Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-29

but following the lead Of HE party Where
upon Mr.. Lewis remarked
"A quotation from scripture will admir-
ably at the gentleman from New York. 1t
Is; The OK knoweth his owner and the ass
his masters crib "
"sIIIrs other vote"
Another New Yorker. eenator by "ths
grace CT David n. Hill" who terminated
long career OF absolute silence in the
United States senate on the 4th OF March
last is Edward Murphy, jr OF Troy. While
MIR. Hill was in the senate MIR. Murphy was
always referred to as "Mr Hills her
vote" Democrats do not grieve over his
loss
b, B. Odell jr., who represented the Seven
! teenth district Of New York for one term,
was not a candidate for reelection. Richard
Cults Shannon of the Thirteenth district
docs not come back. John Murray Mitchell
of the Eighth, noted chiefly for his good
clothes and his long biography in the Con-
grcssional directory stays at home. James
j. Belden and Rowland Blennerhassett Ma
hany bit the political dust in their respec-
tive districts. Warren b. Hooker, chairman
Of the rivers and harbor committee and a
member of the famous hog combine" which
controlled the pasronage in the Fifty fourth
and Fifty fifth congresses secured re-eec-
tion, but resigned to go on the supreme
bench.
Arthur Pue German OF Maryland will not
be seen in his accustomed place on the floor
of the senate during the sessions of the
Fifty-siXth congress The present indica-
tions, however, are that Mr.. German has not
been relegated to political obscurity. He is
once more in power in his state and there Is
every likelihood that he will be re elected
to the senate two years hence.
Mr.. German, by the way, holds the belt
as a federal and state offceholder He is
just seven months older than former Speaker
Reed, having been born March II, 1889, and
when he was 13 years old he was appointed
a page in the senate. He held various pcs-
tions in the senate until 1866, when he was
removed from the position of postmaster
and Immediately appointed collector of in
ternal revenue for the Fifth Maryland dis
trict which office he held until the incoming
of the Grant administration in 1869. In that
year he was appointed a director in the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal company, and in
1872 he was made president Of that COM
pany, having in the meantime served in the
Maryland legislature as a member and
speaker. He continued to represent his dis |
trict in the legislature until 1880, when he
W DIS tleClSu " InS stildle' ne was re- |
elected in 1886 and 1892, and will, in all |
probability, be elected again in 1902.
There Are Others.
Other members of the senate who do not |
come back next month are: Charles ]. |
Faulkner Of West Virginia. White of Cali
fornia, Gray of Delaware. Turpie of In
diana. Allen of Nebraska and John L.
Mitchell of Wisconsin. Both the last named
Mr. Allen talked for nineteen consecutive
hours, without leaving his seat. while fill
clustering against the passage of the act
repeating the Sherman silver purchasing
act, and Mr.. Mitchell achieved prominence
by making a speech on Father Marquette in
which he said that that pioneer priest had
left his feet prints on the sands of time.
Pennsylvania has quite list of statesmen
who have been retired by the people First
among these is former Senator Quay, who
failed to convince the members Of the last
legislature in Pennsylvania that 1t would |
be good thing to return him to the senate
for the third time. William \. Stone, the
prize boar in the hog combine in the Fifty
fifth resigned when he was elected gov
ernor in 1885, and his rival for the guber
Material nomination, Charles w. Stone went
down before the onslaught of Joseph Sibley,
assisted by large number OF Quayites
Charles N. Brumm of the Schuylkill dis
trct is another familiar figure who will not
be in the next congress. Back in the 70's
Brumm was elected to the house OF repre-
sentatves On the greenback- Labor ticket and
since then he has been elected three times
as republican. w. s. Kirkpatrick, the first
was also caught in the democratic dragnet.
Monroe Il. Klnp, better known as
Farmer" Kulp, was not candidate for re-
election. Josiah D. Hicks, after serving
three consecutive terms, failed to secure a
fourth nomination. Edward Everett Rob-
bins. who has the distinction of being one
of the three members OF the house who en-
listed in the volunteer service for the war
with Spain, also failed to secure renomina-
tion.
Benton McMilin of Tennessee will also be
missing from the floor Of the next house.
He is now governor of his state. Repre-
sentative Handy of Delaware, Buck" Hin
richsen and Andrew Jackson Hunter of Illi-
nois will also be missing. Judge Mcguire of
California will remain on the coast and
William S. Booze slipped up on the political
banana peel in Maryland. Brucker OF Michi-
gan, Dockery of Missouri, Senator
Smith of New Jersey, Senator Mills
and Representative Sayers of Texas,
now governor of the Lone Star state,
Walker, Epps and Wise of Virginia, Osborne
Of Wyoming and Marcus Aurelus Smith, the
democratic delegate in the house from Ari-
zona, wore also defeated last time.
Another, who is perhaps deserving of the
least mention, is Milford w. Howard OF Ala
bama. Howard came to Washington during
the sessions of the Forty-fifth congress and
achieved Objectionable notoriety and some
money by writing book entitled, 'If Christ
Came to Congress- Subsequently he was
elected by the populists of his state. but he
was ostracised by every one in the Fifty
fifth congress.
CUBA SHOULD BE ANNEXED.
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