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Show CALIFORNIA'S NEW SENATOR. Senator-elect Felton is an extreme goldolater. ( )f course. No man can bo elected senator from California unless he stands solid with"the money power." Boston Globe. Charles N. Felton, senator-elect from California, is a well equipped man for the office. In the first place, he Is not troubled with the free silver coinage theory. Brooklyn Standard. Senator-elect Felton, of California, Is a good man whoso vote will always lie cast in sue.h a way as to keep the democrats dem-ocrats in mourning for the lata Senator Sena-tor Hearst. St. Louis Glubu Demo-cral. Demo-cral. Mr. Kstee, of California, says ho is satisfied, and adds that Mr, Feilon had more money than he had. The truth is that both havo loss now than beloro Senator Hearst died. lOmaiia World Herald. It is nt least some satisfaction to know that "Mike" Do Young, of Sao, Francisco, will not add to the interest with which the people will observe the proceedings of the United States senate. Providence Journal. The new senator from California i.s Charles X. Felton. Js he a rich man? Well, raihur. Everybody is rich in the land the land the gold comes from. At least, the boomers would like to have us believo it. lirooklyn Times. The senatorial light in California was short, sharp and decisive. Charles Felton, if all reports are true, had the biggist bank account, and could sign the largest checks without fear of having hav-ing them denied payment at tho bank. I Baltimore Herald. Tin! spectoole of Mr. Felton, of California, Cali-fornia, nailing into the senate "without spending a dollar," and on the strength of his manly virtues, has the air of unreality un-reality ami romance which requires, in accepting, several tons of the best and purest table salt. Kausas City Star. Mr. Felton is not a poor niau. Ho has served with some credit as a representative repre-sentative in coegress, is a pronounced advocate of a gold standard of cointigo and a man of considerable ability, Altogether Al-together his selection raises the standard stand-ard of senatorial timber from thol'acif-ic thol'acif-ic slope. I New Haven Register. "Charley" Felton, "as the bon viv-ants viv-ants called him in Washington, is to I succeed George Hearst as Senator from California. Felton always had the reputation rep-utation in Washington when ho was in ( 'ongress of. being a very wealthy man. His success in this contest with Ksteo and De Young ought to settlo it beyond a doubt. Huston Record. His record as representative in Congress Con-gress was purely negative. At tho last session he attended, the second session of tho Fiftieth Congress, ho thrust himself him-self before the country on five occasions. occas-ions. Once he spoke in faver of a private pri-vate appropriation bill; once he was appointed a conforree: twice ho presented pre-sented petitions in favor of prohibitory legislation, and once be asked for and received leave of absence. New Y'ork Commertial Advertiser. |