The Washington times., 1901-12-23
TIMES CHANGES
IN THE SENATE.
Upper House History Re-
plGte With Interest.
is BLESSED With Two FATHERS.
Deiaware's Chronic Deadlock
Causes Vacant Seats to Distin-
guish It's Place in the Highest
Legislative Body in the Land
Features Of the New Directory.

The second edition OF the Congressicn-
Al Directory for the present Congress
First session Fifty will be
ready to be placed On the desks of the
Senators and Representatives when Con-
press reconyenes after the holidays 1t
viii contsin The lists OF committees which
had not been appointed when the Grzt
edition was published December .
This edition OF the valuable and always
entertaining directory VIII contain also
most interesting chronological table Of
Senatorial terms never before compiled
or published. II is entitled List Of
Senators by Seniority at the Beginning
of the Fifty-seventh Congress. but this
gives little Indication Of the amount OF
information with regard to the ooupara-
live length of service OF the various Sen
atcrs. divided into groups. and forming an
accurate and convenient basis for study
Of The shifting personnel of the Senate
for the past quarter Of a century. and an
opportunity for specializing upon the ef
feet CT age on the life OF the Senate and
the fortunes of legislation.
Grouped According 10 Service
The table divides the present Senate
into thirty-one groups, that is it ar
ranges in a class by themselves the Sen
aiors VINO were sworn in simultaneously.
In this way it is easy to see at a glance
who is the father of the Senate. the baby,
the half-grown. and so on through the
various stages that differeutiate the SEN
Forty years ago it was a very easy mat
ter for spectator in the gallery to pick
out the old Senators from the new by
the amount of hair on their heads. the
length Of their whiskers the cut of their
frock coats the height Of their stocks
etc. But times have changed. and Sena-
lois don't wear frock coats and stocks
now. and very few of them have boards
and so many of the young men are bald
hat the amount of hair on their heads
indicates nothing as to their age.
Free and Easy in Manner.
They are all OF them. moreover. so free
and easy in their manner and SO demo-
cratic in their habits. as compared with
Senators in the good old days. tEat they
look just about like any other class Of
tanning their length of service Is The Of
fetal record Of the Senate.
To put that record into a handy form,
which viii tell its story OF length Of ser
vice at a glance. is the object of the ne@
table. and il will no doubt be q very pop
ular addition 10 the other published sta
tistics about the members OF the great
est. and most august legislative body on
earth"
blessed with Two Fathers.
According to this compilation OF senI-
ority statistics. there are two fathers OF
The Senate-william B. Allison. Of Iowa,
and John p. Jones' of Nevada both Of
whom were sworn in on the 9Th OF March,
1873. and have served continuously ever
since.
The youngest child. although he is
about the largest member OF the iamily
in poi of size. is a. b. Kittrcdge. OF
South Dakota whose commission a
Senator dates only from July II, 1901.
Messrs. Allison and Jones are in class l
oi the table. therefore. while Baby Kit
iredge is in class 81. and all by himself.
There are several Senators older in
years than either of the fathers OF the
senate and many who appear TO have
seen many more winters and summers
OF age. looks at least fifteen years young
cr. while Mr.. Jones. although plump in
figure and rudy of complexion. active of
movement and bright of eye. looks. with
his white hair and biily-goat beard just
about as old as he really is-seyenty
Few Really PatriHrchnI.
The United States Senate is popularity
regarded as a body of elderly men. Pa
triarchs,' "solous." grave and reverend
seigneurs,' e they are often called. and yet
there are very few really old men in the
Senate. the Methuselah Of them all being
MIR Pettus. of Alabama. who is eighty.
His colleague. Mr.. Morgan. IS seventy
Sc en. Mr. Vest of Missouri. seyenty-one;
his colleague. Mr.. Cockrel. sixty seven. /
Mr. HOsr. OF Massachusetts. Gevcniy-liye.
Hr Bate seYenty-iiye And this Is about
I'll therc are who can be righuuljy termed !
old TIE baby OF the Senate is Bailey OF
Teyas thirty-eight.
Perhaps the most Interesting fact /
shown by this table OF seniority is' that
the Senate. although continuous body.
is . gery changeable one as regards its
personnel the terms OF the Senators be-
ing on an average brief.
Not 81 Grant stntwHr, LctI
IT Is only little more Than twenty eour |
years since Gen Ulysses S. Grant ceased to 1
l,e President OF he United States. set
i,.cre are only three men in the senate !
todar who werc there when Grant was ]
President for the second time. and not I
one ass Senator during his first terra in 1
she Nhne House. These three arc AMI /
son and Jones. Republicans and CocFreu |
Democrat. Not one OF the band Of stall 4
warts who stood by Grant during the mo- I
npnious years Of his Administration o. |!
left IN the Senate today.
There are only seven Senator now in 1
oi.cc today Who were members o. the
DGy Wheu Rutherford Is. Hayes fhe sue
g. assor of Grant WAS President. although ,
Is only a little more than twenty years /
since his term expired. These seyen SEN
81 ors. who comprise classes J. >, 2 and J
'iie table. are Allison. Jones. Cockrell. /
Missouri, who took his seat March g. /
40. and who Is in class all by himself |
iloar Morgan. Piait, OF Connect icnt, and |
Vest. The first two have been Senators
since March 5. 1877, and the iatter two
since March IS. 1873
OF More Recent Date.
Thor' are only twelve Senators who
wrr rs The body when Arthur was Presi-
dent: eighteen who served during Ciere-
lands Grst term. and thirty eve during |
fic,clands second term.
~ Is ten Years since Tom Reed vas he
Gar Of ihe House Of Representative in |
bee fsmels Fifty first Congress. tbosc OK /
citing snd turbulent times when he Reed I
rules Hcrc forced upon the House OF Rep
rrEenta lives and hats and coats and dis
appearing ooaiiails for the FIRST line
counted as live men In order 10 make ~
the necessary quorum for the transaction
OF public business. Thee. arc ninelec3 /