The Portland daily press., 1893-08-07

lnQl6Qd ana IdTEIl0y VI MiooOu1A' Ohi-
hese Law Geary likewise Jared well.
Uncle Josiah Patterson Of Memphis will
be around, and also George D. Wise OF
Virginia and one armed Representative
Brawley, the only old line Democrat IN
the South Carolina delegation. Private
John Allen, as usual. will tell funny
stories.
Hawaiian Commissioner Blount will
no longer hitch his cuffs as prelimina-
ry to addressing the house. Other old
Democratic absentees will be Herbert of
Alabama, now secretary of the navy,
and General Forney of the same state.
Courtly John Andrew will cease to rep
resent the blue blood Democracy of Mas
sachusetts, and George Fred Williams
and Sherman Hoar also were showed
under. Henry Bacon of New York,
Chairman Wike of Illinois, Cate of Ar
flnsas and Dickerson of Kentucky of
the Last banking committee are gone,
leaving Sperry of Connecticut the rank
Ing Democrat. Young Ben Cable of Hi
hois is out.
Goodnight ard Caruth of Kentucky
will return convalescent from long ill
nesses, and Fred Talbot has bobbed up
once more from Maryland after six
years enforced retirement. Single Tax
Tom johnson will continue to represent
Cleveland, and Livingston of Georgia
will be another man of extreme ideas.
Mitchell of Wisconsin has gone over to
the senate, joining Lodge OF Massachu-
sets, Republican.
On the Republican side Big Tom Reed
will attract as much attention and have
as much fun as ever. Burrows is an
able parliamentarian who comes back,
and so do the two Hendersons, and like
wise Dingley Of Maine, the most pro-
hounced specialist in the house; eloquent
Dolliver of Iowa, one Of the younger set;
bluff General Cogswell and white haired
Walker of Massachusetts and fiery Bou-
telle of Maine. Joe Cannon, who was
turned down by an unfortunate speech
and hostile combination of country ed
itors, is back again. Henry W. Blair,
an erstwhile senator, with a gift for
three day speeches, will be in the house
by the side of Governor Gear of Iowa.
who keeps his ear close to the western
farmers ground swells and sat up all
one night to see that sugar was kept on
the free list in the Mckinley bill.
John Dalzell is another bright Repub-
ican still on deck. Farmer Funston
and Broderick were the only Kansas
Republicans to swim the Populist tidal
wave. Haugen, a Scandinavian Re-
publican, is back from Wisconsin, but
John Lind, a fellow countryman from
the house, voluntarily retired. Hit and
Hopkins of Illinois, Hepburn of Iowa,
who was solicitor of the treasury during
his retirement from congress, and Bel
lamy Storer of Cincinnati wind up the
list of Republicans calculated to have
lots of fun out of the Democratic ma
jority.
Most of the new men are altogether
unknown quantities, but doubtless few
of them will soon push to the front.
General John G. Black, gallant Demo
cratic soldier, was returned from Hi
nois, and from Missouri comes Clark
Champ Clark-a free and easy spirit, and
also the son Of Congressman Burnes.
Senator Cockrell's brother will represent
one Texas district, and Gresham, but
no near relative Of the secretary of state,
another district. Conn of Indiana will
see that musical instruments get favor
able treatment in revising the tariff, and
from Hammond, Ind, comes one of the
dressed beef firm of that name. Ex-Re-
porter, ex-Postmaster Joseph Hendrix
will be a new representative of the City of
Churches, and from Virginia comes "Cy-
clone Jim" Marshall. Insurance Commits
sioner Mccall, Pedestrian McEttrick and
eccentric DR.. Everett, VINO beat audacious
Speaker Barrett as Lodges successor,
are new men from the Bay State. South
Carolina will send McLaurin, Talbert
and other Ocala platform men likely to
prove bulls in the Democratic china shop.
From Ohio comes William White, who 10
years or more ago hadn't dollar and is
now millionaire chewing gum manu-
facturer. Rochester sends Van Voorhis
back after a considerable absence.
Death has already sent two members
to their graves utchler of Pennsylva-
mia, whose editor son was promptly elect
ed to the vacancy, and General Enochs,
over whose place southern Ohio Repub-
icans are scrapping.
| There have of course been fewer
changes in the senate, and the new men
with few exceptions had an opportu-
nifty during the special senate session
following the 4th of March to get faDail-
lar with their surroundings. John Sher-
man will be the biggest figure on the
Republican side, having as his political
coadjutors such men as Aldrich, ALI
son, Frye, Henderson, Hale, Carey, Da-
Wis, Hoar, Chandler, Quay, Proctor and
Platt, leaving out of count the Repub-
lican free silver senators Teller and VOL
colt Of Colorado, Stewart and Jones of
| Nevada and Mitchell and Dubois from
the far northwest. German, Voorhees,,
Blackburn, Butler, Vest, Cockrell, Brice,
Gray, Mcpherson, Ransom, Palmer, vi
las, Morgan, Hill, Daniel, Pugh, Harris,
Vance, Mills and Turpie are all Demo-
L i.