Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-08
HURLED TO THE GROUND.


In times past the strongest and most
active of Congressional birds have
been hurled to the ground in whirl-
winds of popular disfavor. Such was
the case in the great political gale of
1894. Sturdy fellows like Richard P.
Bland William II. Hatch, and John c.
TarSney, of Missouri: Tom l.. Johnson
and Joseph II. Cultivate, OF Ohio:
Lawrence T.. Mccain and William NJ.
Springer, of Illinois; VIM. J. Coombs.
Charles Tracey, and Daniel L. Sickles,
of New York; Thomas j. Geary Of San
Francisco; James P. Pigott and Lewis
Sperry. of Connecticut; James b. Riley,
of Pennsylvania; Fred Talbot Of Ma
rylnnd; and William L. Wilson, of
West Virginia, were scattered and lost.
Even such an agile and versatile flyer
as Champ Clark was found fiat upon
stubble field with outstretched wings.
The hurricane of 1894. however was
surpassed by the cyclone of 1890 Tt
was In this year that that wonderful
prairie-cock of Illinois. the Hon. Joseph
G. Cannon. came flutterlng to the
ground. The remarkable Frederick II.
Greenhnlgc, of Massachusetts, fell
from the upper heavens. and was sue
ceeded by the equally remarkable
Sherman Hoar. Greenhalge became
Governor of Massachusetts within two
years. and Sherman was serving as
District Attorney in Boston at the
same time. Both are in an unknown
world. Another lusty bird falling on
Massachusetts soil that year was John
w. Chandler. His slayer was George
Fred Williams. George In his turn
was shot in the next election. and has
been laundering around in the old BAY
state ever since in All effort to regain
ms pinions A dapper young fledglng
was shot in the same season, and Hem
ry j. Spooner, an eight-year-old bird
was found dead on the Providence
Plantations. Among other feathered
victims was the veteran Frederick
Miles and Prof. William e. Slmonds. of
Connecticut. afterward Commissioner
OF Patents. and that wonderful carrier
pigeon. James S. sherman. of New
YORK. Sherman, however quickly re-
gained his feet and flew back to WASH
llnGton. The same fate befell sydney
": Mudd and Louis e. McComas. of
MaTyiand. Mudd has found his way
Duck TO the House. while McComas,
4lter years of pluming. dashed into the
United STATES Senate, where he still
remains; While pluming himself for
this flight he OBLIGATED as an Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the
District Of Columbia. lac
"A REMARKABLE BIRD.
Inc most remarkable of the flock.
1850" W iilldIl MCh1nIeV. of
emo. lie was caught in an appoint
ment net, spread by a Democrats leg
islature. lie afterward ESCAPED from
me net, became governor of Ohio and
PRESIDENT of the United States vii
nam nam u. Mason, pump quail from IL
nnols. also succumbed to the storm
lie ran around the prairies for wears
ana finally darted into the Sanatn
chamber, preserving all his vipor and
plumpness. Indiana lost q sacerdotni
songster In William d. owen. Will
q member OF Congress the Rev M
owen secured the passage OF an i'm.
migration bill. and afterward became
the first commissioner of Imniorat;on
Among the othC martyrs of tha nj
itical shotgun were Lewis f. Pavson
and Jonathan II. Roweli, of Illinois
Byron McCuteheon. Of NIanistee and
Edward P. Allen, Of Michigan. fell
north of the Kalamazoo River ,1he
veteran. Mark H. Dunnell, we'll
known teal was filed with duck shot
and dropped into Lake Pepin; he ha
served fourteen years in the House Of
Representatives. John H Gear. an
other veteran bird. fell into the Miss
issippi. opposite Burlington, with 81
broken wing. After a rest in the corn
fields of Iowa, he returned to Wash
ington, where he remains. a United
States Senator. Another winged duck
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