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Show NEW DEMOCRATIC SENATORS. Twelve new Democratic senators were inducted into offica on tba opening dar of tha extraordinary session or the sixty -second congress, and nine of them wer chosen to succeed Republicans. Republi-cans. For fifteen rears prior to that time, tha Demoerafie strength in that body had been steadily declining, until it represented little mora than tha membership mem-bership from tha south, and the Republican! Re-publican! had oven made ueceasful inroads in-roads into that aaetioa. Main U aow represented In the United States senate by a Democrat. For thirty vean Maine sent Eugene Hale and William P. Fyre to tha senate, sen-ate, and for mora than thirty years before that, none but Republicans came to that body from tba old pine tree state. But a wonderful change has been wrought in Maine. For years it has been undergoing a process of political po-litical evolution, seeking to throw off the yoke of Republican rule. Aflast this has been accomplished, and as consequent of that achievement, the Hon. Charles F. Johnson, the first Demo crat to be ,lectd to the aenate from Main, aince John W. Bradbury waa chose, in 18)7, took th, oath of office on April 4. Senator Martin, ia popularly known as the plain farmer from Flain'fleld, but thia doe, not aceurateJj deaerib, him, for he haa many ornate accomplishments. accomplish-ments. Among other thine, ho comes to th, senate with a reputation at an orator, and aa th. Democrats hav, not had their full complement of oratnra in the aenat, in recent yoare, bis ability in thia direction will he valuable asset to th, party in that body. In the Hon. Lake Lea, Tonnesse, haa th, distinction of being represented by one of the youngest men who ever aat in tha United State, aenate. In fact, in th, history of th, government, leas than half a dozen mea who wer, his juniors hav, ever been honored with that ofhee. Henrv Clay waa on, of them, and the lata William Jamea Bryan-of Bryan-of Florida, who died after he had been in tbe senate for only threw months, waa another, although ha waa only a few weeks younger than Senator Lea now is. Senator Lea ia just past thirty-one year, of age, or only one yeet beyond the constitutional requirement for a senator. Although th, baby of tha senate, th, seer aolon from Tennessee is by no means a novice in politic His political career began before be bad at tained hi, majority. It was he who formed th, "flying wodgo" which took eontrol of th, atate convention that nominated Governor Patterson. Later, however, be broke with th, governor, following th, trouble which rosulted in the assassination of Senator Edward W. Carmack. Senator Lea became earmark ear-mark '0 auecessor aa-editor of the "Nashville Tennessesn," and it now th, publisher and proprietor of that newspaper. Tha Hon. Nathan P. Bryan of Florida ia tbe only one of th, new Democratic I senator, who has not yet been formally elected. H, holds hit place in th, aenate aen-ate by virtu, of appointment by the governor of hie state, awaiting tbe action of th, lexrialatur, which will elect him when it meets in due time. Your primary contest, wer, required to determine tke aenatoltal election in Florida by which Senator Bryan becomes be-comes a member of tha aenat,. In th, first two of tbeae Senator Bryan was not a candidate, th, principal contest being between Senator Taliaferro and th. Tat, (Jovomor Napoleon B. Broward. Brow-ard. Th, latter was finally successful, but died before th, beginning of hit term. That necessitated a new primary pri-mary in which ther, wer, three candidates, candi-dates, and ia deciding contest Senator Bryaa was chosen. Th, senatorship is the irst public offir, h, ,vsr held. He is a brother of the lata Senator William James Bryan of Florida. Prank B. Lord ia May National monthly. |