The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-05
AFTER LONG SERVICE
JOHN P. JONES RETIREs FROM
 THE SENATE.
For Thirty Years He Was Member of the Upper House of Con- gress-James K. Jones
 Also Out.

the Senate to-day was interesting not alone by the official proceedings on the floor of the chamber, incident to the last day of a Congress, but by many occur rences which were purely social in their | character, due to the fact that the day marked the close of many careers in the Senate.
 Of the 30 Senators whose terms expired when the presiding officers gavel fell at noon, 13 failed to secure selection either through defeat or through their own re- fusals to enter the contests in their va- rious States. Included in the number { whose official presence in the Senate chamber will not be noted are six Re- publicans and seven Democrats. but of the Republicans. two-Senator Jones. of Nevada, and Senator Wellington. of Maryland, have in recent years each sup ported for time the National candidates of the opposing party. Two others. Sen- ator DeBoe, of Kentucky, and Senator Pritchard. of North Carolina. are South eln Republicans and both are succeeded | by Democrats. The remaining two Re- rublicans are Senators Mason. of Illinois, and Simon, of Oregon. Of the reven re- tiring Democrats, Senators Harris, of | Kansas; Turner. of Washington, and | H Heitfeldt, of Idaho were elected as Pop ulists and all are succeeded by Republic | cans Senator McLaurin, of South Caro- | lima, was elected as a Democrat and while still classed as such has acted in- deptr dently during the greater part of | his term.
 The other three Senators, Vest, Jones. l 0f Arlr nd Ra p1t "a first to last been in the Democratic ranks and Jones and Vest have risen to places | of conspicuous leadership in their party.
 Jones Served Thirty Years.
 In Senator Jones. of Nevada, the Senate | loses one of the two men who have | served in that body for thirty consecu- tive years, the other being Senator Ali | son. In MT. Jones, the Senate loses one of it's most popular as well as one of its m ost unique members. He has not made a speech since the days of the silver de- bate in 1893 and he has not during his en- tire thirty years service introduced to exceed half a dozen bills, yet his influ- ence in shaping legislation has been ex- ceeded by that of few Senators and his great ability has been recognized since the beginning of his National career. With a few exceptions during his term the personnel of the Senate has changed many times over When MT. Jones en- tered the body Simon Cameron and Han nibal Hamlin were still prominent char acters there. Roscoe Conklin was at his best and James G. Blaine had not yet entered the Senate. John A. Logan, Carl schurz, Allen G. Thurman, Oliver P Nor ton, Thomas F. Bayard and John G. Ingalls, were leading figures. Senator Jones has from the beginning been recog- nized as an authority on finance and his vast store of information has ever been at the command of his colleagues.
 Twenty-four Years Work.
 Senator Vest belongs to the next gene ration of Senators. He entered the body in 1877, and has served for A years, win ming a reputation for brilhancy of speech, classic learning and sharp repartee sell dom excelled in the Senate. He has been In poor health for several years past, but notwithstanding he has been almost blind and has needed constant assistance in go- ing into and out of the Senate chamber, he has continued to maintain his inter- est in the proceedings and his people. He made several speeches on current topics during the past session, and each time that he has taken the floor he has been given the closest attention by both Sena- tors and occupants of the galleries. Senator Jones of Arkansas came to the front during the consideration of the l Wilson, German tariff bill on account of his knowledge of business details and his tact in dealing with men, and he has 1 easily held his place as a party leader since that time. He has been chairman of | the Democratic conference since Senator | Turpie, and because of the fact that he has been chairman of the National Demo- cratic Committee he has been regarded much of the time as the official head of he If n hp ta nd ba nfrxy at large
 Vacancies are Created.
 The retirement of Vest and the two Joneses will make three vacancies on the Finance Committee and also cause vacan- cies on many other important committees 1 Senator Mason is chairman of the Com mittee on Postoffices, and also member of the Committee on Commerce.
 Senator Pritchard gave up the chair manship of the Committee on Patents and also membership on a number of other important committees, Senator Rawlings retirement will cause a Democratic va cancy on the Committee on Foreign Rela- tions and also in the Committee on the | Philippines.
 Senator Turner retires from the Judi ciary Committee and the Committee on Commerce.
 retire four are succeeded by Republicans. and of the Six Republicans who go out four are succeeded by Democrats.