The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-25

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mortuary list in the house and leaves that
statewith but four representatives of the
six to which she Is entitled My first ac-
quaintance with Judge Houk was when
he left Dayton in 1876 for the st. Louis
Democratic convention, determined to pre-
vent the nomination Of Samuel j. Tilden.
He returned disgruntied and to the aston
ishment of all Ohio announced his inten-
ton to bolt 1t became my task to report
the evening meeting in Dayton at which
he attempted to organize grand kick, and
it was what Wendell Phillips called q
grand, gloomy and peculiar affair. The
chairman was an old Republican of some
local fame who had bclted the nomination
of Grant in 1872, and the other principal
accessories We're men Of various parties
who had kicked themselves out of the
traces and gone into several movements
''sgin the government, being known in
the slang of that year as 'Adullamites. 1"
Judge Houk's speech was really able
one, but he had sense enough to soon see
that he had made a mistake and kicked
himself into party lines as easily as he had
kicked out. When the trouble came on
after the election, Tilden's claim had no
more enthusiastic supporter in Ohio than
Judge Houk and his voice was Tor war.
Whirligis of Politics.
The designations in this congress have
also been unusually numerous, and unlike
the deaths have furnished some humorous
incidents. Senator Walthall Of Mississippi
resigned in January, and A j. McLaurin
succeeded him. Senator White Of Louisi-
ana was appointed to the supreme bench,
and Hon. Newton Grain Blanchard, repre-
sentative OF the Fourth district, succeeded
him as senator. His successor in the house,
II. w. Ogden, has just been sworn in.
Hon. p. j. SomerS also succeeded Hon.
John Lendrum Mitchell of the Fourth
(Milwaukse) Wisconsin, Mr. Mitchell hav-
ing been promoted to the senate. A rather
amusing case was that of Representative
and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, who re-
signed from the house to take his seat in
the senate. Although at the last election
Mr.. Lodge had II, 002 votes to IA, 391 for
William Everett, yet at tho byelection in
April, 1898, Mr.. Everett got 9,733 votes
to 9,699 for William Barrett. 1t was
bad case of reaction, langour and mutual
disgust, the only explanation being that
there were some 5000 more Republicans
dissatisfied with Mr.. Barrett than there
were Democrats dissatisfied with Mr.. Ever
EFT. The latter YVES somewhat unfortunate
in his way of getting into congress, and
the house has persistently refused to take
him seriously. 1t is sometimes said that
he is oppressed by the shadow of a great
name, being a son of Edward Everett.
designations.
Hon. Charles T. O'Ferrall of the Sew
enth Virginia resigned to become governor
and was succeeded by Hon. S. S. Turner;
Hon. John r. Fellows and Hon. Ashbel p.
Fitch to become district attorney and
comptroller of New York city whereupon
their districts decided to astonish the coun-
try and did it to the queens taste, for
that of the former elected Mr.. Lemuel z.
Quigg, Republican, and the other Mr.
Isidor Straus, Democrat. The election
Of Republican by the Fellows district in
New York was to the Democrats Of the
country about as startling phenomenon
as the overthrow and destruction of the
Macedonian phalanx were to the people Of
Greece. However, they have since got moro
used to that sort of thing. Hon. William
Fl. Brawley of the famous salamander dis
trict of South Carolina resigned to be-
come a federal judge and was succeeded
by Hon. j. +. IZlar, and finally Barnes
Compton of the Fifth Maryland has re-
signed to become collector of the port at
Baltimore. Maryland has decided that by
the time legal notice could be given and
successors chosen to Messrs. Brattan and
Compton this session will have expired
at least all good Democrats hope so-and
SO their SUCCESSORS will not be elected till
the regular time in November.
There will be no lack of contestants for
the places, and the Republicans are very
confident of capturing both districts. Mr..
Compton's majority was nearly 1000, it
is true, but Maryland Republicans an
nounce that their candidate for the place
will be the popular State Senator Coffin of
Prince Georges county and that he will
easily defeat DR.. George Wells Of Annapo-
lis, who is ON the slate for the Democratic
nomination. Mr.. Brattan's majority was
also nearly 2, 900, and the men most prom
inent in the contest for the succession are
jackson for the Democrats
and Hon. Charles 2. Wescott for the Re
publicans, though every county has q can
didate. Incidentally much Is said of the
fact that each OF the prominent candidates
named has barrel and IS disposed to
be very liberal with the contents thereof
Unseated Members.
As if deaths and designations were not
enough, the house has unseated Messrs
Joy of Missouri and Hilborn of California
and seated Hon. J. J. O'Neu and Warren
d. English in their places. The former
his return to his old place by
savage onslaught in debate upon fellow
Democrat who had voted against him, and
the latter, more fortunate, scored great
in, HE N, idar In ha "a
debate on the naval appropriation
bill he succeeded in getting an addition of
$50, 900 for = steam tug at the Mare Island
navy yard and this despite the fact that
the secretary of the navy had not recon-
mended it and Chairman Cummings OPP
posed it. The last resignation leaving
is that of Judge John A. Cald-
well, who has gone to be mayor of Cincin-
natl. Take it all in all, we have had s
changes in the senate and 10 In the house,
and the indications are that there will he
several more in the latter body-that is,
taking the ordinary percentage Of chances
on the number of the sick and those who
are striving for better positions.
When one considers the number Of rep |
and the advanced age al which !
men usually enter the senate, the real sur |
prise is that the deaths are so few And |
the explanation is that our statesmen are,
Is rule, not only larger than other men. /
but very much stronger and healthier. II 4
is estimated, as Aforesaid. that there have I
been just 100 deaths in the senate since 4
1889, while the designations have been 4
ESQ. nearly all OF them 20 accept cabinet l
places or foreign appointments.
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