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Show I COME FROM SMALL PLACES. j Politicians of , Highest Ability Not Raised In the Cities. , It Is an Interesting fact that pulltl- 1 clans of Iho highest ability are often produced by the si rustles forced upon them from the restricted environment ' of a country town, ssya the I'm! land ( Oregonlun. Piatt, of New York, live f at Uwego, Qitey at Heaver, airman at ; . Laurel. When one rennets upon tha acumen necessary lo offset the disadvantages disad-vantages of a small lia-al deli-yntlon In Hinte and district conventions. It :, becotnoe apparent how much credit these isiworfiil bosses deservo for raising rais-ing up and maintaining thnmsolvne ' In the face of opposition from rival situated In Die gnat cities of New : York. Philadelphia snd llultlmore. Other eminent Hcnatora whose home t are outside the metropolis of their stales are Bpooner, of Madison: I'roo- ; i tor, of Proctor: Klklns, of ICIklns; Morgsn of Belma: Toller, of Central j City; Plait, of Merldim. Conn.; Dolll- ver, of Fort Hodge; lllnckhurn, of Versailles; Hale, of Kllsworth; Karon. 1 of Macon; Uulge, of Nahant; lloai, I of Worcester: Nelson, of Alexandria; j Cookroll. of Warrenshurg; Hopow, of ' Peeksklll; Daniel, of Lynchburg. There . I hardly a great city of the country j with a representative uf any prom I Inenre In the Hcntttc. Philadelphia and Bt. 1-oiils have men there of In- , ferlor powers and a few places Ilk j Omaha. Helinil. Milwaukee and Port- 5 land have one. Indianapolis haa both I the Indiana Senator, and Ohio' sent I I are divided between Cincinnati aud j t Cleveland. j t |