The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-12-07
CONGRESS is IN SESSION
An Unusual Number Of Young
Statesmen.
Many OF the New Representative.
Are Under Thirty--Effects of
the Great Landslide on
the Personnel.

Washington, Dec. O. The Fifty
fourth congress began Its public sessions
at noon today with crowded galleries
and many other manifestations of acute
interest in its proceedings including, OF
course, the inevitable floral decorations.
Fol- the third time in the last evenly
one years the popular will found express
sion in a reversal of political dominance
and the new congress was called to order
with democratic ascendency in the Sch
ate on the point of disappearing and
the house overwhelmingly republican.
There We're fifteen new faces among the
senator's, not counting MIR. Chiffon of
Texas, who reoccupies a seat he once
held before by appointment, and there
were in addition thirteen reelected SEN
ators to be sworn in by Vice President
Stevenson as their own successors.
OF the holdoVer senators whose terms
will expire two years from now, some OF
the most prominent. including Black
burn, Brice, Hill, Voorhees,, Vest and
PETER, took their seats today with the
shadow hanging over them of strong
probability that their places might be
filled ~ others when this congress ex-
pired.
In the house of Representatives, the
ang were still more marked. One
OF the features which provoked COM
ment from h galleries was the youth
ful appearance of many of the new mem
pers. Several states have sent as rep
resentatives. men who are still in their
twenties. Probably two score of 9TH
ers are under forty. In point of age,
the present house is the youngest known
TO the history of American legisla ion
Ihese boyish appearing men, bright
faced. intelligent looking, well groomed,
wei and well dressed, col
lege men, presented a striking contrast
IN their youthful appearance to their
veteran associates, such as Grosvenor
of Ohio. whose flowing white beard gives
nm a venerable appearance d%ispropor-
tlonate to his age TO 2X-Speaker Gal
usha Grow of Pennsylvania, hale, hear
~ n vigorous, despite the seventy and
odd years; to Culberson of Texas, now
entering on his eleventh term, and other
OF the house veterans Whose political for
tunes We're not temporarily submerged
In the November elections of 1894.
But there were among the house neo-
phytes older men, Who also claimed the
attention of the galleries. There were
William G. Owens OF Kentucky, who
defeated the silver tongued Breckin-
ridge of Lexington for denominations;
Chester I. Long of Kansas. who was re-
p%eatediy pointed out as the successor of
Jerry Simpson, the populist leader of
Medicine Lodge; James A. Connolly,
who takes the place of William M.
Springer. now a United States Judge in
the Indian Territory, representing
Abraham Linco!n's old district in IllI-
nois, and Frederick Halterman of Phila-
delphia, representing Samuel j. RAN
dalls old district, a district which never
before sent a republican to congress.
There We're also many familiar faces
~face that are as well known to the
habitues of the gallery as the bronze
goddess of liberty. Among these were
Cannon n Hit of Illinois, Henderson
and Dolliver of Iowa, Crisp, now de-
posed from the speakership to the Lead
ership of the opposition, and his col
league, Judge Turner of Georgia; Walk
er of Massachusetts, Allen inc Catch
ings of Mississippi and DockecI Of Mis-
souri,.