The age-herald., 1899-06-24
THE VENERABLE SENATE.
Average Age of SC Members is About t6
 Years and Months.

Washington. June 21.-The senate of the United States that will meet at the opea- ing of the Fffty-sixth congress will be a body of mature men. The average of it's 86 members is 56 years and 6 months. or a little more. The aggregate years of these men are 4S64. The oldest senator is Ed- mund Winston Pettus, of Alabama, who is IS, and the youngest senator is Marion But ler of South Carolina, who is S6.
 Alabama has two venerable senators. Senator Morgan, who is the senior sena- tor, is the junior of Senator Petus by three years, being D. Connecticut comes next, with Senator Hawley, aged 73, and O. Fl. Platt, whose age is 72. Iowa keeps her two aged senators, both of whom maintain their efficiency with years, Senator Allison being "A and Senator Gear 70 years of age. There are no other states represented Dy two senators both having more than three score and ten years, but Vermont has Proctor at 6S and Ross at 73, Ross being about ten years younger than Senator Merrill, whom he succeeded
 Several states besides those mentioned have senators more than 70 years old. Gull lom of Illinois is past 70, Boar of MasSa- chusetts is past 73, Stewart of Nevada is P, and Bate of Tennessee is "A, as near as can be ascertained from the data aecess-
  year in the autobiography he furnishes to the Congressional Directory.
 In some Of the states the senators have been matched very closely so far a ages are concerned. One of the senators from Florida is 90 and the other Is 51. One sen- ator from Louisiana is 64 and his colleague is 62. In Michigan one senator is 61 and his associate is 62. There is but two years difference in ages of the New Hampshire senators, Chandler being 64 and Gallinger 62. The New York senators are but one year apart, Depew being 65 and Platt 66. The West Virginia senators, Elkins and Scott, are each 5S years of age Spooner of Wisconsin and his new colleague, Quarles, are about the same age, and each touches the average age, being 56.
 The young men" of the senate, those below the average of 56 years and 6 months, are twenty-two in number. As all ready mentioned, Butler of North Carolina is the "ba5y'' of the senate at S6. The next oldest is Beveridge of Indiana, who is q. Penrose of Pennsylvania and Me LsuriH of South Carolina have each just passed 39. North Carolina has the young- est pair of senators in the body, the elder of the two, Senator Pritchard, being only 42.
 The figures do not always fairly indi- cate the condition of physical and mental efficiency of the men in the senate. Some of the senators who have turned 70 are more vigorous than other senators who have five years yet to live to reach the patriarchal age. Senator Platt, of Con- necticut, who is 72 is to all appearance about the same man. in the senate and out or it, that he was fifteen years ago. Senator Frye, of Maine, who has passed 6S, ages but slowly, and his speech is as earnest and vocferous when he is stirred as it ever was. Senator Jones, of Nevada who is apparently much younger than his colleague, MT. Stewart, is really only three years younger, but Jones's 69 years have not brought him such a venerable wealth of whiskers as is worn by Stewart, who is hardy and active for a man of 72.
 The 86 senators may be classified by ages