The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-08-04
Facts About Senator's and Congress.

delegates. OF the eighty-eight sena-
tors iOrly-tive are pretty sure to vote
soIidly Democratic, thirty eight Re-
pubIicans, three Peoples aud two |
The youngest of them is
Edward O. Waicott, of Denver Col.
He was born in 1913 IN Massachusetts, |
and is lawyer by profession. The
Oldest Is Justin 3. Morrill,, of
StrattOrd, VT, who was born ia 1910 |
and is merchant. Moreover, he Is
the NestOr Of Congress, having served
thirty-nine years. The rest Of the
Senate is made up Of siXty-one law
yers, four capitalists, three jnurnal-
lists, two lumbermeu, two manufac-
turers, one merchant, one railroad
official, one miner, one s.OCk-rai5er,
one car.builder, one doctor, two bank
ers, Que planter and SIX quarry
The rest put themselves down AS "re
tired" Twenty Of the senators served
III the Confederate army during the
war aud sixteen in the Uuion army.
The man with the longest time to
serve is Edward G. Walthall, Of
Grenada, Miss who has been re-
elected by tue Legislature Of his
state for the term ending in 1901
The most cultured senator is Henry
Cabot Lodge, of Nj Massachusetts, who
is au surh Ur, artist, linguist, scholar
aud soclety msu. The haudsOmest is
Charles ii. Gibson, OF Maryland.
The most senatorial il Alfred Ii. Col
quit, of Georgia, whose father and
grandfather sat in the Senate before
nim. Tue hAughtiest is j, Donald
Cameron, OF Pennsylvania, whose
unique distinction it is never to say a
word in the Senate unless he moves
to adjourn. The richest, now that
Stanford is DEAD, would SEEM to be
John 2. Jones, OF Nevada, who be-
slows gold dollars on the beggars of
Washington. The one mot cele-
DRAFTED outside of his own country is
John Sherman. The most abu-ed il
Matthew stanley QIay, Of Pennsyl-
vania. The most puucLiliOus is CAL
vim 5 Brice, Of OuiO, who chang, 8
his shir: three times every day. The
most temperate is David B. Hill, Of
New YORK, who neither drinks,
smokes, swears, CANDLES, nor eats
|
=. Allison, OF Iowa, who could al
most fell an OK with his first.
NEW MEN IN THE HOUSE.
In the House are 204 members who
served in the last Congress, besides
sixteen others not in the last Con-
gress, but members OF Congresses
prior to it. The father of the House
is Charles O'Neill, OF Philadelphia,
Pa, who, II he Outlives ais present
term, will have broken the record by
having served thirty consecutive
years III the lower branch Of Congress.
The House will contain 20H lawyers,
AZ farmers aud agriculturists, II
journalists, II manufacturers, IL
merchants, 5 bankers, 3 teachers,
publisher, 2 doctors, clergymen,
college professors, 2 printers, 5gentle-
men of leisure, 2 society men, and
30 odd whose pursuits are too indeti-
nitely reported for classification
OF the lot, 22l are certain 10 90 into
the Democratic caucus, l26 wall be
solidly Republican, aud call tuem-
selves POpulisls. That leaves 2 un-
determined. The most eloquent OF
all is w. Bourke Cochran, OF
New York. The one with the
most solid constituency is Tho, nhs }
Geary, Of Santa Rosa, Cal, whose
motto is "rhe Chinese Must Co..!
Tue most unpopular outside Of IA &
own district is William 5. Holman
Of Aurora, Ind who, should O'NeilI
die, woult become father OF the
House, He is serving his fitteeutl
term. The thinnest is p member
from Medicine Lodge, Kan, who
wears no socks, if current report bt
trustworthy The mosl literary il
Thomas Dunn English, Of New
ark, n. Y, once lhe boon com
paniOn Of E'gar Allen Poe and wine
has written verses which the Price o
I Wales greatly admres The mo-
interesting is Daniel Edgar S,ckles
Of New York, who has been on tri'
for his lie, 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
il William l. Wilson, of Charleston
West Virginia, who knows Nirgi
by heart, can read Hebrew with ea4'
aud cOniugate Greek verb as rcadi
~ as hustles about the polls on elec
ton day, not to mention essays be
has written on the integral calculus
and equations of the second degree
The most unique is William Ma
leer, OF Philadelphia, Pa, WHO is the
first out and out Democrat and sup
porter of Grover Cleveland and tart
for revenue only to be elected on tn,
Republican ticket after his own party
refused him IA denomination. ThI
one who hobs up serenely is JOSEPH
A. Scranton, OF Scranton, Pa, who
is elected and defeated with mucl
regularity at every other congress
siOnsl election. The most puzzled il
Charles f. Crisp, of Americas, Ga
who has never been able to decid,
whether he lie eligible to the presi
dency of the United States or not
having been born abroad of Ameri
can parents. The proudest is JOSEPH
+. Washington, OF Cedar Hill, Tenn.
who belongs to the family OF our fir-t
President. The most elegant is JOhI
+. Reyburn, of Philsdelphis, Pa
whose principal duties are connected
with the Inheritance of series o
fortunes from departed relatives. 4
gentleman, with an appropriate naml
considering the object of the specia
session, is Representative Money, o
Mis-issippi
"Cnngress is a curious collection"