Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-06

ROBERT Adams, who has been in the diplo-
matte service, promises well, Mr.. Brosius
Oh the Lancaster district is a worthy
MEMBER, but there is not a man Of first
rate Importance, except Mr.. Dalzell, in
any OF the middle states congressional
ueleSatlonS. Serene E. Payne. James w.
WadsWorth and James s. S~herman-all of
ne" Aork-are valuable members and
men OF a good deal of influence. They
are excellent committeeman and are
head and shoulders above their colleagues
from the state. Mr.. Payne will be titular
leader of the house. Sulzer is the most
distinguished New York representative
on the democratic side of the house, and
that he is put forward by Mr.. Croker for
the leadership of the minority is inter-
estlng. 1t shows first, the appearance
or Croker on the field of national politics.:
and. third, CrokeT's notion of a states
man. Among the representatives of the
city of New York there is not a man who
would be missed. and only three at the
outside-McClellan, Levy and Chanler-
VINO are htted by either intelligence or
character to be members Of congress. But
With the exception of John Murray Mitch
ell, who was a useful and Industrious
member. not one of the men whom the
new representatives have replaced was
one whit better. And this is true of the
new and old members of Pennsylvania
also. OF the New Jersey delegation, Mr..
49, 49, AAoNiA CIC " d
good deal of ability, especially on the
financial question.
New England and the middle states
have very little debating talent, so far as
we know. John DalZell is the real leader
or the house, although Serene f.. Payne is
likely to be the chairman of the ways and
means committee. Dalzell is, however, by
far the ADLER man, and probably intel
lectually the strongest man in the house.
Mr.. Moody of Massachusetts, is the only
! Oinp1' p9sfa1n 1npnlhnI. who ic 1ilo1u + n
develop into one of the leading men of
congress. He is now in his third con-
gress. Mr.. Charles A. Russell, of Con-
nectlcut, is a memb of the ways and
means committee, and is respected. Bou
telle Of Maine is one of the best men in
the house. But Dalzell and Moody are
in reality the only men from the east who
can be classified as tirst-class men. This
part of the country has lost immensely
in weight of character and ability and in
influence by the resignation of Speaker
Reed and the death of Nelson Dingley,
Jr. The loss of Mr.. Joseph Henry Walk
er. of Massachusetts, is also a serious
one, for with all his eccentricities, he was
of great service in the discussion of
financial questions, although he was very
difficult in the colnmittee-room and in the
preparation of financial legislation.
In the middle west there are some ex-
cellent debaters in the senat, and two
senators at least-John c.. SDconer of
[ Wisconsin, and Allison of Iowa-who
rank with the best men from New Eng
land. OF the others we are, as | have
said, to expect something remarkable
of Mr.. Beveridge of Indiana, and we know
Burrows Of Michigan and Foraker Of
Ohio. Minnesota has a very strong rep
rsentation in the senate in Knute Nell
son and Cushlnan X. Davis. Cullom and
Mason of Illinois are we'll known, and
Cullom is a worthy seantor. Mason is
an orator Of the f1orid kind.
In the house middle west representa-
ton there have been a number Of
changes. Il Illinois, eight Of the TWEEN
ty-tWo representatives are new, n In
diana, three of the thirtea : ere new; in
Iowa, there are five new out Of eleven;
in Michigan, four out of twelve; in Ohio
four out of twenty-one. The middle
west is very much superior in it's senator's
and representatives to the middle states.
1t has no really first-rate man, except
perhaps Mr.. Hit, but it has a number
of serviceable men of long experience and
sufficient talent-men who are often
more useful legislators than more brill
liant members. Among these useful and
experienced representatives Joseph e.
Cannon chairman Of the appropriations
committee, must be counted very high;
and in the Illinois delegation, besides
Mi. Henderson, the speaker, we have,
Mr.. Hepburn, who has distinguished HIM
self. He has been, and is to be again
chairman of the ommitte on Interstate
and foreign commerce., and from that
"AA So SAohsAAN ~ ~ w pttt7i tti 'itoi
the Nicaragua ana bill at this session.
In the Minnesota delegation, Mr.. James
T. McCleary has made his mark in finan-
cial legislation, and is the author of an
admirable banking and currency bill.
From Ohio the most distinguished repre-
sentative is Charles n. Grosvenor, who
is hardly, however, to be taken as a seri-
GUS contribution to the Legislative or ora
torical talent of the house of representa-
tives. His chief concern seems to be to
Head attacks, feigned or real, ON the civil
service reform law. These are the names
of note among the members from the mid
die west. The only member of the Fiji
ty-fifth congress from this section of the
country who was not returned to the Fiji
~ty-sixth, who will be missed, and whose
absence will be a loss to congress, is Hen
ny q. Johnson, of Indiana, whose talents
and independence made him a man of
note and Importance.
In the delegation from the far west
and the Pacific coast, more than half the
california representatives are neW-four
out of seven. The two representatives
from Colorado are old five of the seven
from Kansas are new. The Montana
member is new. Three of the six from
Nebraska are new men. The North Da-
kota member and the South Dakota
members are new: SO is one of the two
Oregon representatives: SO is the Utah
member, Brigham II. Roberts, whose seat
is to be contested on the ground that he
is living in violation of the anti-polyg-
amy law. Ihe Two washington mem
bers and the Wyoming member are new.
In fact. almost a brand-new delegation
comes from the northwest and the Pacific
coast. OF thirty-two districts. twenty
one have returned new men, although
three of these served in the Fifty-fourth
congress.
Among the senator's from this part of
the country is by far the most accom-
plished orator of the senate Mr.. VOL
colt: and his colleague, Mr.. Teller. was a
very influential and highly respected
member of the body, until he gave up ali