Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-06
Rational legislators and Who and What
They Are.
WHAT The ELECTORATE DOES.
e1nysEisht Lawyers in the Senate and 22q
In the House-Popuisrity Of the
Legal Fraternity.
written for the Dispatch.)

lawyers ana IN FAVOR or putting none
but farmers and merchants and
mechanics and laborers on guard,
certain It Is that the great Ameri-
can electorate has taken particular
pains in the vast majority OF cases 10
select lawyers TO FIJI the highest and
most responsible posts in the gifts OF
the people. State Legislatures and the
national Congress W been composed
very largely OF lawyers. and OF the twenty
three presidents that have been elected.
eightcen were lawyers. two were soldiers.
one a planter. one a farmer. and one a
statesman.
OF tho IS senators in the Fifty-thlrd
Congress Is are lawyers. n percentage
Of .6A
The callings OF the q others are divided
among IS vocations. There are capital
lists. 2: journalists. g. public officials 2;
manufacturers. 3: merchants. 2; bankers
2; and 1 each Of the vocstions OF InnD'f-
man. steamship manager, brewer. faIiner'
literature, miner, stock-raiser, car-pullde''
physician. clergyman. planter, ana mar
bic quarryman. Twenty-Five states are
represented in the Senate by non" bNt
lawyers while from the Northern states
IA Of the % senator's are from other N0't-
fions than that Of the law. and the North-
crn States send but : lawyers among a
total of Is senators. But as the senators
are elected by the state leSIsidtut'S.
which being composed very larE'iy "i
lawyers might reasonably be SUPPOSE u
be partial 10 n member Of their o~h pro-
fcssIon. an analysis Of the vocation OF the
members OF the lower branch, That are
elected directly by the people. WOMB pcr
hans be a falrer test OF the popularity 81
the legal profession with the voters III
large. .cr
HOW IT is IL TUE HOUSE.
There ere now go representatives, OF tna
people in the lower house. of Whom -
are lawyers. a percentaR" ol o. "'.'..
large a proportion rs That ia the " ii'''
Next to the lawyers IN point oi NUMBERS,
hut a long way OK. come the farmers OF
whom there are "a, "a percentage 81 ""tS
. -. Th-rc are -
Journalists. 10 public officials, Q merchants.
S bankers. 3 planters, : phySi'Iah''
luubormen. , teachers. . real tsiai" deaI-
crF. / Spectator. + wood m'T'ha"''
hotel proprtetar. I railroad manager,
coal miner. I civil engineer. ! l1lio'i
builder. ana $ with no occupt ION. I"'l'c
OF the States send S.ld rvl'fa'''f ~
LAWYERS. Arkansas sends Z LAWYER" out
az total Of q repre- natives, IMMUNE.
III Nlf Il a NNltA ~ h'f
a total Of II: Maryland 3 ont ~ . toiai
81 {. Nebraska. p out Of "a total OF -
Texas. J. out Of "a total of l@' M'S-l'"u-
set'. g out of a total Of Is, and Mlchlsah
but 3 out Of a total ~ j..
IL THE SOUTH.
IN the case Of members ~ tho lower
brauch Of Congress as in IN" sen
ate. / find that Southern states send a
much larger pcrcontage OF lawyers IMAM
either tho West or North. 81 thP Ia
r,nr.ecrtntlves from the south. whose
occupations are given. % are lawyers "
norrcntare ~ r.. the West coming h'N''
with 50 I,wyeI out of a total OF TO-
g nercsntae, " Ce. and the %orth, "A long
Wv OF. with ~ lawyers out OF Il totai
OF 96. q perccntare II AZ.
OF tho s. senator's q were born In the
smith. 81 in tn. North. - IN the West
. in Canada, and . in England.
Although the white population or the
IG Southern states comprises MY y per
cent. Of the total white population OF the
United States. yet i5 per cont. Of the seha-
tors are so%uthern-horn men.
NATIVITY.
The Southern States Of Delaware. Ken.
lucky. Georgia, Louisiana, North aht
south Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. ana
West Virginia have put none but natives
OF their respective States on guard IN the
senate. This example has been followed
by the Northern States of Vermont, Mas
~sachusetts. Rhode Island. Pennsylvania
and New York, but by only one
Western state, Ohio. with the single
execution Of one Eng!ishman tSerdtpr
Pasco. of Florida, every Southern S'i'c
Is represented In the senate by southern
men. The northern states nav" '.h-
rowed one southern-born man CSehatoF
Havlev. of Connecticut. who Was Dorm
I'm North Carolina, aud Senator GAlilnSti'
OF New Hampshire. who was born III
C,raaa The West borrow fifteen north
ern men. five southern men, one English
man Senator Jones, Of Nevada, ana
one canadian Senator Mcmillan, Of
Mich,ran). Ohio and New York furnish
the largest number, there being eight
from each State. Beside Ohio, Ind ana,
and Iowa have selected Ohioans TO repre-
sent them in the Senate. Kentucky
comes next. with seven natiVe-born Ken
tuckians: FLORIDA. Missouri, and Texas
also borrow kcntuckians. six natives OF
Pennsylvania are IN The senate rive
from Maine. Each Of the states or
Nlrcinia. Tennessee. Georgia. and YER
mont has four Of its sons in the
scnntc. pciawnre AMI Massachusetts,
each has three. and none Of the other
States more than one.
Twenty-one Of the states have bor-
roWcd natives Of other States to represent
them in the Senate.
No person born in the following states
holds a seat In the Senate, viz: Arkansas
Colorado. Florida, Idaho. Indiana, Ran
sas. Michigan. Minnesota, Montana, Ne
braska. Nevada. North and South Da-
kota. Oregon. Texas. Washington, ana
Wyoming.
Tho ratio Of representation. based on
the United States census of 1890, Is one
member to l73.90l Of the population, ms
gives $50 as the membership of the pres
cnt House. OF this number $3.50 are natives
OF America, q are foreigners. s were born
in Ireland. 6 IN Canada. 1 in Germany
. IN Norway. and 1 each in England.
Scotland. Austria, and Hungary.
THE LOWER BRANCH.
OF the $50 nativc-born Americans In
Che House. 10 are northern-born men.
The nine Northern States are entitled
Co only % representatives, or y per cent:
Of the whole number: but So per cent or
the aggregate number were born IN
Northern States. These States are repre-
scented Nv S2 Americans and Z foreigners.
Thirty men Of northern birth are repre-
fentine Western States. -Four have been
cent from the South-Missourt sending :
Iennsylvahians and l New Yorker, ana
Virginia l New Yorker.
ihere are III southern-Dorn men III 'hs
House. Although the Southern States are
entitled &C. l3 representatives, a per-
centage OF only IS OF the tota, reprcsen-
iauon. they form nearly 81 per cent. OF
the number. There are but two ~ftfeiSl-
porn men from the South. Speaker Crisp.
OF Georgia, who was boca In England,
ana Berthold. OF Mississippi. who WAS
porn In Germany. Ten southern-borD
uhen represent western constituencies.
Inc nineteen Western States are entitled
70 l0 representatives.. a percentage OF %.
put only Is. or VI per cent. are men OF
western birth. Thirteen men CT foreign
pf'h represent Western States. and thirty
TWO We're born in the Northern States.
Twelve Western States are without a
SINGLE native In the House. Kansas ard
.ahiornia each has one, and Iowa but
two.
the Northern States New Hampshire
ehl Rhode island each has but two
hatives In the House.
lhere Is but one Texan In the House,
xhe native o. Delaware. and nut two
nl.hiaas' neither OF whom represents his
TO THE MANoR-BORN.
Ire state Of New York sends "A OF her
hIfG H. H.