Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-12
GID MEMBERS ARE KNIFED
Continued from First PsgeD

N~N4NAANNN
ments Of his position ana the fact that
there were factional fights in the two sena-
torial districts comprising his congressional
baniwick brought about his downfall. and
as q result New York state viii lose the
Craftsmanship OF the committee on agricul-
ture and congress loses one Of its most
popular and efficient members.
McClenry and Lacey Go. Too.
one Of the most surprising results of the
election is the defeat Of James T. Nc
Cleary Of Mankato. Mimi. who has served
continuously in congress since 1894 Mr..
McClears is one of the most intense tariff
standpatters IN congress and has well won
his title Of "Schoolmaster" because he
has been ono OF the premiers OF tarif
education since his entrance into the po-
litical arena. Mr.. McCleary's opponent used
the pronounced views which the former
entcrtains toward the traiff to advantage,
and as Minnesota is considerably shaky
regarding the tariff BY reason Of it's close
proximity TO the Canadian border and
the further fact that the Scandinavian
vote was largely thrown against him, his
defeat was brought about.
Another Of the old stalwarts are num-
bered amongst the dead or missing in
the person Of John Fletcher Lacey, repub-
iCdnt OF inc GiALn iowa ulSLTlCLs Darling
one session of congress Judge Lacey has
served continuously in the lower house
since the Fifty-hrst congress, having be-
sun his present service March T. 1893 with
the Fifty-third congress For years Judge
Lacey has been chairman Of the public
lands committee and many OF the public
land laws owe their origin to him. Lacey
is a pronounced standpatter and during the
campaign for the gubernatorial nomination
in Iowa took decided stand with George ..
Perkins, editor OF the Sioux City Jour
nal, against the present governor. Albert
b. Cummins, who was renominated and
reelected by a decreased majority on Tues
day last. Lacey incurred the enmity OF
the Cummns crowd by reason of his pro-
nounced views on the tariff and he was
marked for slaughter His defeat tells
an interesting story of the power of the
Independent voter and the fellow with a
CROUCH" |
Democrats who VIII He Missed
While the republicans lose many Of their
leaders and in the shakeup suffer much
more largely than the democrats, the lat
ter are not without their dead. wounded
or missing. The defeat Of Bankhead by the
aspiring Richard Pearson Hobson, who
.prldes himself upon looking somewhat like
Bryan, 10 say .rotllinG s.afa hdVing Bryan
voice and his magnetism, is first among the
democrats whose absence will probably give
him place in the upper branch Of con-
: gress, having been chosen by the constitu-
ency Of Alabama TO succeed to the first
vacancy created BY the death or resig-
nation OF one on the other of the distin-
guished senators from that state, Should
Senator Pettus, who is reported as a very
sick man at his home in Selma, pass over
the bar, he will be succeeded by John H.
Bankhead, whose place Hobson will sue
Z coed to in the sixtieth congress-
There will be other vacancies in the demo-
cratic ranks, some OF whom will be missed
and some Of whom will be soon forgotten.
Among the democrats who go out are
! Timothy D. Sullivan, William Randolph
Hearst, Charles A. Towne and Jacob Ru-
pert, jr,, the big brewer of New York.
: And % they come and go. but the govern
ment at Washington still lives.
Early In the campaign the American
Z Federation of Labor through it's presi-
dent, Samuel Gompers, announced it's in
tention to take an active hand in the
Z political situGT'on and boldly declared II
would fight those who had been inimical
< to the intCrcsts of labor and would sup
F Iort those who had been fair. It marked
for slaughter Littleheld of Maine, Cannon
VI AAAAAoAot NAuuu pl Adnus DdlItll OF
Pennsylvania, Lilly of Connecticut, Lafeau
OF Pennsylvania and Babcock OF Wiscon-
sin, as among the more prominent mem
beers Of the Fifty-nlhth congress, OUI OF
this number however, but one scalp hangs
at the belt of Samuel GOmpers. BabcOck
OF Wisconsin goes down to defeat while
the rest have been elected, some with
normal, some with increased and some by
reduced ma1orities. In the great light
which William Randolph Hearst wagec
In New York one thing Is certain labor
gave him earnest and loyal support, and
while he was defeated ahis strength mus
still be reckoned with in the presidential
battle to come
Pay of Rural Carriers.
Oneg Of the most probable outeonlss OF
the cemihg session OF congress is the In
crease Of the pay of the carriers OF mai
matter over the rural free delivery
routes. When this service was hrst in
augurated by John Wannamaker in IN,
HARRISON administration the few carriers
employed were paid at the rate OF s6ot
------