The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-24
CEORClA'S COyCRESSNEy.
Sketches OF a DELEGATION That Ranks
With the Best.

4 Senator ColQu1rt the Eurrhest al
vanced in Years-The FIRST Dis
trict's Representative Fourth in tn
List in Point Of Years-The Records
Of the Members IN the War Between
the States.
/ Washington. May 23-EiEht u the
/ twelve Georgia members IN congress are
/ natives Of the state. The exceptions are
/ Charles Frederick Crisp. born in Sheffield,
/ England. in Is45. Henry GrenviIle
/ Turner. born In North Carolina in ls59 /;
/ james Casils Clay Black. born at Stamp
/ ing Ground. Scott county. Kentucky. in
/ 1872, and Benjamin Edward Russell, born
al Monticello. Fla. in 1915. Senator Col
/ quit was born in Walton county in 1924
and Senator Gordon IN Epson county
I In ls32. Representative Lester
was born in Burke in 1881,
/ Moses in C0weta county in $50 Living
I stOE in Newton county In lSS2, Cabaniss
4 In Monroe county about $40. Lawson in
I Putnam county about the same date, and
( Tate in Pickens county in 1s55. It viii
T BE- observed from this that Livingston,
| Cabaniss. Moses and Tate are still res
/ idents Of the counties in which they first
saw the light. and in their several cases.
respectively. have upset the old axiom.
a prophet is not without honor save in
/ his own country"
THE OLDEST MEMBER.
The oldest member in the Joint deIeca-
! tion is Senator COlguitt. his age being 20
/ Senator Gordon is ato1t two months the
senior in years Of Representative Living
/ stOn. He was born Feb. 3. $50 and Col
I Livingston came into the world April } Of
/ the same year Each Is 81 years Of age.
1 Col, Rufus Lester. than whom there is no
+ more gallant gentleman nor better repre-
/ sentative. is the next in order Of aEe-his
/ score being IS, followed By Mr. Turner
with a credit Of u years. Judge Law
{ son and Mr.. Ca baniss do not men
I ton their ages in their Biographies fur
nished for the government dircctory-but
I they are no- far apart in the matter Of
/ summers and winters and neither can be
/ classed as piuply youth. The member
Z from the Eighth ventures the statement
[ that he was born "about fifty years ago.
I and 50 we are left 10 struggle with the
/ fractional particles which. when reduced
/ and added % the whole makes W the
| exact period Of Judge Lawson's life.
MODEST MAI. BLACK.
| The honorable James Cdsius Clay Black
was born in ~, and that entities him 10
| dress up alongside Of Messrs. Lawson and
| Cabaniss. The majors biography is ike
/ mis- nature modest The fact that he was
/ born at point called Stamping Ground
was never mentioned in his canvass, bat
this circumstance may account for the
fact that the third party in his baillwick
is now lying shattered on the cold unfeel-
ing clay. The major was a trooper during
the war in the Ninth Kentucky cavalry
Ia ~
with his youth still ouoyant he emicrated o
Augusta, read law under Hon. Frank Mil
Ter, was admitted 10 the bar in '66. and
here we have him in congress a states
man with brains and a vocabulary.
The balance Of the delegates are young.
Ben Russell is only A. John w. MattOx
-, Charlie Moses 81 and Parish Carter
| Tate %, Mr.. Moses being MIR. Tates
! senior a few months.
A CAPITAL DELEGATION.
| 1t is a capital delegation. whether
viewed individually or collectively There
! is not a scrub among the lot and the state
may expect to get some good work out of
/ them. The Seventh district for illustra-
tion made a capital selection when it
! elected Judge Mattox He is one of the
| truest of men and has a keen eye to his
/ districts interests. His people can make
| up their minds TO trust him implicitly, for
I 4
| is more aggressive than his near neigh Dor
and lacks his fnesse, but he is a worker
! and he don't mind asking for what he
wants. The Ninth never had a better
| representative than Tate, or rather one
SO nearly in touch with the whole people.
COL. BEN RUSSELL.
One Of the most lovable characters of
| the delegation is Ben Russell, from away
down in the wire grass. Mr. Russell is a
new congressman, but he has served here
| in Washington in d clerical ca
| pacity, and knows catapault
from a hair trigger. The story is
related of Col Ben. that he stopped at a
| clearinghouse the first summer he got to
Washington and one day the landlady,
observing sanitary regulation, had the
wood in his fire place whitewashed. This
act offended Mr.. Russell and he changed
| quarters swearing he had been mistaken
for a disciple of Oscar Wilde. During
his recent visit Mr.. Russell told
New England man. who seemed
greatly interested in the early settlement
of the south. that DE SOto's route to the
Mississippi had been traced throughout
its length by the empty whisky bottles
scattered along the line of march. and
the New Englander believed the story
Col Ben will achieve fame in the story
tellers' corner of the House cloakroom
when he gets well into the harness.
THEIR WAR RECORDS
During the war Senator Gordon at
tanned to the exalted rank of Lieutenant
general in the confederate army, and
Senator Colquitt was a major general.
Mr. Russell was first a drummer boy
but won his way up to a first lieutenantCy
in the Eighth Florida infantry
Mr. Crisp was a lieutenant in a Vir.
ginia regiment of infantry.
Mr. Turner was captain in a North
Carolina command
Mr. Cabaniss was a captain, while
Messrs. Livingston, Lester, MattoX and
Black fought as privates in the ranks.
With such a team in congress, is it any
wonder that Georgia feels sassy