Evening star., 1902-02-22
OLD AND YOUNG.
Members Of the Senate Classified Ac-
cording to Age.

When woman suffrage is Thoroughly es-
tablished in this country and women sit
In both houses of Congress 1t may become
necessary to revise some OF the customs
that now prevail. and especially that un-
written law that makes 1t necessary for
every senator and representative to fur
nlsh an autobiographical SKETCH beginning
with statement OF age for publication In
the Congressional Directory. The records
In the directory are revelations TO many
people who consult them. Th>Se records
show an evenly balanced Senate of young
men and old men, AT the present time the
records reveal the ages OF eighty six sena-
tors. Senator Burton of Kansas who has
not yet reached middle life. is the only sem
ator whose name Is included In the direc-
tory without the date OF his birth. Senator
Dryden or New Jersey has not yet had his
autobiographical sketch published. The
absence OF the two senators that Delaware
Is entitled to makes up the four vacancies
In the senatorial age records.
The records show that OF SO senator's 3
Bailey OF Texas, Beveridge Of Indiana and
hearns OF Utah are under forty years of
age, the Texas senator being thirty-eight
and the senators from Indiana and Utah
thirty-nine years of age. Twelve senators
are between forty and fifty; 30 between fifty
and sixty; 26 between sixty and seventy.
ii between seventy and eighty, and just
one. Senator Pettus of Alabama between
eighty and ninety years of age Senator
Pettus was eighty years Of age at his last
birthday.
Senator's who have lived more than sew
enty years, nearly all Of whom have the
Vlgor and appearance of much younger
men. are Allison of Iowa, -: Bate of Ten
nessee, 10; Cullom OF illinois, -: Frye of
Maine, 90; Gibson Of Montana. IL; Hawley
Of Connecticut. 10; Hoar of Massachusetts.
10; Jones of Nevada, -; Morgan of Ala
bama, a; Platt of Connecticut "A; Proctor
of Vermont. 20; Stewart Of Nevada. "A;
Teller of Colorado. Il. and Vest of Mis-
souri,, II. Senator'S between 60 and 20
years Of age are Aldrich of Rhode Island
60: Bacon of Georgia, 62: Bard of Califor-
mia, 60; Berry of Arkansas. 60: Blackburn
90; Clark of Montana 63: Cockrell of Mis-
souri,, 81; Depew of New York 81; Elk
ins Of West Virginia, 60; Foster of Wash
ington. 60; Gallinger- of New Hampshire,
u: Hale of Maine, 65; Hanna OF Ohio, "a:
Harris Of Kansas, 60; Jones OF Arkansas.
81; McEnery Of louisiana 81; Mcmillan
Of Michigan. 63; Millard of Nebraska. 70;
Mitchell of Oregon. 66; Money of Missis-
kins Of California 63; Platt of New York,
6e; Quay Of Pennsylvania, 6S Senators
whose ages range between 80 and GO are
Burnham Of New Hampshire. 81; Clapp Of
lei Of Virginia. SO; Deboe Of Kentucky. SO:
Dillingham; of Vermont, 50; Dubois Of
Idaho, 80; Foraker Of Ohio, IS: Foster Of
Louisiana; 50: Gamble Of South Dakota.
Yl, A1diSUlou6u VI fNOTlH bdhOta Ofb
Lodge Of MASSACHUSETTS,. 81; McComas Of
Maryland, 55: McLaurin, Mississippi. 53:
Mallory, Florida, SO; Martin, Virginia. "a:
Mason, Illinois. 81; Nelson, Minnesota. SO:
Quarles. Wisconsin. So; Rawlins Utah, 81;
Scott West Virginia, SO; Simon. Oregon,
81; Spooner, Wisconsin, 50: Taliaferro.
Florida, 81: Tillman. South Carolina "a:
Turner. Washington. 50; Warren, Wyo-
ming. 81; Wellington. Maryland, so. and
Wetmore, Rhode Hand. 55 The following
are between 40 and 80 years: Carmack,
Tennessee. 43; Clay, Georgia. 4S: Culber-
son. Texas, 46; Dietrich, Nebraska, 4S:
Dolliver. Iowa, A: Fairbanks, Indiana. 40:
Heitfeld. Idaho, 43; kean, New Jersey 40:
Kittredge. South Dakota, 40; McCumber.
North Dakota, A: McLaurin South Caro-
lima. Al: Penrose, Pennsylvania Al: Pritch-
ard, North Carolina. A; Simmons, North
Carolina. 48.
Fond mothers in casting up the chances
of their boys to become senators may study
with some interest the records of the
months in which the senators were born.
Boys born in the late winter and early
spring have the least chance. OF the
eighty-six senators whose days OF birth
are given only four were born In Febru-
ary, five In March and four In April. Au-
gust was bad month for senator's as but
five came into the world in that month
The highest record Is held by the month of
May. in which ten senators were born.
January, October and July were months
fruitful Of senators, as nine Of them were
born in each Of those months. Six were
born In June eight in September seven In
November and six In December.