Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-30
AGED MEN IN SENATE.
William B. Allison is Eighth in Patri-
archaI List.

dECUdt List
William B. Allison, 1owa's senior
senator, is the eighth man in the Unit
ed States senate in point of years,
being past "a years of age, and yet he
is one of the weightiest and most tire
less workers in that eminent assem-
b1age Some of the brainiest men in
the senate are among the Oldest. There
are eighteen veterans of the civil war
serving in the senate. ten of them be-
ing ex-confederate soldiers. The ex-
ceptionally strong mental powers OF
Pope Leo XIII is nearly paralleled in
many of the aged men who are lead
ers in the assemblage which is presid-
ing over the destinies Of this republic.
Pope Leo's Mental Activity.
The long life of Pope Leo, extend
ing over period of ninety-three years,
and the remarkable mental faculty dis
played almost uD to the hour OF his
death, has been fruitful subject of
consideration by the newspaper press
of the world. The aged pontiff revising
one Of his Latin poems within a week
of his death has presented to the world
picture that will remain fixed upon
the memory. The retention of all his
mental faculties up almost to the hour
of his passage over the bar has placed
the dead pontiff in position that is in
deed very remarkable 1t has served
however, to call prticular attention to
the men of this country, serving in i'm
portant capacities and who, while not
as old as Leo, are actively at work in
the harness, assisting with voice and
pen in working out the destinies of the
republic. When the fifty-eighth congress
meets in next November there will be
nearly fifty United States senator's who
will be 60 years of age.
The "Father of the Senate"
Senator Z. w. Pettus of Alabama is
the Father of the Senate" having
reached SO years in July last. His col
league, Hon. John T. Morgan, strange
| to say, is the next oldest man in the
senate, being 49, Next in point of age
come Senators j. R. Hawley of Con-
necticut, George F. Hoar of Massa-
chusetts and William B. Bate of Ten
nessee, all of whom were born in 1926.
| o. III. Platt, of Connecticut and Viii
| liam M. Stewart of Nevada having
been born one year later, in 1927. The
year 1929 brought into the world Shell
by NJ Cullom of Illinois and William
| B. Allison of Iowa. Senators Henry M.
Teller of Colorado and Paris Gibson OF
Montana are 70 years of age, having
been born in the following year. Red
field Proctor of Vermont comes next in
point of years and then T. G. Plat of
New York, and M. S. Quay Of Penn
sylvania, while Senator Depew is a
year younger than his colleagues,
Senator Platt and Senator Quay. Sen
ator j. H. Mitchell of Oregon will be
6S years of age when the senate meets
in November, while Senator Cockrell
will be &c. Russell A. Alger of Michi-
gan, Eugene Hale of Maine and j. H.
Willard of Nebraska Will be 81, closely
followed by Julius G. Burrows of
Michigan. M A. Hanna of Ohio, A. G.
Foster of Washington, Stephen d. Nc
Emery of louisiana, and j. HI. Gallinger
of New Hampshire, who are young fell
lows at &c.
Civil War Veterans.
The senators from Kentucky were
both born in the same year, 1888. The
year 1889 stands for the birth of Ar
thur Pue German, H. d. Money, w.
| A. CLARK, GEORGE VI. 5TSfklnS, "A. ". Ba-
con and John F. Dryden. The year
1s41 James H. Berry, Thomas R. Bard,
Stephen B. Elkins and Nelson w. AL
drich we're born. John w. Daniel and
Nathan B. Scott will upon the conven-
ing of congress be 81 years of age,
while Knute Nelson, William P. Dill
bingham and the two senators from
| Wisconsin, John G. spooner and
Joseph v. Quarles, will have touched
the Goth milestone. The combined
ages of these foury-four senator's, who
have reached the age Of 60 and beyond
is 3,033 years, their average being GO
years and months. Of these fourty-
four senators eight served in the union
army during the late civil war, name
lily, J. r. Hawley, Russell A. Alger,
Knute Nelson, M. S. Quay, Redfield
Prostor, N. B. Scott, John G. Spooner
and J. v. Quarles. Ten served in the
confederate army, namely, John Il.
Morgan, e. w. Pettus, James H. Der.
ry, A. o. Bacon, J. G. S. Blackburn,