Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-09-01
Alexa,,aria 6azette.
ENTERED. at the Postotfice Alexandria, Virgin
il. Us second class matter.
"A Curious Congress.

! phrase Is as true to-day as IL was CDen,
and the new Congress which met on
the 7th ult., is . conglomeration of
strangely assorted characters.
1t contains 444 members exclusive Of
the four territorial delegates. Many
are old hands and many are new ones.
From the whole lot an enterpriSiug
correspondent has found some interest
ing characters and a few are selected
/ here,
Beginning with the SS Senators, the
Youngest of them is Edward O. VOL
colt, of Denver, Col. He was born in
lS4S in Massachusetts,, and is lawyer
by profession.
The oldest is julius S. Morrill,, Of
Stratiord, VT, who was born in 1910,
and is merchant. Moreover, he is
the Nestor of Congress, having served
- years.
The rest of the Senate is made up OF
81 lawyers, capitalists, 3 journalists, 2
lumbermen. 2 manufacturers, l mcr-
chant, railroad official, l miner, l
stock raiser, car builder, l doctor, 2
bankers, 1,planter and 6 quarrymen.
The rest put themselves down as re
tired"
Twenty of the Senators served in the
sConfederate army during the war and
l6 in the Union army.
The man with the longest time to
serve is Edward G. Waltha!l, Of Grena-
da, Miss, who has been re elected by
the Legislature Of his State for the year
ending 1901.
The most cultured Senator is Henry
Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts,, who is
an author, artist, linguist, scholar and
society man.
The bandsomest is Charles H. Gibson
of Maryland.
The most senatorial is Alfred H. Col
quit, of Georgia, whose father and
grandfather sat i'll the Senate before
him.
The hrughtiest is ]. Donald Gamer
on, of Pennsylvania, whose unique dis
tinction it is never TO say q word in the
Senate unless he moves to adjourn.
The richest, now that Stanford is
dead, would seem to be John P. Jones,
of Nevada, who bestows gold dollars
on the beggars of Washington.
The ono most celebrated outside of
his own country is John Sherman.
The most abused is Mathew Stanley
Quay, of Pennsylvania,
The most punctiiious is Calvin S.
Brice, of Ohio, who changes his shirt
three times every day.
The most temperate is David 3. Hill,
of New York, who neither drinks,
smokes, CANDLES nor eats dainties.
The strongest Is William ii. Allison,
of Iowa, who could almost fell an OK
with his fist.
In the House are 20i members who
served ia the last Congress, besides six
teen others not in the last Congress,
but members of Congresses prior to it.
The father of the House is Charles
O'Neill, of Philadelphia, Pa, who, if
he outlives his present term, will have
broken the record by having served 80
consecutive years i'll the lower branch
f! Of Congress.
! Tie House contains 206 lawyers, II
farmers and agriculturists, II jour
nalists, II manufacturers, Is merchants,
) bankers, 3 teachers, ] publisher, >
doctors, clergymen, . college profes-
sor, > printers, gentlemen of leisure, .
society racn, and 80 odd whose pursuits
are too indefinitely reported for classi-
fication. Ofthe lot 22l went into the
democratic caucus, 123 are solidly re-
publican, and call themselves popu-
lists. That leaves undetermined.
The most eloquent of all is w .Bourke
Cochran, of New York.
The one with the most solid constitu
ency is Thomas J. Geary, of Santa
Rosa. Cal, whose motto is "The Chi
nese Must Co..
The most unpopular outside of his
own district is William S. Holman, OF
Aurora, Ind, who, should O'Neill die,
would become father of the House. He
is serving his fifteenth term.
The thiuuest is member from Medi-
cine Lodge, Kan, who wears no socks,
if current reports be trustworthy.
The most literary is Thomas Dunn
English, of Newark, n. j., once the
boon companion of Edgar Allen Poe,
and who has written verses which the
Princess of Wales greatly admires.
The NEST interesting is Daniel Ed
ward Sickles. of New York, who has
been on trial for his life, charged with
murder; who lost leg at Gettysburg,
and who saved the lives Of three men
at the risk of his own.
The best educated is William L. vii
son, of Charlestown, w. Va, who
knows Virgil by heart, can read He
brew with ease, and conjugate Greek
verb as readily as he hustles about the
polls on election day, not to mention
essays he has written on the integral
calculus and equations of the second
degree. An exception might be taken
to this in favor of DR.. William Everett,
whose scholarly attainments are we'll
known.
The most unique is William McAleer,
of Philadelphia, Pa, who is the first out
and out democrat and supporter of
Grover Cleveland and tariff for revenue
only to be elected on the republican
ticket after his own party refused him
a nomination.
The one who bobs up serenely is
Joseph A. Scranton, of Scranton, Pa,
who is elected and defeated with much
regularity at every other Congressional
election.
The most puzzledis is Charles F. Crisp,
of Americus, Ca, who has never been
able to decide whether he is eligible to
the Presidency of the United States, or
not-having been born abroad of Ameri-
can parents.
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