Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-04
1t Is Remarkable For Fact That
1t Ends Careers of Many
Senators
SOME FAILED OF REELECTION
Others Were Not Candidates. to Sue
ceed Themselves - A Number of
Familiar Faces Will be Missed in
tho senate-Mason criticizes Sem
ate's Methods.

Washington, The fifty seventh con-
gress adjourned at noon today.
Washington, March 4.-The session
of the senate today was interesting, not
alone by the official proceedings Incl
dent to the last day OF congress, but by
many occurrences which We're purely
social in their character. due to the fact
that the day marked the close of many
careers in the senate. OF thirty SEN
ators whose terms expired today, thir-
teen failed to secure re-lction, either
thru defeat or thru their own refusals
to enter the contests in their various
states, and included in the number are
six republicans and seven democrats,
but of the republicans two, Jones Of
Nevada, and Wellington, OF Maryland.
have in recent years each supported for
the time national candidates opposing
the party. Two other senators. Oeboe,
of Kentucky, and Pritchard, of North
Carolina, are southern republicans, and
both are succeeded by democrats. The
remaining two republicans are Mason,
of Illinois, and Simon, Of Oregon. OF
the seven retiring democrats, Harris. of
Kansas, Turner, of Washington, and
Heitfeld, of Idaho, who were elected as
popuiists, all are succeeded by repub
licans McIauren, of South Carolina,
was elected democrat, and while still
classed as such has acted Independently
during the greater part of the term The
other three senators. Vest, Jones of Ar
kansas and Rawlins. have from first to
last been in the democratic ranks, and
Jones and Vest have risen to places of
conspicuous leadership in their party.
OF seven democratic senators who re-
tire four are succeeded by democrats
All the changes are in favor Of the re-
publicans in the northwest, and three
of those in favor OF democrats are in
the southern border states.
The remainder Of the session was oc-
cupied In the discussion of the Philip
pine tariff bill by Hoar Lodge and Ma
son. The latter injected some humor in
the proceedings by saying the state
hood bill has gone floating out on the
isthmus canal, the Aldrich bill stands
like the first mourner in a procession;
the Philippine tariff bill also marches
along in the funeral procession, and the
pure food and pure drink bill is also
marching with the rest, all of them
are going to an open grave; all of them
are marked for the deadhouse, because
the senate is afraid to trust its own
majority to transact business" He then
urged that the rules of the senate be
amended, and called attention to the
ancient snuff boxes in the senate. There
was on more snuff on the republican
side than on the democratic side. 1t
goes with the rules, he said, because
it is part of the dignity of the senate,
and added amid laughter, Like the
rules the snu ffboxes are as unchanged
BILE as the stars" With only minute
or two remaining before adjournment,
Cockrell, Of Missouri, presented a res
olution expressing the appreciation of
the senate for the uniform courtesy,
impartiality, agility and dignity with
which our president pro tenn has pre-
sided over the proceedings of this sem
ate" The resolution was agreed to
amid hand-clapping. Frye resumed
the chair and thanked the senate for it's
action. The senate then adjourned.