The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-24

rofs: vooraees, % lntssrA: yEzs. Of Wis
coassns oordon- o. Georgs2: IrSy- Of South
Carolina aad Ayrhur Brown OF Utah
Senator Gordon declined zonne time ago 10
serve again. and SeEator Irby's successor
wss chosen 81 the late primaries in South
Carclsna. where the candidates ssre az
Gov. John Gary Evans and Judge ". r.
Ezsse- Evans wAs Z Tzfmanite. and WAS
defeated BY Earle who w.li- therefore.
under the constitution q that state. Be the
next senator.
The TWO Republicans who are not COM
ard Brown. efVtah Senator Cameron -
row rounding cat twenty years Of service
In the seaaset ~ the aga Of -. He hrsf
came TITO cmcssi afs 90 secretary OF wss.
under Preesdens Grant. IN 1874 In less
than . year his fasher simon Cameron.
who had ossn senator from Fennsyi-
vansa many ysa-s. resigned. and the son
~as elected - his fathers successor. He
wa reelected for three succeeding terms.
Arthur Brown was practically unknown
20 the nation ~ the time Of the admission
Of Titan IS state. but he made some
speeches IN the senate that won for him
attention He 10 . lawyer and never be-
fore he'd public ONCE He and his coli
league. Senator Cannon. were elected BY
the same vote when Utah WAS admitted.
and N drawing lots Brown got the short
term Of . few months. Cannon's term
ends In fsaa Brown was not . boicer 81
81 Louis. which killed him in his own
state. although he may receive his reward
later from the administration
In the next senate the ehsrty-cne new'y-
elected senator's including Delaware. win
four Popu'fsts. three independent silver
men. or Republican boilers and one rom
North Carolina. ~ one OF the three. ac-
ccrding a. fusion n that state may de-
termine and the rest Republicans. IN the
above Jones. o. Nevada: Kyle. o. South
Dakota. Peffef. OF Kansas, and the sue
cessor TO Senator Squire, whoever he may
be. are classed an out-snd-ou: Popufssts.
Whoever comes from Idaho. Colorado ard
Utah viii be free si;verites. without much
regard for political an.liation with any
other party.
Some OF the = firing senators have been
very interesting characters In public life.
voorhees, and Blackburn have long been
familiar figures In Washington Ths
former nrst came 10 congress IN 1881. re-
naming for Eve successive terms His de-
feat In the race for the Forty-third con-
gres was due, ~ he himself attributes Il.
to the nomination Of Horace Greeley as
tho Democratic candidate for president. A
vacancy being caused IN the United States
senate by the death Of Oliver p. Morton,
the governor appointed Voorhees,. who took
his seat November II, 1877. Almost his
first words IN the senate were an earnest
appeal In favor Of the free coinage OF sill
yer and the preservation Of the greenback
currency as full legal tender money. On
this issue the state of Indiana was carried
by the Democrats the following year by
over fs. GO majority. The legislature elect
ed that year returned voorhees, to the SEN
ate by . majority OF - over BENJAMIN Har-
r.son. Afterwards president Senator
VoarheAa has served ron .in1Yo,siv sineA
that time. II IL interesting TO note that
upon the same issue. almost as In 1876,
Indiana now gives Republican majority
of 1900.