The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-15
MANY new FACES
IN NEXT HOUSE
Several Newcomers of Ma
tiOnal Reputation.
ONE QUARTER ARE N0VlCES
Ex-Speaker KeifeI Back After Long
RetiTement-TOwne, HOar, Den
by, and Dawson.
ONE QUARTER ARE NOVlCES

When the first session of the Fifty
ninth Congress cOuVeues a year hence
II not called sooner in extra session.
Speaker Cannon and his veteran lieu
tenants viii md larger number OF
high privates answering roII-can for
the first time than has been the case
since the first Mckinley election. There
viii be only about half "a dozen short of
loo new members in a membership of
5S6 One-quarter of the House serving
first terms is an unusually large pro-
portion. and the consequent changes in
committee assignments will be large
History is repeating itself in sending
back an eX-Speaker TO take his seat on
The floor after long absence, This
man is Gen. J. Warren Keller, of the
Seventh Ohio district. He has been out
OF national affairs foT nearly two dec
AIDES He is now f,llowing the eX-
perience OF Gdlusha - Grow. the dis
tinguished Pennsylvania who served
as Speaker of the House in civil war
days and then retired for twenty years.
He came back again and served until
two years ago. when the redistricting
OF the keystone State disposed Of his
place as RepreseEtatiVe-at-larg ana
gave an extra district each 10 Phila-
delphia and Pittsburg.
AbWAAC AsANtelAAlb- EilOo-os
In the next House. after March 4.
viii sit ex-senator Charles A. Towne OF
Minnesota. who will present credentials
accreditlng him as REPRESENTATIVE from
the Fourteenth New York district. First
a regular Re ..ublican, until the party's
convention Of 1896 then silver Republi-
can boiling with Teller and Dubois,
and going with them into the Demo
cratic party, then a Senator by appoint
ment TO MI the unexpired term of the
late Cushman X. Davis Of Minnesota,
untn the State Legislature chose Moses
+. Clapp then a practieing attorney III
New York city, an active politician fra
TeTnlZlng with the Iammany machine
leaders. and now one or their delegation
on the hoOr OF the lower lpuse-these
are the points in the varying political /
fortunes of Mr.. TOWne.
Like his colleague Bourke Cochran |
Charles A, TOWne comes into the House
preceded by "a big reputation Like his /
fellow TammanyIte he IS an orator or /
silver tongue, who viii doubtless Dr. 1
heard frequently as one of the mouth !
pieces OF the minority. In his Senatorial !
service. MIR ToWue was a uerce opuO- !
lent OF the Administrations Philippine /
policy. his last Senate speech, pos /
sible only through the courtesy OF the /
Republican leaders, because delivered /
while SenatOr-elect Clapp was only /
waiting its conclusion to take the oath |
violent arraignment OF that policy.
Sons of Great Men.
A new member who comes into ma
tionaI political affairs with a distin-
guishe6 name TO uphold Is Gen. Rock
wood E.os1r. son of the late senior Senator
from Massachusetts. He represents the /
Third district of which Worcester is the
center, and succeeds John r. Thayer,
Democrat. who did not seek reelection.
lie comes with a home reputation for /
ability and integrity like his father
and L. expected 10 prove not only 81 /
capable and useful member. but one who 4
viii see long service in the lower house. /
despite political fluctuations which affect /
other Commonwealth so frequently. /
Despite the election of "a Democratic /
governor IN the Bay state It's adher-
ence 20 Republican beliefs Is not Sc \
Ti0usly doubted. since the head Of the /
ticket pronted more by the antagonisms 1
aroused hy his opponant than By plat
another great mans son in the new /
Congress viii be Edwin DENLY, who vii. 4
succeed Alfred LuCking. Democrat. /
from tn@ FIRST Michigan District He is /
g Republican, but the son Of noted \
Democrat Charles DENLY. who had a I
long career as minister 10 China, begin
ming IN Cleveland : second Administra-
ton, ana afLerWard was member OF
the Philippine Commission IN Manila. \
Representative LuCking is the only 4
Democrat In tire Michigan delegation, so
that Denbys success nuts IL into the
column u solid party States
DawsOn's Big Victory.
Notable among the victories achieved
by Dung Republicans in Democratic
districts IS the election in the Second
Iowa district OF Albert F., Dawson who
Is well known 10 public men in Wash
assistant clerk OF the Senate Appropria-
tions Committee He has won Out by
"a small plurality after an exciting cam
paign. As the Second was the only
Democratic district in Iowa, the State
leaders concentrated their efforts there
and managed 10 make the State delega-
tion sOhdly Republican al last The dis
trlct polls over 5000 votes and its pres
ent Representative is Martin J. Wade.
Democrat.
Represcntative-clect Dawson's long ex-
perience In Congressional affairs, his
personal popularity and energy and his
close acquaintance with all the ~4Fty
leaders at both ends of the Capitol I
make 10 seem probable that he viii De-
come one az the most useful noyices IN
The Flity-ninth Congress. Ia spite of
the overwhelming number Of Republi-
cans striving for committee places II
Is thought 10 De beyond doubt that ne
viii receive important assignments.
Some of MS friends do not hesitate 10
Iredict for him "A most unusual honor
Tor newcomer. namely appointment f.
q the House Appropriations Committee
There are reasons for believing this
more than a possibility Apart FROM
the fact that IL Is I'm line with Presi-I
dent ROosevelts idea OF advancement
FOR fitness. a. would bring 10 the com
mlttee the strength Of "a man Thoroughly
versed with the subject 90 hand from
his long association with The Senate Ap-
pr0priatious Committee. and consequent
~ well able 20 pilot along measures
specially advocated by the House. but
which might be iu danger from Senate
Imposition. The new RcD-rscntative'
career in the House is likely, therefore
10 prove interc sting, not only 10 his own
constituents, but in a much wider cir
Gle.
A Lone Pennsylvania. d
Rock-ribbed Republican Pennsylvania
has. repented Of its prodigaUty IN having
in the present House four Democrats d,
out Of thirty-two, and has cut the Dem :
ocratic membership 10 the lowest limit. {
one Democrat remains, Representative
Marcus G. l. Kline, and he owes his J
preservation 10 the fact that he lives in !
The historic Berks-Lehigh stronghold / I
which has been known since Andrea, !
Jackson's day as the Gibraltar of Del =
mOcracy