Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-26
TINE SENATORIAL CHECKER BOARD.
How New and Old Senators Have Fared In
the Shufne for Seats,


GOVERNOR BILL TO SIT NEXT TO Mr.. BRfcE-MR.
wSsEBCRS EARLY PRE-EMPTED Mr. INGALLS,
rIAcE-sESAToRs WHO MOVE DOWN WITHIN
KASoE OF THE VICE PRESIDENTS EYE.
Since the almost-forgotten DAYS when Can't.
Isaac Bassett graduated as a page under the
watchful care and penetrating vision Of Daniel
Webster there have not been 80 many changes
as to seats in the Senate as are arranged to take
effect when the Fifty-second Congress becomes
thing Of life and activity. December. 1891, is
some months away, but the average statesman
believes in taking time by the paddock" as
Albert Smith used to put ii. II there is any
virtue in a front seat in the political synagogue
he will never be found in the rear, and what
ever may be had for the asking is his to a GER
tainty. Ordinarily there never more than
two or three seating changes to be made at the
commencement Of each session. but next ses-
sion is not going to be Of the ordinary variety.
70 those who were not lost in the shuttle are
preparing to secure the choicest available loca-
tons.
xR- woIcorr GOES TO THE FRONT.
Under the present plan. when Senator VOL
colt wants to make few Of his straight-from-
ths-shoulder remarks. he has to address the
Senate from a seat in the row. After next
session opens up he will occupy Mr.. Spooner's
place. This will break up the immediate part
nership which exists between Senator Plumb
and the junior Senator from Colorado. They
are near neighbors now, but Mr.. Wolcotts de-
sire for more truly esthetic surroundings will
bring about divorce and locate him in the
second row. with Senator Henderson on one
side Of him and Senator Mcmillan on the other.
Nh wAsHBuRS TO TAKE Mr. INGALLS, PLACE
One Of the best seats in the chamber Is No. 8
L.. 49, -.Nf
tor Ingalls,. After the 4th Of March Mr.. In
gals will have no use for it. and as Senator
Wasburn put in an application for it some
months ago he will get it. The long headed
Minnesotan had well-developed premonition
that ingalls, was going to be defeated. and he is
comes TO tho shrewd. Other Senators might
easily have gotten in ahead of Mr.. Washburn.
and they would have done il had they imagined
for a moment that long-whiskered Farmers
Alliance man would get away with the willy
statesman from Atchison.
ME- ALIENS MOVE.
Senator Farwelrs seat is not over desirable
it il in the third row-but il is several degrees
above the position occupied by Senator Allen of
the state Of Washington. This latter gentle
man is the tip of the republican horn, as it
were. and when he addresses the chair the
presiding officer must take his choice between
. semi-dislocsted neck or what a soldier would
term o left face" When Senator Farweil re-
turns to the classic shades of Chicago Mr..
Allen will move his congressional goods and
ehattels over before the Farweu chair has be-
come cool
MEssRs. QUAY AND CAMERON.
As things are arranged at present Senator
Evarts is sandwiched. like a thin slice Of ham,
between the two Senators from Pennsylvania.
BY and BY the distinguished New Yorker will
take that rusty-appearing hat from its peg in
the cloak room, 'snd the place thereof shall
know il no more forever Then will come
Senator Quays opportunity. and he will utilize
1t by moving next to Cameron.
Mr. PADDOCK SUCCEEDS Mr.. QUAY.
Senator Paddock has heretofore sat imme-
diately behind Mr.. Quay. but he. too, has pro-
NOTED himself by timely application. He sue
ceeds to the seat which Mr.. Quay has occupied
ever since he was sworn in. He will be well
come addition to the front row, for that semi
circular line Of legislators although plentifuly
endowed with brains, Is not overloaded with
manly pulchritude. Senator Paddock is like
his colleague-Senator Manderson-in that he
is both decorative and useful
Mr.. cAREY AND THE IDAHO SENATOR
The seat which Mr.. Paddock vacates will not,
however, be long unoccupied, for Senator
Carey Of Wyoming proposes to put his bulky
avoirdupois in that cane-seated and revolving
affair. Perhaps the change is one for the bet
ter. because Mr.. Carey is in the second row in
stead of being in the extreme rear. There is
evidently one man who thinks Carey's old seat
is worth having, and il the Senate will only
confirm Capt. Bassetts action Mr.. Dubois of
Idaho gets the chair and desk now used by the
man who dragged Wyoming into the Union by
his pertinacity while a delegate to the House Of
Representatives. 1t has not yet been definitely
decided whether or not Mr.. Dubois will be
seated a. one of Idahos Senators. but the prob
abilities point 10 his ultimate success and the
defeat of Mr.. Clagett. III Mr.. Dubois gets any
seat at all it will be the one deserted by Mr..
Carey, in the center of the rear row.
GOV. HILLS SEAT IN THE SENATE.
There will be changes on the democratic side
of the chamber, too When Senator Wade
Hampton becomes an ex-senator a new name
plate will be put on the desk and on the plate
will be Hill That means Gov. David B.
Hill of New York. Ii is a central place in the
rear row, but none of the governors friends
fear that il will be inconspicuous. The new
occupant will attend to that.
SENATOR BRIcE BESIDE HIM.
But for the retirement Of Senator Brown Of
Georgia Senator Hill would have had Senator
Colquitt at his right hand and it might have
been that lsome Of the devout Georgian's piety
would have found its way into Hills system.
That possibility, remote a. il probably was no
longer exists, for Mr.. Colquitt moves away and
gives up his chair to Senator Cal Brice. This
cannot be otherwise than agreeable to Mr. Hill.
Both men are alleged to be practical politicians,
and il has been stated somewhere that both
men are New Workers. Mr.. Brice however
insists that he is from Ohio. and as he was
elected to the Senate by an Ohio legislature the
odds seem TO be with Mr.. Brice's latest state
ment as to the location of his home.
now Mr. REAGAN LOST IN THE sHuFFIE
But saddest Of all these changes is the one to
be made by Senator Colquitt. He secures the
best seat in the front row on the democratic
side. the place with which Senator Brown was
so long identified. Mr.. Colquitt is not sad: far
from il. In . modest and proper manner he
rejoices in his advancement. II is Mr.. Reagan
OF Texas who 10 doing the mourning. When
Mr. Reagan was promoted to the Senate he
secured a seat in the second row. immediately
In rear of Senator Harris. II was better seat
than q dozen others in that vicinity. but il did
not please Mr.. Reagan. and besides that Mr.
Reagan never did care to occupy what was
distinctively his own proper place. Senator
Brown continuously absent on account O.
sickness. 50 the Texan Just took possession of
the best the house afforded When December
next rolls around Mr. Colquitt will COM
Piscently claim his own. and get it. and Mr.
Reagan will look around for some other SEN
ators seat
TAKES Mr. BLArRs SEAT.
Another very radical change is the one or
ganized by Senator Paseo. just now he il very
h. "a laft Of Sba "A