Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-03-14
THE NEXT CONGRESS.
a Glance at Some OF the Marked
Personalities.
Large Number OF Unknown Members-Rep
resentatives of Political Revolution
New Men Who Are Likely to
Attract Attention.


New Men Who Are Likely to
Attract Attention.
Correspondence of the Philadelphia Telegraph
IL reports be true there are some orig
iEaI characters among the new mem
bers OF the next house. Yet 1t is prob
able that those who expect the next
congress to have a '.scrub" house" be-
cause of the presence of so many new
men will De very much surprised.
OF the $50 members-elect to the house
IG2 have never before served in con-
xyress- Eleven others were not members
sof the last, but have served in for
rser congresses. The number of entire
II new men is large enough to give the
.s.Ssemblage the character of a legisla-
tive kindergarten. Twenty-seven of
the men entirely without experience
are democrats. The repu blican ma
iority VIII, therefore, be composed of
AS raw recruits and only 106 veterans.
Should these recruits take it into their
heads to combine the new against the
old and run things their own way they
would have majority of 30 in the re-
publican caucus, and could do exactly
as they pleased. They could elect the
speaker, divide the committee chair
snanships to their own liking. and out
line the policy of legislation. If the
veteran republicans should absent
themselves from the house the new
members of the house would of them
selves Outnumber all the democrats in
the house by majority of 81. All the
old members of both parties combined
would have a majority of but 4s over
the republican recruits. 1t is decided
Iy a new house.
SOME OF THE UNKNOwNs.
A very large proportion of the new
members are entirely unknown outside
of their own neigh borhood. Even
representatives from their own states
often know nothing about them, and
occasionally it is found that the old
member defeated knows little more of
his victorious rival than that he got the
nomination because no one else wanted
It, and somehow was elected.
1t does not seem. however, that there
are as many oddities in the next house
zrs might be expected among SO many
entirely strange to pu bile life. In some
districts. however, where the rcpub-
iicaus had not the least idea of sue
cess, the nominations were given in
differently to most anyone who would
iave them. or who could make the cam
vass without much cost. On the prin-
.ciple of economy and convenience,
ehcir business making it easy for
tiien to enter 4 canvass with
out additional expense, an itinerant
doctor and vender of patent med
Icine was nominated in one district,
%aa
piano teacher was nominated. Both
took the nominations as sort of adj
vertisement, and both We're elected.
both may make excellent representa-
tives. for it is said they are capabl
men.
WHAT HIS FAME RESTS ON.
The number of young men in the
next house is extraordinarily large
There are also a good many sound
business men and men of wealth.
Among the conspicuous examples of
the eccentricity of the sovereign peo-
pie when they go to the polls out of
humOr was the election of Milford w.
Howard, a populist from Alabama,
whose only claim to distinction is that
ne wrote IF Christ Came to Congress-"
lie first appeared in Washington as an
office seeker, and failing in that. with
ready adaptation to circumstances and
ilampcred by too strong sense of fit
ness and propriety, he collected and
strung together all the scandals of
Washington history, few true and
many imaginary, and published them
rs novel of Washington life. 1t is
said that in doing this he not only
made some money, but settled some
old scores. He will probably not have
Il very wide circle of intimates in con-
gress, but he will have an opportunity
to observe more closely the social evils
of congressional life.
MAN FROM TEXAS.
Texas sends a new man in the place
of Gresham, who will proba bly, soon
become as familiarity known to the
public as Buck" Kilgore. He is not a
native Texan, but comes nearer the
popular idea of what a Texan ought
20 be than most of the natives do. He
is hustler and a rustler, rough and
ready of the stage cowboy style. His
name is Miles Crowley. He is known
locally as Sir Miles" Texans refer
to him as quite a character" and
that means great deal from the
mouth of Texan. Like John l.. Sui
,ivan, Sir Miles came from Boston.
Some sort of story is told about why
nc left Boston, but it is vague and not
sworn to. Blu: anyhow he went to
Galveston from Boston while quite a
young fellow. aid hired out as an I'M
loader of ships and all around long
s,hOreman.
Ivy his readiness. peculiar individual
ity and daring he soon became marked
as Que ont of the ordinary. He was al
ways ready for fun or fight. and
became boss stevedore. He began
to dabble in politics among the long
shoremen. and was elected alderman
After that he got to the state legis-
iatu-e. All along the line he had him
self talked about-he was always
E'quite character" and he had a way
of getting what he wanted, if he had
10 fight for it. When he made up his
mind he wanted to come to congress,
he knew how to set about it. His
candidacy excited a most determined
,-opposition from the better element y
After that they got through regarding
it as joke. The fight was hot at the
primaries and at the polls, but he go,
the regular democratic nomination
aud was elected. After his election
charges were brought agains,
him that he had not beer
above reproach as a member
of the legislature. The charge:
were accompanied with speciica