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WHY IOWA SHINES.
Eawkeye State Has Given Long
Terms to Its Congressmen.
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Urtiutc! I'mviT In I.t'KMiktlnn for
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Washington, Jan. 1. Term of serv
ice is the real source of power in both
the Semite ami the house of repre
sentatives. The state or the city mak
ing' the least change in its congres
sional representation reaps the ad
vantage in legislation. With rare ex
ceptions, the places on important
committees are given to those most
experienced in legislation. They as
cend in grade, the same as an oilicer
of the army or the navy, in proportion
to their years of toil and usefulness.
It is unwritten law, rarely disre
garded by the speaker in making up
his committees. Jn the Fifty-fourth
and Fifty-fifth congresses Maine
wielded more influence in legislation
than any other state in the union.
Owing to their terms of service her
senators and representatives dom
inated the leading committees.
Through the effort of her experi
enced congressmen and senators mil
lions upon millions had been appro
priated for the improvements of the
rivers and harbors of the state, and
there was hardly n town of any size
within its boundary that did not con
tain u public building erected at tho
expense of the United States. Kittery
navy yard, on her western boundary,
reveled in appropriations. Her lum
ber, granite quarries and her lime and
cement were protected by the tariff,
nnd her shipyards supplied with gov
ernment work and fortified with leg
islation. She even levied tribute up
on the ocean nt the expense of her
sister slates. A law was enacted that
prevented the netting of mackerel un
til the schools reached her coast s, but
every effort to protect the menhaden
off the Jersey coast failed. Maine
fishermen and others netted them by
millions for bait and oil. Her sardine
factories were protected by heavy
duties on the French product, and
genuine Finden baddies were driven
from the American market to give
place to the inferior product dried
on her shores.
Of the 45 chickens nestling under
the broad wings of the great federal
fowl Maine drew the most warmth
nnd sustenance. It was all due to the
continuous service of her senators
and representatives. Suddenly there
came a change. Milliken, Dingley nnd
liontolle died in harness and Tom
Heed went to New York to practice
law. Only two years have elapsed
since the Fifty-fifth congress expired
nnd Maine has lost the lead. Iowa
has usurped her place. The experi
enced delegation from the Kennebec,
Penobscot and Androscoggin has giv
en place to one entirely new. None
of its four representatives has spent
more than one term in the house. In
proportion to its numbers it is prob
ably as sparkling a deputation as any
in the house, but. it has no longer the
touchstone of power length of serv
ice. Its influence in the senate, how
ever, hns been so much increased by
the re-election of Senators Hale and
Frye that it may retain ninny of the
advantages gleaned by the old dele
gation. Maine probably drew her inspira
tion from tlie city of brotherly love.
Philadelphia awoke to the impor
tance of keeping her representatives
continuously in congress before the
war. She held Samuel J. Itamlnll,
Charles O'Neill, William D. Kelley and
Alfred Thinner in the house of repre
sentatives 2S years. All died in oillee
and all were buried at the expense of
the United States. She placed Gen.
Harry Bingham in the house over '20
years ago and has kept him here ever
since. So vital to the interests of the
city was the retention of these con
gressmen that political afllliations be
came a secondary consideration. Sam
uel J. Itandall's district was always so
apportioned by a republican legisla
ture as to return him to the house
despite all political convulsions. He
served three terms ius speaker and was
for years chairman of the committee
on appropriations. Kelley, who en
tered the house a term ahead of Ilan
dnll, was at one time chairman of the
ways and means, and a member of the
committee nearly a epiarter of a cen
tury. For 10 years he was its leading
republican, and outranked Ma,j. Wil
liam .McKinley when the latter was
made chairman by the appointment
of Speaker Keed. With Itandall and
Kelley holding such important posi
tions in the house by term of service,
it is no wonder that the Industrial
nnd eommeieial interests of Philadel
phia and Pennsylvania were so care
fully fostered and nourished in all
tariff and other upheavals. No city
ever fared better in the committee on
appropriations. A mint of money
was spent In harbor and other im
provements. Islands were shoveled
out of the Delaware to improve her
ship channel, and her great shipyards
were fed with government contracts
aggregating millions upon millions.
One might almost say that the new
United Stntes navy was n product of
Philadelphia. Alfred Harmer, one of
her congressmen, was u member of
the naval committee for 12 yearn.
Unusually rich was the reward
reaped by the foresight of her citizens
in retaining their delegation. O'Neill
wns a member of the committees on
commerce and appropriations, and
Gen. Bingham has been on the com
mittee on post ofllecs nnd post roads
14 years. For eight years he has
held a leading place in the commit too
on appropriations, and for six years
has been in tho direct line of succes
sion to Joseph G. Cannon. Philadel
phia hns furnished successively four
fathers of the house. Chalrlcs O'Neill
succeeded William D. Kelley, Alfred
Harmer followed O'Neill and Ilrvrry
Bingham, Harmer. Kurcly did a dele
gation work more harmoniously than
did this from Philadelphia in its long
years of public service. There seemed
to be no jealousies among them. Each
did his level best for the city he rep
resented. If an appropriation for a
public building or for League island
was sought each member turned to
and worked like a beaver. All under
stood the science of logrolliug, and
never were they defeated. Their suc
cessors arc young men who have al
ready acquired places on influential
committees and arc yenrly becoming
more useful.
It was term of service that gavo
the south a preponderating influenco
in legislation before the war. Indecdf
It has retained it since tho conflict
In Kandall's first term as speaker (tha
Forty-fourth congress), tho south
had 32 committee chairmanships and
tho north 31. In the succeeding con
gresses up to and including the. Fifty
third the south led in committee
chairmanships. These figures appar
ently indicate that the speakers from
the south favored their own section
at the expense of their northern col
leagues. The truth is that the as
signments were made, with very few
exceptions, in accordance with prec
edent, those having the longest serv
ice having the preference.
Georgia has always recognized, tho
benefits to be derived from long serv
ice. James II. Blount was 20 years
a member of the house, and served
for years as chairman of the commit
tee on the post ofllce and post roads,
winding up as chairman of foreign
affairs. He also served on the ways
and means and on appropriations. To
Pnraniount Blount was Georgia in
debted for many legislative tidbits.
Nor is the empire state of the south
heedless of the lesson learned so
many years ago. She is one of the
few states that re-elected her entire
delegation last year. Her oldest mem
ber in legislative experience to-day is
Ilitfus E. Lester, of Savannah. He has
served 12 years, and was a favorite
presiding officer in committee of the
whole when Crisp was speaker. Sa
vannah has reaped her reward for his
long service in liberal appropriations
for her hnrbor and public buildings.
Leonidns F. Livington, who has rep
resented the Atlanta district for ten
years, is already in line for the chair
manship of the committee on appro
priations whenever the democracy re
gains the house.
Nor is the northwest behind in the
procession. Minnesota has evidently
taken in the situation. She is the
only one of the great western states
who has re-elected her entire delega
tion. With Tawney on ways and
means nnd insular affairs, McClcary
on appropriations, aside from tho
chairmanship of the committee on li
brary, Morris ,of the Duluth district,
on rivers and harbors; Stevens on mil
brary, Morris, of the Duluth district,
fairs and chairman of the printing1
committee, Fletcher on the Missis
sippi levees and Frank Eddy chair
man of mines and mining, it would
look as though she had bitten off
more thnn she could chew. At all
events she is in a fair way to reap
her reward for keeping the most of
these gentlemen in the house for tho
eight years past.
Iowa shines with peculiar brillian
cy. The speaker is of course her
most resplendent jewel, but Micro
are others of the first wnter. Gen.
Henderson had an experience of 1G
years in the house before lie aspired
to the speakership. Hepburn, of Nic
aragua canal fame, has had 14 years
in congressional life, and Hull, who
ran the military committee so ably
during the Spanish and Philippine
war, lias spent ten years in the na
tional school of legislation. Lncey,
the head of the committee on public
lands, also has a decade of service,
while Robert G. Cousins, the orator
par excellence, is credited with eight
years. The whole delegation, how
ever, is in line for advancement, and
and it is more than ever apparent
that the scepter of power has passed
from the cast to the west. Term of
service is the main lever in the trans
fer. Amos. J. Cummings.
HiihIhiiiiI mill Wlr lluniil to Iltmtli,
Little Chief. Minn., Jan. 2. Mr. and
Mrs. Milton Gorton were burned to
death at their residence, four miles
northeast of Little Chielleld, Tuesday
night. There were but three persona
In the house, the tyvo old pcoplo and
the hired man, Frank Addy, who es
caped. Mr. Gorton hud been an in
valid for years.
"CAUSED A SENSATION
Nebraska in Fever of Excitement
Over Bartley's Pardon.
Bov. Hnriigo Kxorolsnd Kxoctitlvn Clomoncjr
In llulinlf of Kx-Stntn Treasurer Who
JIn.il Kmliczzlml n ltittf Million Dol
lars from tlio State.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 2. Gov. Savago
will leave to-day for a short tour of
the southern stntes, his final destina
tion being New Orleans. At the state
house it was understood that the
pardon of Joseph Hartley, the de
faulting stnte treasurer, was to bo
the final act of executive clemency
for the present holiday season. No
local happening for months has
caused the sensation that did the
release of Hartley. Gov. Savage said
last night that he had received many
personal expressions of approval of
Ids act, as well as messages of con
gratulation. Telegrams of the samo
tenor poured into tho Hartley home,
nnd friends and former neighbors
called to express their good will. In
this city there were also expressions
condemning the governor's action, ac
companied by predictions that it
would have an important political
bearing. Mr. Bartlcy would make no
statement. The theory that the gov
ernor wns actuated by the belief that
the pardoned man would be in a po
sition to make restitution of part of
the $500,000 lost to the state was
neither nfllrmed nor denied.
WILL DEFY GOV. STANLEY.
Ono Dlstrlrt .Itnle Threaten to Hnvo the
Kxccutlve Arrvatvtl for "Con-
tnmpt of Court."
Topeka, Kan., .Tart. 2. William
Thomson, judge of the Thirty-fifth
Kansas judicial district, announces
that he will defy the will of Gov.
Stanley and adds that if the governor
undertakes to set up authority
against him, when he refuses to turn
over his office to It. C. Heizer Jnnunry
14, he will issue a warrant against
him for contempt of court. Judge
Thomson will be in the midst of a
term of court nt Westmoreland, in
Pottawatomie county, at the time.
Other judges similarly situated will
fight the new law, except Judge Bur
ris, of Johnson county, who, it is said,
accepts it.
Briefly stated, the contention is
that the judges affected by the Ilnl
lett biennial election lnw, passed last
winter, claim it is unconstitutional.
The law was enacted to legislate cer
tain populist or democratic judges
out of office and one republican,
Thomson, suffers. They claim that
if the act is unconstitutional they
will hold over until the next Novem
ber election.
A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
TIiIh Vast Sum ItaprrimntH tho Kxoohh of
tlovurumnnt ItucolptH Over Kxpunitl-
tures for tho Your.
Washington, Jan. 1. "The treas
ury is in a condition of nnexamplefl
strength," said Secretary Gage Tues
day when asked to review briefly tho
treasury situation at the close of the
year. "For the calendar year wo
show receipts in excess of the or
dinary expenditures amounting.ronnd
ly to $100,000,000 dollars. Such an ex
cess might have resulted in serioiiB
embarrassment had not tho depart
ment been able by means of this sur
plus to reduce the public debt in largo
amounts. Since April 1 lust tho treas
ury has redeemed nnd cancelled Unit
ed States bonds to the par value of
$58,714,700, which have been applied
to the sinking fund, ami the disburse
ment resulting therefrom was $72,
220,845. The available cash on hand is
therefore only about $30,000,000 larger
than the amount held a year ago."
MISS COCKRELL INDIGNANT.
DiniKhtvr of AIlHHourl Kunntor DoiiIph tha
Kiliuor of Her lCiiciinomeiit to Mil-
liouulro Clurk, of Montana.
Washington, Jan. 1. The published
statement that Miss Marion Cockrcll
is engaged to marry Senator Clark,
of Montana, is denied by the lady.
Miss Cockrcll has been much an
noyed by baseless reports of this
sort. Senator Cockrcll thought the
publishing of such stories was be
yond the limits of decent journalism.
TCenolptH of I.lvn Slock for 11(01.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 2. Almost
7,000,000 animals, valued at $130,377,
658, were marketed at the Kansas
City stock yards in 1001. The official
figures, 0,919,714, compare with fi
140,091 in 1900 and 0,510,923 in 1898,
the best previous record. The official
record of receipts in Kansas City in
the year 1901 is as follows: Cattle,
2,000,105; calves, 120.410; hogs, 3.710,
401; sheep, 980,078; horses and mules,
90,057.
Oherlln Won tlw lliirknffilltir OtTur.
Cleveland, 0., Jan. 2. With only a
few hours' margin the trustees of
Oberlin college raised the $300,000
necessary to secure the conditional
olTer of $200,000 made by John D.
Rockefeller a year ago. About $38,
0C wns raised the list day.
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK?
Have You Rheumatism? Do You Have
Bladder or Uric Acid Trouble?
i'lATw or dull ache in the back is unmistak
able evidence of kidney trouble. It is
Nature's timely warning to show you that tho
track of health is not clear.
If these danger signals arc unheeded, more
serious results are sure to follow; Bright'a
disease which is the worst form of kidney
trouble may steal upon you.
The mild and the extraordinary effect of
the world-famous kidney and bladder reme
dy, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Koot, is soon real
ized. It stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases. A trial
will convince anyone and you may have a
sample bottle free, by mail.
Bnckaoho and Urlnnry Troublo.
Among tho ninny famous Investigated euro of Swamp.
Root tho ono wo publish tlili week for tho benefit of our
readers, speaks in tho highest terms of tho wonderful
curatlvo proportion of this great kidney remedy.
Dr. Kilmku & Co., Illnglinmtoii, N. Y.
Gentlkmkn: When I wroto you last March for a
gainplo bottle of Swamp-Hoot, my wlfo was a great suf
ferer from backache, rheumatism nnd urinary troublo.
After trying thusamplo bottle, film bought n largo bottlo
hero nt the drug stora. That did her so much good she
bought more. The elfect of Swnmp-Kont was wonder
ful and almost immedlnto. Sho has felt no roturn of
the old troublo slnco
Oct., iooi. F. THOMAS,
437 Host St., Buffalo, N. Y.
Lame back is only one symptom of kidney
trouble one of many. Other symptoms
showing that you need Swamp-Root tiro,
obliged to pass water often during the day
and to get up many times at night, inability
to hold your urine, smarting or irritation in
passings brickdust or sediment in the urine,
catarrh of the bladder, uric acid, constant
headache, dizziness, sleeplessness, nervous
ess, irregular heart-beating, rheumatism,
bloating, irritability, woruout fecllns", lack
of ambition, loss of flesh, sallow complexion.
If your water when allowed to remain undisturbed in a glass or bottle for
twenty-four hours, forms a sediment or settling-, or hns n cloudy appearance,
it is evidence that your kidneys and bladder need immediate attention.
In taking Swamp-Root you afford natural help to Nature, for Swamp-Root
is the most perfect healer and gentle aid to the kidneys that is known to
medical science.
Swamp-Root is the great discovery of Dr. Kilmer, the eminent kidney and
bladder specialist. Hospitals use it with wonderful bucccss in both slight and
severe cases. Doctors recommend it to their patients and use it in their own
families, because they recognize in Swamp-Root the greatest and moat
successful remedy.
To Prove What SWAMP-ROOT, the Qreat Kidney, Liver and Bladder
Remedy, Will do for YOU, Every Reader of our paper
May Have a Sample Bottle Absolutely Free by Mail.
If you have the slightest symptom of kidney or bladder trouble, or if there
is a trace of it in your family history, send at once to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Biugliamton, N. Y., who will gladly send you free by mail, immediately, with
out cost to you, a sample bottle of Swamp-Root and a book of wonderful
Swamp-Root testimonials. In order that yonr request for sample bottle may
have immediate attention be sure and mention reading' this generous offer
in this paper.
If you are already convinced that Swamp-Root is what you need, you can
purchase the regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles at the drug stores
everywhere. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, and the address, Biugliamton, N. Y.
A MIXED LOT.
In Poland it is a penal offenso to
speak Polish in any public resort.
Great Britain loses more than
10,000,000 woith of property an
nually by fire.
In 179G William Jenner made his im
mortal experiments nnd placed them
on a working basis.
In Turkey red hair is counted a
great beauty, and the women dye
their hair that tint.
In every 1,000 British men there are
35 widowers; in 1,000 British women
there are 78 widows. .t
The amount of live fftock in the
United States is worth $1,000,000,000
more than five years ago.
When the present prince of Wales
was a sailor boy on the warxhip Britan
nia his nickname was "Sprats."
It is said that raw eggs and milk
are a sure remedy for poison of any
kind taken into the stomach.
What will be the largest white lead
manufacturing plant in the world is
to be established at St. Louis; capital,
$15,000,000.
A GRATEFUL MAN.
Cox, Wis., Jan Gth. With Kidney dis
ease so bad that he could hardly walk,
across the room for pnin Frank M.Hub
sell of this place was a man greatly to
be pitied.
He tired out with the slightest exer
tion and in spite of all the doctors
could do for him he was growinggrad
ually worse. He had tried many med
icines and treatments without benefit,
but recently he read in n newspaper
about Dodd's Kidney Pills and these
helped him from the very first dose.
He took several boxes before he was
completely cured but now he is well
and strong ns ever he was and feels
very grateful to Dodd's Kidney Pills
for his restoration to good health.
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