Massachusetts
has kept the succession of United States Senators unbroken,
and has had a Republican delegation in the House ever since
the party came into power, with two exceptions. She has in
general maintained her great Republican majority. On the other
hand Kansas has been represented in turn by Democrats and
Populists and Socialists and the advocates of fiat money and
free silver.
Senator Cockrell of Missouri entered the Senate two years
before I did, and has been there ever since. He is a man
of great sincerity and integrity, of great influence with his
own party, and highly esteemed by his Republican associates.
He can generally be depended upon for a fair vote, certainly
always for an honest and incorruptible vote, and to do full
justice to a political opponent. He used for many years to
prepare one speech, in each session, in which he went over
the political issues of the two parties in a violent and extreme
fashion. He would give us the whole history of the year and
point out the imperfections and weakness and atrocity of the
party in power in a most unsparing fashion.
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