THE 57TH CONGRESS. "HE Congress of the United States is the law making department of our government. It consists of a Senate and House of Representatives. It devolves upon this body of statesmen to enact the laws which shall govern our great body politic. It is no wonder, therefore, that such stirring scenes of seeming discord occur when nearly four hundred men coming from various parts of our broad country with different opinions and influenced by different environments, sit together to make laws to govern properly, our people, in all climes and in every condition of life. We in civil life often murmer, at what seems to us prolonged, useless discussions; yet when we stop to think of the circumstances governing each of our members in this body, we are forced to anmit that each member of this great representative body is acting to perform the will of his constituents, who are perhaps totally unlike. The following will give us a brief insight of the qualifications and requirements of the members of each branch of Congress, also the manner of formation and conducting of the work they are required to do. THE SENATE. The Senate of the United States, the dignified branch of Congress, consists of two members from each State of the Union. QUALIFICATIONS. A Senator must be thirty years old, a citizen of the United States. His term of office is six years. HOW ELECTED. The Senators are elected on joint ballot by the Legislatures of their respective States. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SENATORS OF THE 57TH CONGRESS WILLIAM P. FRYE, President pro tempore, The Hamilton. DANIEL M. RANSDELL, 130 B street NE. Rev. W. H. MILBURN, D. D., Chaplain, The Cairo. Bacon,Augustus O.... Providence, R. I........ The Arlington. ........ Bailey, Joseph W..........Gainesville, Tex. ........... Hotel Normandie. Bate, William B...........Nashville, Tenn............ Ebbitt House. Bentonville, Ark. Beveridge, Albert J.......Indianapolis, Ind. ......... ........ The Portland. Cockrell, Francis M... ........... St. Paul, Minn. Culberson, Charles A.....Dallas, Tex. Deboe, William J...... Marion, Ky. Cincinnati, Ohio .......... The Hamilton. Tacoma, Wash. ........... Hanna, Marcus A...... Kearns, Thomas .......... Kittredge, Alfred B... .... McCumber, Porte Jr..... ....... Mallory, Stephen R..... Martin, Thomas S..... Millard, Joseph H. ............ ........ 1001 Sixteenth st. NW. 1700 I street NW. 1765 Mass. avenue NW. Wahpeton, N. Dak. ...... 1534 22d street NW. New Orleans, La. Pensacola, Fla. ......... Money, Hernando D...... Patterson, Thomas M.. ... Spooner, John C... Stewart, William M. Alexandria, Minn. Meriden, Conn. Owego, N. Y. Proctor, Vt. Marshall, N. C. ..Milwaukee, Wis. Beaver, Pa. ...... 1016 East Capitol street. 1114 Vermont ave. NW. The National. ...1736 K street NW. 1458 Columbia road. ...New Willard. ........ The Dewey. The Cairo. 315 41⁄2 street NW. ........ 649 East Capitol street. .........The Shoreham. ........................... New Willard. .......... Salt Lake City, Utah. Camden, N. J. Raleigh, N. C. Portland, Oreg. ...Madison, Wis. ........... Carson City, Nev. .......... The Albany. 34 B street NE. Riggs House. The Barton. Jacksonville, Fla. .........1774 Mass. avenue NW. The Colonial. Spokane, Wash........... The Portland. Kansas City, Mo. ......... Warren, Francis E. ......Cheyenne, Wyo. ........................ ......... New Willard. Wetmore, George P.......Newport, R. I. ............1609 K street NW. House of Representatives is the lower branch of Congress, and consists of one member for every 173,901 voters in each State. QUALIFICATIONS. A Representative must be twenty-five years of age, a citizen of the United States. His term of office is two years. HOW ELECTED. Each State is divided into congressional districts. Each district composed of counties comprising as nearly as possible 173,901 voters. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 57TH CON- DAVID B. HENDERSON, Speaker, The Normandie. HENRY CASSON, Sergeant-at-Arms, Congressional Hotel. W. J. GLENN, Doorkeeper, The Dewey. JOSEPH C. MCELROY, Postmaster, 214 A Street SE. Rev. HENRY N. COUDEN, Chaplain, 313 East Capitol street. Bull, Melville Middletown, R. I. .......... ..... ...... The Colonial. .11 B street NW. Congressional Hotel. The Normandie. .1731 Q street NW. The Cochran. The Hamilton. 1826 H street NW. 29 B street NW. 1343 Kenesaw ave. NW. The Hamilton. 223 East Capitol st. The Colonial. The Cochran. Burgess, George F. .......Gonzales, Tex. ................................ The Raleigh. New Brunswick, N. J. ..... The Driscoll. 1124 East Capitol street. Des Moines, Iowa ........1720 Twenty-first st. NW. Louisville, Ky. Indiana, Pa. ........... Winfield, Kans. ........ The Fredonia. 209 A street SE. The Hamilton. Chippewa Falls, Wis. The Hamilton. Salisbury, Md. Hillsboro, Ill. .... The National. ....... ........... San Francisco, Cal. Maysville, Ky. Belleville, Ill. Dover Plains, N. Y. Scotland Neck, N. C. ...... Salisbury, N. C. Lamb, John Landis, Charles B. Lanham, Samuel W. T. Lassiter, Francis R. Latimer, Asbury C. ...... .... ........... ........... ......... ....... Oskaloosa, Iowa.......... Weatherford, Tex. ....... The National. Richmond, Va. Delphi, Ind. Petersburg, Va. ........ Belton, S. C. The Gordon. The National. North Adams, Mass. .Lexington, S. C. Livingston, Leonidas F... Kings, Ga. .......... .... The Cochran. The Cairo. 207 First street NE. The Metropolitan. .......The Albany. The Hamilton. .........1765 Madison st. NW. 1757 Q street NW. Medicine Lodge, Kans.... The Driscoll. Loud, Eugene F. ......... San Francisco, Cal. |