Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-01-29
SENATORS, NEW AND OLD.

State legislatures to elect Senators arr
also to be filled. The personnel of the
body will not, however, show change tc
any extent commensurate with the
number of elections, for happily the
rule of rotation in office does not gen
orally obtain in the choice of United
States Senators.
True TO it's tradition of continuing
faithful servants in office, w-Eng-
land retuFns three out of the four
whose terms expire, the exception be-
ing w-Hampshire While it will be
difficult for a new man for a long time
to fill Mr.. Chambers place, his success
sor, Mr.. Burnham. seems to measure
up to the States high standard. The
venerable Senator from Massachusetts,
has so endeared himself to men of all
parties that nobody thought of dis
placing him, and Republicans who diff
fered with him most widely on some
questions of National policy were most
enthusiastic in their applause of Mr..
Hears reelection. Mr.. Frye is an
other of the long time Senators who
goes back by common consent. after
having represented Maine continuously
in the Senate since the resignation of
Mr.. Blame to become Secretary of
State in the Cabinet of President Gar
field. His service on the committee
of Foreign Relations and as a member
of the Commission making the Treaty
of Peace with Spain, his work in behalf
of the American merchant marine and
his position as president pro tempore
of the Senate have combined to give
him a high place in popular esteem
among the leading American states
men. Mr.. Cullom, of Illinois, and Mr.
Mcmillan, of Michigan, are also prom
inent among the older men on the Re
publican side whose service is contin-
ued; and both enjoy the high honor of
unanimous denomination by their par
ty.
Of the Republicans who are to be-
gin second term in the Senate per-
haps the most active and influential is
Mr.. Elkins, of West Virginia. His
second election is particularly grltify-
ing in that it seems to insure continued
Republican ascendancy in West Vir-
ginia. Settling in that State after a
training as Territorial Del
egate in Congress, Mr.. Elkins rose to
leadership and organized the forces for
tho overthrow of the old and outworn
order which had retarded the States
He identified himself
with the industrial awakening which is
West Virginia, and as
a champion of Sound Money, Protec
ton and Internal improvements has
greatly assisted to promote its prosper
ity. In the Senate he has had an in
Huence rare for a first term Senator,
and he has given to West Virginia a
weight in National affairs beyond the |
measure Of its wealth or population.
On the Democratic side of the Cham
DER Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, will be
ound, beginning a term which when |
will have rounded out a |
,ontiued service of thirty years in the
Senate. He is best known as a cham
)ion of the interoceanic canal project |
md an American whose pride in his
greatness transcends parti-
an prejudice. South Carolina returns
senator Tillman. who has been widely
,nown for his brusCueness of manner
nd his extreme positions as a support
r of Organism. He is everywhere rec
gnized, however, as a direct, straight
onward fighter, and his influence as 2
leader is increasing stead
y. So also is his personal popularity
mong the Senators on both sides as he
ecomes more experienced in political
Another influential Demo
rat who will begin second term is
Ir. Bacon, of Georgia, who has estab
shed a high reputation as resource
III political leader. Senator Black
urn will once more represent Ken
lcky after an absence of four years
lis return and the election of Mr.. Fos
ar to succeed Caffery in Louisiana
lark the almost complete ascendancy
+ the new radical elements in the
party and the setting aside
f the oldtime conservative leaders.
The Republican party, on the other
and, as will be seen frsm the few in
tances cited, preserves its continuity
With the past to remarkable degree,
nd such changes as do take place am
ing its Senators show no changes in
,arty sentiment. The idea of the max
rs Of the Constitution that the Sen
tie would be continuous body. guard
ng the Government against violent
md sudden changes of policy, has Ger
ainly been realized, as is shown by the
act that of the twenty-six elections
already held for full terms thirteen