The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-11

Ne Ore Like Him Ever Rspressuted Deis-
war De- ahs unlssA ntstee senate.

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Ne 0ue Lks Him Evsr Rspressutes Dsis-
wars IN che usitss States ssnsts.
WILMINGTON, Dec. lO-.-Delsvareans have
always been 20 proud Of their representation
and influence in the United States Senate that
the prospect Of seeing one of the seats purchased
by a stranger without known residence has
greatly stirred the people. No such adventurous
stranger as Gas Addicks has ever held import
ant Office in Delaware. Only twenty eight men
have represented Delaware in the United States
Senate since the beginning Of the Federal Gov.
eminent, and of these only thres were not natives
ofthe State, while not one was n newcomer, and
not more than two or three were without con-
siderable previous experience In public affairs.
Delaware sent as Senators 10 the hrst Congress
Richard Bassett, q native lawyer long conepicu-
Gus In the State and In the old confederation,
and George Read, a native Of the nelahboring
Eastern Shore Of Maryland, who had been long y
resident In Delaware and active in public Affairs.
These two were succeeded by Henry Lstimer
and John vining. both Delawareans by birth,
the former 8 physician carefully educated at
hone and in Europe. Both were conspicuous In
the State before they were sent 10 the
Senate. One OF their immediate successors
was DR.. Joshua Clayton, who was active
in the public affairs Of the State, and
had found for the Continental army during
. time Of stress an effective substitute for
quinine, then exceedingly high In price.
William II. Wells, who served with Joshua
Clayton as Senator In the Sixth Congress, was
the first of the Delaware Senators who had not
been previously conspicuous in the State or the
national Legislature. Samuel White, a Senator
In the Seventh Congress, was, like Wells. a
widely known native Of Delaware, though not
especially conspicuous In politics.
The first Bayard, James Asheton, the elder,
was n Senatnr I'm tho EI0bth Conurose Tlough
a native of Pennsylvania, his active manhood
was passed In Delaware. and when sent to the
Senate he was q lawyer conspicuous In public
affairs. The representation Of delaware re-
NAMED unchanged in the Senate until the
Eleventh Congress, when 0uterbrldgo Horsey
was sent to Washington. He was a native of
Delaware, . lawyer Of excellent education and
q former Acknowledgement Of the state. The
States representation in the Senate was again
unchanged until the Fifteenth Congress. when
Nicholas Van Dyke, son Of GOV. Van Dyke. a
patriot of the revolutionary period, was made
senator. The son had already served in the
lower House and been active in State politics.
te ensre c Sa : sss'R when he t C&ssr R Rodn n sas q former Ssyeer
member Of CONGRESS and Attcrnsy.Ge General OF
SGs Y had 1o sts, @sn Ga s,s, IN bon Tno% WAS a Csl sSsfor,
Rldgeley, a lawyer and former Congressman. in
lawyer. soldier Of the war OF 1915, and Congress,
man. was n Senator in the Twentieth Congress.
John ii. Clayton and Arnold Naudain were
former was already a lawyer and politician of
high repute. and the latter was a man of educa-
tion and influence. Naudain was one of the few
silent Senators from Delaware. He and John
fourth Congress, when Richard H. Bayard and
Thomas Clayton, who had already been in the
Senate. were elected. Both were conspicuous In
State affairs.
There wa. no change Of Senators until the
Presley Spruance, both well known throughout
the State, and the latter at one time President
OF the State senate. were made Senators. James
the Thirty-second Congress, after having be-
come influential at home, and Joseph u.
Comegys, n lawyer prominent in Affairs and
afterward Chief Justice Of the State, was q Sem
Bates, a senator in the Thirty-dfth Congress.
was the first one since James A. Bayard. the
elder, who was not a native Of the State. but he
came early to Delaware from Connecticut and
chosen to the Senate. Willard salisbury. a
former Attorney-GeneEal Of the State, was
and George Read Riddle. engineer. lawyer.
man, in the Thirty-eighth. Thomas F. Bayard
was elected to the Senate in the Forty-frst Con-
gress. His father. his grandfather. and his
reat-grand father, Richard Bassett, had occu-
a power in his native State. Eli salisbury be-
came Senator iI1he Forty.second Congress-, sue
Cove and Willard. He had long been a conspic- |
served until the present senator's. Mr.. Gray and
Mr.. Higgins, were chosen. Mr.. Gray had long
been one OF the foremost men In the State and
had served as Attorney-tieneral Mr., Higgins
was q conspicuous lawyer and had not held pub
lie office only because his party had long been
out of power. |