Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-01-16

| Auoaiis Deck COX, Burnee, Town
khend, Etc. = Beck's Respect fol
Conkling.
Special Correspondence Of the 1sxr,i
The Fifty First Congress now rap
idly passing away, has certainly been
remarkable body, and the crit.
'cism advanced on all sides, thu,
there never was just such a Con.
gress, seems warranted bv the
facts, not alone considering its legis.
lative incidents, but in other interest.
ing regards. The neurology of thi.
Congress has no parallel. not wholly
as to numbers, but in regard Of the
death Of so many distinguished mem.
bers, quite number of whom we're
gathered into the eternal harvest be.
fore the Congress to which they had
been chosen convened on the first
Monday of December, 1889. The
neurology includes the names of Jas.
n. Burnes, Of Missouri, than whom
there was no ADLER debater nor more
useful member of the House; "Sun-
set" Cox, of New York, the genial
gentleman, dis,inQ uished scholar, au-
thor and accomplished statesman;
Judge William P. Kelley, Of Penn.
sylvania, the veteran legislator aud
jurist and "Father Of the House"
Samuel J. Randall, ex.Speaker, and
at the period Of his death the next in
the line of continuous service to his
colleague, Judge Kelley, universally
recognized by his countrymen, ire
spective Of political bias, as an honest
man, and Richard w. Townshend, of
Illinois, who like Senator German, of
Maryland, began life as a page, the
former in the House the latter in the
Senate, each attaining finally the dis
t'nc'ion OF becoming an eminent
member OF the body wherein he orig.
inally served in such subordinate ca.
pac:tv.
The list ofshe departed Congress-
men likewise embraces the names of
Edw. J. Gay, of Louisiana, a gentle.
man of wide public experience and
distinguished for energy and enter.
prise, especially in developing the
material interests Of the South; James
Laird, of Nebraska, a pioneer of
celebrity in the section which he ably
rcprese nted; Newton W. Nuttine
and David WILDER, of New York, both
gentlemen Of more than ordinary
public reputation; James P. Walker,
Of Missouri, new member who had
'isen rapidly in the estimation of his
and gave promise Of
distinction, and l.. F. Watson, of
most estimable and
eminent Representative. Eleven
representatives of the present Con-
yress have died and one Senator.
James b. Beck, Of Kentucky, making
,welve deaths in all.
The death Of Senator Beck was
great loss to the Senatorial BODY, and
although his seat is worthily filled by
John G. Carlisle, the personality Of
he eminent Kentucky Scotch Amer.
can can never be replaced, for it was
vi generis. There can only be one
" ebstsr, one Clay, one Calhoun, one
layne, one Benton, one Seward, one
Roscoe Conkling, and one Logan.
hese men left the impress of their
;reat personality thsoughout various
tages aud epochs Of our national
story.
Congressman Burnes, OF Missouri,
'as OF extremely social turn, and not
outstanding the fact that he was a
ard worker, he appreciated the fact
hat "all work and no play makes
ack very dull boy" 1t was not an
ncommon thing to see Mr.. Burnes
ldulging in game of billiards with
friel d usually late 10 tile evening,
hen the crowd had thinned out. He
as quite expert at the game, which
. played with zest and caution as
everything depended Oh winning.
No man will ever fill the place of 1
sunset Cox, in the House of Repre-.
natives, simply because he pos :
sseu n genius that was Incompatible. q
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