ailroad; Mr. Morrison, Mr. Kasson, and Mr.
Lamar acquired additional distinction by subsequent service. Among
those now entering who grew into prominence were Julius C. Burrows,
George Willard, and Jay A. Hubbell of Michigan; Charles G. Williams
of Wisconsin; Richard P. Bland (of "Bland dollar" fame), T. T.
Crittenden, and Edwin O. Stanard of Missouri; Horace F. Page of
California; Greenbury L. Fort of Illinois; James Wilson and James W.
McDill of Iowa; William A. Phillips of Kansas; Lorenzo Danford, James
W. Robinson, Milton I. Southard, and Richard C. Parsons from Ohio;
Lemuel Todd, A. Herr Smith, and Hiester Clymer of Pennsylvania; Eppa
Hunton and John T. Harris of Virginia; John M. Glover and Aylett
H. Buckner of Missouri. Henry J. Scudder, a very intelligent gentleman
whose service should have been longer, came from the Staten Island
district, New York. Milton Sayler and Henry B. Banning entered from
the Cincinnati districts, the latter with the distinction of having
defeated Stanley Matthews. Stephen A. Hurlbut and Joseph G. Cannon
entered from Illinois. Each soon acquired a prominent position in
the House,--General Hurlbut as a ready debater, and Mr. Cannon as an
earnest worker. Mr. Cannon, indeed, became an authority in the House
on all matters pertaining to the Postal Service of the United States.

--Thomas C. Platt came from the Binghamton district of New York. He
had been an active man of business and had gained personal popularity.
He developed an aptitude for public affairs and soon acquired influence
in his State. He was not a trained debater, nor had he, when he
entered Congress, official experience of any kind. But he was gifted
with strong common sense, and had that quick judgment of men which
contributes so essentially to success in public life.

--William Walter Phelps came from the Passaic district of New Jersey.
He is a member of the well-known Connecticut family of that name,--a
family distinguished for integrity and independence of character,
and for success in great financial enterprises. Mr. Phelps received a
thorough intellectual training and graduated with distinction at Yale
College in 1860. He was soon after admitted to the bar of New York,
and took part in the management of various corporations. He has an
admirable talent for _extempore_ speech. The inheritance of a large
fortune has perhaps in some degree hindered Mr. Phelps's success in a
political career; but it has not rob