The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-08

down the cares of the Senate to make way
for a Republican. probably Steve Elkins.
whose friends claim for him much of the
credit for the recent disaster to the DEM
ocratic party in the state of Prof. Wilson.
Mr.. Camden was in the Senate once before
and retired in 1887. but came back IN 1875.
on tina death of Joun E. henna.
Senator Walsh of Georgia, McLaurln OF
Mississippi, ana Jarvis of North Carolina
will all retire on March 4, each having
elvcd but few brief months as Senators.
Among the eight Senators who are cand:-
dates for reelection, but whose chances are
somewhat predetermined, the most interest,"
ing personalities are Senators harris on
the DInocratic side and Wolcott among the
Republicans. The veteran Tennessee zen
ator, who is so old that he refuses to statc
the date of his birth in the Congressional
Directory, has been in public life almost
continuously since he was. a member OF
the Tennessee Legislature forty-seVen years
ago. He was Governor of the State before
and carly in the war, and has been mem
her of The United States Senate since 1877.
He is now the President pro tempore OF that
body and bears tho reputation of being the
ablest and cleyerest Parliamentarian on the
Democratic side. II is treat which the
Senators and the public equally enjoy to
witness
SENATOR HARRIS
sitting in the Vice. Presidents chair making
a ruling upon all intricate point IN raflla-
mentary law or stating a proposition as 10
the correct construction of a rule OF pro-
cedure from his place on the 1oor. IN
either case his emphasis IS such mat no
Senator dare to dispute his statements, ana
the further from the truth he is the more
dicta.orial are his manners and the more
dramatic his words and gestures. Whetner
he's right or wrong, the Senators are often
oonnelled TO accent what MI. Harris says.
and if is highly amusing to those who are
in he secret to see the old man chuGkle to
himself as he brings the senate 10 us
knees. often about question of which he
knows less than any other man In the
chamber.
The most interesting man on the RepubiI-
can side who is in danger is Wolcott OF
Colorado, who brought back to the Senate
the proyerbial graces OF oratory which were
fast becoming but memories. In ADDITION
to his eloquence, Wolcott possesses gooo
looks. good clothes, brains, and cleverness.
The other Senators who are being OPP
nosed. but who are all apt to win in the
legislative fights, are Henderson OF Nebras-
ka, one of the most popular men who ever
sat in the Senate, and whose abilities az an
orator and legislator are above the average;
Chandler of New Hampshire, whose persist
ent activity and biting sarcasm keep his
Democratic colleagues in a state OF con-
slant but fruitless indignation; Patton OF
Michigan. who shocked the traditions OF the
Senate by delivering his maiden speech few
weeks after taking his seat. and is opposed
for reelection by Eseveral Eambitious .Michi-
eande1s, including Julius Caesar Burrows,
1.-THE Calliope of Kalamazoo" as he is
sometimes irreyelently called; Perkins of
california. who made his bow as debater
with even less timidity than Patton; Gull
lon. of Illinois. who has long maintained Il
prominent place in politics. achiefly, his
enemies say, on the strength of his sup
nosed resemblance TO Abraham Lincoln,
and Higgins of Delaware. VIII 60 seat Adj
dicks. the Gas Man. ia try ing to seize. Hig-
pins is one of the brightest men on the Re-
publican side of the chamber, and when he
gets UP 10 speak, as he FREQ uently does, he