The times., 1898-12-28
OHIO MEN IN CONGRESS.
The Record of Psevious Years May
BE Broken.
(Frorn the New York SUM-


Although the State of Ohio has exactly
one-forty fifth of the total membership of
the United States Senate. its natives have
one-ninth of the total representation
therein, or ten of the ninety members of
the Fifty-fifth Senate, a larger number
than has any other State. These are the
Ohio men in the Senate: Foraker, Hanna
Baker, Carter. Allen. Kyle. EIkins. Fair
banks. Turpie and Allison. Senator Fora
ker was born in Highland County, Senator
Hanna in Columbiana County Senator
Baker of Kansas in Wood County, Senator
Carter of Montana in Scioto County, Sena-
tor Allen OF Nebraska in Madison County
Tin the town Of Midway, Senator Kyle of
South Dakota near Xenia, Senator Elzins
OF West Virginia in Perry County. Senator
Fairbanks OF Indiana in Union County
Senator Allison of Iowa in Perry County,
and Senator Turpie of Indiana in Ohio
generaily-exact locality not given.
Senators TuIple and Allen are the only
ones of the ten United States senator's
born in Ohio whose terms are to be filed
this Winter by legislatures elected in No
yember last, and as the former is Demo-
crat and the latter a Populist, and as the
legislatures of both States have a RepubIi-
can majority. some apprehension has been
expressed by unsophisticated persons that
the State of Ohio might have lost one title
at least to distinction by having in the
Fifty sixth Congress Senate d diminished
representation Such result. however. ii is
already seen, is most improbable, for in
the State of Indiana there is a revival of
the talk among the Republicans to send
Benjamin Harrison. a native OF Ohio, to
the Senate as the Republican colleague of
Senator Fairbanks. and an Ohio candidate
has already appeared in the field for sena-
tor in West Virginia to succeed Charles j.
Faulkner, whose term expires March 4.
While from present appearances. there
fore, the Ohio men seem likely to hold their
present representation. at least in the Sem
ate, there are sundry indications that in
the Fifty-sixth House they will increase
their already generously large representa-
tion in the Fifty-fifth. in which there was
one native of Ohio in the California dele
CATION, three in the Illinois delegation. two
in the Indiana delegation, two in the Iowa
delegation. one in the Kentucky delegation
seventeen in the Ohio delegation, two in
the West Virginia delegation, Ohio being
the only one of the Western States repre-
sented by more of its natives than there
were Congress districts.
1t is somewhat curious fact, repeated
ly shown in politics. that. although the
State of Ohio adjoins Michigan on the
south and though part of the present
State of Michigan Detroit includedD was
once part of the State of Ohio. there has
been little emigration (among statesmen,
at least) from the Buckeye to the Wolver-
inc State. and, as a consequence. Ohio
men have practically little to do with the
public affairs OF Michigan and its neigh
Dor. Wisconsin, having pushed a'ong in
succeeding waves of emigration through
the belt of States which begins at In
diana and ends at the Rocky Mountains.
Every President of the Unit States
Abraham Lincoln excluded-elected by the
Republican party since its organization
has been an Ohio man. and any theory of
American politics which aims to prec ude
natives of Ohio from their full share in
the government of the affairs OF the coun-
try is based upon mistaken condition.
Just how many natives of Ohio there will
be in the next House it is impractieable to
say until some pending contests are set
lied but it is known that they will num-
ber at least thirty-perhaps few more.