The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-12-20

and one or the other of them will
have the record for length Of sery-
ice in the United States Senate,
and a record that may held for q
century. In this computation,
however, Jones Of Nevada may
also be included.
Vest is one Of the few survivors
of the Confederate Senate, and il is
doubtful if he has ever witnessed
in the Federal council debates sur.
passing those participated in by
Benjamin Fl. Hill, William l..
Yancey and Frank Wigfall in the
Senate at Richmond. A magazine
article by him on the Confederate
Senate would find many thousands
of eager and voracious readers.
Speaking of the youngest of the
managers Of the house Of commons
who conducted the impeachment
of Warren Hastings, Macaulay
says: sBut those who within the
last ten years have listened with
delight, till the morning shone on
the tapestries Of the house of lords.
to the lofty and animated elo-
quence of Charles Earl Grey, are
able to form some estimate of the
powers Of a race Of men among
whom he was not the foremost. "
When Vest entered the Senate
Blaine, Hamlin, Morrill,, Edmunds,
HoaraHd Eaton were there from
NewEngland Cunkling andKernan
were from New York. I Ae Nor
gan and Pettus they were from the
same town, and again like the two
Alabama senator's, they had been
law partners. Herman might have
been his party's candidate for
President but for his religion.
There was Wallace of Pennsyl-
vania, the most consummate Of
politicians, and he, too, might
have been the Democratic nomi-
nee for President had he lived in a
pivotal State. There were Thur
man aud Pendleton from Ohio,
Voorhees, and Mcdonald from
Indiana, and David DAVIS and
Richard j, Oglesby from Illinois.
Matt. Carpenter, whose superior
as a jnrist the American bar has
not produced, was there from Wis
cont: Allison, Of Iowa, was
there, then as now, the best equip
ped man for President in tranquil
times the country could show. In
gals, the wizard Of the English
tongue, who could mock and sneer
like an incarnate devil, was there
from Kansas. Garland, the lead
er of the trans Mississippi bar,
was there and in the front rank Of
the elite of the leaders Of the Su-
.preme Court. He was from Ar
kansas and soon to be the chief law
officer Of the government. Beck,
of Kentucky, was there, and as
jackson said of Benton, she could
labor like an OK There was
Lamar, in some respects the fore
most man the American Senate
ever knew And there was Ben
Hill, save Thurman alone, the
greatest debater the Senate has
known since Stephen A. Douglas,
Morgan, from Alabama, was there,
and a leader then as now. Cock
relI, Of Missouri, was there ~ ID
dustrious and is indefatigabe as
Beck himself,
Vest was q novel name, his q
strange face, that a new Voice in
that convocation Of the giants,
where the fittest survived, and IN
the contest for forensic supremacy
every mans hand was against
every other man. There was q
story 10 congressional circles that
one day Blaine, who first smashed
the senatorial etiquette that new
senators were to be seen and not
heard, entered Tie chamber with 4
chip on bin shoulder and found
Senator Th 40, who had just
discussed All &. report down
stairs, nodding i. his seat. The
plumea Knight At once took the
floor and began j vicious attack
Ion some position tho Old Roman
had taken tile day before. Thur
man was aroused from Ais nap hy
VooYhees. and when he realized