Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24

few are left.
In no branch of the public service
is this change so marked as in Con-
sress.
Only three Union veterans are now
serving in the House of Represent
atfves. which House contains a total
membership of 435. And all these three
are democrats. They are Gen. Isaac
r Sherwood of the ninth Ohio district,
Sanford Kirkpatrick of the sixth Iowa
nlstrict and Joseph A. Goulden of the
twenty-third New York district.
Not an old Union soldier on the re-
publican side of the House, 1t is A
condition that has not existed before
IN half a century
SIX senators make up the Union Old
guard in the upper house of the nation
Al legislature. and two of them Senator
du Pont of Delaware and Senator war
rem Of Wyoming. wear the congressional
mccall OF honor for galiantry in action
VINE men. out of combined MEM
oersnip OF both houses of 531 then. are
the sole survivors of the Union army
VINO retain places in the country's law
making body.
Here is the roll of the Senate old guard
that wore the blue:
Senator w. O'C Bradley of Eeutuckv
Senator III. A. du Pont of Delaware
Senator Nathan Goff of West Virginia
Senator knute Nelson Of Minnesota.
Senator Francis f. Warren of WON
ing
Senator John D. Works of California.
DWindl1nS Just as fast is the roll of
men who wore the gray. Five Of these
st in the Senate and five in the House
Ten Confedates and nine Yankees in all
Congress alone have that personal ex-
perfence that is necessary to a deep and
profound appreciation of the signti-
canoe of Memorial day and its observ-
a1ee next Saturday.
To balance, in part. the three Union
soldiers who sit democrats IN The
House, there is one Confederate soldier
sitting in the Senate as a republican. He
Thomas Denton Catron of New Mexi-
90, who went from the University of
Missouri into the thick of the civil war
His -Confederates in the Senate
are as follows:
Senator John II Bankhead OF AIaha ma.
senator Thomas e. Martin OF Virginia.
Senator ]. r. Thornton of Louisiana
Senator benjamin r Tillmau of South
Carolina
II Is true that Senator Tillman did not
aave much active service; neither Old
senator Bradley. on the other side. for
that matter: but their intentions 20
serve were of the best. Senator Till!naA
IN his Congressional Directory biogra ply,
sets forth that he quit school in 1854.
when he was a month short of seven
teen, to join the Confederate army, but
no sooner had he joined than he was
stricken with the illness which caused
him the loss of his left eye and kept him
..n invalid for two years.
Senator Bradley. in 1861. when four
reen years old. twice ran away to join
the Union army, and each time he was
followed and dragged home by his
father. As Champ Clark says, il is "a
dog fall between Senators Bradley and
TilIman in the matter of war service.
The five former ConfederateS in the
House are:
Albert Estopinal. first district of
Virginia.
william A. Jones. first district of
Louisiana.
Charles NJ. Stedman. fifth district of
North Carolina.
Joshua F. c. Talbot, second district
OF Maryland
George W. Taylor. first district of
Alabama
But a new element of war veterans.
survivors of the reunited countr--'s first
war. the struggle with Spain of 1898. in
which force small by comparison with
the armies of '61-65 was used is rising
up in Congress. Twe2ty-two Spanish
American war veterans are in Congress.
hve in the Senate and seventeen in the
House. Here is the Senate roll:
Senator Albert Il. Fan of New Mexico.