Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1897, Page 17

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1897-20 PAGES. 17 = THE UNITED STATES SENATE Members of That Body Who Will Be New to the Toga, Republicans Will Have a Plurality, but the Com- bined Opposition Forms a Ma- jority. ‘While it does not appear that there is a Btraight republican majority in the Senate which assembles today to consider the nominations of the new President, it will be apt to be in accord with the administration in most things except as to the coinage question. The republicans have forty-two senators, with a vacancy in Oregoa and an- other in Kentucky, which they are entitled to fill, if they can. The cemocrats have thirty-three senators, with a vacancy in Florida, which they expect te fill when the legislature meets in April. T with five silver republican senaters and seven popu- lists, make up the present membership of eighty-seven senators. The republicans are the plurality party, and the democrats, populists and silver republicans must be classed as the “opposition. ° This opposition combined forms a majority of the Senate, and on what, in the sense of the combina- tion, is regarded as a parity question, the three elements are expected to act together. In this sense the tariff is n0t a party ques- tion, and several members of the tion” are expected to vote with the re) licans to perfect a tariff bill. Unless there is some agreement with individuals to the contrary, the “opposition” will have the organization of the Senate, and will have an anti-administration national policy. In matters of confirmation and the tariff a majority will probably co-operate with the administration. The following 13 a list of senators in the Fifty-fifth Congress: Elected This Year. Clay, A. S.. Ga., D. Penrose, Botes, Pa.,R. Earle, J. H., 3. C., D.|Piatt, T.C., N. ¥., R. Fairbanks, W. F.,|Pettus, E.W., Ala., D. Ind. R- Rawlins, J. L., Utah, Ker,J-B., Ohto,R| D. farris, WA 1. P|Spooner, J. C,.Wis..R. Heltfeid, H., Idaho,P./Turner, G. F., Wash., Hanna, M.A., Ohio,R| F. Kenney, R. R.,Del.,D.| Wellington, G. L., McEnery, S.D.,La..D.| Md., R. Mason, W. E., Ill, R. Re-Elected. Allison, Wm. B., Morrill, Justin S., lowa, R. Vt, R. Gallinger, Jacob H., |Perkins, George C., N. H, R. Cal, R. Hansbrough, Henry /Platt, Orville H., Cc. N. DB. { Conn., R. Jones, James K., Pritchard, Jeter C., Ark, D. | NOC, R. Jones, John P., Teller, Henry M., Nev., R. | Col, R. Kyle,’ James H., |Vest, George G., S$. D., Ind. | Mo., D. mators Whose Terms Expire 1899. Aldrich, Nelson W., Mantle, Lee,* Mont., re ie [ R. Allen, William V., (Mills, Roger Q., Pop. } Tex. D. William B.,. Mitchell, John L. Wis., D. * |Murphy, Edward, jr., | N.Y. D. . Clarence Pasco, Samuel, Fla., Wyo., R. D. Cockrell, Francis M.,-Proctor, Redfield, Mo., D. Vt, R. Daniel, John’ W., Quay, Matthew S., Va, D Pa., R. Davis, Cushian “K.,-Roach, William N., Minn., R. |_N. D, Dz Faulkner, Charles, J., Smith, James, jr., W. Va. D. {_N. J.. D. George, James Z., (Stewart, William M., Miss... D. Nev., R. Gorman, Arthur P., ;Turpie, David, Ind., Md., D. | D. Gray, George, Del..D.,White, Stephen M., Hale, Eugene, Me,R. Cal, D. Hawley, Joseph R., ;Wilson, John L., Conn., R. Wash., R. Lodge, Henry Cabot, Mass., R. S-nators Whose Terms Will Expire in 1901. Bacon, Augustus O.,/McBride, George W., Ga., D. Oreg., R. Baker, Lucien, Kan.,’/McMillan, Jam:>: R. Mich. R. Berry, James H., tin, Thomas S., Ark, D. | _Va., D. Butler, Marion, N. Morgan, John T., C., Pop. Ala, D. Caffery, Donelson, Nelson, Knute,Minn., La., D Carter, Thomas H. Richard Mont., R. Chandler, Wm. E.,} m J. N. H., R. | 7. He Chilton, Horace,Tex-|Shoup, George L., as, D. | Idaho, R. Cullom. Shelby M.,|Thurston, John M., ML. R Neb., R. B.,| THima: Benjamin 3 R., S.C. D. . William P.,| Walthall, Edward C., is | Miss, D. r, John H., lowa,|Warren, Francis E., R. | Wyo., R. Harris, Isham G.,)Wetmore, George P., Tenn.. D. R. L, R. Hear, George F.,| Wolcott, Edward O., Mass.. R. Col, R. Lindsay, Wm.. Ky. D. Among the new ‘senators Hanna suc- eceds Sherman in the 1M class, and Kin- ney is elected to fil a vacancy in the 1901 class. In passing f fth Con onspieuous figures. of all John Sherman is absent, transferred to another field of labor, where he may be even more conspicuous than he has been in the past. His slender figure and features give place to the rotund form ifty-fourth to the Senate loses sev- end full nmienance of Mark A. Han- ha. Mr. Hanna is conspicuous from his first appearance in the Senate. Though has never before held a public offi his figure is almost as familiar © public as is that of any man in the Senate As the man who managed the national campaign, achieving a great victory, in which his personality was more Mark A. Hanna, Ohio. fnvolved than has ever before been that of the chairman of a party national commit- tee, he has In a few months become a na- tional character of great consequence. He rsonifies the business man in politics. rior to the opening of Mr. McKinley's campaign for the republican presidential Pomination Mr. Hanna was unknown in national affairs. His management of this rsonal campaign attracted attention to im as a man of genius in his way. When the republican national convention met at Bt. Louis he was suddenly recognized as the dominant force in that convention. Among all the politictans of vast experience and national reputation he became at once the central figure. The most skillful poll. liclans of the day were arrayed against him, but their skill availed nothing. They all to bow to his power. His success there marked him for the manager of the Breat campaign to follow. At once he be- came the chief political factor in the na- tion. The campaign was his to direct. He | conspicuous success. was in sole command. In that position he ‘splayed two traits which are the very soul of success—a boundiess comprehen- sion capable of taking in the most gigantic undertakings without dismay, and a cool determination and fixity of purpose to beat cown and ride over all obstructions to his progress. His personality dominated the campaign. His name was fnentioned often- er, perhaps, during the campaign than that of any other man, and his features and form appeared, either in caricature or in portraiture, more frequently than even that of the opposing candidates. He comes to the Senate excessively praised and unjust- ly maligned, but one of the most talked-of men in the country. Mr. Hanna’s political career extends over but a few months, and ts, therefore, unex- ampled. His busingss career has been a He has made a large Wm. E. Mason, Illinois. fortune in navigation and mining enter- prises, and is interested in shipbuilding on the great lakes. He is the employer of thousands of men and the investor of mil- lions of money. David Bennet Hill has passed from view. He came into office as a great democrat— the “I am a democrat.” He drops out with an uncertain party standing, after a career in the Senate which has been interesting and somewhat picturesque. During his one term he has so impressed himself upon the Senate as to become one of its features, representing something unconventional and antagonistic in the senatorial character. An habitual politician, with now and then a flight into statesmanship, he has been without a counterpart in the Senate. His successor is the nearest approach to a counterpart. Thomas C. Platt ap- pears to succeed Mr. Hill and to preserve in the Senate the character of skilled poli- tician with a strain @ statesmanship. He is expected to be about the sort of figure in the republican ranks as was Hill in the democratic ranks. His more distinct W. F. Fairbanks, U and certain classification in politics will be as a “Platt man.” He is a man widely known throughout the country, and his mame is regarded as synonymous with craftiness, cunning and power in politics. His name is associated with that of Quay, and in the minds of many he is the craft- jer of the two. Before he came into the Senate at the beginning of Garfield’s ad- ministration he was not known to the country at large. He was not in the Sen- ate at that time long enough to make a career in that body. He was seen by the reflected Hght from Conkling and was known as following Conkling in a fight against Garfield, which ended in the two ew York senators restgning. The part he wes supposed to have taken in that fight Is indicated by the appellation of Me-too,” which adhered to him for some years afterward. The fact that the terrt- ble political passions of the hour, in the development of which these resignations were a dramatic incident, excited a luna- tie to the arsassination of the President, Gen. E. W. Pettus, Alabama. fixed in the public mind all who were as- scelated with the strife which destroyed the administration cf the last Ohio Presi- dent. The death of Conkling left Platt the principal representative of that stal- wart element, and it developed that, in- stead of being a mere follower of Conkling, he was the principal character in the great resignation act. After enduring obscurity for a while, Platt forced the recognition of himself as an important political factor in the empire state, and finally in the po- lities of the nation. Without holding office 4 without accomplishing much in par- ‘al consequence, he some- how acquired the reputation of being one of the most skillful politicians in the coun- try. For several years he has figured as an important factor in all political cal. culations. Even in conducting losing fights he has added to his reputation for cun- ning and skill. He represented the oppo- sition to the McKinley organization at St. Louis and was credited with forcing Mr. Hanna to consent to the declaration in favor of the “present gold standard” in the republican platform which defined the issue of the campaign. With the development of his reputation as a political mantpulator, the appellation of “Me-too” Platt was changed to “Boss” Platt, and “Boss” Platt he is today. There is probably no man in the Senate whose course will be watched with more interest or greater uncertainty as to what t than will his. He is one of those lean eed hungry men who think. He not only thinks but he can knife, if need be. He and Quay are associated together In the public mind. fered = Labia a associated together in their political policy as res; ts administration. se ei Peffcr will be missed. He has taken away have ever graced the finest whiskers: that If he does not go out of the jae Senate. ant pnate Lonoi for his wisdom, ‘he carri with him the respect of his former col: leagues for one thing. He has won a repu- tation in the Senate for fair dealing and a punctilious regard for his obligations—a perfect freedom from volitical 7 W. A. Harris, who succeeds’ Peffer, no whiskery and he is not particularly rad- ical as a populist. He got the reputatioi while in the House of Representatives of being “‘a rather rational sort of populist.” Alex. 8S. Clay, Georg! Mr. Harris is somewhat famous as a stock raiser, and as such is known not only in this country, but abroad. He is a Virginian by birth and served in the confederate army during the war. He has been prominent in Kansas since he went to that state to make his home and he has several times refused office when in his reach. His election to ‘the House of Representatives in 1892 was somewhat unusual in method. He had been urged to be a candidate at the election be- fore, but had declined. When, in 1892, he was again urged to be a candidate, he again declined. Meanwhile he had gone to England, and while he was abroad the pop- ulist convention met and nominated him in spite of his declination. When he heard of this the convention had adjourned and he could not avoid acceptance without caus- ing great trouble to his party. He there- fore accepted and was elected almost with- out effort. He used to be a democrat and got into the populist party through ihe Farmers’ Alliance and his sympathy with the movement of the populists in Kansas to wipe out all sectional feeling growing out of the -var. When Mr. Harris was in the House of Representatives he especially interested himself in the Pacific funding. bill, wnich he fought. He also opposed the Nicaragua canal bill. H favored the income tax bill and the tariff bill, wanted in the latter the sugar bounty to be continued, as he looked upon that as a special contract witn the sugar growe1s for five years. He opposed tre repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman law—not that he regarded that ciause as good legislation, but he wanted legislation favorable to free coinage alone with repeal. In 184 he was defeated for Congress by Gen. Blue, the present representative from that district. He was a resident of Wash- ington, D. C., when a hoy before the war. His father also, W. A. Harris, had been a representative before him, and for three years during the Buchanan administration was public printer and editor of the Wash- ington, the administration organ. There. fcre, the younger W. A. Harris, who was born in Loudoun county, Va.. in 1841, as a boy was much in Washington. His father was also United States minister to the Ar- gentine Republic for six years during parts of the Polk and Taylor administrations, and four years of that time Harris, the boy, passed at Buenos Ayres. Later the older Harris becatne interested in the Nic- aragua canal enterprise, and his son went there as a civil engineer. When the war broke out Mr. Harris was in Virginia Military Institute, a pupil of “Stonewall” Jackson. He was only nine- teen years old when he enlisted on the side of the confederacy, and soon became a col- onel and distinguished himself in a number of battles, one of them Gettysburg. In 1863 he was married te Miss Lionberger, and returned to the war. Late in the war he was captured by the federals and taken to St. Louis, where he was paroled. It was then that he came to Kansas and became a civil engineer in the construction of the old Kansas Pacific railroad, now a part of the Union Pacific. Later he was made resident engineer, with headquarters at Lawrence. In 1868 Mr. Harris settled on a farm, which he named “Linwood,” on the Union Pactfic, twenty-seven miles west of Kansas City. He has lived there continuously since. Daniel W. Voorhees, the ‘tall sycamore of the Wabash,” no longer occupies his seat in the Senate. His successor, Charles W. Fairbanks, is a lawyer of Indianapolis, who was formerly a journalist. He is one of the most skillful railroad attorneys in the west. He was born at Unionville Center, Ohio, in 1s52, and was graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University at the age of twenty. He practiced journalism and read law at the same time, and soon after his admis- n to the bar he became solicitor for the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. He ts now interested largely in many western rail- roads, being president and one of the prin- cipal stockholders of the Terre Haute and Peoria. He was temporary chairman of the St. Louis republican conventicn. He is a man of keenness and energy, with an aptness in dealing with public affairs, and is familiar with politics and politicians. He will be recognized as a business man in the Senate. S. F. Turner, who succeeds Senator Squire from Washington, fs one of the wearers of the 306 Grant medals, though he comes to the Senate as a fusion anti-administration man. He is 4 fine-looking man, forty-five years old, and a native of Missouri. Before he was twenty-one he went to Alabama, where he figured prominently as a republi- can. He was United States marshal in that state and a delegate to the convention where the 306 made their stand for a third term for Grant. President Arthur appoint- ed him judge of the supreme and district court of the territory of Washington, and he went to that territory in "81. Just be- fore the close of his term he resigned. When Washington became a state he was a delegate to the constitutional convention, and helped make the constitution of the new state. He is distinguished as a lawyer and a judge and owns a valuable gold mine. Until recently he was a republican, but when the republican party declared for the present gold standard, he joined the opposition. He was elected to the Senate by the democrats, populists and silver re- publicans, and is an earnest silver advo- cate. He is naturally a protectionist, but it is uncertain how far the republicans can count on his support for a tariff bill. - J. B. Foraker is a man who cannot fall to attract attention in the Senate. He is a distinguished looking man, with a dash and vitality about him which attracts the eye and holds the interest. The tre- mendous impulsive energy which is char- acteristic of him shows in his face and in his movements. His appearance sug- gests that he is the sort of man to dis- J. H. Earle, South Carolina. . turb the quiet order of thipgs, but there is no suggestion of light-headedness in his manner or appearance. He is likely to prominently in the Senate before his term ts old. His nature is calculated to make him a leader in some line, either to build up or to tesr down. Mr. Foraker is about fifty-four years old, and has twice been governor of Ohio. He was nominated a third time and was defeated by James E. Campbell, a democrat. He has been very prominent as a leader of his party, and is at the head of a powerfi faction. Among the soldiers and all who: admire dash and impetuosity in politics he is par- ticularly strong. Hjs name has frequently been mentioned for the presidency and for the vice presidency, but he has never been actually a candidate before the convention. During the convgntign in Chicago which nominated Harri the §rst time there was a strong Fofakéd demonstration, but Mr. Sherman was then a candidate from Ohio and Mr. §oraker was supporting him. In a sense, Mr. Foraker and Mr. McKinl-y, who today enters the White House, Mave bee rifal. figures in “Ohio Politics. Mr. Foraker ws thbj son of a well-ie-do farmer. While qu.te young he ente the army during the,war of the rebellion, and after the war Wis over graduated from college and in lay. He soon became active in politic$,}and(his dash and vigor brought him to the front as a leader. William E, Mason, who succeeds Palmer from Illinois, is not at all senatorial look- ing. He looks more,-like the jolly ho: than the sober sta n. His is the -mo amiable face in the Senate. + He is es tially a popular rhan—a good fellow— and entertaining. V experience in public affairs with readiness of wit and of e Mason is a native of New York. H: born in Callaragus county, that state, the youngest of a fami nine of whom were | Iowa, where hts father built th in the town and became its ma when he died in 1865 young Ma: ed a devided inclination for study, and after passing through the mon school course cf Bentonport great credit, at the age of fifteen i teaching the district school. In conne: with his school duties, in the capacit teacher, he et the same time underwent a course at the College of Birmingham, Iowa, Geo. L. Wellington, Maryland. - which was situated close enough to en- able him to attend to school and student duties without inconvenience. of nineteen he graduated fro: with high honor: where he became and went to Des Moines a teacher in the high school. He continued in this position until he attained the age of twenty-one, during which time he de- voted his: spare moments to the study ¢ w andshorthand. After reaching his he went into the liw office of homas F. Withrow, where he continued study of law, and r later, when Mr. Withrow was made general of the Chicago, Re nd and Pacif railroad, with headquarters at Chicago, he ceme with him as his clerk. For three years he served as Mr. With- row’s clerk, and then, hav perfected himself in the art of shorthand rep he became court reporter. Meanwhile had studiously devoted his: study of law, andafter three or four years he decided to practice'law himself, and a Uy V3 Boies Penrose, Pennsylvania. partnership was formed with M. R. M. Wallace, now Judge Wallace, and the firm of Wallace & Mason began practice. Mr. Mason was a member of the House in the thirty-first and thirty-second Illinois gen- eral assemblies and a senator in the thirty- third general assembly. He was also a member of the Fifueth and Firty-first Con- gresses. He served with Maj. McKinley, who was the leader of the House in ihe Fifty-first Congress. S. D. McEnery, who succeeds Senator Blanchard from Louisiana, is an extreme silver man, but has recently declared him- self unqualifiedly in favor of a protective tariff. He will at once be a comfort and a pain t> the administration forces in the Senate. He is an ex-confederate soldier and was very prominent in his state as an opponent to the republican party during the reconstruction times. He is about sixty years old, rather reserved and studious, a good lawyer and possesses fine literary at- tainments. He has blue eyes, florid com- plexion and bald head, and stoops a little in his carriage. He comes from a very dis- W. Af Harris, Kansa tinguished family in Lowisiana,:and since the democratic party in that state divided into factions has been the recognized leader of one of these factions. In 1890 he was elected Heutenant governor vf “Louisiana, and in a few months became governor through the death of Governor Wells. He served something over three years, and in 1£84 “was fe-elected as governor. At the end of his term he was appointed associate justice“of the supgeme court of Louisiana, and in 1892 wag nemi ed. for governor by one wing of the damodratic party and was defeated. When 7 ame evident that Senator Blancha: not be re-elected to the Senate, & inery, was choses, after a protracted id a bitter fight, through a union of the factions. He is re- garded as one of.the most extreme of the silver men, and #é is Aloken of as having become almost a populist. recently he declaiga tat he would support the protective tar Senator George co} In an interview jt icy. Pb ton of Mary- land, who succeeds Charles H. Gibson, is thought’ by many jo be the coming leader of the republicans ‘of the whole south, and it is predicted that his teadership in Mary- jand will, go ung stiotied for many years. He is given credit for having landed James A. Gary in the cabinet. He did this by ultimately securing foraMr. Gary the back- ing of nearly all the republican leaders of the south. ; Mr. Wellington's’ career as'a senator will be full of work and responsibility. His nearness to his constituents makes tim sought after by home people in search of ‘ald or office. As a member, of the House he was daily deluged with visitors. He an- ‘Bwered the calis*of all bf thevé, “giving a patient attention and close ear to each, thus Increasing his popularity. This’ ¥ame characteristic. will remain. with him in the nate. 2 2 Senator. Wellington is.essentially a map of the people. He is self-made. He was born at Cumberland, .Md., of:German par- ents, January 28, 1882 He will be one of the young men of the Senate. Beyond. a brief term at a German’school, he is sclf- educated.. Beginning. work aa a. clerk..in @ canal store at the age of twelve, Mr. ond National Bank of Cumberland. He later became teller. From 1882 to 1888 he was treasurer of his county, and was aga'n appointed to the same position in 1890. He was_a delegate to the republican national conventions of 1884 and 1888. He was the cardidate of his party for controller in 1889, but was defeated, although receiving a larger vote than ever before polled for a republican in Maryland. He was made assistant United States treasurer at Bal- ore in 18% by President Harrison. In 1892 he was the republican candidate of but was the sixth district for Congress, Richard R. Kenney, Delaware. defeated. He was again the candidate in 184, and was elected. In 1895 he managed the campaign which made Lowndes gover- ror and which gave the republicans the legislature. His brilliant work in this cam- paign made him the logical candidate of is party for senator, and he was elected after a brief fight. Few men will be missed more from the Senate than will Pugh of Alabama. His deliberateness and downright manner of speech, backed by unusual ability of a rugged sort, distinguished him in the Sen- ate, and his uniform amlapility rendered him universally popular. His successor, E. W. Pettus, is a man who has grown old in private life, and has become distinguish- ed without holding a public office. seventy-five years old, but is like a man in the full vigor of youth, with all the wisdom and experience that years gi when devoted to an active life. His career has been that of a soldier and a lawyer. He has heretofore declined all offers of a seat in Congress, though he could long ago have gone into either house. Before Serator Morgan was first elected to the Senate Mr. Pettus declined the election. About thirty years ago he and Senator Morgan were law partners. He got the title of general in the confed- erate service, where he made a_ brilliant record. He is a distinguished looking man, whose appearanc? at once commands re- spect and inspires confidence in his ability. For fifty years he has been prominently identified with the history of Alabama. He was born in 1821, in Limestone county, Alabuma, which would make him venty-five years old. After having se- cured a good education at the old-field hools in Limestone, he was graduated xt inton College, Virginia, and began the study of law in Tuscumbia, Ala., in 154. He was admitted to the practice in 154, and settled at Gainesville, Sumter county, where he practiced until 1848, when the gold excitement in California attracted him there. Two years later, however, he re- turned to Alabama and located at Carroll- ton, Pickens county, where he lived and practiced law until 1858, when he removed to Cahaba in 1806. In ISH he was elected solicitor of Sumter county, and in 18 re elected solicitor of Pickens county. © years later he was elected judge of the seventh judicial circuit, being then only thirty-four years of age. He was living at Cahaba when the war broke out, and entered the confederate ser- vice as major of the 12th Alabama. He was promoted by degrees to a brigadier generalship. At the close of the war he located at Selma, where he has since practiced his profession, being at the head of the bar of the state. He is an uncompromising advocate of the free and unlimited coinage of silver at a fatio of 16 to 1, and insists that that is one of the foundation stones of democracy. Alexander Stephens Ciay, who succeeds John B. Gorden in the S-nate from Georgia, Was not much known cutside his own state prior to his election. He was a lawyer at Marictta, had served two or three ter: a small boy. The place of his birth was Jos. L. Rawlins, Utah. a two-room log cabin and even before his election to the Senate he had become promi- nent enough to be proud of the fact and for the newspapers to publish pictures of the cabin. Senator Clay graduated from col- lege in 1876, and after that studied law and was admitted to the bar. He made a suc- cess in his practice and gained local promi- nence in politics. He was first elected to the Georgia legislature in 1884, and from that time took a conspicuous part in the legislature, being elected speaker of the lower house in 1888. In 1894 he was made chairman of the state democratic executive committee and made a reputation in that position, which he held during the recent campaign as well. He is a good talker, but not a man of great experience in national affairs. Senator Don Cameron, sedate and silent, is succeeded by a man just thirty-six years Senator Boies Penrose has long been Senator Quay’s lieutenant; now by the grace of politics and the power of the “‘ma- chine,” he is his colleague and associate in the United States Senate. If what the friends of Mr. Penrose say about him is correct he will not shine altogether in a reflected light. He is said to be pretty near- ly the peer of Quay as a shrewd politician, and to possess a’personality of his own. He is spoken of as indolent, but able. A few years ago he graduated from Harvard at the head of his class and he has a reputa- Jos. B. Foraker, Ohio. tion as a business lawyer. He is over six feet tall, has a slow and languid air and speaks with the Philadelphia drawl. He has a long face, a high forehead, and his mustache curls down over his mouth. He has a peculiarity of dress which will distin- guish him—a long sack coat,known in Phila- delphia as the Penrose coat, and an old- fashioned, bell-shaped silk hat. Among men generally he has the reputation of a gcod fellow, and among politicians he is regarded as cold, skillful and without much sentiment. Richard R. Kenney of Delaware is about forty-one years old and looks younger. He is a slender, dark-complexioned man, with an amiable countenance and a fri manner. “He is a man who has worked his own way in the world. His father was a farmer in Sussex county, Delaware. He was educated at Hobart College, and in ‘1878 went to Dover, He was there received Wellington rose to a clerkship in the Sec- in the state legislature, once as speakor of the house, and won prominence in the state through his native ability and en- ergy. He is a man with an intelligent face, tearked with lines that denote strong char- acter. He is the son of a farmer, and did his share of farm work when he was but at a law student by Willard Saulsbury, tren chancellor. In all his undertakings he displayed great energy, and soon made a success in law and in politics. For some years he was state librarian, and he rep- resented Delaware as world’s fair comimis- sioner: im Chicago: At the last national democratic convention he was a delegate, being & free “silvér man, and is now the democratic national committeeman for Delaware. He was élected to the Senate jest before the close of the Fifty-fourth Congress to fill a vacancy which had ex- isted for some time. . sonal appearance and has a charm of man- ner ut him which will make him popu: lar. Senator Earle was born in Greenvill S. C.. where he now resides. When a young man he moved from there to Sumter, S. C where he studied law and began the prac- tice of his profession. Previcus to 1886 he represented his county in the legislature several terms and first attracted the a tention of the state there by his earnest In 1886 he was the democratic can- diate for attorney general and was elects He was renominated and re-elected in 1888, at which time Senator Tillman had begun his agitation for reform in the state. The reformers heid the balance of power in the State convention in 1888 and offered t gubernatorial nomination to Earle. He r fused it, saying he was pledged to the re- nemination of Governor Richardson. Gen- eral Earle served as attorney general until 189), when Tillman made his appearance iu the political arena as for governor. Earle also came out as a candidate for governor. The two men stumped the state together, and the cam- paign wes the most bitter ever known in the history of the state. in active candidate Earle’s conduct Thos. C. Platt, New York. during that campaign was in direct contrast to that of Tiliman’s. While Earle had strong convictions and the courage to give utterance to them, he was not abusive cr offensive. He conducted himself in the dig- nified manner which always characterized him. Tillman won the fight and Generai Earle returned to Greenville and began the practice of law. Two years later, when the fight was again very bitter, General Earle refused to run as a candidate of his fac- tion and would not take sides with the contending factions. He deplored the bitter feeling which had been aroused, and, al- though an opponent of Tillman, gave the latter credit for the commendable things he did as governor This spirit of fairne: increased the popularity of General Harle. and in 1894 his ability and fairness were recognized by an election to the bench of the state. In 1896 the reform lead the state had-fully decided that Gov. John Gary Evans should succeed Irby in the Senate and had no idea that the deal would be otherwise. They thought they would huve an easy time when General Earle ap- rs of Joseph H. Earle, the new senator from South Carolina, will, it is believed by his hosts of admirers, take a high position in the Senate. He is a man of magnetic per- John C. Spooner, Wisconsin. peared in the field as a candidate against Evans. The result is known. It was a great surprise to all. In a direct vote in the whole etate Earle defeated Evans over 3,000 votes in the final primary, and the en- tire democratic vote of the legislature was cast for him as senator. Senator Earle 1s a strong advocate of free silver, but he is not expected to say offensive and unneces- sary things in debate. He is a convincing and eloquent speaker. Jcseph L. Rawlins of Utah is a native of the state which he represents. He is a man of the people, and is rather grave and se- rious in manner and appearance. He ts in- tensely earnest and immovable in any line of conduct based on conviction. He seems to be aman who has come to the front wit the stern realities of life. The first po- litical office he held was that of delegate to the House from Utah during the Fifty- third Congress. He was born in Salt Lake March 28, 1850, and lived on a farm until he was eighteen; was educated at the U: versity of Indiana, and for two years was professor in the University of Deseret in Geo. F. Turner, Washington. Salt Lake. In 1875 he was admitted to the bar, ahd from that time until he entered the House of Representatives he devoted imself to the practice of law. At the ex- piration of his term as delegate he re- newed the practice of law. He enjoys a very high reputation. John C. Spooner is one of the best known of all the new senators. He served in the Senate from 'S5 to "91, and became one of the recognized leaders in that body. He is @ man of superior ability. He is essen- tially a man of affairs, active, energetic and always alert. During his term in the Senate he was recognized as a first-class pclitician, and one wise in council. He was born In Indiana in 1843, and removed to Wisconsin with his parents sixteen years later. He graduated from the state uni- versity in 1864, and entered the army as a private, and had risen to be captain and brevet major at the close of his service. In_1867 he was admitted to the bar, and in 1870 served as assistant attorney general of the state. After that he served in the legislature, and was then, in 1885, elected to the United States Senate. Since the ex- piration of his term in 1891 he has prac- ticed law. He is a man of recognized abil- ity, and is popular among those in the Sen- ate with whom he before served. Henry Heitfeld of Idaho ts utterly un- known to public life. He ts a farmer, own- ing -a_big tract of land in Idaho up near the Washington line, and used to work in ie. He has twice been a member of the Idaho legislature, and that is the ex- tent of ‘his experience in politics. He suc- ceeds Senator Dubois, one of the best poli- ticiaris and one of the-most prominent men in the Senate. His election was the result of a pfoloriged ‘contest: which threatened FITTED TO PRESIDE Vice President’ Hobart’s Experience in Legislative Affairs. HOW HE HAS ACHIEVED SUCCESS His Has Been an Unusuaily Busy Life. A WELL- ROUNDED CAREER ae ae Vice President Hobart will not be a novice as a presiding oMicer of the Senate. He was speaker of the New Jersey house of representatives for two terms and after- ward president the sta He ranked as a splendid parliamentarian. Without these qualifications he would have no trouble as presiding officer. His quick perception. the natural part of which has been aided by experience acquired as a shrewd and successful business man, would enable him to grasp the rules in a short time. He aiso has a remarkable memory, having, as a boy, been able to commit anything to his mind for safe keeping. The immediate paternal descendants of Vice President Hobart were New Hamp- shire people. His grandfather, Roswell Hobart, was a farmer, with a large num- ber of children. One of the sons was Ad- ison W. Hobart, who, as a mere lad, went to New Jersey and began life as a school teacher. He took charge of the Long Branch Academy. He married Miss Sophia Vanderveer. He later moved to Keyport, Monmouth county, N. J., and ran a coun- try store, afterward going to Mariboro’ in the same county, and engaging in store keeping and farming. He died there in 1 his wife having died in ISSI. Mis wife was of Holland and French stock, and her ancestors were revolutionary fight- ers of renown. Garret A. Hobart was born at Long Branch, N. J., on June 3, 1844, and ‘s a year and a few months younger than the President. He has many of the sterling qualities of McKinley. He also is a well- rounded man, whose developmen: has been natural but progressiv senate. His Education. As a child he attended the common school, making rapid headway in his studies. At twelve years of age he had finished the village school, and was sent to a nelghboring classical school to prepare for college. In 1s he was ready to enter the sophomore class of Rutgers Ceo where it had been determined to send him. He red Rutgers in 1860, and graduated in 1863, at the age of nineteen, taking a high stand in all his studies. Shortly af- terward he began school teaching at Marl- boro’. Mr. Hobart’s object in teaching school was to get enough money to study law. For three months’ teaching he re- ceived $110. He.wentto- Paterson in De- cember, 186%, and began the study of law with Socrates Tuttle, a leading lawyer of the town, and an old friend of his father. Mr. Tuttle was a New Hampshire man, who had been induced by Hobart’s father to leave his state and locate in New Jersey. About the time of the birth of the Vice ident, his father and Mr. Tuttle were ssing the coming event. It was agreed if the baby was a boy he should study law under Mr. Tuttle. The agreement was carried out twenty years’ later. Mr. Hobart, who was a poor man, made money from the beginning of his work, re- ceiving a salary of $1,800 the first year as a student. This was increased. In thr years he was admitted ta the bar. After being admitted to the practice of his pro- fession he hunted for any kind of work in his line that would pay. He sat up late at night copying law papers for some of the best known lawyers of the city, and spent other hours cltrking for a bank. Gradu- ally his practice began to grow until at on time he had a large’ income. He devo himself almost exclusively to the com- mercial branch of the’ profession, rarely ap- pearing before a jury if it could be avoided. By degrees he became interested in busi ness affairs, taking stock in the many new manufacturing establishments. projected in his city. At the time of his nomination he was interested in many of these, and it is said that he was never in a failing concern. He is rated as being worth several millions. Recently he has severed his connection with such of these concerns as would prevent his giving his attention to the work of his office. In 1871, with Paterson in control of the democrats, Socrates Tuttle was elected mayor of the city and Mr. Hobart was chosen as clerk of the city council. He gave such satisfaction there that in 1872 he was elected counsel for the board of freeholders. In the fall of the same year he was selected as one of the most availa- ble men in his party as a candidate for the lower house of the state legislature. He was elected by the largest majority ever given a republican candidate. He took a leading part in that body. In 187% he was re-elected, and when the legisla- ture met in 1874 he was elected speaker. In 1876 the republicans put him up as their candidate for the state senate, and he was eiected. He was re-elected in 1879, and in ISSL was elected president of the senate and re-elected in 1882. His decisions while in the chatr were seldom questioned and were never reversed. He accomplished mtch in the way of legislation for his con- stituents, and proved one of the most pop- ular presiding officers and legislators the state ever had. Active in Politics, Mr. Hobart five times declined nomina- tions to Congress. An attempt was made to secure his nomination for governor in 1892, but this also failed. He also deciin- ed in 1895, ana did everything he could for his friend and neighbor, John W. Griggs, the present governor. In 1876 Mr. Hobart Was a delegate-at-large from his state to the republican national convention, In 1880 he was again a delegate-at-large to the national convention, from the begin- ning of his career being an ardent sup- porter of James G. Blaine. In 1884, as a delegate-at-large, he had the satisfaction of seeing his friend nominated for the presidency. That was the year he became a member of the national committee that he might give his time and money to the election of Blaine. He was a delegate at all later national conventions. at once began to agitate his name as a vice presidential candidate. can state convention of April, 1896, unani- mously declared for Hobart for a place on the national ticket. by him 4