Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-12-04
NUMBER 40.

| man in the delegation. the highest po-
sition he has hitherto held being that Of
bookkeeper Ia the United States mar.
shal's Office Hon. George w. Steele Of
the Eleventh district Is an old member
of congress and q man of great ability.
Mr.. Paris, the new man from th"
4 Eighth, II a railroad official ~ marked
ability and great experience All the
\ others are very new indeed. over the
river. n they say in Indiana. several
/ 20 the changes arr more surprising still.
/ Hon. Walter Evans who comes from
/ the Louisville district, l. one 81 the
men of whom his party has high hops,
and Hou. 7. " Kendall Dem q the
l Tenth district was a member ~ the fif'
ty.socond congress, elected % succeed
his father. who died while member
In the Eleventh district there l. Tcal
Republican oomedy Mr.. Adams, pres
ent member. jocularly known ~ 'the
most inu0cpntost man on the road. ob.
tainod the nomination. but wa defeat.
ed by an independent Republican candi.
date. Mr. David a. Colson There wa.
still another holtiug Republican candi.
date. but be Withdrew Just baiore the
/ election.
a Isrr.s. "f Iilth.
Mr. VI W lIowaf the only Populist
| from Alabama In the face - the rturns
lin fact. the first man In 90 year. 10
hr,ak the ranks ~ a solid Democracy
/ In that stato-will probably D. the youn.
get man In the next house aud certain
" the most uncomfortable man In 10
II any part u his happiness dcp,ni- on
social recognition lie liycd here ashOrt
time aud wrote faTago - tilth and
nonsense. thinly disguised ~ novel.
entitled III Christ Came to Con 'rcss. ~
The style of that middling kind which
Horace tells IA god- and men dcspi-e.
and names and places are given with
such minuioi.s a. tO give color 90 the
l charge that the book was really written
for dircctory. aud that the author was
subsidized by tho women named in a.
All this. with the horrible picture ca
/ the cover, causod the book to b" put un.
der ban by the authorities for short
time and in Anthony Comstock's do.
main IL never would have b"en t0lerat-
Ell Mr. Howard d. tall and rather
| rawbancd south,n,r. with smooth face
and rather bright gray eye, bat ~ 10
his talent f1r stats~monship nothing l.
81 b. said A. yc'.
There ar some others ~ whom their
defeated opponents sTsak very highly
and ~ whom much l. expected ~ their
party associates Mr. Winfield Scott
Kerr ~ Mansfield. -, who will succeed
Mr. IIartcr. y pronounced typical
American ~ the sclf made snri. " lie
began life a. railroad brakeman aud
Lost one arm by an accident. which
caused him to study law. ~ much a.
his own surpri-r ~ that of other, he
made a brilliant sucoass In the practice.
made considerable money and in add.
tion hcame very popular ~ SPEAKER
II il = curious coincideuce that tho
Democrat hc defeated has but one arm
II l. now conceded that Judge Souuan
will H. seated ~ representative ~ th'
Twelfth Texas. the only Republican
from that state lie IL "a native II New
jersey. and Hon. I. NJ Paschal. whom
he succ,eds, gives him very high
character. both for talent and upright
ness Of the new men from the sDuih
who claim seat. IN the next hOus". de-
spite the fact that Democrats have the
certificates on the face q the returns,
mo-t apT.ar o. d" large farmer and tc.
tive business men. with affair rspfiukIiug
~ preachers. and some young lawyers
who's memory dos not run back a. wa'
times. and whO-e politics are ~ . docid
edly modern sOrt
An Is..ntrio Music Teacher.
The new men from the Atlantic siatss
arr generally well spoken u, and the
holdovcr Republicans, especially frIm
New York. arr omphatirally IN luck IL
IL curiou. 30 notice how good and evil.
speaking from . party standpoint, have
worked together for their rapid promo
,iun. The fearful slaught,rof Republic.
an. In 1890 and lsy2 compelled the
speaker o. place many u the cumpara.
lively new r'n ~ that party we'll up
on the committees, l-canse there werv
so few ~ them compared with the Dem.
Ocrats, and now they will b. NJ the
heads ~ their committee, Mr. Burrows
would ~ cuursa u. chairman ~ the
WAYS and means. but N BE- succ,,-is in
getting into tine senate the place will
20 to Hon. Scrcno T. PAYNE ~ the
Twenty eighth New York. who will
thus. II s'niority prevails, outrank Hon
John Dalzrll on that committee II l.
assumed. II course, that Mr Reed will
b. speaker. aud 40 promotion In the
ways anil means will D. very rapid Ia
decd. The mortaIiiy.list ~ the commit
tee on agriculture IL simply fearful. -y.
cry DDmucmt bat two b"ing swept away
aud with them Jorc Simpson. while
M,s.rs Funston ~ Kln.a.. Waugh q
Indiana and funk q Illinois, Republic
ans, werr not rcnominntod. The COM
mittee un appropriations shows equal
mortality Drrykinridgc wa.not rvnom.
mated. DUcLery will probably d. unssat'
ell. Compton resigned. and BrOokshire,
Williams and Coombs were defeated,
- Mcssrs. Dinsley. Cannon AMI other
eSp,ri,nc,d Old Republicans will have
| their own fun with the new men ~ buth
parties Champ CLARK. the delightful
Miss0urian. was b,aton by am eccentric
music teacher who was nominated for
fun and elected 10y Democratic neglect
and this d, only specimen ~ what
has happened tO many ~ the committee
on claims In the committee on foreign
affair. however. the Democrats have
b.,n more fortunate, a. most ~ their
men Ou " are from the south. It. chair.
man will u course b. Mr. Hit ~ lllt.
nois. not from seniority merely, but h..
cause he H. abundantly qualified by nA-
ture and e1perienca J H. BEADLE
Fissnc. Blyth.'. Millions.
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