Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-07
3roclal CorresD0ndence.

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Washington. December en- the
/ Fif,y-fourth Congress are COWBOY an
artist poet and a Salvation Army
/ officer There are carpenters. farmers,
merchants and journalists, bu, by far
the largest proportion are lawyers. and
among these are % surprisingly large
number Of corporation attorneys. Law
yers and bankers are decidedly in the
lead and this. in connection with the
demand for legislation about the cur
reucy. is one of the many reasons why
lam confident the session VIII be a very
long enc.
The Journalist naturally turns hrst
90 those of his own profession. and II
any among them have risen high
through many years good service he
expects most of them Blu, when for
mer occupant of this gallery comes back
the boys buzz around him like the stay
at home members of a family around
member who has gone West and come
back rich and The man who fills the
bill in all these respects is Hon. William
+ Barrett. of the seventh Massachu-
sets district He lis only s. years old,
yet he was for TWO years editorial writer
on The ST. Adams lFt) Daily Messenger
and reporter for the Boston Advertiser
and long it's Washing ON cores Ondent,
,hen managing editor of the Advertiser
and the Record and finally business
manager and chief proprietor of both.
Besides al these De is a graduate OF
Dartmouth college ssorved six terms
in the Mass8cLus us legislature, IN
five of which he YVES speaker and sue
ceeds the scholarly out sOmewha, ec-
centric Or. William Everett in this
House.
The veteran of the New England del
egation is Hon Nehemiah ID. SperTy. Of
New Haven. VINO was postmaster of that
city for over quarter OF a century, has
been Secretary of state OF Connecticut.
and is 6S years old. Our boys from
that section say that they Will put Mr..
Sperry against any other man in the
country for uumiXed Puritan blood. for
his ancestors We're among the first dis
senterS in England and he is descended
from that Richard Sperry who was
prominent in the original New Haven
colony and sheltered the judges who
had condemned Charles l. lie has been
teacher. builder. contractor. railroad
man and postmaster. WhiE and original
Republican. and proudly boasts Of re-
ceiving his first commission IS post
master from Abraham Lincoln. He is
mes merely passive bUt a most
tenacious fighter. His battle for the
Bible In the public schools Of New
Haven was a notable episode I'm he his
,ory of that city and so we can judge
pretty Wen as 20 one source Of the strong
support he received i'm the last combine.
and that he viii be q foremost figure in
the committee on postofhces.
The capitol diSric- is represented by
another veteran. Hon. =. Stevens Hens
~. who is O farmer and breeder of thOr>
oughbred stock and has had much eX-
Uerience in the Connecticut General
Assembly and minor Offices. Still ans
other member of wide experience from
that State is Hon r.. j. Hin. of the
Fourth district, who is q very success
ul business man and a great society
man. being prominent In the Odd Fell
lows. Sons Of the American Revolution,
and so forth And all these are liable
10 be s.ayers. as their districts are fair
ly good Republican ground.
Eos some Oh the leN men OF the west
brilliant promises ar1 made. Captain
Thomas II. Mckee. of LO-8nsp9r- Ind.