Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-04-29
INFLUENCE or THE "CARPET-RAG.
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! The influence Of the "carpct-baeger''
! upon national legislation. as measured hy
the legislative careers Of men who now
Sit in tie House and Senate Is ercat
Fox the most part. the 'caire' -baggers''
III Congress are the free lauces in that
body.
IL VIII surprise many persons to know
| lHat Tie United States Senate would DO
controlled by these carpet bacrore il
any issue could be devised which would
bring them together There are fortv
eight of them in tho Senate. against
forty-three native sons. there being still
one vacancy in Illinois In the U,uso
the tables are reversed by a large ma ior-
ity, 26S members of the lower House be-
ing native sons and 12l "carpet-hag sers -
ASK the average student Of political
history what State has contributor the
most senators to the present Senate and
the answer would not be guessed correct
Is IN half dozen attempts 1t is Miss-
lss!ppi the mother Of seen senators.
| Inc answer on the House side would ~.
! comparatively easy, because New York
S'ato IS entitled to thirtv-niro members
oi Congress. anyway; but. discard!ng the
home delegation, Ohio. which IL notorious
as the brthplace If statesmen. claims
t'0ven representatives. and four senator's.
who represent othe- States. and theqc
llltten Ohioans are scattered through ten
different States
or the larger and older states which
Stow disproportionat@ 'caruet-bne'
representation, Illinois is one Of the fore
most. 1t has only one senator at prog
emit Senator Cullen who is a nauv. of
FentuckY. and only thirteen of -
delcEation in the House bare majority
Of one, are native born. California has
only one natiNa born coneress,nan in
eitIer house R.preacntatiYe Fuowland
who Is onl. thiuy-six y"als Of age. white
Oklahoma. the IL west STATE in Congress
has only one, Representative Carter. who
boasts both Cherokee ara Chlckasaw
blood in his veins.
BIRTNPLACEs or SENATOR'S AND
REPRESENTATIVES,
Those states which are the birtholace
OF Al extraordinary number of senator's
and repres ntat.Ycs who came - Con-
h;ess from othcr States. tolether with
the names Of these men. arc:
oho-Senators Eey-ridgo. Indiana,
Garter, Montana. l.lllins aud Scott West
Virginia. Repre- entutivrs Martin. Color
ado; Cline, Indiana Hun iowa: Calder
head. Kansas; Gardner and Loud. Mich
GEM Alexander, Miss ouri; Latta ana
Norris. Nehi ska; Creagor, OklaE ma,
aud stnrg'ss. West Virginia.
Pennsylvania Senators Guggenhelm.
Colorado; Hepburn. Idaho; Cummins. To-
y" and burrows, Michigan. Represent
atives Miller : Reeder, Kansas; Nc
'all Massachusetts; Tiwney. Minnesota;
De Almond Missouri: Wood, New rsey;
G. nry and Goulden, New york. ard Har-
ma, North Dakota.
Illinois, Senator's Borah, Idaho; Nc
Cumber, North Dakota, and Jones.
WASHINGTON. Representatives Ia, Tor,
Colorado; Madison, Kansas; Greene.
; Massachusetts,; Mclaughlin Michigan;
Davis Minnesota: Mcguire. Nebraskn.
Fowler. New Jersey, and Mcclure, Okla
homa.
Mississippi majors Bailey, Texas;
Newands, Nevada; Clark, Arkansas;
Gore, Oklahoma, and Chamberlain Ore
son. Representatives Hardy and Giles
pie Of Texas.
New York--Senators Gamble, South Da-
kota, and Clark, Wyoming. Representa-
tives Dodds and Young, Michigan; Boob
er and Morgan, Missouri; Pray, Montana;
Sherwood, Ohio. Barclay. Wheeler, and
Dalzell, Pennsylvania; Burke South Da-
kota, and Davidson. Wisconsin.
Kentucky Senators Cullom, Illinois;
Bristow, Kansas; Stone. Missouri, and
Piles, Washington. Representatives In
derwood, Alabama: Rucker Colorado;
Wickliffe. Louisiana, and Sla yden, Tex
as,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Flint. Califor-
MA; Bourne, Oregon, and Warren. wy
oming. Representatives Englebright.
California; Henry, Connecticut: Boutell,
Illinois. Hammond and Stevens, Mimi
esota; Draper, New York and Capron.
Rhode Island
THE FOREIGN BORN