The Atlanta constitution., 1900-12-03
DAVlS'S DEATH LEAVES
AN IMPORTANT VACANCY
BY JOS Oil.

Tho death If Senator Davis, of Mn
neeota looves a hole on the republican
side Of the senate which 1t is going 20 be
difficult TO FIJI. Senator Davis was
great big man in a great many respects
but ne was particularly unique from NJ
fact that ne was about the only man on
/ th, ronur>tcan side of the chamber VINO
/ has ever given any serious study 10 m
I teruationaI problems and ntcrnalloud'
I poitics There are a number OF men a9
+ able, some perhaps more able, III othe'
lines but no one who has made anything
| like speciality Of internotonal Que-i.',iS'
Il is no disparaScmcut az dhNh"uS ''S
! to saw however. that there Is hut one
/ other senator who possesses the SAM
4 srtSD of international problems ana that
i Senator Morgan. OF Alabama who was
/ chairman OF the committee when iAe
/ democrats were in control OF the senate
/ Other men there are who, given the same
/ ouportuuity. would doubtless attain
/ similar prominence in ttts direction OUT
;hcir study and their endeaNors nave
been i'm other lines.
The next man to Senator Davis on the
. committee g. Senator frye, OF Maine
Senator Frye is acting president oi l'e
senate aud VII be- unth the new wee
,re.fartt takes tho oath of oiiice ou the
fth of March senator Frye is chairman
of the committee ON commerce. which If
one of the most important committees al
the body ana "h'eH '9 '''
10 his taste thau would be the chairman
ship of foreign relations III IS hardly
prohahlc t"at III any event ''y
Wili-h- 10 give W. 'n' ,,t..'.. ~,
ml'''o III 'Ny.''7' ,l,.. i,t..,
4oi''-" i'''. ..,,1 -, ,,,trank his
C"iiiii'' ''''' -
fL1s'"' o"o ,,4+, H.
Inc HDNt ma" "u ,-,t,.,.
senator N""'''' 'l i',',.'' ,.,.',.. - ~.
S'i'',"i -, -. h. ,.....s-
duahic' -ohs "".'h s'," ~
saIN lh we htHdiii- "l ''''i-'
Moreover. the senator JU7t A'" "'a "
very Hrec-siZrd night on his hands ana IL
f. bV n1 means certain. even If probable,
49, r ,,.i, H. .tl. fan rftafu his hold
49,. tt,.. GOA, ,.bf,b b. bo- ba.4 eo many
y" '"' - It..,..i. -..,,o.
years ana 70 "lli'" "'"''
men oI more or less i'Io"H di' 'taP4il lii7.
,t.
Then comes senator ii'i''S N''''
I.odse of AassachuSeU5. lie Is the most
lll;eiv man of the lot to be made chair
-, ..r,, 49,. committees are rccast in
n'""
the h'" cohEr'ss
Senator Lodge mas ud"e',h ~ l"i'iNu
affairs I'm % diActlut sort az way. nut
that is about all lie has however. given
th.u amy other member Of the commit
win the Two exceptions noted above.
other repuI,icans ON the committee are
Snnator Foraker Of Ohio. Clark. of Wyo-
,,,i,,,, ana \Np.crtt Of Colorado. or these
+bre. \yol.1tt has probably studied f5r-
t ,,,,ttor. r,,r. than the other two
~. 49, .,,...,t elcetious left him m he
- - IL ,h. .lo,oa luclls" h" senator
-, ,.,,,,d nrobablv come nearer
-. .t,. ro,,,st western idea of the
-. IT,, f,reip-n poItcy of this government
should b, shaped than would any of the
,,b..,s. INN his idea is diplomacy with a
,f,b
- i. ,.,,.,. ,.,,,or,ll,- believed that for
80. sh.,t ..-sion senator Frve viii act
ss CHAIRMAN Of the committee ami the
work Will fall principally ON the shoulders
OF senator Lodge. The Massachusetts
senator is now chairman Of the commit
ten on Philippine affairs. but 10 Is not
thought that very much legislation Ell
come out Of that committee during fhe
present session. The SpO0ner bill, when
gives to the president authority 10 go
ahead and administer affairs about as he
sees tit-it is bill similar 10 that when
was passed after the Louisiana purchase
will be brought out early. but there is
ra. .r % =, ihopod OF any large
amount OF detailed legislation. 80 Sen3-
to foreign affairs generally. which 4 IS
necessary for somebody to give to them.
The mention of Senator Spooner IN TINS
connection warrants the comment that
OF all Tho men on the repuplcah slde Oh
ID Ia IN