The evening times., 1897-03-12
NEW sOLONs ARE ARRIVING
Members of Next House Rapidly
Coming to Town.
REPRESENT ALL PARTIES
Half Hundred Are Already
in the City-Ma jority OF Them
Have Had But Little Experience
With LegisIatiou-Anx to
Make Official Identity Known.

There are one hundred and fifty new
Representatives in the Fifty-fifth Con-
gress, ana il is safe TO predict that very
nearly all Of them will be on the floo OF
the House on Monday, at the opening OF
the special session. They began coming
into town in large numbers yesterday, and
every train brings them now. The hotels
already begin 10 show evidences of their
presence. The Hon" scratched in pencil
in front of their names on the registers
is already a frequent occurrence.
In this connection, by the way, pc
culiarfy is noticeable. The new Congress-
man never scratches the Hon. on with
his signature, but he invariably drops by
to look at the register very shortly after
be signs 10 see If the clerk has done it for
him. Ifnot he is surprised, but he casually
imparts the desirable information of his
identity.
1t may be said in a general way that the
new people are a rather handsome, healthy
and prosperos Shocking lot. They are
mostly large sized men; and they come
from all parties. There are seventy-fIve
Democrats, fifty Republicans, nine P0pu-
lists and twelve FUsionists.
A few OF them have teen in Congress he
fore and are now sent back, after tempo
rary periods OF retirement. Nearly all,
however, will on Monday have their first
experience. They will be an interesting
collection Of gentlemen for some little
time TO come.
Following is a partial list OF those al
ready arrived:
At the Riggs House are James NJ Robin
son, Demccrat, OF Fort Wayne. Ind, sue
ceeding Jacob ID. Leighty: John A. Mellow
ell. fuSioust, of Millersburg, Ohio; james
a Cooney, Democrat, of Marshall, Mo;
John f Osborne, Democrat. the Wyoming
Congressman, and James L. Slayden. Dem
ocrat, Of san Antonio, Tex, ald Senator ".
4 Harris, who succeeds PcffeT.
At wizards are Mr.. S Peters. Populst
OF Kansas City. Kas; W. II. HinrichSeu,
the great Buck iiimichscn, Democrat. OF
Jacksonville, III. and J. r. Campbell,
Democrat. of McLeansboro, Ill.
Buck" Himich>en las been secretary OF
state. sheriff, and treasurer of his county,
newspaper man and politician. and one of
the men who viii be likely 10 be heard
from here.
Mr J r. Campbell is prominent local
politician in Illinois, a newspaper man and
a State legislator. He succeeds Judge Burr.
At the National and the Metropolitan,
as usual, are already to be found "A good
many Of the Southern contingent AT the
National are Robert ". Davis, Democrat. OF
Florida: Rice, Pierce Democrat, OF Ten
nesSee; Archibald Lybrand, Republican.
of Delaware. Ohio, and W. c. Jones,
Fusionist, uf STokane, Wash.
AIr. Davis is one Of the people who is
said 10 be destined FOR a career. He is n
prominentlawyerin n FloridaandattomeyfoT
tie Florida Railroad. He is a humoreSt and
slOryteIer of some note in the South, also
Rice Pierce was here in the Fifty-thiri
Congress and went out when McBearnlon.
Of Tennessee, came in. He now takes Nc
Dearnon' place again. Mr.. Pierce brings
Mrs. Pierce and their Young son, and is
also accompanied by his private secretary,
j NJ Coulter.
Already arrived at the Metropolitan are
George W. Taylor, Democrat. of Dcmop-
oils. Ala; H. D. Clayton, Democrat, OF
Eufaula, Ala; r. L. Henry, Democrat, Of
Waco, Texas: Daniel Ermentrout, Demo-
crat. OF Reading, Pa; s. I. Baird, Demo-
crat. OF Bonita. La; R. c De Groffenreid,
Democrat. OF Mineola, Texas, and Thomas
NJ Jett, Fusonist, OF Hllsboro, H.
New Senators s. d. McEnery Of Lousi
ana, A s. Clay, OF Georgia, Z. w. PettuS
Of Alabama. and Joseph II. Earle OF South
Carolina, are also at the Metropolitan.
Congressman Ermentrout was a member
for eight years, but gave wayto Constantine
Erdman, who came to the Fifty-third and
Fifty-fourth Congresses.