Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-05-28

ertS of |, 900 square miles or moro where
the ground WAS like Il lime bed and abso-
lutCly barrCn-and argue that every acre
of it would in the lifetime of persons then
born become of immense value. His sub
scqucnt history is familiar to the public
lie died in June last and was succeeded by
George G. Perkins.
CoIQuitts Successor.
lie was the first of four in the senate.
Last March died senator Colquitt of Gcor
gia, n month ago Senator Vance of North
Carolina and n few days later Senator
StockbridSc Of Michigan. 1t is alleged
that the death of the last brings the num-
Der of senators who have died in office up to
just 100, but I cannot vOuch for the accu-
racy of this. The curious fact at present
is that in o time of profound peace there
are three vacanies in the senate. Montana,
Washington ard Wyoming having failed
10 elect and thus il is possible, in the
opinion Of sum2c very probable, that lcgis-
lation involving :; radical change in fiscal
policy may become law bya minority vote
in the senate.
The entrance of Editor Walsh in the
place of Senator Colquitt and Mr. Jarvis
in place Of Senator Vance did not attract
much attention, but when Hon. John Pat
ton was sworn in to succeed Senator Stock
bridge all congress and nearly all the city
seemed to take u great interest in 1t. In
the first place, he Is an entirely new man,
and Washington Is always intcntly inter-
cstcd in the rising SUM- In the second
place. he is by odds the youngest looking
man in the senate and is certainly very
flno looking man, Of medium size and
compactly built, with brown eyes and dark
hair slightly touched with gray, bearing
also in his manner pleasant evidences of
hy,,, khn~
curious fact is that neither of tho present
senators from Michigan had any legisla-
tive experience before entering this the
most potent legislative body in tho world.
Deaths In the House.
Seven members Of tho house have died,
the first being William Mutchler of tho
Eighth Pennsylvania, who died Juno 23
and was succeeded by his son, Howard
Mutchlcr. Tho latter is 35 years old and
had no legislative experience before enter
ing congress. On July 10 w. H. Enochs
of the Tenth Ohio died and was succeeded
by Hezekiah Sanford Bundy. Judge John
Logan Chapman Of the First Michigan dis
trict died Aug. 10 and was succeeded by
Levi T. Griffin. On Nov. 25 Charles
O'Neill of tho Second Pennsylvania dis
trict died and was succeeded by Mr.
Adams, and this was change Of unusual
interest, as since the death of Judge KEEL
ley Mr.. O'Noill had been the father of tho
house. He was born in the district he
represented in Philadelphia in 1911, was
elected to the Thirty eighth congress and
to every subsequent ono except tho Forty
second, having thus served an even 80
years, except for the ono term.
Tho next death and succession are Of I'M
usual interest, as Hon. William Lilly, rep
resentative at largo from Pennsylvania,
died Dec. I, and the veteran Galusha Aaron
Grow was elected to succeed him by the
largest majority every known. Tho pres
mt member was born in Connecticut in
1894, admitted to tho bar in Pennsylvania
N 1847 and became the law partner of the
famous David Wilmot! Ho was elected
TO congress in 1850 and served six terms,
being speaker in the last. Thirty years
after retiring he was reelected, as afore-
said, and having been the youngest MEM
Der Of the house when he entered ii Is now