The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-19
PASS|NG; OF
PUBL |C
MEN
sixtieth Congress Will Miss
Several Prominent
Legislators.
GEN. aRosvENoR OF OHIO
known as aOld Arithmetic. and Others
to Quit Public
Life.
GEN. GRosvENOR OF OHIO
BY e. c. snyder.

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congress. which will be elected on
Nov. 6 and which will come into being
on March 4, 1907, gives promise of be-
ing notable in many ways. Particular
ly notable will it be in the absence of
number of distinguished republicans
who. for reasons of choice, or by the
will of nominating conventions, re-
tire to the shades of private life.
cold Arithmetic"
First and foremost of those whose
absence will occasion much comment
is "Old Arithmetic" Charles Henry
Grosvenor of Ohio. The pitcher in his
case went once too often to the we'll
and younger man than Grosvenor,
who has camped on his trail for years,
Alfred Douglas of Chillicothe, will sue
ceed the grizzled veteran from Athens,
Ohio. Mr.. Douglas is but so as against
GrOsvenor's 73. He is a lawyer, an
orator of considerable ability and
pugnacious fighter.
Hit Of Illinois.
Robert Roberts Hit, who has served
in the lower house continuously since
the forty-eighth congress, has volun-
tarily decided to relinquish the cares
of public life and his place in the six
tieth congress will be filled by some
other republican, to be selected by the
electors of the Thirteenth Illinois.
During his almost twenty-five years of
service in the peoples FORUM" Mr..
HIT has been one of the strong men of
that body. During the years he has
been chairman of foreign affairs many
of the great reforms in the consular
service have been brought about. He
was in charge of the bill that declar-
ed war against Spain and his public
utterances have shown vast research,
close analysis and wise craftsmanship.
Robert Hit goes out of congress one
of the best beloved of men, having the
sincere respect Of the entire member
ship of the lower house. Ill health
and desire to enjoy his remaining
years either in some diplomatic capa-
city abroad or in the quietude of his
old home in the Sucker state" are
the impelling forces which terminate
splendid Legislative career.
Siblcy of Pennsylvania.
One of the picturesque figures of the
flfty-ninth congress, Joseph Crocker
-Sibley of Pennsylvania, will be miss
ing when the roll of the sixtieth con-
gress is called. Vatigated as has been
-Sibley's politics, It is not more kaledio-
scopic than has been his career as
man of affairs. Sibley is of right one
of the captains Of industry" and there
Is no man in the house who enjoys a
larger popularity. Sibley was free
:silverite and quasi democrat, when he
thought that he would like to repre-
sent the Twenty eighth district of
Pennsylvania in congress as a repub-
lican. Without the batting Of an eye
Joe Sibley switched from democracy
to republioanism and was elected, TAX
ing seat in the flfty-seventh congress
.as member of the dominant party.
Before that, at intervals, Sibley served
in the house as democrat, having
been a member of the flfty-third and
fifty-sixth congresses. Joe Sibley" is
q farmer and stock raiser, but his chief
business at present, and has been for
some years past, is manufacturer Of
Iubricating oils under the aegis Of the
Standard Oil company. He knows
hundred things better than most any
body. He is statesman who loves
his ease; a sportsman who plays fair,
and friend in both clear and cloudy
weather. Sibley would rather take an
automobile tour throughout Spain than
be one of uncle Joe" Cannon's "boys,"
and he, too, quits with the close Of the
present congress. M
Il Lattaaer Of New York.
1T has been my intention for some
time to retire from congress at the
end of my present term" said Repre-
sentative Lttauer today. .'but was
not anious to have the announcement
made at this time and am not really
to tell my constituents the reasons
which actuate me-" ss5
A great majority of the members
OF, both houses arc lawyers. Tho e1.
ceptions to the rule are generally busi-
ness man and there are a few farmers
in the lower house ana . fair sprink-
ling Of miners In the senate. Occa-
sionally q "business man" makes such
. record for himself that the wonder IL
that more constituencies do not ignore
the legal fraternity In casting about
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