The Irish standard., 1895-12-07

| OF Pennsylvania, whose ardent advocacy
! OF the cause of free silver has given him
! prominence as {. possible silver candl.
| date for the presidency; Gen. Tracy, Of
| Albany, close friend of the administra.
| ton Oh the floor of the house; Joseph
! Outh waite, of Ohio, now q member of the
government ordnance board: BENZ. Enloe
Of Tennessee, Geary, of California, the all-
thor of the latest Chinese exclusion act
McGann, of Chicago; Late Pence, of Colo
RADIO; DR.. Everett, of Massachusetts; Ash
er. Caruth. of Kentucky, one of the wits
Of the house, and w. c. P. Breckenridge
of the same state, and Jerry Simpson, the
leading Populist OF the house.
These and many others are gone, but
| there are new men of as strik-
| ing ability, as Interesting history or
peculiarities to take their places
Among them are General James A. Walk
Ell, the Republican, from Virginia, a Con
federate soldier of renown, who assumed
command of Stonewall Jackson's brigade
after the latter was shot at ChancellOrs-
Vile; George l.. Wellington, of Maryland
who had charge of the campaign which
resulted in the election of Lowndes as
governor of that state, and also proml-
| nertly mentioned as the successor to Sen
ator Gibson; William E. Barrett, who has
made his mark AS speaker OF the Massa-
chusetts legislature and as a newspaper
proprietor; George p. Harrison, Gen
Oates successor in Alabama, who was the
youngest brigadier general in the Confed-
crate army and who is a bright lawyer
and grand mason; VIM. c. Owens, Brock
enridge's successor from the Blue Grass
| district of Kentucky, who was temporary
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vention at Chicago in 1892; George N.
southwiclS, Of Albany. N. Y, who is the
Youngest member of the present house
II. H. Atwood. from Boston, is a gifted
artist and architect; Grove l.. johnson, OF
California. looks like the late Senator
Malone and has good deal of the ex-
Confederate c!leftain's fire.
Two prominent young members are
George B. McClelland and William Sulzer,
of New York The former is son of Little
Mack who commanded the Union az
mics in 1862, and who was the Democrat
ic candidate for president in 1864. His
son is a. good speaker, and has been IN
journalism and in politics as president OF
the New York board of aldermen. SuiZer
looks something like Henry Clay. He
has been speaker of the New York assem-
bly,. Harry Miner, who succeeds Tim
Campbell from the Bowery district, New
York, unlike his predecessor, is rastld-
iolls in dress. He is theatrical proprl-
e5or Frederick Halterman, who repre-
sents the old Randall district Of Philadel-
phia. which for 80 years has returned a
Democrat, Dis a. merchant and Republic
an. Alexander Stewart, OF Wisconsin, is
a lumber king, and Charles N. Hendricks,
Of Indiana, who succeeds 'Bynlm, made
a fortune in gas. Cyrus A. Solloway, Of
New Hampshire, who succeeds "Educa-
tional Bill Blair. is a lawyer Of ability
and member of the Salvation Army.
He married a captain of the Salvation
Army some years ago. John =. Mccall,
who succeeds Enloe from the Davy Crock
EFT district of Tennessee, is a college
graduate and a fine stu1nper. Miles Crow
ley. of Texas, once sold papers on the
streets of Boston, but .drifted to the Lone
Star state and became in turn stevedore.
cowboy and politician. N. w. Howard.
the Populists from Alabama, raised a
storm of indignation two years ago by
producing a book severely rejecting on
congr essional morality. M. w. Trelear,
who defeadetl Champ Clark, was teach
5ers Of musicsak Hardin College James T.,
Watson, who succeeds Holman from IN
,dtana.is an energetic Young lawyer and q
prominent knight of sP ythiass Charles
aTpWne of 81 iI1nesota was q page ia. the
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