The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-13

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the senate fully realizing the great respon-
| sibllltios which are placed in his hands
| who possesses not only the ability TO serve
| the people of his state with splendid faith
| fulness. but with the determination to do
| SO. man always true 10 the interests of
the people, a democrat of democrats, and
| one who is sure to make his mark as a
| member OF the senate.
Clever Fred Dubois is out OF 1t for time,
| but it can only be short time He Is one
| OF the brainiest young men in the senate.
| typical representative OF the splendid
| West and the energetic usefulness which
| has made its success The man who sue
| ceeds him comes with a cloud over his
| title. He is not known here, and his esti-
| mate Of his possibilities a senator would
| be unfair.
General Palmer who gees out from IL
| linols, has had long public career which
| deserved a better ending than the faint OF
| treachery to the party which will always
stand there to becloud his record. The man
| who follows him won his place by that bril-
| liant epigram, There Is nobody for Nc
KiDley but the people" That's what gave
Mason prominence. and got him the backing
of the administration in the senatorial
fight. But Mason is famous principally
from stories which seem to have had their
scented in the lower house of congress-.
The name of Dan Voorhees, will go down
In tho history of Indiana as that of the
| States most brilliant orator. lie is one of
| the horde of Ohio men who have gone into
other States to come to the front in poll
tics. His first office was that OF United
States district attorney for Indiana. which
came to him in 1858, He entered congress
in 1861, and was elected to the Thirty
seventh, Thirty eighth. Thirty-ninth, Foc-
y first and Forty second congresses, and
was defeated fol- the Forty. third, being car
ley's nomination. lie took his seat in the
senate in November. 1871, having been APP
| pointed TO succeed Oliver l.. Morton. He
has served continuously since then. He Is
| succeeded by Charley tairbanks-every-
| body in Indiana calls him Charley, for the
| man VINO puts on airs In the iiooser State
| Is permitted to stay at hOme-an able man
good lawyer, a consistent republican who
| has been from the first part and parcel oil
the machine Fairbanks is n typical In
| diana republican and will make good re-
| publican senator
| PETERS whiskers and his long and ex-
| haustins speeches will be remembered but
| tnere is every chance that his departure
| from the senate viii be his passing from
political history. He is succeeded by a
| man who is called populst in the West,
| but who is in reality good democrat. Sen
| ator Harris, the new Kansan, Is a native of
| Virginia. Confederate soldier and a good.
| substantial man.
| Another gentleman with whiskers, but
OF decidedly different type, Is Senator
| blanchard of Louisiana, who. after twelve
Oh In tl,.,
ate TO succeed Senator White. He has
| stived the senate since March. 1854. and
has enjoyed the friendship and confidence
OF his associates to high degree. senator
| blanchard Is the man who will undoubted
| ly be heard from in other fields oil political
usefulness. Senator McEnery is one OF
Louisianas abiest lawyers and iurists. al
| man OF the highest character of splendid
attachments, the one who will take a high
| stand in the senate
senator Gibson goes out after one term
IN the senate which came to him by ap-
polhtment after six years in congress. lie
has been active as democrat, ana has
been one Of the conspicuous figures In
washington society circles. handsome and
distingue, and clever cultivated gentle
man He Is succeeded by rendition
| senator Wellington is a young man. who
has served one term In the house and who
has attained his preont position through
Tho passing Of David u. Hin romovos
from the politics OF the present a man who
has had remarkable career. Hin will p,
probably 20 TO New York and resume tba
practice of law, for he is an excellent law |
yer and will have no trouble whatever in
making strong financial alignments The
triumph OF Plat, his coming back with the |
almost unanimous Endorsement Of his Marty |
after having been turned down when he |
ana corkling sought the Endorsement os
his party cfter their fight with Garfield ,s |
really one of tho most interesting opisodes
IN recent political history. Plat, of course.
WIZ be prominent In his smooth and a,
hctNe way right from the start. Whether
IL is as friend to the prescn, chief ex,nn.
I'VE also an ohio man, or rs an enemy mo
luture VIII develop. This is the same piott
WHO TOOK such strong stand against tha
nomination OF an ohio man. and who has
never hesltated TO declare, in strong and
o'.'er TERMS, MS contempt for the Ohio
n n.nn IN poil',cs' This is heritage from the
"a,',e'u ieun "ehinley knows MS power
John Sherman's political Ma d,toa
so far that when he came in IN, sn o'e y.
was as a whlg. lie presided over ,ha d..
republican convention ever bc,d i o lmN
nhu ne has been careful that the rcn,'h,
ioahs OF thai State should rot forgs, N,
,pet, lie served elght years in Tho ,o,a.
mouse ana came to the senate In 1891 IL
was reelected In 1866 and again ~ ,s ne