The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04

| sioners to Ghent, and declined the mis- sions to both France and Russia. The strange spectacle was once pre- sented In the land of the Blue Hens l Chickens of three Salisbury brothers be 'ng candidates for the United States Senate against each other. One of them did actually succeed the other. If the Republicans had not captured the State the third Salisbury brother would ulti- | mately have taken his turn.
 1 Ed Saulsbury always boasted that he was the only man that ever served more than six years on one election to the Senate. This is how he did it: When the hands of the clock tparked the hour of F noon at which time his term expired. he was up making a speech. land they couldn't choke him of till he had spoken 20 minutes beyond his Sem atoriai life.
 This triangular fight of the Sauls- bury brothers was paralleled in Ten nessee when Bob Taylor was the Democratic. nominee for Governor, his brother Ali the Republican nominee, and their father the Prohibition nomi- | nee. Some wag proposed to have Mother Taylor nominated as the Won1- an Suffrage candidate.
 1 Senator Nat Claiborne once ran against and defeated his father for the Virginia Legislature.
 Jeremiah S. Black in his younger days was nominated against his father for Congress, but declined. very much to his honor.
 Missouri has the distinction of hav- ing among her Governors father and son. the Marmadukes. and she fondly cherishes the memories of both In-
 deed by affinity and consanguinity that family has furnished three Governors, s.s ' To- .ffa1 | seriatim three maternal aunts of Gen. eral John s. Marmaduke. It is com monly reported that when he asked old Dr. Sappington for his third daughter
 the knight of the pill bags replied, All
 right. Caleb. take her. but for heavens
 sake don't come back for the old wo-
 man.
 In comparatively recent years Simon
 Cameron. while he was sure of the
 Pennsylvania machine. resigned a seat
 in the Senate in the middle of his
 term in order to have his son elected
 as his successor. Simon had also been
 Secretary of War and minister to Rus
 sia. But Don was by no means ob-
 scure when he succeeded to the curule
 chair of his willy sire, for he had been
 Secretary of War under Grant, which
 place. however, he most likely obtain
 ed out of a desire on the Presidents
 
 tain," as the head of the Clan Gamer
 on was dubbed.
 Two sayings of the elder Cameron
 are not inapropos. Once he remarked
 "I had one great advantage over
 Don--I was born poor" On another
 occasion. when wrangling with Don
 about his high-handed methods of pro
 cedure. he said: Don, yop are much
 richer than I. but I'll have a, blamed l Sjrbf more OOurperG at my funeral
 than you will"
 In passing it may be remarked that
 Don Cameron is the only American
 statesman who was born in a bank. It is said that the ultimate ambition
 of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Mas
 sachusetts is to be Secretary of the Navy. because in the olden time that ., position cSss, was held by his grandfather At one time two of the finest orators in the Senate were uncle and nephew Voorhees, of Indiana and Dubois of
 Idaho. At another time during his long Senatorial career one of Voorhees, sons 1 sat in the house for two terms as a del egate from Washington Territory. 7 In the house of the Fifty-third Con- !; gross were something like dozen men whose fathers had sat in Congress - ? Everett of Massachusetts. Wilson of Washington, Hall of Missouri, Tucker , of Virginia. Houk of Tennessee. Nal ory of Florida, Tyler of Virginia. son of President John Tyler; Breckinridge , of Arkansas. son of Vice-President , John c. Breckinridge; Mutchler of } Pennsylvania. Robertson of Louisiana Harris of Kansas. now in the Senate, ] and others.
 George D. Wise of Virginia is col
 ateral descendant of Henry A. Wise
 who was one of the most brilliant men
 Virginia ever produced.
 ? Colonel William C. P. Breckinridge was not the son of Congress nan. but 3 his father. old Dr. Robert d., was not
 only a theologian of renown but man. , aged always to find time to take big hand in politics. being among other r things chairman of the Republican Ma g tional Convention of 1864. which nomi- } mated Abraham Lincoln and Andrew , Johnson.
 8 It is safe to say that first and last 3 Breckinridge has had 100 cousins oi
 near degree in the House, Senate, Cabi- l net, Gubanatorial chairs, diplomatic I positions and the Vice-Presidency. . Tom Marshall and Dr. Robert J, Breckinrdge were kinsmen and began g to practice law about the same time 7 In his declining years. referring to the l doctors penchant for politics. Tom 3 once said: Dick Menifee drove me tC T my bottle, and Bob Breckinridge to the
 pulpit, but l have stuck to my text 2 much closer than he has to his," which f though jocularly stated, was historical
 ly and pathetically true.
 Judge Culberson of Texas was the | only Congressman who could boast that T he was the father of the Governor of a great State. but Josiah Patterson was l nearly as proud of the fact that his sor 0 was Attorney General of Tennessee l while MT. Speaker Crisp had for secre- i $ary his son Charles, who, excepting
 Mir. Reed. knew more parliamentary ! law than any Representative on the ] floor. Charlie Crisp filled out his ia thers unexpired term.
 Senator Cockrell of Missouri ano 1 Representative Cockrell of Texas arc brothers.
 l TfFOphs E. Marshall and two of his
 brothers served in the House, as did s four of the Washburn brothers. While e Roswell G. Horr was in Congress his = twin brother lacked only few votes oi y joining him there.
 It is generally known that an uncle Q Mrs. Justice Field of California, and !; his newphew, Mir Justice Brewer ol s Kansas. were members of the Supreme s Court of the United States at the same = time.
 f Another man on that bench, John M e Harlan. is the son of one of the most
 distinguished lawyers Kentucky has