The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-30
LOOKING F0R10THER BERTHs
IN POSITIONS yIN WASHINGTON
UNDER THEIaNcOMING ADMIN
STRATON.
SWEEPING CHANGES TO BE MADE
Men I'm PubIicrLife Who Are Sent
Into Observation-Disclosures of
Office.

of congress just after an election is the
gathering of the hundred or more poll
ticians who are to be tout of a lob"
after the 4th Of the following March.
Only three more months of their lit
tie gilded official existence and then a
return to te monotony of common
place business or professional life.
The reunion at the beginning of the
coming session of congress will have
about the average number of disap-
pointed men. There are many of the
retiring members who refused to be
candidates for reelection, and they
perhaps have nothing to regret. There
are many who failed to secure &. re-
| nomination. And there is a large N, M
ber who were beaten for reelection
The proportion Of the defeated is not
SO great in this congress because the
Republican majority continues When
there is a change In the political COM
plexion of the house. there Is a sweep
ing change in membership.
FAME IS BUT A VAPOR.
1t is a source Of surprise to most Of
those who look on at the sessions Of
congress that able men should want to
return again and again to Washington.
Some few Of them come back as mem
| bers Of the senate and some as cab
met officers. But most of them return
session after session to the same old
grind of work. Their public career Of
fers nothing to their ambition, and it's
immediate fruits are not very tempt
Ing to one who has known them. The
congressman is a conspicuous citizen
at home, but in Washington he is an
inferior object, unless, like some one of
the dozen leaders L could name, he be-
| comes national character.
1 suppose the distinction at home is
what proves attractive. We at Wash
lngton see probably the least interest
Ing side of congressman's life. In
the busy world of the capital he is
reckoned at 'one vote" His individu-
ality Is lost entirely unless there is
something in him which would make
| It conspicuous in any other walk of
life. The fact that he is a congress
man adds little to his dignity or inn
pOrtance.
WIPED OUT OF THE LIST.
With a sweeping change in the mem
pership of the house comes the disap-
pearance of many familiar faces. and
! even when the party in power triumphs
again few of the older names may be
| wiped from the house list. There are
many this time who are to go. Price
OF Louisiana, is reckoned one of the
older members of the house He in
herlted his seat. ;, He was elected to
| it at the time, Of the death Of his
father-ln-law, Edward j. Gay, who had
long and honorable record in con-
gress. Price is a rich sugar planter.
! He Is a broad shouldered, round faced
man who has made friends all over
| the house regardless of politics. and
] him go.
Cobb, of Missouri, is another member
or several years standing who will be
| De shut out March f. He is a success
! ful merchant, well-known on change
| IN st. Louis. one of the few survivors
| OF the avalanche of two years ago. But
MS Souno money sentiments were too
much for the Democracy of Missouri
and he failed Of renominatio ton.
| crisp. OF Georgia, will be much miss
ed during the coming session. as well
as IN years to come. He would MOI
nave been member Of the house after
March 4, but he would have sat in the
senate, and his friends would have been
in touch with him still. His death is
regretted on both sides of the house
though he did make Tom Reed furious
by sending him sto his seat, he had a
reputation for fair dealing in the chair
which was conceded by Republicans
and Democrats lalilte.
Wellington, Of Maryland. is not q
SUBJECT for cemmiseration or con.
| dolence. He leaves the house Of tbe
end of this congress, but he has beer
promoted to a Seatstn the senate which
he Will take with; the beginning of the
| special session tor be called by thf
| president In March,?
This is the fourth congress in which
Plckler. Of South Dakota, has served
and he fell outsideIthe breastworks ir
the last campaign 1t is believed thai
he expects the next administration tc
| do something eforc him and that he
would not obJ6etsto a place In the In
terror department. He was an inspec
tor in the public land Office lust be.
fore he came to congress. Commission
er of the general land office woulC
about fill his wants,
Settle, of North Carolina, is another
of the patriots who is said to be look
ing for some reward from the next ad
ministration. He has been holding of.
/ fee since 1886, and he was submerged
by the free silver wave. He may get
something local-the district attorney
ship perhaps.
WHERE THEY HARE AT"
Cobb, of Alabama, has been a mem
Der for ten years now, and he is famous
as the author of Where Am T At?n-
a question propounded during a speech
he was trying to make on the floor OF
the house. That question was one OF
the illustrations used by Tom Watson
to make interesting his protest agains1
drunkenness in the house, and out oi
this crusade and the subsequent in
vestigation Watson gained the notori
ETY. which made him a candidate fol
| the vice presidency the last campaign
| Mr.. Watson owes something to Cobb
of Alabama, but unfortunately he is
not in position to pay it.
i Franklin BARTLETT of New York, was
beaten as a sound money Democrat
running with "a Republican indorse-
nlent in New Yorkn city. He has been
a member only four years, but he has
made reputation sas a representative
of the best business and professional
interests in New York city, and so un-
like the majority OF the representatives
4 New York city, sends to Washington
that he will be missed. He has been q
member of the appropriations commit
tee, which is am honor seldom conferrd
on member in his second term.
McCreary, of Kentucky, came In
with Grover Cleveland twelve years
ago, and he goes out with him. He is
one of the peculiar products Of the
South. OF courtly manners and great
dignity, he has the appearance OF
knowing enough to, run the entire gov
ernment by himself. Yet he has been
a comparatively Insignificant figure in
congress. He had an excellent repu-
tation as governor of his state, and
| possibly he failed to impress himself
On national affairs because he was
| overshadowed here. He has always
| been .favorite of fortune, and in 1897
he went to Brussels as one of the