The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-17
Los ANGELES HERALD. SUNDAY MORNING. MAY n. 1885,.

of the number Of years elapsed Will fur
nish. In the year 1S4S when Harris was
first elected, James X. Polk was presi-
dent, and the Whig party chose zachary
Taylor to succeed him. The gold discov-
cries in California had not yet become
generally known to the country; the
compromise of 1850, which resulted
therefrom through the peopling of Cali
fornia and it's demand for admission as
state. was still in the future; only
thirty states were in the Union, which
consisted of $4,000, 900 inhabitants; Mis-
souri, and Iowa were in the far west;
Douglas Kansas Nebraska bill and the
consequent creation of the Republican
party were undreamed Of and a CEN
fury or two of life was, by the friends
of the institution. still supposed to be in
store for slavery.
Harris served two terms In the house,
retiring in 1858. and afterward going to
the governorship. He did not re-enter
congress until 1877, when he went to the
senate, in which body he has remained
ever since. His present term will not
end until 1901. Several men were in
congress when Harris entered 1t whose
service antedated the adoption of the
Missouri compromise. One of these men
was in the senate long before Jefferson
left the White House. This was Henry
Clay Another man died in the house
of representatives barely a year before
1ldIIlS btCdiut al IltlnbtT Vi II W no WAS
in the public service while Washington
was president This was John Quincy
Adams. Harris situation. as he looks
through congress and sees that no one
of the members of his earlier days is on
its rolls now, recalls that of the hunte-
in the Lady of the Lake. in the chase
of the stag, after his companions, with
horses exhausted or dead, had dropped
out one after another:
And when the Brigg of Turk was won.
The headmost horseman rode alone.
OF the notably long public careers of
presidents, those of James Madison,
James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams
lead all the rest. Madison's service on
the national stage began in 1880, when
he was in the continental congress, and
ended in 1917, when he retired after his
eight years service in the presidency.
Between the beginning and ending of his
service, as well as of those of the service
of all the other statesmen, who will be
mentioned in the remainder of this ar
ticle. there We're some intervals of retire
ment. Monroes service dates from 1875.
counting from the date at which he en-
tered the revolutionary army. to 1925,
when he left the White House after two
terms in it. Adams became minister to
Holland in 1874, and tifty-four years
later. or in 1S4S. died in harness The
words lin harness" used here. are some
thing more than metaphor, for, though
Adams mad finished his long ana memoir
able fight for the right of petition three
years earlier. he was punctual in his at
tendance in congress to the end, despite
the physical infirfnities of age. and he
was in his seat in the house when the
paralytic shock came which struck him
down.
The service of w r. King and John c.
Calhoun on the national stage began in
1911, and Calhoun's ended in 1850. and
Kings in 1858. Webster's began and
ended two years later than Calhoun's. or
in 1918 and in 1852. Clay's service opened
seven years earlier than Webster's. or in
1906 and closed in 1852, though four
months before Webster's. man was in
the house of representatives in the first
half of Lincolns service in the presi-
dency who had entered the senate as
Madison was leaving the White House.
This was John J. Crittenden. The pub
lie life of another man stretched from the
middle of jefferson 5 second term. when
he was appointed marshal of Ohio. very
important post at that time. to Lincoln's
election to the presidency. This was
Lewis Cass-Charles NJ. Harvey in St
orIis C,Iobe- Democrat.