The Portland daily press., 1893-08-07
IN THE NEW CONGRESS-.
Personal Gossip Concerning the Sen
ate and House.

Men Messrs. Stevenson and Crisp VIII Be
Called Upon to Tace-Interestins AnaIy-
sis of the Coming Congress.
Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, Aug. Assuming that
every legislator does his duty and re-
spends to the call of President Cleve-
land, 355 representatives in congress will
face Clerk James Kerr of Pennsylvania
when he declares the house of repre-
sentatives Of the Fifty third congress in
extraordinary session on Aug. z, one
chair being vacant by death and no Sue
cessor yet chosen. On the same assump-
ton, and of course in neither senate nor
house will an absolutely full attendance
be had at any time during the congress,
Vice President Stevenson will look down
from his elevation into the faces of 85
senators and of three other persons
hanging around the fringe of the sena-
torial circle with governors certificates
in their pockets. He will be assisted
in his functions as presiding officer by
43 Democrats, 80 Republicans, l Pop
ulist-Allen of Nebraska independ-
ent-Kyle of South Dakota = and
Farmers Alliance senator PETER OF
Kansas-for, having split from the two
old established parties, these latter three
senators, after the fashion of opponents
of the established order of things.
whether in politics OF religion, find them
selves unable to agree on a common des-
ignation, and each in the congressional
directory insists on being denominated
in special manner. One of the three
moths lowering around the senatorial
candle awaiting entrance-Mr. Beck
with Of Wyoming-is Democrat, and
two-Messrs. Mantle of Montana and
Allen of Westinghouse Republicans.
Speaker Crisp when elected will pre-
side over 217 Democrats, 1873 Republic
ans. Populists, silverites, 2 independ-
ents and Populist-D Democrat, the spirit
of third party differentiation shown in
the senate operating in the house to
cause Newlands of Nevada, Bell and
Pence of Colorado, silver men, Kern and
McKeighan of Nebraska, Independent
and Harris Of Kansas, who takes tt !,
hyphenated, designation to distinguit
himself from straight Populists Bake ],
Davis and Jerry Simpson of Kansas and
Haldor Boon of Minnesota.
Many old faces are in the new house,
but an unusually large number of ne '
men will make the body look strange at
first to those persons familiar with the
appearance of the last house. William
S. Holman of Indiana and Charley
O'Neill of Pennsylvania, each entering
upon his twenty ninth year of service,
will gaze benignantly around on new
members hardly as old in years as they
are in parliamentary service.
Speaker Crisp will have as his heuten-
ants much the same force that he had
last year, and will this year, as last, some-
times wish he could himself go down and
lead the Democratic cohorts marshaled
under the banners Of half dozen lead
ers, none of them willing to recognize
the captaincy of the other. McMillin,
Wilson of West Virginia, Springer and
Turner of Georgia, all leading members
of the last ways and means committee,
are back, and SO is Bourke Cochran, a
member who showed more of the dash
and vigor of leadership than any of the
quartet named, but like most Irish ora
tors does not take to the continuous hard
labor, drudgery and incessant attention
requisite in real parliamentary general.
Whiting of Michigan also came out all
right. When it comes to a question Of
appropriations, Sayers of Texas, Dock
cry, Young and hard headed Joe O'Neill
of Massachusetts,, courtly Barnes Comp
ton of Maryland and the two Breckin-
ridges-better known as radical tariff
revisionists, however, than as members
OF the appropriations committee are
still undisturbed by political changes.
Bynum Of Indiana. who played a stiff
hand in the Mills-C Crisp speakership fight,
will be present, hopeful Of better luck
this time and ready to pull down Re
publicans by main physical force if
necessary. Farmer Hatch of antioption
bill fame was rejected. Cultivate OF
Ohio, a strong northern Democrat, is
back, and SO is Culberson Of Texas, a
shaggy eyed old man, slow of motion,
but keen of thought and an old fox who
does the thinking and sets others forward
to do the talking. The best lawyer in
the house, members say he is. His part.
ner, Lanha1n of Texas, voluntarily re-
tires. One armed General Oates OF
Alabama, with the record Of being the
most successful filibuster in congress,
will represent the strictly southern idea.
He will have as associate kickers in any
fight he makes "Buck" Kilgore, who
wanted to go to Turkey as minister, but
couldn't, and young Mr.. Bailey, . con-
stitutional objector from Texas.
A more than ever conspicuous figure
will be ''Silver Dollar" Bland, who will
fight the white metals battle, this time
with Bryan of Nebraska, Lochinva1
from out Of the west who closely re-
sembles the late Samuel j. Randall, as
his lieutenant in place of Pierce of Ten
nessee, stubborn, courageous fighter,
whose free expression Of opinions caused
the Democratic leaders to shelve him.
Michael Harter, whose devotion to the
gold standard made him looked on in the