The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-23

! No such scene will be witnessed on the eth
! of August next President Cleveland VIII
not enter the halls OF Congress The
| Cabinet I'm 1871 contained five members
| Timothy PICKERING Secretary Of state;
| oliver Wolcott Secretary of the Treas-
ury, James McIIenry. Secretary Of War.
| Joseph Habersham. Postmaster General,
| and Charles Lee Auomey-Gencrnl.
| There was no Secretary of the Interior.
! no Secretary of the Navy. and no Score
tary II Agriculture. In fact. the POST
master-General was not a member OF the
Cabinet in llV, and the Presidential adj
yisers were therefore bat four in number
when Congress first mot I'm special scB-
sion. The States were sixteen an told
the thirteen original colonies and YER
mont. Kentucky and Tennessee. The
Senate numbered % members instead Of
s. There were no Territories. The city
OF Washington did NOT exist. The White
House Of 1871 has disappeared from the
face Of the earth. It's site I'm Philadcl-
phia is unmarked by anything but n hid
eous brick structure that Is leased for
shirt factory and photograph gallery. The
old Independence Hall still stands. but so
changed In many respects that the mem
bers OF the Fifth Congress would not
recognize 10 could they see the structure
The Congress summoned by President
Cleveland contains 4i4 members. not
counting the four territorial delegates
OF tie IS Senators A. are pretty sure 10
vote solidly Democratic. 80 Republican.
People's and doubtful The youngest
Of them Is Edward o. WolcOtt, OF Denver,
Col. lie was born boz 1915 In Massachu-
sets. and IS a lawyer By profession
The Oldest is Justin S. Morrill,. 0f Straf-
ford. VI who was born in 1910, and is
a merchant. Moreover he Is tho NestOr
OF Congress. having served thirty-nine
years The rest Of the Senate Is made
up OF 81 lawyers. capitalists 3 journal
lists, lumbermen, ? manufacturers. /
merchant. ] railroad Official, / miner,
] stock raiser. / car builder ! doctor,
bankers, 1 planter. and q quarrymen.
The rest put themselves down as ire
tired" Twenty OF re Senator'S served
I'm the Confederate army during the war
and 10 I'm the Union army. The ;nan
with the longest time 20 serve is Ed
ward c. Walthall, OF Grenada. Miss, who
has been reelected by the legislature
OF his State for the term ending In 1901.
The most cultured Senator is Henry Cabot
Lodge. OF Massachusetts. who IL an
author. artist. linguist, scholar and So
claty man The handsomcst IS charles
H. Gibson. Of Maryland. The most sena-
toriai is Alfred H. Colquitt. Of Georgia.
whose father and grandfather sat In
the Senate before him. The haughtiest
Is J. Donald Cameron, OF Pennsylvania.
whose unique distinction II IS never To
saw a word in the Senate unless he moves
10 adjourn The richest now that stan
ford is dead. would seem 70 be John +.
Jones. OF Nevada. who besto~s gold dol
lars on the begears OF Washington. The
one most celebrated outside OF his own
countrv Is John Sherman. The most |
nunctlilous Is Calvin $. Brice, Of ohio, |
who changes his shirt three times every |
day. The most temperate is David b. |
Hin Of New York. who neither drinks. |
smokes swears, CANDLES nor eats dain-
ties. The strongest Is William B. Ali |
son. OF Iowa. who could almost fell an /
OK with his fist.
In the House are 2oi members who