Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-07
NEW congressman
A Young and Business|ike Body
Of Men,
THEIR ENV|ABLE RECORDS
Creditable Successors of Prominent
Legislators.
MEN OF STRONG MIN DIS
MEN OF STRONG MIN D 5
Interesting Bits of Biographical
Information.
W II z RE TIL Ely ST A n D

An old-timer standing in the hall of the
House looking over the assemblage feels
almost like a stranger in d strange land.
The familiar faces are 50 few and far bs-
tween that it seems If they were there
merely by accident. The prevailing men,
Der is the new member. Much speculation
has been INDUCED in to what sort of a
House it would be, with so many green
horns just taking up the trade of states
manship. Strange tales have been told of
strange men who would appear at the roll
call Of the House, and there has been much
merriment IN anticipation. A survey OF the
House suggests that this assump lion that
newness would bring with it cru1ity and
awkwardness was entirely premature. 1t
is body composed largely of average men.
and 1t is easy to that many of them
give promise of development which will fit
them to fill the places Of some Of the best
who have passed from the public stage.
Young and Businesslike.
There are two striking impressions drawn
from a bir1's-eye view of the a5Semblage.
One is that there is an unusual proportion
of men under middle age. and very many
quite young. The other IS that there are
few posers who. with self-ccnscious air.
seem to invite the public to look upon them
and see what a true statesman is This
class is evidently much smaller than it often
is when there are greatly fewer entirely rev
men. The new members, for the most part.
look like earnest, straightforward, matter
of-fact men, most of them young. Neither
embarrassing nor overdresslng is generally
noticeable among them. They seem good
average lot of active business men. Here
and there is an indication that the spark of
genius burns. If appearances are to be
trusted, this ought to be good, substantial
Congress.
The Star designs to introduce the new
members to the public of Washington by
publishing their portraits and brief personal
sketches, part of which appear today, and
others hereafter.
r. G. Mccormick, New York.
Mr. Richard C. Mccormick of the first
New York district comes to Congress with
an enviable record in many lines This is
his second appearance In the national leg
islature, as he served in the Forty-first,
Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses
delegate from Arizona. He is also ac-
quainted with the executive branch of the
government, having been first assistant
secretary of the treasury in 1877. Mr.. Nc
Cornick was born in New York city, and
received a classical education. Having q
taste for business pursuits he entered Wall
street in 1852. He went abroad some years
later and upon the breaking out Of the
Crimean war he proceeded to the scene of
hostilties, writing letters which attracted
much attention in this country and were
subsequently published in book form. The
taste for journalism, which he thus con-
tracted, led him to engage in journalistic
work in New York in 1857 Upon the
breaking out Of the civil war he went with
the Army of the Potomac a correspon-
dent of the New York Evening Post His
letters were widely quoted and he was one
OF the group of war correspondents who
enjoyed the esteem and confidence of the
great generals with whom he came in con-
tact Mr.. McCormick's first experience in