The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-28
THE NEW SENATORS.
Same Time a. the Brilliant Yong
F~nrox~--Fairbnn of Indiana
and Nasea. of Illinois. Who Never
Hn. Emn,y sradIe--Some of the
Men From the south

WASHINGTON. Feb. - - Special =
suppose tass Thomas g. Piatt. o. ~eN
YORK would easily be called fhe sai"f.@
szt and most experienced political leader
sr.osx tha nsw Henato-a; BG!es Penro~e
o. psnnsylyazsia. the most promising taH1
thar means very E1uehl. Jnaeph =. Fofa-
ker. o. Ohio the most dasafHg ard pfai-
aaaf orator, and William 2 Mason. OF
g8nois. the most humorous acAa -
ssDooner. of Wisconsin. r. himself pas
s1onafs orator. als0 and he possesses gEeat
sbgHfgs nor must II be thought, either,
4hat william r. Mason Is Simply fgEny.
IL Is very able also.
The rev senator from New York sx-
fsbifs most remarkably OF W recent potit~
feai careers the poetry % ups and downs.
Politics Is war SIR. Egaris used n say.
ard not oaly mast ore tsks punishment
a. man a. give IL. but be must give and
take n smother sense That -, be must
d. II Sc would be done ~, u is admitted
roe. since the Albany Sinner Ia honor Of
a. piati. that his behavior at the time OF
TIE famous reslsna tion 81 the New YORK
seaasorz sn the Garfield administration
zas true and loyal The close friends or
zlr pFatt have always known this, and
unquegtlonabiy II r. true Of him. as u II
q SIR. Quay and ali other political leaders
loyal. They keep their promises. and they
90 things. for politics. whether II be
played in society, or business. or public
affairs, Is the science OF really doing
things.
Some have called Platt greater politi-
can than Quay or German. He has never
appealed freely and With success 70 the
people themselves. as Quay has done, nor
has be managed both a majority and
minority party Ia the senate. as German
has done with matchiess tact. but for ten
years, for fifteen years. 81 may almost De
ssid. ne has managed. without any pub
lie authority. the affairs Of his party in
New York. and has been one OF the three
or four most important factors in national
conventions. and has been essential TO the
election OF al least one president.
THIS - Thomas e. Plat briefly.
medium-slzed. slender man; quiet. in
Prospective. incisive, indomitable. smooth.
confiding, wise; grasping great public
questions better than your presidents. man
aal1R minute details better than your null
Hilarious executive committeeman. remem-
boring his friends. also remembering his
enemies. II not 20 punish them. az least 10
prevent them from Furnishing him again.
The new senator from Delaware. Rich
ard n. Kennsy. - the youngest and the
lnekiest of them all Down 20 the time
when Anthony Higgins WIS seng TO the
senate by the Republicans of the smallest
STATE. only two dynaaties the Sauisburys
end the Bagards, had raied Delaware poll
ties. The Bayards had sat I'm the senate
for four or five generations. and the
fapisherye. though newer family Mere
hardly less remarkable. The scandals OF
thts three-conHty state are too familiar.
Observe only that while the Higgins men
and che Aadieks men quarrel among them
seives. a Democrat slips in handliy.
-
The brilliant young senator from Penn
syivanfa. p0ies penroEe. ts only 81. All
Harvard graduates az the early SOS re-
member him very well. tall. rather slen-
der. standing among the highest In his
class. apparently without much effort.
either, II perfect fena iu mathematics. one
Of those fellows with three or four broth
ers Ia college. all high~stanf men. appar-
entity without effort. OF fine family. hut
never Dragging much about t.. Well. PEN
rose went into politics. and on a partisan
Republican bssis. contrary 20 the custom
airy Harvard fad. Quay. the easy boss OF
Philadelphia. IA well as the rest Of Penn
syixania. always liked Pcnrose sent him
10 the senate. where. BY means Of the ef-
forts Of his friends (which We're, IN fact
the senate lie Was slated by the QUAY
people 20 he mayor % Philadelphia. but
Dan" Martin threw him down. Mr. QUAY
used TO tell his Intimate friends months
ago. perhaps year ago. that Roles Pen
rose would - senator from Pennsylvania
50 succeed Don Cameron. After this dis
enlargement ia the Philadelphia mayor
ally the certain progress OF Penrose
towards the senatorship seemed al the
mere striking
Peafose makes a dashinS and thought
fal speech, Knows practical politics from
tile ward room Wp. studies deeply. keeps
his word, doesn't lose his head with hIs
r0ceesH. works necessarily. loves bis polit-
zeal friends (anong thom NJ QUAY. who
s. very ioyaSis when you really Know hlIu1.
ard promises lifetime Of honorable pub
lie service in the senate.
II happened years aEa. when some
what general discussion was anfer way
Whether certain captured Confederate bat
ss fiass should be returned. that a Eov-
sfnog II Ohio declared no such nag 20 -
returnah}c while 30 was governor. II Vas
the Same nam who haf the fonts and
equipments ard supplies ~ the Hickeve
militia on the srof az JohassoWn for the
protection - tho fno8 sufferers there he
fore the governor of pennsylva atA him
Ee1f had acted This was Joseph Henson
a'ofaker. iae Ma brave private soldier.
Winning rom mendatIon from Con sher-
MANS another former governor John =
AltEoia. was dasatug Union cavalry sol
der. thing about puhUc ruen that We
forget 900 often
Foraker Wa Tovernor ~ Ohio. che IDOL
cf Tho youhSer and more aggressive Re
rnhiicans bv reason ~ hls brilliant o-ator5-
ard bits airset. puguaCfaus le7dershin. lie
was teteHtte3 Tor v'eettan so the senate
When John sherman WAS last reelected
buf was defeated. and returned 60 his
practice ~ iaw ln Cincinnati The er rne
c'd frlents evidently. dld nos forge. hl,,
They kept the legislature Republican ara
e,ectcd Foraker United States senator 81
the neat cpportuuisv.
This f man rather above ths rs,e 9fsfr,
height. ana fslrlv stauf. "a man with
flashing csc ard resonant. persuasive
Noicc. an a9eeIienato and w5nrfns mar
uer, Gerry ir 8ehste inpetuous IN leader
saip \ areat strength ~ Foraker IS hts
fricass. They have enabled Afrn n Keep
RS place in oeio po9tics for vasrs. though
herman. iianua, AZ h niey. Foste-. Gras-
Neuor ASH tiutforNoTth have. az orr tsrr,g
- another, heca asa tn combination AGAINST
him.
the rc,1ckiur BIty M2e,n e tae r,s-x
seahtNr frosn Il''ness vell- Known every
where eT tnl tswe as a huafo~isf r.et
known e17HEe IS e raFlolx asa ahle sn.{
sxEAeFtrnso3 a.an ftg f. A. a Ma ys~s
boy Mo tRo&ot a-Aac{ sea pEactIeat ia,s-
ia towa. and thta wect RI thleaA~s ARA
infa pun8c }rfa. - EAe sfafr lsetss frl~s
and a. congress Itss e.ceftrr - ta. senate
- aserrtew haf fs.seg h- az rras f-ea.. go