New-York tribune., 1899-03-06

NEARLY ONE-THIRD OF THE FORMER
HOUSE WILL RE MISSING.
TIREMENr or ABLE AtsE-A LONG
DEATl, LIST.
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Washington, March J--About one thirG Of the
members of the House of Representatives which
was adjourned sine di" a Yesterday Will
not sit in the LVIth Congress. and some Of them
will be missed. Their places will he filed with
about a dozen exceptions by men who nave
had no experience in Congress
The Empire State loses heavily boti, in mem
bers and weight Of legislative influence. Mr..
Hooker had resigned 10 accept an appointment
on the bench before the expiration of thc LVth
Congress. and his retirement caused 4 vacancy
in the membership OF the LVIth Congress. to
which he had been reelected. Mr. Sherman OF
the Utica District has accepted az appointment
as member of the Board Of Genera Ap
praisers and it will be necessary to hold a
cial election in that district for a Represent
ative in the LVIth Congress Messrs Hooker
and Sherman were both influential and useful
members of the last Congress. the former be-
ing chairman of the Committee Rivers and
Harbors and the latter of Indian Affairs as
well a member Of the Committee Inter
state and Foreign Commerce. He was Of
the best presiding officer the Committee OF the
Whole ever had
New-York also loses the services Of Mr.. Bel
den OF the Syracuse district who was a mem
Der of the Appropriations Committee, and was
not q candidate Tor re-e!CctiOn; OF r. b. Oueii,
who declined a denomination: Of John Murray
Mitchell, who was a prominent and influential
member of the Banking and Currency Commit
tee and was overwhelmed by the political land
slide in New-York City last year: Of Phillp
b. Low. Lemuel f. Quigg, Charles G. Bennett
and Israel ?. Fischer. whose defea,s were due
to the same causes: Of Joseph NJ. Bclford. who
missed a reelection by about four hundred
votes: Of George ~ Southwick. OF the Albany
district. and Of Rowland 3. Mahany, who had
twice carried the XXXIId District. which
regarded as strongly Democratic. and who was
defeated for recollection by a plurality OF less
than seven hundred votes.
PLACES HARD TO FILL
Neither J. Hamilton Lewis OF Washington, the
most picturesque figure In the last Congress nor
Jerry Simpson, OF Kansas. will shine and scin-
tillate in the LVIth. and Mr.. Broderick Of the
latter State, who was among the ADLER members
Of the NTH has also been retired. Mr. Dock
cry. of Missouri. one Of the most able. indus
trous and useful members Of the minority
who, by virtue Of his long service as a mem
Der Of the Appropriations Committee, welded
a powerful influence which was always eXerted
In behalf Of economy in appropriations and ex-
penditures was not a candidate for reelection
and it will be difficult to fill his place in that
important committee. The compulsory retire
ment of Mr.. Walker. of Massachusetts, chair
man OF the Committee on Banking and Cur
rency. deprives the LVIth Congress Of the ser
vices Of one whose name had become familiar
to everybody Interested in currency and none
tary reform.
Four Iowa men who will be sorely missed on
the Republican side in the LVIth Congress, are
Messrs. Curtis. Updegraff Clark and Perkins,
all of whom were members Of important com
mittees and most Industrious and useful legis-
lators. The retirement Of Mr.. Hlborn OF CAN
fornia, who failed Of renomnation ana VINO
was one Of the best informed and most useful
members of the Naval Committee. Is a loss
which will be felt in the LNIth Congress. lndl-
ana loses Mr. Johnson. who was the most rapid
talker in Congress and whose enviable record
as a stanch and powerful advocate of sound
money and Civil Service reform has latterly
been somewhat obscured by MS harsh criticisms
Of his party and his bitter attacks on
President Mckinley and his Administration.
Walter Evans. Of Kentucky, who was an iniiu-
ential member of the Committee on Ways and
Means was defeated for reelection. hut will re-
main in the public service az United states Dis
trict Judge in Kentucky. and in this capacity
his services will be especially valuable on ac-
count of his thorough knowledge of the Internal
Revenue laws.
LOSS IN MIR DINGLEYS DEATH.
The death Of Mr.. Dingley. Of Maine, who had
been reelected to the LNIth Congress has left
a vacancy which will be filed at a special cleo
ton in June He was the first Representative
elect to that Congress who has died, and his
loss will long be felt and depored. General
Wheeler Of Alabama. who member OF
the committee Of which Mr.. Dingley was chair
man, and whose right TO retain his seat In the
last Congress was seriously questioned. was re-
elected TO the LVIth Congress, and he expects
to take his seat therein.
The casualty list OF the last Congress was the
longest one on record. Three members were
unseated as the result Of contests. nine resigned
three Of them To assume the GOvernOrshp OF
their respective States-and thirteen died max
ing a total Of twenty-five, or per cent Of the
total membership
The loss by death amounted to 3.Gi per cent.
which was as heavy that of some Of the regi-
ments in the war against Spain.
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