Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-01

ton city address is given of one of the
Representatives as 1.-The Buildings"
These are now the dilapidated old
structures which stand on the southeast
corner of New Jersey avenue and E
street southeast, then Il most fashionable
and aristocratic locality.
John Upton appears as one of the
senators from Indiana, while in the Mis-
sissippi column it is announced the two
mem bers of the house, S. S. Prentiss and
7. J. Word, were elected by general
| ticket" meaning vote of the people.
as the state had not then been divided
| into congressional districts.
/ Illinois had but three representatives.,
! Ala bama five, Missouri two, Arkansas
one and Michigan one. The delegates
were George w. Jones, Wisconsin ter
ritory; Charles Downing, Florida, and
w. w. Chapman, Iowa.
Following the congressional lists are
several pages under the caption:
Board houses and members messes,"
arranged in alphabetic order. Among
| the larger hostelries mentioned were
Browns hotel, built of best brick"
Beers Native American hotel" Me
GunnagePs, Knowles, on Mechanics
road, near Pennsylvania avenue;"
Union hotel, Georgetown, with busscs
| leaving from city of Washington every
| hour" and 'Upperman's.''
Next IN order is an alphabetic list of
| senator's and representatives in the COM
mittees of the senate and house. Henry
| Clay was chaijanan of the militia COM
| mittee. and James Buchanan of foreign
| relations. Mr.. Calhoun was a mem ber
| of the house committee on Oregon ter
ritcry. Tom Corwin, of Ohio, was a
member of the judiciary committee ard
TNl,, Of
| "select committee en- duelling."
| The directory toward the close of the
| quaint little volume announces that
! ''Martin Van Buren. of New York, is
president of the United States, at the
executive mansion; Richard NJ. John
| son, of Kentucky. is vice president of
the United States and president of the
senate, Capitol Hill: John Foresight,
secretary of state, residence. the Penn
sylvania avenue; I. Grundy, United
| States attorney, at Mrs. Cranes, the G
street; Levi Woodbury., secretary of the
| treasury, Presidents square; Lowell r.
Pourtett, the secretary of war; Maj.
Gen. Alexander Macomb, general of the
army; James Il. Paulding, secretary of
the navy; Amos Kendall, postmaster
| general
| Then follows the bureau chiefs, Off
GERS of the senate and house of repre-
sentatiyes and the members of the su-
| rreme court
The latter are given as Roger B.
Taney, chief justice, Baltimore, Md,
associate justices: James Story, Salem.
| Mass; Smith Thomson, New York; John
Mclean. Cincinnati. o.; Henry Baldwin.
Pittsburgh, Pa; John W. Wayne, Savan-
I.ah, Ca; Philip =. Barker, Gordonsville,
| Va; John Katron. Nashville, Tenn, and
John Mckinley, Florence, Ala
The list following is that of. foreign
ministers near the United States and
ministers and consuls of the United
States abroad" and it is not nearly so
formidable numerically the list in
the modern directories. We had no am
bassadars in those days, very few min
listers and little bit of list of consuls.
We were not ambitious in international
affairs, but our government was devoted
/ wholly to the welfare of our own people.
President Monroe had told the world
that we as nation should attend
strictly to our own business, and had
warned all nations of the old world to
keep their hands OFF of this continent
SMITH D. FRY.