Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-28
LONG ELECTED SENATOR.
New Representative Of Kansas in thu
Upper House.

NeW representative OF Kansas IN the
Upper House.
A dispatch from Topeka, Kans., yester-
day says: Congressman Chester I. Long
was elected United States senator today by
both houses of the Kansas legislature. Mr..
Long received 1913 votes, all the republic
cans In the legislature.
senator Harris received thirty-flve votes
the entire strength Of the democrats.
Inc younger element in the Senate will
De strengthened by the addition of Mr..
Long, whom the Kansas legislature has
selected az the successor Of Senator Will
liam "A. Harris. Mr.. Long was forty-two
years Of age last October. The first work
ne did In political campaign was in 1880.
He had no vote, but he persuaded others
VINO had votes to support the republican
candidates, Garfield and Arthur. He was
born in Pennsylvania: when a boy went
to Missouri. where he obtained normal
school education, and when he began life
on MS own account went to Kansas. He
mas worked on farm, taught school and
practlced law. Mr.. Long Is not type Of
the political mixer. He is not familiar
with others and they are not familiar with
him. Few men call him by his given name
he can make clean-cut speech, but he
Is not an orator. He ridcules most orators
For long time Long was known in Kan
sas politics as 'the man who beat Jerry
Simpson" In 1890, 'sthe farmers alliance
wave had swept over the state, and the
seventh district. which had given 1900
republican majority in 1883, was COM
pletely changed in political complexion.
Republican managers looked for man
to run against Simpson for Congress, but
in vain. until Long entered the field. Long
was defeated fy LEO votes. but defeated
Simpson at the. next election. He once
described his first political speech. It was
In 1sSS and Simpson was speaking in Medi-
cine Lodge. -" '-
II was in aawagdn, and the town had
q do n~v7ho ~
and visiting said Mr.. Long in recalling
tack on fusion. and before long I found
myself answered from the crowd by simp-
utes a debate had grown out Of the speech.
I knew there was nothing left for me ex-
cept to fight It out-had to-and Simpson
finally gave up. leaving the audience. That
was my first political speech
Mr.. Long is not trimmer" During
the sugar beet contest in Congress last
winter he was bombarded with petitions
by sugar beet men from his district, ask
INK to protect the industry. Several Kan
sas towns had become convinced that they
would have sugar beet factories, although
the beets raised In the entire state would
not give months work to one small
concern. Mr.. Long continued to vote his
own way: When the oleomargarine bill
an injustice and voted against It, Then
the dairymen wrote him. even threatened
He wasn't moved. He was the one man in
the Kansas delegation to oppose B. F.
Tracy, who had been selected as United
States attorney for Kansas. It was
question Of fitness with him and when the
President learned the facts Tracy was not
elected. Longs district has diversified in
terests in thirty-five counties and popula-
ton nearly enough for two representative $,
full OF statesmen and every man with an
opinion. There are Wichita and HutcnIn-
son, the Rock Island and the Santa Fe.
farms In the east end and cattle in the
west. with creameries here and none there,
Yet its representative did as he thought
best, and, win or lose. was renomiaated
regularly by reclamation.
Mr.. Long is six feet tall and weighs 200
pounds He Is married and has two chit
dren. Mrs. Long was Miss Anna Bache
OF Paola, Kan. before her marriage. The
Longs live at the DriseolI Hotel on Isl
street, near the Capitol Their Kansas
hama il at Medicine Lodge -