The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-05
CHANGES IN The NEXT HOUSE.
SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE PRES
ENT HOUSE ARE DEAD.
IInlLhcah Of AIsbama. tirosVenor OF ONO
and Many Others We're Defeated for
NcnOmlnatIOn Three Members Retire
= 10 Accept Nominations for Governor.

II lsnlhhcau OF MADAME, tsr0sNeihOr " U''S
anh Many Others We're Defeated for
- denomination Three Member Retire
10 Accept Nominations for Governor.
a WARRINGTON, Nov. mo matter how
~ the elections for Representatives in the Six
:. ticth Congress turn out, there will be many
Il changes in the personnel Of the House as
!; n result of the nominations made. The
I; Democrats will lose their senior member in
y point Of service, J. II. Bankhead Of Ala
hama. who was defeated for denomination
by Richmond Pearson Hobson, the hero OF
The Merrimac, and the Republicans viii not
! nave the help Of Gen. C.. n. Grosvenor OF
8 Ohio, who was also defeated for renomina-
!, ton. Each served twenty years, although
:; .Grosvenor's service was not continuous.
J. Grosvenor was one OF his party's cham
Z pions on the floor and was always ready
y for a scrap. Bankhead, after his defeat at
the primaries, got the solace OF an alternate
election for United States Senator con-
tingent upon the death or retirement OF
either of the present Senators, Morgan and
4 pettus. each Of whom is more than ~ years
old.
y Frank o.. Sowden, sOn-in-lsw of the late
! George Pullman, has been nominated TO
4 fiji the vacancy caused by the death of
Representatives r. r.. Hit. another old timer.
who was serving his thirteenth term from
an Illinois district.
A picturesque figure will disappear with
the retirement of the Hon. j. {. Sibley OF
the Franklin. Pa. district. who has served
ten years in the House. He was elected to
the FIT y-third Congress a. a Democrat
and again TO the Fitty-sixth Congress.
after narrowly escaping nomination as
Vice pTee ident on the Bryan ticket. In that
Congress he create! something of a sensn-
tion by TrnOunCiuE his allegiance 20 the
Democratic party AMI marching dram2ti
callv 70 the other side of the hall. wher'.
hc said. he should belong in the fntlire.
He il ruildinR a beautiful residence on
Tampa BAY, Fla. and expects to make
that place his home. T.. y. Littauer of the
GloverSvillc. y. v. district also declined
TO contest for Il denomination AFTER n con-
tinuous service of ten years.
After being elected six times TheObOld
Often Of Milwaukee fell down on the sew
enth attempt, n victim of. too, much post
Office. IL was charged against him that he
recommended two men for the same place
and failed to land either. He is leader of
the Congress singing society, whose sun
day night Servicer at the Dewey Hotel at
tracted much attention last term.
Chairman Theodore Burton Of the Com
nittee on Rivers and Harbors loses his two
principal lieutenants by the failure OF
Messrs. DOvpner OF West virginia ana
II~nfD ~ NllNlilkdt w FSNuip
tions after twelve years continuous SER
vice each.
Gillette Of the First district of California
resic ned to run for Governor, Gilbert OF
Indiana 10 accept "a Judgeship in the Philip
nine Islands, n 4. II. Sulli van of New
York. who said he would rather be a Senator
at Albany than a Representative at Wash
ington, also resigned.
Ernest T.. Wood of St. Louis was un-
seated on June % because of frauds at the
election in the Twelfth Missouri district
in 1904, and Harry NJ. Coudrey, his Re-
publican opponent, was sworn in. This
district has the unique distinction of hav-
ing had the nominal member. j. J. Butler,
twice unseated in the same Congress for
fraud. This year the Democrats appar-
emily decided that il was useless to keep
up the practice Of con nting in the defeated
candidate and made no nomination.
Pennsylvania lost three members by
death tast session Robert Adams of the
Second. q. A. Castor of the Third and q. r.
Patterson Of the Twelfth. and Georgia
lost its Representative longest in service,
r. F.. Lester of the First district. who was
serving his ninth term. just after Con-
gress adjourned II. &. Adams Of Wiscon-
sin died in Chicago. Representative Hoar
of the Worcester, Mass. district died last
week.
J. s. Little Of Arkansas declined a re-
nomination to Congress, having been nomi-
mated for Governor at the Democratic
primaries. Mr.. Patterson of Tennessee
also declined a denomination to Congress
because of his nomination for Governor.
Besides those mentioned the following
Democratic member Of the Flfty-nlnth
Congress were not renominated Bowie
of alabama, Smith, Trimble and Gilbert OF
Kentucky, Robertson Of Louisiana. McNary
and sullivan of Massachusetts. Hunt OF
Missouri. Van Duzer Of Nevada, McDermott
of New Jersey, Hearst, Towne and Rupert
Of New York, Patterson and Gudger of North
Carolina, CARRIER of Ohio. Kline OF %Pennsyl,
vania, Butler of Tennessee, Brooks and
Field Of Texas. Southall Of Virginia and
Davis OF West Virginia.
And the following Republicans: Brooks
and Hogg of Colorado, Hedge of Iowa,
Bowerseck of Kansas, Wachter OF Mary
land. Fletcher and Buckman OF Minnesota,
Shartel of Missouri, Dixon OF Montana
T. (who il seeking the Senatorshipl ,thcSarthy
Of Nebraska, Allen, Wiley and Van Wrinkle
of New Jersey, lie Fevrc and Flack Of New
York, Nevin, Scraggy, Southard, Weber
and BeidIer of Ohio, Hermann and William
. son OF Oregon. Morrell, Palmer. Mahon
Dresser and Smith of Pennsylvania Burke
and Martin of South Dakota, and Minor ana
Brown of Wisconsin.
There will he many changes in the Senate
also after March a., 1907, Berry OF Arkansas.
90 Blackburn of Kentucky and Carmack OF
Tennessee were defeated for denomination;
AICer Of Michigan, Clark OF Montana and
II Patterson OF Colorado have announced that
!. D they wilt not he candidates, and a Repuh
hcan will take the place of Gearin OF oregon,
Democrat, who was appointed by the Gov
ernor after the death of Senator y. II.
Mitchell. II is not probable that q. b.
.iMetmore will be returned, ever u the
Republicans win in Rhode Island. Norris
~ BROWN has been indorsed by the Nebraska
Republicans to succeed Senator Millard /.
. but the latter is making a fight to get control
OF the next Legislature. Other changes are
p probable as a result OF the elections on
? Tuesday.
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