Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-07-05
GRAND old MAN
OF The SENATE
William Pinkney Whyte, Cor.
mans SUCCESSOR, May Be
Truly Called Such.
SERVED WITH NOTABLES
His "Reminiscences of Earlier Services
in. the Upper Chamber Bring Back
tho Nanes of Men. Nvho Today
Are But a Memory.

Washington special: WNlaiN flnk.
ney Whyte Was sworn in the other day
for his third Ierln of Service.as senator
from Maryland. Not a man. now in the
senate was there When he was first
made a member of that body. in 1869.
and only one is living. That sole sur
vivor is Edmunds, of Vermont, who
is now living in retiremept jim .Philadel-
phia. Il saw him the other day. SAID
Senator Whyte. who in reminiscent
mood was recalling ole tines, and
found him we'll and enjoying ms qules
life"
No other nan has had a senatorial
career covering so long a time as that
of Senator Whyte lie is truly the
grand old man OF the senate. When he
was appointed 10 the vacancy lett a
fortnight 3 by the death OF Senator
German, 1t WAS as utterly u~IeXpected
as when, in 1859. he. WAS named to I'LL
the vacancy left by the retirement OF
the great Eeverdy Johnson. He vas
then a man of ~ years, On the day he
was sworn in Tor the third time, thirty
seven years later, he would not have
been guessed III u day over co, Straight,
alert, brfght-eyed. with firm step, every
sense as acute as it was a generation
ago. and with Il big professional prac-
tice at Baltimore ~ciaraoring for MS at
tention, he took the oath and
kkiG VI " IN = AS 4'''e H'F'N
Served With Notables.
Senator Whyte's "reminiscences Of his
earlier service in the upper chamber
bring back the am of nen VINO TO-
day are but II memory, and yet who
Their were the leaders of the senate.
There was Fessenden. of Maine. "one
of the best debaters l nave ever
KNOWN" Senator Whyte declared. .iOl-
liver p. Morton was in the full glow OF
his powers. the republican leader of
the senate. John Sherman had recently
come to the senate after making HIM
self one of the leaders of the house.
On financial matters lie WAS one of the
greatest authorities i have ever known.
and one of the greatest the country has
known.
Summer! Yes. " was still in the
senate when l entered it. To know
him we'll was to admire him for his
wonderful education and information.
and for his mastery of English. His
Evolutionary powers when he read a
speech were beyond description. l have
never known OF heard of another who
could make n reading of y speech SO
effective. All his important uttcrances
We're read. Yet re read them with the
art of Il Shakespeareas ~dramatist, FOR
he wa an actor as we'll as Il states
man. I
And there was Conkling. lately from
the house, a, great orator. who had
been one. of the .foy nc men in the
lower branch. His temperament was
naturally rcpellant,. but il he CHANGED
to like you 1t was possible to get very
close to him. Not many people did it,
however. Once L saw a. man lay his
hand rather rougaly on Conkiing's
back. 4 he showed temper in a mo-
ment. When the offender turned away
Conkling remarked by way of explana-
ton: 49,
II have great respect for the sane
tity of the person.
There were Few democrats in the sem
ate in those Gays. The southern states
a nor yet beea resoMss ructed back
into the union, and Senator WHITE
represented in addition to Mary
land. Tho people in the. .IInrepre-
sentel states would send petitions to
sitting senator's to, take up. for them
matters of state concern. and by this
process of petition Senator. VG4lyte rep
resented Virginia and Georgia; and
frequently louisiana 'and Other states
IN the upper ehagmsSsr;i Those states
n the fact ef:.his services sfertthem
have been recalled. many times since
his second. re-entra:ce .to.the, senate.
!. Hendricks Is Recalled.
Thomas A Hendricks was sitti, . in
n of,the Indiana seats when Senator
Whyte first came to the senate. and
Carroll Davis, a war democrat, repre-
sented Kentucky. :Charles Buckalew.
democrat, was the colleague of. the
great simon Cameron, founder Of. the
keystone political dynasty which has
survived even ,tnlr.-rhis, date. albeit
through. some remarkable. vicissitudes.
Buckalew was avery able man. Who
had been fairly tossed into n senatorial
seat In Il state that then as now was
normally overwhelmingly republican.
it. just such. as they Have receitfv had
IN mat state. ..Buckalew is, desIrihed
by Senator .Whyte as one of the abIest
poorly appreciated. Senator WHITE
served with -both: the. eidep ard :.the
Younger Cameron. and his estimate
agrees with that OF .nhrost people Who
iinew the two. that the father was, hv
FAR the stronger and ADLER man.
In his first term ::of service Senator
Whyte was a member of the senate
only two years. lie returned to.itsby
election in 1875, and remained a fiIil
.lN-year ternt.'' Meantime Allison had
come In from. the house, of. which he
was q embe when Whyte first en-
.ered the senate. Thus in the matter
of the term covered by his
sional service Senator Allison s1ir-
passes even the great old mar of Marry
land. He has been a senator longer
man any n man ever wa.s. and his
service has been continuous. Aside
from Allison. Teller and Morgan are
the only senator's now in the chanhar
VINO We're there when Senator Whyto
entered the body for the second time.
senator Whyte was first married in
1876. and again in 1892. His secohd
VIE died i've years after their mar
riage.