The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-11-22

drich is powerful. He is modest. That is
why he is powerful. He does not bluff
| and bluster and become irnbued with his
selfimportance. He sits in his seat as
! quietly as the newest senator in the BODY
and generally more so; until something
comes up where a word is needed from
| him. He controls the senate organiza-
/ ton, yet he is ut a despot. He is learned.
I yet not keeniy intellectual. But he knows
nearly everything and he is successful
Aldrich takes eight lines in the con-
gressional directory to tell his history
/ He is g. years of age. He received an
academic education. He was president Of
! the Providence common council, 1s1l 10
/ 1913. He was a member of the lower
! house of Rhode Islands legislature, 1910
and 1876. the latter year as speaker II"
was a representative from Rhode 1sla l'i
/ from 1879 II 1881, when he came to ne
senate. and has been continuously re
elected He viii be up for reelection in
1905, and, of course, Will be returned.
Aldrich is chairman of the great COM
mittee on finance, corresponding to the
house committee on ways and means
That gives him the senate leadership.
He also is ranking member on the CON-
mittee appropriations. being next t0
Senator Allison, who is chairman. He is
also on other committees, including rules,
relations with Cuba, and interstate-corn-
merce. but the first two named are he
chifest and most important assignments
Senator Allison is another senate lead
e1- Ia i- IF
at that. He is physically erect and alert,
and mentally keen and bright. He was
for eight years-fron 1863 to 1s7I-a mem
Der Of the lower house. He dropped out
to run for senator, was defeated, but was
successful in 1873 and has been senA
tor continuously since that time. He was
just reelected year ago for the fifth
time. and when his service in 1909 is COM
pleted he viii have served thirty six
years in the senate without interruption;
will have broken all records. and Will he |
30 years of age. He is chairman of ap-
propriations, a member of finance and he |
compittee on the Philippines. He is a
senate leader in its truest sense, and i !
great man.
Probably third in Importance is Senat )r |
o. H. Platt, of Connectiucut. This man /
of towering stature and great intellect is
a credit to the country he serves SO well. /
He is 76 years of age, had much service |
in his state legislature, and came to the |
senate in 1879. having remained without a
break all the years since then. His term
Will expire in 1909 He is chairman of the |
committee on relations with Cuba. and
member Of finance, Indian affairs ard the |
judiciary. He is a speaker # much
force, and a most powerful nan III the
senate. He is a statesman, if thera is one
in congress.
Senator Frye, the president pro-tempore
of the senate, comes from Maine He is
y years of age, and not ony 4 finished
parliamentarian, but a man with genius
for public affairs. After distinguished
service in his state he came TO the house
of representatives in 1871, where he re-
manned until James G. Blaine was made
secretary of state in 1881 and resigned as
senator. Frye succeeded Blaine, and has
been here since He is also chairman oS
the important committee on commerce,
and looks after its work as wei: as pre-
sides over the senate.
Senator Lodge, Massachusetts is one of
the younger members of this sr.:,t body.
He is essentially an orator. finished
one-but he is a statesman, as well The
junior Massachusetts senator is 50 years
of age, and after he had served two terms
as speaker of the lower house of the leg
islature of his state, he came to con-
gress in 1887, and to the senate in 1898,
intimate friend of the president; is an ora
tor Of international repute; has a keen
mind, and literary as well as statesman
like taste, and often represents this coun-
try upon international boards and COM
missions. He is chairman of the COM
mittee on the Philippines. and the SEN
ate authority on matters pertaining to
that archipelago.
No attempted intelligent recapitulation
OF senate leaders would be complete with
out including Marcus A. Hanna, Of Ohio
This man. who did not enter political life
as holder of high office until he had
nearly reached the age of GO yeas has
been marvel since his entrance in+) the
senate. He has not only been 4 political
leader but counsel. and wise nreserver
Of public interests since that time. His
is along practical lines. Tor
forty years he has been 4 most successful
man OF affairs in the business woIli lie
has been an employer of thousands Of
men. who never had a complaint to make
that was just and right ana he Eas
never had 4 strike in all his long period
Of employment Of labor. The keen
knowledge this senator from Ohio has of
men and OF affairs has safeguarded the
country in more ways than one since he
entered the greatest deliberative body in
the world His contributions toward an
sthmian canal have not been approached
even by those Of the venerable John T /
Morgan. of Alabama, who has made the
subject 4 life study Senator Hannas
speech on this question In the last con-
yress. and his effort on the shipping bill. !
n which he was the strong advocate.
we're such as TO command the wholesome
respect and admiration Of the senate.
Each time he spoke without note. appar-
Entity. for hours and his presentation was
,ne Of strength anad supreme knowledge
# what he was discussing Plain and
practical. he gave his opinions 10 the SEN
lte and they added much in the general
-esuIt The shipping bill was temporarily
defeated. but some day the stars and
stripes viii float over every merchant ]
nan plying tEe waters Of the globe: and
An7ericsn-made goods viii go to foreign
,ountries in Amcriean-made and Ameri- 7
manned ships. under the American
sag to the prof; and honor Of the cour-