes, OF Mis-;
sonri, Than 'wtom theirs WIS no ablcr,
dcfJater MOI moro useful. ;mombcr in.
iSp HuGSc;"Sunsctp Cox, nt New York
tho genial gentleman,, distinguished.
FciioiGr, duthor ,and s4pcopplishcd'
sth,esmnn; Judge William p. th9lley.:
cfprpnsylTania, tho. veteran IeHislaa
c5r iinl jdtist 'und "Fa,her of IAe'
E,ueas;. Samuel "a. Randall, ex-
Sa9lxer, AID ut, the. ncriot S.of21its
.ssaeha the next in tho limo OF c6ntfn|
u!9ps service to his cqIleagic; 'Judse
Kslle., universally Recognised by his
ggyntrytpen, i-respoe;ive OF political
bias, as an honest man, aid Richard
~. Townsend, of Illinois, Who. like
SPnatoF Gorman, of Maryland, COM
lnenoei life as Il page, tho former in
the House tho latter in tho Ssnntc,
elcl.pttlining finally the distinction
~. pecoming nm eminent mrmber of
tho body. wherein no originally seryed
III such subordinate capacity.
The list of the departed Congress-
men ikewiso embraces tho names OF
Etw::J. Gay of Lpnisiana,>a gcntn-
man divide public experience anddis-
tinguishdd. FOR energy and enterprise,
especially in developing tho material
lnterGsts. OF thu South; JanIes Laird,
III Nebrasxas n pioneer OF celebrity in
.:t3o SECTION which he ably represented;
Newtqn.W Nutting and Dl:id WI:
..:ker, OF New York, both gentle: nen. OF
. more tlran ordinary public reputation;
. Jsmes Il. Walker, OF Mlssuuri;1 ii new
Jnemb.E who roso rapidly IN the
.estimltioa OF Ri; colleagues, and who
j.: gaze. promise OF distinction, and LIE.
.~i.Nyatsoa, of. PENNSYLVANIA, a most
estinablc and -edlinent Representa-
ttive. Eleven Representatives, Of Tic
iPgssent Congress have disd' and orc
sp9aloE, James B. Beck, OF Kentnoky,
:: makirG twelve deaths fall.
Tao deash OF Mr.. BecA tecaHs an
:.issi42at Illustrating tho intense re
.srRset he entertained fuf his political
;sNG:eEsary, Roscoe co9NlinE; Ntariif
under. debate, and Senator
::EAperMiuer, NJ: CGinkIinG's succeh4e
"a srshaa rossedswords%i h thcsturdy
Scotchman ON the item imposing duty
on, gihss bcrr bottles, V'Nfr~sMi!lcr
vlhfmcntly claiming that tlto:btG+
> boillGindustry in this country should
BE Protected from foreign competi-
Cidn. This aroused: tho iro totl tho
kentucky Senator, who exclaimed
With great emphasis, "Becr,: bottles
protected from foreign competition
liccr Lott.cs, Mr. President! All, Ne.
President; there was once a Senator
here representing the Empire State,
th6rimmtd!atc predecessor of-tbe pros
chtSehhtCr, 4 great statesman aud n
great oTato-, Ghl a great. lawyer!
= ItG had nsoul farhbovo beer bottles!''
. 1f,iS tetort was too severe for Senator
Miller and. brcr bottles wcro. clim-
.. IlhtId Thereafter rs u topic Of tariff
i diecIssion.%
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