Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-07
One Hundred and Twenty-Six
to Be Sworn In.
FROM EVERY SECTION
THEY REPRESENT EVERY PHASE
OF LIFE.
Some Have Records of Proud Personal
Achievements and Others Are Com
paratively Unknown.


TYftv-eiphtb Congress will consist of 3so
members an increase of twenty-nine, Que 10
the reapportionment of the states uhuer tlie
last census. OF tbs number 10 VIII oe
new men. and great many OF the he"oo
ers are comparatively youthful whose CA
perience in craftsmanship thus far has oeeh
brief confined to service in their state lesis-
latures Others come fresh from the farm,
the mandatory, the field of trade ana
commerce and from the learned professions
The biographies of the 126 strangers show
that this House will not lack for men OF
ability. There are some proud RECORDS Oh
,,arsonaI achievement in the brief stories OF
The lives of these men. In the list Will Dc
found seIf-made men who have fought their
way to distinction through enormous op-
stacIes. as we'll as those who have FOUND
the path to fame made easier by aftlueht
circumstances education and influence
Each of the newcomers will doubtless
reach Washington with well-formed lueas
of his own position, prospects ana ahpi-
lions When he takes his seat IN the
House of Representatives he VIII ma hith-
self one among 3S6 and the most OF 'he
other N, men of experience in statesman
shin wise in politics and just as ambitious
and as determined as himself. Ihen !. pc
comes a struggle for supremacy. some
will drop out after single term' others
will come back in the next Congress, and
the next and the next, perhaps. Some Will
leap Immediately into fame or notorlety;
But by far the greater NUMBER Will pioo
along serving their districts ana their
country for years possibly, without at
tracing unusual attention. but to the salts
faction of their constituents and them
selves. . .
In this chapter it is impossible to tell the
history of every one of the 126 freshmen,
but CHANGING here and there through the
different state delegations and choosing De-
tween the two great political parties 1t Is
possible to pick out men whose biographies
make interesting reading, because or nota-
BILE incidents in their careers. others be-
cause they are types.
VIM. r. Hearst.
There. for example. Is William X Hearst
young man who already has made stir
in the world and whose ambition now Is
leading him to aspire to the greatest honor
in the gift OF the nation. the presidency of
this republic. He represents the eleventh
congressional district in the city of New
York and In his election received 70 per
cent of the vote cast in the district. He
now Is in his fOrtieth year, tall. broad
shouldered good looking man, possessed
of great physical and moral courage He
was born in San Francisco. and is the only
child of the late Senator Hearst and Mrs
Phoebe A Hearst.
He is the owner and directing spirit of
several influential newspapers. the San
nal and American The Chicago American
and the Chicago Examiner. When he
started his first newspaper venture the
San Francisco Examiner, he was fresh from
Harvard College and thOut journalistic
or business experience All Of his papers
have proved successes commercially.
Within few years Mr.. Hearst has en-
tered politics. He IS president of the Ma
tional Association of Democratic Clubs,
and has contributed generously to cam
paign fund. in presidential elections. His
friends are booming him for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination, and they
predict that he will make record in this
Congress which will materially advance
his political interests.
Frederick Landis.
One of the interesting characters in the
new House is Frederick Lands of the
eleventh Indiana district. He Is just
tL!rty-one years old. y few years ago he
was in Washington as the secretary OF his
brother. Charles B. Lands who still Is In
Congress. representing the ninth Indiana
district Fred. Lands concluded he would
make lust as good a representative as his
brother-maybe better. who knows?-and
went back to the hoosier state to pick up a
nomination, II he found one within reach
or pry one loose, anyhow. He found them
all pretty we'll bolted down. but he started
with a political crowbar after the seat OF
Gen Steele. veteran of the civil war ana
long time a representative in Congress
At first they did not bother much about
Fred Lands and his crowbar but the
young man kept working away. and ore
DAY Gen. Steele woke up to find the pri-
mares controlled by Lands. After that 1t
was easy. and Lands was nominated and
elected. He was born in Ohio. This young
man of thirty -one represents six great
counties in Indiana, with a population Of
nearly 10000. He is modest and unas-
Stunning. but very ambitious.
Morgan C. Fitzpatrick.
n
10 Congress. For many years 1t was the
custom In the south to keep their repre-
sentatives in office. especially the elders Of
the party. But the new crop of ambitious
men in the new south are inclined to disre-
gard the old party traditions. and every
election some OF them Gust the old fellows
and come In. Tennessee, from the fourth
district, sends Morgan c. Fitzpatrick. who
is described a hustler" re Is thirty
four years of age, educated In the
common schools of Tennessee. the Ohio
State University and graduated from the
law department of Cumberland University
at Lebanon, Tenn.
When he left college he practiced law
tnnd edited a newspaper Now In the south
the natural sequence of such combination
of pursuits is entry into politics. Mr.. Fitz-
patrick went to the legislature. He became
speaker of the lower legislative body and
managed u couple of state campaigns for
his party. The move was to Congress and
and To possess a knowledge of parliament
airy law. He Is a democrat.
Frank B. Brandegee.
New England sends number of new
men to Congress this time. among them
Frank b. Brandegee of the third Connecti-
out district. He sat for while in the
last session. filling out the term of the late
Charles A. Russell and was reelected to
this Congress. Mr.. Brandegee is a type
Of the athletic, keen. ambitious Yankee
He is Yale graduate and while at college
pulled the bow oar In the varsity boat
crew. He started real life as a lawyer
and quickly dropped into politics, going to
the state legislature. In 1898 he was
chosen speaker OF the house of representa-
tives in the Connecticut legislature. He
has been delegate to national conven-
tons and member of campaign committees
He is business man. and acquainted with
great questions of finance and industry He
comes by his love for politics and states
,mlnship naturally. for his father was once
speaker of the Connecticut house. and in
war time represented in Congress the same
district which the son now represents.