Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-05

other Senator, gave way TO his SON
Thomas, and be, after serving term
as Secretary OF State, has lived four
years in retirement. The elder Bayard
is dead.
Illinois was then represented in
Washington by Lyman Trumbull,
Richard Yates, E. B. Washburn, John
A. Logan, Shelby M. Cullom, Green 3.
Raum and Samuel s. Marshall. Trnm-
bull, though nearly 20 years Blaine's
senior, still lives and practices law, and
was few years ago married. Yates is
dead. So is Washburn, who lived to
help defeat Blaine for the Presidential
nomination. So is Logan, who also
helped defeat Blaine In 1880, who ran
On the ticket with him in 1884, and who
would have been elected instead OF
Harrison four years ago had he lived.
Marshall is dead, and only Cullom and
Raum are still in official harness.
Indiana's delegation then contained
such great names as Morton, Hen
bricks, Kerr, Colfax and Holman. Nor
ton lived long enough to be the conven-
tion factor which prevented the nomi-
nation OF Blaine at Cincinnati, and
which brought Hayes TO the front.
Hendricks ran on the ticket which de-
feated Blaine and Logan 10 1854. Col
fax was then Speaker, Blaine being his
successor, and Kerr succeeded Blaine.
The man from Maine outllved them all.
Only Holman remains.
From Baine'S own State were Morrill,
and Fessenden. Both are dead, and not
one man at that time In Congress from
Maine remains among the living.
Zack Chandler was the Republican
leader of the Senate. He died just
after making campaign speech for
Blaine in Chicago. William Window
was the most important man from Min
nesota. He and Blaine served toGeth-
err in two presidential cabinets, but
Blaine outived his friends.
When Blaine first became promi-
nent, Frederick r. Frelinghuysen was
Senator from New Jersey. He sue
ceeded Blaine as Secretary Of State on
the death OF Garfield and the accession
of Arthur, but he did not live TO see
Blaine take his place under a new
President.
In Blane's early days as Con gress-
man Charles Sumner and Henry Wilson
were Senators from Massachusetts,.
Both died long ago. Ben Butler was in
the House. He died few days ago.
Nathaniel P. Banks, just quarter OF
century older than Blaine. still lives. or
the Massachusetts delegation OF that
time only Henry w. Dawes remains in
Congress, and he will retire from the
Senate next month to give place to
young Cabot Lodge, who for several
years has been one OF Mr.. Blaine's most
intimate friends.
Then Kentucky bad in Congress; such
men as Garrett Davis, the gifted but &C.
centric Thomas c. McCreary, Proctor
Knott and James B. Beck. Knott only
survives.
In the time OF which we speak An
drew johnson was President. lie, as
well as his uccessors-Grant, Hayes
and Garfeld-has gone the way of all
mortals. William II. Seward was Sec
retary of State. He is dead. II was In
the house where Mr.. Blaine so long lay
I'm the valley OF the shadow that the at
tempt was made TO assassinete Mr.. Sew
ard Hugh McCulloch was Secretary OF
the Treasury. He died only recently.
General Skinner, then Treasurer OF the
United States, is also dead. Browning,
Secretary OF the Interior; Randall,
Postmaster General, and Gideon Welles,
Secretary Of the Navy, are all dead.
or the nine men who then sat on the
Supreme Court bench-Chase, Nelson,
Grier, Clifford, Swsyne, Miller, Davis
and Field-the last named only survives.
This rapid review Of the noted names
of % years ago shows how Mr.. Blaine
survived nearly all the important men
OF his earlier career, yet day before yes
terday was only the sixty-third ami
yersary Of Mr. Blaine's death.
WALTER WELLMAE.