St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-10
DEFEATED CoNGREssMEN.
The Future of Those to Whom the
Unexpected Happened.

Washington Correspondent New York Times
The 4th day of March, 1895. will mark
the return to private life of many men
hose best years have been spent i'll
congress. Or these Mr.. Holman, OF In
diana, has had the longest service, he
having been a member of the Thirty
sixth congress. Mir. Bland, who also
GOES out, began his public career IN the
EOrty~third congress, and not until last
month was he defeated for reelection.
MIR. Springer is another old member
who will be forced to retire. He first
came 10 Washington as member OF
the Forty-fOurth congress.
Of the senators VINO will retire, Gen.
Ransom, of North Carolina. took his
seat in January, 1872. and was reelected
I'm 1876, 1883 and in 1889. He fully eX-
pected to end his days in the senate, and
last summer any man who would have
predicted his defeat would have been
laughed al. Mr.. Mcpherson, OF New
Jersey, goes out, after seventeen years
service in the senate. MIR. Coke, OF
Texas, will also leave. with a record of
I seYenteenye as senator. Mr.. But
Ter, of South Carolina, entered the SEN
ate in The same year that MeSsrs. Nc
Pherson and Coke took their seats, and
he is also slated for private life. Most
of the other defeated senators have had
cOmpaT atively short terms III that body.
Mr. Walsh, of GrOrgia. for instance, has
only been here long enough to get
desire to stay six years at least. but the
people OF his state have decided that
his short term should come 10 an end
next March. Mr.. Martin, of Kansas. is
in the same pridicament.
Some of the gentlemen who are soon
to leave Washington have become rec
Onciled to the situation, but II IS doubt
ful If all of them will be as philoSOphi-
cal. After man has been twenty years
in the senate or house he finds himself
poorly equipped to meet the new condl.
tons thrust upon him by unsympathet-
lc constituents. A point worth noticing
in this connection with this topic is that
few men who have passed their best
years in congress are either rich or
moderately well to do. Mr.. Ransom
OWNS farm III North Carolina, but his
friends have long been aware that
he has depended upon his sal
airy as senator to provide
his living. Mr. Holman is not rich,
and Mr.. Bland is only comfortably sit
uated. In the last few years the senate
has become a resort for the rich, and
some of the members who are not we'll
provided with mis- worlds goods have
found themselves embarrassed by fell
lowship with wealthy men. The old
story of poor man trying TO keep step
with his rich brother is we'll understood
here. and doubtless many senators and
representatives could, if they would.
furnish good illustrations OF the disas-
trOus result attending such attempts.
As but lew Old-timers have managed 10
save anything during their congress
sional life, it would seem that most men
would embrace willingly the oppOrtu-
nifty now afforded them 10 repair their
fortunes III private paths.
The trouble Is that most men have
become untitled by their congressional
experience for successful work in the
many private fields. 1t seems 10 be the
experience of the ofhce-holding class
that long dependence upon y ncle Sam
imDairs ones efficiency. Very soon
the friends of the ma ny defeated candi-
dates for re-eleetio n to tine congress
will have an Opport unity to see whether
this old truth will hold good III the
cases of these men.