The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-10
FATHER TINES HAND
As It LingerS on the Heads Of Sen
atOTS.
He Touches Some Very Lightly-The
Average Age of the Body Less Than
59-The Woman's Weakness.


reached the point of three-score and ten
years, for his 10th birthday would not
have occurred until April 20, next. Yet
he has been classed generally as one
of the ''old men" of the Senate. particu-
larry since his stroke of paralysis some
months ago, which aged him very much.
Senatorial ages, by the way, are full of
curious statistics. They range all the
way from forty to eighty-four years, Sen
ator Morrill,, at the latter age, being more
than twice as old as Senators Kyle and
Irbv, the youngsters at the forty mark
Counting Senator Colquitt, eight of the
membe of the Senate had passed the
line of seventy, six of them being demo-
Gratis and two republicans.
The latter are Senators Morrill,, at 81
and Sherman at Il. The democrats are
Palmer at II, Harris at 76, Pugh at IA,
Bunton at Il, and Morgan and Colquitt at
20 The age of Senator Harris is not
given in the Congressional Directory. In
fact. he rather prides himself upon this
omission, and his actual term of years
has been somewhat of a problem for a
long time. In appearance he is well
qualified TO be called the grandfather of
the Senate, as he looks quite as old, if
not older, than MIR Morrill, His age
however, is given withOu question in APP
pletons Biographical Encyclopedia,
whence other omissions in the directory
have been supplied. Senators Bate, Glib
son, PascO, Squire and Turple refuse to
give their ages officially, but the encyclo-
pedia gives Mr.. Pasco's age as 90, and
shat of Mr.. Turpie as 65 Thus it will be
seen that some senator's are as tender as
traditional women on the subject of
periods Of existence.
THE MAJORITY OVER co.
Tho -ro,.orra con foy.iat ocra &c F,-oo@;o,.
short of 81 years. Senators enter the
upper honse at all ages, but more of them,
it is said, come into that body between
Fifty and sixty. There are at present
more in the sixties than in any other
decade of life, there being sixteen repub-
hcans and fifteen democrats, 50 far as the
records show, in the sixties: to thirteen
republicans and fourteen democrats in
The fifties, while there are seven republi-
cans and eight democrats in the last
division at 40 years. Vermont, Alabama
and Illinois are the star states in point of
the ages of their senatorial representa-
tives. Vermont leads with total of l47
years.
Alabama follows with IA, and Illinois
has l42 years to her credit. At the other
end of the line are South Carolina with
%, while South Dakota, mere youth in
the nation, and veritable infant in arms
So years, barely more than the age of the
oldest senator.
The states of Florida, Pennsylvania,
Oregon and Delaware are, curiously
enough, provided with senators evenly
balanced as to ages, Thus Messrs. Gray
and Higgins, who are now bewailing the
blighting of the peach crop, each fur
nishes 81 years to Delaware's total.
Senators Mitchell and Dolph have passed
~ a bn ir
classed as Oregon's senior senator.
Floridas Senators, Pasco and Call, are
sixty years each, and Pennsylvania s,
Quay and Cameron, are sixty-one. Don
Cameron, by the way, is a much older
man than he looks, or than he is generally
thought TO be. The absence of any beard
to turn gray and the sandy color of his
mustaChe are elements in his favor to
keep him young in appearance. His col
league, too, does now show his slXty-one
years. There are other senator's whose
ages belle their years. Gen. Palmer, the
Nestor of the democratic side of the
Senate, is seventy-seven, though
white in beard and hair,
looks younger to-day than Mr. Pugh ard
Mr.. Harris, though both are his juniors.
he is active too, and showed his great
vitality during the prolonged sessions of
the silver debate last fall, when. he was
present at almost every meeting of the
Senate.
APPEARANCES ARE DECEITFUL.
Senator Hawley, though year older
than his colleague, MIR Platt, being IS
years of age looks fully five years Mr.
Platt's junior. So, TOO, with Senators
Ransom and Vance. A casual glance at
these two North Carolinians would give
one the impression that Mr.. Vance is past
20 and Mr.. Ransom barely in the sixties.
On the contrary, Mr. Ransom is IS and
Mr.. Vance but a. For all of his venera-
bile appearance, his long white beard that
mas caused him to be often compared to
the traditional portraits of Father Time,
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, is a com
paratively young man. His 81 years rest
lightly upon his shoulders, and in com
parson with some other men in the Sen
ate he IS youth in energy and activity.
Ills colleague, Mr.. Jones, is "a, and shows
about that age Mr. Mcpherson rather
deceives an observer, for, although his
mustache is white, he has no other sign to
indicate his 20 years.
Some of the delegations present cousid-
cradle contrast between the senators in
point of age, such as Massachusetts.
There was day, not long past, when the
ola Bay state was represented by two of
the most elderly looking men in the Sen
at,, Hoar and Dawes. Mr.. Dawes place
mas now been filled by a much younger
man. Mr. Lodge, who is nearly the infant
OF the republican side OF A years, Mr..
dubois beating him downward by a
year. Mr. Hoar is IS, and this makes the
ul1erence between their ages a years.
senators Brice and Sherman are sepa-
rated by % years, thus making wide gap
IN the Ohio delegation, and Senators Nor
flu and Proctor are 81 years apart. AS
already stated, the average age of the
senator's is a trifie less than fifty
nine years. OF thirty-eignt republicans
whose ages can be ascertained, the total
OF years is 2,24S or an average of slight
fraction of over 80 years each. This gives
lhe republicans six months advantage
over the democrats now in the Senate
whose ages are on record. Forty-three
democrats give an aggregate Of 1914, and
an average of an insignificant fraction
over 5o%. In this calculation the repub-
means have been considered as including
all sitting on the east side of the chamber
and contrarywise the democrats all on the
west side. There are two pOpulists on
each side of the chamber.
THE TRICKS or TIME.
Considering the populists as a party,
thelr four ages aggregate 2l7 years, or an
average of 544, thus making them
Younger III age, as well as in politics, than
either of the two regular parties. There
are SO few populists that their ages can
be given at length Mr.. PETER is CD, Mr..
Stewart 81 Mr. Allen AZ and Mr.