. The Southern States. ?. THE Southern States. OCTOBER, 1893. SOUTHERN LEADERS IN CONGRESS. Bv Ed-ward W. Barrett. I. THE SENATE. In the field of real statesmanship theSouth has always outranked the has been true from the foundationof the government. It is true are statesmen of great ability inCongress from the Northern and West-ern States, but taken as a whole theSouth has more conspicuous figures,more men of great ability in proportionto the total number in the legislativehalls of this country than any other sec-tion. It is not that the soil or climate ofthe South is

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. The Southern States. ?. THE Southern States. OCTOBER, 1893. SOUTHERN LEADERS IN CONGRESS. Bv Ed-ward W. Barrett. I. THE SENATE. In the field of real statesmanship theSouth has always outranked the has been true from the foundationof the government. It is true are statesmen of great ability inCongress from the Northern and West-ern States, but taken as a whole theSouth has more conspicuous figures,more men of great ability in proportionto the total number in the legislativehalls of this country than any other sec-tion. It is not that the soil or climate ofthe South is more productive of greatmen, but it is due to a custom which hasalways prevailed in the Southern make few changes in their Con-gressional delegation. They retain theirrepresentatives in Congress just so long-as they expand. In the Senate the South has a largerproportion of great men than all othersections combined. It is because theSouth has elected and reelected the sameSenators often. Such has not been theca

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