Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-04

Crisp comes back with largely increased
majority, and unless all present signs fail
will be reelected speaker. Chairman
Springer, of the ways and means commit
tee, has been returned, and if his health
and strength permit will doubtless remain
at the head of that great committee and
play an important part in the tariff legi3-
lation of the near future. General Oates,
of Alabama, one of the great Democrats OF
the house, has been reelected despite an
opposition which at one time threatened to
swamp him. The same is true of w. u.
Wilson, of West Virginia, whose speech in
the Chicago convention ranks as classic
in political orations.
California returns Thomas j. Geary, a
young and aggressive Democrat, whose
championship of the Chinese exclusion act
made him one of the most popular men on
the Pacific coast. From Georgia come
again Henry G. Turner, solid, learned
lawyer, man of gentle character and fine
presence, and L. F. Livingston, who left
the third party just in time to save him
self from defeat
Young Mr.. Durborow, the Apollo of the
house, will pose again in his favorite atti-
tudes, greatly to the delight of the ladies
in the gallery. But Mr.. Durborow is
something besides an Apollo-he can't help
that. He is an able and influential leg
slator. In the last session he was Chi
cago's special champion of the Worlds
fair bills, and Chicago returns him by an
overwhelming majority-10,0O0 and more
in a district which was formerly Repub-
lican. Larry McGann, of the same city,
comes back with something like 10, 600 ma
jority behind him.
OF course Mr.. Holman returns. Con-
gress without the tall, thin figure of the
great economist, without his Illuminating
jaws and alert II objects" would not be
congress at all. From the same state come
other good Democrats-little Mr.. Cooper,
whose plucky fight on the pension bureau
won him national reputation, and W. u.
Bynum, one of the sterling members OF the
house and a man with fine future. Ken
tucky sends back nearly all of its mem
bers-the eloquent Breckenridge, the So
norous McCreary, witty Ash Caruth,
Montgomery, Paynter, Ellis, Stone and
Goodnight, who looks like Wanamaker.
Faroff Louisiana returns its entire dele
cation, and it is delegation to be proud
of, with such men as Boatner, Price,
Meyer, Blanchard and Robertson.
Massachusetts does not return all of her
Democrats. Young Sherman Hoar, one of
the picturesque figures of the present
house, did not stand for reelection, and
his chum, George Fred Williams who won
fame in the silver fight, was beaten by
few votes. John +. Andrew and Joe
O'Neill will be in their seats again as If
nothing had happened.
Breckinrdge, McRae and Terry return
from Arkansas. Besides Gates, Alabama
sends back such strong men as Cobb,
whose alleged inquiry, Where am l att"
has become part of our national litera-
ture and conversation; Bankhead, Turpin,
Clarke and little, nervous, hustling, pug
nacious Joe Wheeler. Out in Iowa, where
there are six or seven Democrats in the
present house, only one brand is saved
from the Republican burning, and very
good brand it is-Walter l. Hayes. Mary
land sends back that eloquent ana fervent
orator, Isidor Rayner. Michigan asks
Judge Chipran and Justin r. Whiting to
serve again.
Missouri true to her traditions, makes
few changes in her delegation. Dick Bland,
the champion of free silver, as honest and
earnest man as the house ever saw, re-
turns of course. With him come Hatch,
the farmers friend; Dockery who investi-
gated the Worlds fair, Tarsney, Cobb,
Fyan, Heard, Arnold and De Almond.
Nebraska does we'll to elect to a second
term that brilliant young man, William
7. Bryan, who won fame with a single
speech.
The big Democratic delegation from Ney
York has not changed much. Here corue
again that noble Roman, Bourke Cochran,
popular Amos Cummings, the silver
tongued Fellows, funny Tim Campbell,
bold Dan Lockwood and many Others. In
Ohio there were some surprises this year.
1t was expected that Mr.. Outhwaite, who
is strong, able man, would return, but it
was not believed NJ. D. Harter, the free
trader and antisilver statesman, could win
again, or that Tom Johnson, fine fellow that
he is, could induce the city of Cleveland to
indorse his free trade and single tax notions.
Yet here they both are, booked for second
term-a tribute, fancy, more to their per-
sonal popularity than to an Endorsement of
their views.
In Pennsylvania few Democrats es-
capped the Republican rout, among them
being Mutchler, Beltzhoover, Wolverton.
McAleer and Kribbs. Texas returns Grain,
Culberson, Sayers, kilgore and Baby Bal
ley, and Tennessee, not to be outdone,
sends again McMillin, Patterson. Enloe,
Richardson and Washington.
With parhaps q dozen exceptions all the
really strong and useful men on the Demo
cratic side have been returned. The Demo-
cratic dead are Anerman, Reilly and Gill
lespie in Pennsylvania, Babbitt in Wiscon