Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-01-10
UNITED STATES SENATORIAL AGES
AND OFFICIAL RECORDS CLASSIFIED
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to private life. II is only ten years
since Tom" Reed was the Gar of the
House Of Representatives in the ia.
nous Fifty.hrst Congress, those excit.
ing aud turbulent times when the
Reed rules were forced upon the
House of Representatives and hats
and coats and disappearing coattails
for the first time counted as live men
In order to make up the necessary
quorum for the transaction OF public
business, but there are only nineteen
members of the Senate who were there
In those days.
Fifty.three members of the Senate.
much more than half of the member
ship Of that body, have come into of
fee since william Mckinley was elect.
ell President OF the United States III.
tie more than Ave years ago although
seven of this number had previously
served in the Senate. Senator Teller
OF Colorado, who now sits on the Dem.
ocratic side of the chamber. has been
O Senator under his present commits.
sion since March 4. 1895: had served
previous term, beginning September
4, 1875; the first Senator from the Cen.
tennial State, and serving until April
IL 1882, when he resigned to become
Secretary OF the Interior in the Cabi-
net Of President Arthur MIR. Teller
has been Republican, a Silverite, a
Populist, and is now an out.and.out
Democrat. Stewart of Nevada. the
Santa Claus of the Senate, was sworn
In on March 4. 1887. having been out
OF the Senate for twelve years. Hn
first took his seat in 1864. fresh from
his halcyon days in the bonanza gold
fields Of Nevada, and served until
1875. In those days he was a gold bug,
then he became the unrelenting adyO-
cate Of free silver and the most bitter
donunciatOr of the money devil. Sen.
ator Sewell of New Jersey, who has
not been In attendance upon the pres.
ent session, owing to his critical Ill.
ness. is In table |, with those Seua.
tors who were sworn In on March A,
1895. Warren of Wyoming IL also in
this cable. but he had previously been
a Senator from November Is, 1890, to
March 3, 1893, as Senator Sewell was
from March I, 1881, to March %, 1887.
Senators Spooner and Plat of New
York are in table IS as having taken
their seats March 4. 1897, with the be.
ginning OF the Mckinley Administra
ton. Mr.. SpoOner had been out of the
Senate six years at that time having
served from niarch 4. 1885, to March
3 1881, and senator Plat sixteen
years, having served from March 4 to
May l6, 1881, when he resigned with
Roscoe Conkling because of the row
between Garfield and the stalwarts
which ended in the assassination OF
the President. Senator Quay is in
table 20, all by himself. as he was
sworn In January Is. 1901. He was
out OF the Senate until that time from
March 3, 1899. He had previously
served two terms, having first been
elected March 4. 1887. He failed of
. reelection for the third time, the Leg.
, islature adjourning without making a
. selection, and Governor Stone appoint,
, ed Quay, but the Senate refused 10
, seat him under his commission. and hc
, went back to the people for reelection
and was successful
, Clark of Montana, Dubois of Idaho
Mcl.aurin of Mississippi and Mitchell
Of Oregon are In table 2S with a lOt
OF other Senators, all of whom arc
/ sworn in March 4, 1901. The ups and
downs or political life are pOintedly
! illustrated in the careers OF the foul
, Senators above named. The meteoriC
{ Senatorial career of Mr.. Clark Is wei
: remembered He was elected for the
. term beginning March 4, 1899, ant
. took his seat, but while being investi
! gnted on the charge OF having hribeC
Y the Legislature he dramatically re
i signed and the next day announced
4 his appointment by the Lieutenant
: Governor who took advantage of th'
e absence of the Governor, an antiClarl
J, man, from the State. The Senat,
!, went on record as rcbuking his pOliti
i cal methods. practically convictinl
J. him Of bribery, but before action wa
d taken on the report the new Legisla
}, turc elected him for the full term be
b ginning March 4, 1901, and he sits II
tho Senate today without n flaw upol
o his title. Dubois Of Idaho first came t
s the Senate as a Republican and serve,
2 a full term from March 4, 1891. II
s. 1896 he walked on. o the Republican
d National Convention and became
q Free Silver Republican, then a Popu
I. list and now a full.hedgcd Democrat
@ sitting In the front row OF the Demo
. cratic side Of the chamber. having eN
d changed seats with Senator Vest