The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-11-27
VOL. XXVlI..---N 48 Ok
STARS ABOUT Tho SET.
Brilliant Senators a Who's. Retire.
ment is >nG u.,a

,,upo,o,,s ot Sw"'"'eS "eh''e WIN iio' oo
"s., e.ou1 ~ "'serthe beginning of the fifty
'ltth consr9a nss, they will lie conspicuous
y .Tthrs have passed since so many
=. Rnt figures were retired
" 1.-THE same time, IS will lie eGe-
X ':nrnded 10 lasting private life after the
next senatorial elections.
Voorhees,, u glittering spectacle in
public service for 35 years, fluent, super
. fl ,ial. stentorian, belligerent, often de-
feated in battles of his own invention,
free silverites, greenbacker, symlathizer
with the SC uthern rebellion, social, COM
panionale not the least OF Bohemians
in his younger years, will pass from
public view and contemplate whether his
deeds are of sufficient Importance to I've
after him. He will l@ much mi ssed.
He will be regretted. His health is such
that he cannot hope for re-entrance to
the art III of political strife.
If ex-Pesident Harrison he not per-
suaded to stand for the succession, In
diana will probably be repre- sented by
no Republican of note. Turpe, whose
term will end in 1899, is II strong intel
lect, andait would be uncomplimentary
To the dominant party if they place beside
him nobody.
gos RWeknun will lie amented
almost as greatly AZ Noolleas, lmpul-
sive. fiery, oftentimes coarse, he is yet
known as one of the best fellows in the
world. He is potable bon vivant and
will be missed at Clamberlin's as we'll us
in the senate. fhs -irCAgth 2t hen-
tucky's representation in the senate Will
wapo with the departure Of Blackburn
.1,insay, ss Hlp silceessor OF Beck, has
been failure. Fhe places OF suo,, 'hsn
as Peck, Carlisle, Blackburn and even
Cerro Gordo Williams Cannot easily bo
filled, not to 60 back to Henry Clay.
Don Cameron, silent and mysterious
as ?:s has been, win be missed from his
seat which, by the 4th Of March, 1,97,
he will have occupied continuously for %
years, almost ns greatly rs any senator
that could he named. He was secretary
of war for President Grant when he was
elected to the senate to succeed his
lnmentet fatlei,
Wishing to retire, Wishing his son to
lcceed him, recognizing the robust
growth of an anti-Cameron sentiment in
the state, the elder man presented his
resignation to the president of the senate
one Saturday in lS77 after the lcglSla-
ture at Harrisburg had adjourned 10
meet on Monday. Most of the members
were out of the city, and most of them
In Philadelphia. Bob Mackcy was
where he was most needed, and it was
ull arranged that Don should is elected
M Monday. us soon as the legislature
was called to order and before the anti
Cameron clement Of the state could
learn of the resignation Of the old seE.
ator.
Thtre were 20 Republicans i'll the
house and senate who would have voted
with the Democrats for any acceptable
independent Republican,, but the Dem
ocrats preferred Il Cameron to lall
way man, and Don was elected by 4
party vote.
Cameron and Quay are directly cred-
tied with the defeat OF the last fedora
elections bill. They agreed to accom-
pllsh its gentle though lingering death il
the Democrats would permit the tariff
measure of 1890 to come to vote. The
tariff bill was passed AMI the election!
bill deferred to the next election, whci
it calmly glidel into the sphere where
thtre was no hope of resurrection.
None of the retiring members of tn
senate will he regretted more than TIN
venerable General Palmer of Illinois
who played Il part in the late elections
that will Lave great place i'll the po
stical history of America.
Since his advent in the senate, in 1901
Palmer has borne Il strong hnEd in N
sorts of legislation, though accused Il
times of being little tedious, garrulou
and peevisli. lie has always been inter
esting, however.
II goes without saying that the passn
Of Senator Hill will leave IL void in th
senate. Whether Hill was right or wrons
Inc was strong. Sophist, politician, selfisl
isolated, looking upon party us ii macl
ne and not u principal, he is rcgardc
rs q dangerous Antagonist be the mos
confident and experienced dcbiter
Platt is another Of Hills type. but vii
Sc he comes to the senate, eX,blt 10 sue
fogns'c lower.
Trice of Ohio and New York will ]