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enjoying the melancholy thought that
Notwithstanding their reduced numbers
they will be able to have plenty OF run
with the raw recruits on the opposing
aide.
There are some curious men among the
new members and in the coming session
they will be sure to attract considerable
attention. For instance, the First DIS
trict of New Hampshire sends Saliva
ton Army soldier to represent 1T In the
person of Cyrus A. Sulloway. Sulloway
is a big, brawny man and in the old days
could hold his end up in a stiff hight with
charming ease. 1t will not do for the
veterans to take too many liberties with
him. He is an able lawyer and Is well
up in parliamentary rulings. Ten years
ago he became converted and Sined the
Salvation Army. Texas sends from the
Tenth District Miles Crowley, young
man who does not know much about law
making, but is sure to take as good care
of his constituents as man skilled in the
intricacies of legislation. He has serv-
ed one term in the Texas House of Rep
resentatives and two terms in the Senate
and is very popular man. He is 30
years old and was born in Boston. j.
Frank Hanley, from the Ninth Indiana
District, is the log-cabin man of the
LIVth. He was born thirty-twO years
ago amid the forests of Champaign Coun-
ty. When q years old his father pur-
chased History of the Civil War;" and
from this the boy learned to read. Pow
erty and an invalid father called upon
Frank at the age of l. to help the mother
earn the living. He sawed wood, taught
school and finally entered upon the prac-
tice of law which in time yielded him
good income. He has served in the lndi-
ana Legislature.
Harrison III. Atwood, from the Tenth
District, Massachusetts, will be the artis-
tic member. He is n clever architect,
having adopted that business in prefer
ence to the more uncertain one of paint
ing. He is also skillful politician. He
is but 81 years old and native of Yer
mont. Dennis NJ. Hurley, n Brooklyn
man, who will represent the Second New
York District, began life as a carpenter.
He is an Irishman by birth, but was
brought to this country when n small
boy. William Alden Smith, from the
Fifth District Of Michigan, is proud of
the fact that he started in business for
himself when II years old at Grand Rap
ids, selling popcorn and newspapers He
was a page in the Michigan House of
Representatives and later studied law.
William NJ. Treloar, from the Ninth Mis-,
souri, District, used to be a professor of
music. He taught music to the pupils of
the Mount Pleasant College, Iowa.
Frank s. Black, from the Nineteenth
New York District, began life as farm
hand and now looks like college profes-
sor. He is Maine man by birth and
taught school after he gave up farm
work. Later he was newspaper repor-
ter and then he studied law. The poet of
the new Congress is Rowland Blenner-
hasset Mahany, from the Thirty-second
New York District. He is a native of
Buffalo and has had a stiff struggle with
fortune. Col. George b. Mcclellan, son
of the late war general, is about the
youngest member of the new Congress.
He is Tammany Hall man and served
as president of the Board of Aldermen
of New York.
The Navy's Oldest officer.
The announcement that Commodore
Thomas o. Selfridge Jr. has been ordered
to command the European SQUADRON, vice