New-York tribune., 1906-12-04
NEW MEN Tn CONGRESS
rvN SEATED IN HOUSE.
Senen Republicans and Three Demo
.-ots Chosen to FIJI Vacancies.
rrron The tribune Buresu.l


s.-s hack from their vacations. there were
-.w REPRESENTATIVES, who were like fresh
4, .,e midst OF the older classmen- These
-. men who were elected TO Ill vacancies
:, -. House which had occurred through death
.,r,at,on There were twelve vacancies IN
o s-ors these causes. but the seats Of Repre-
l--s,,ves John Il Ketchan, OF New York, and
s.,---oos Hoar. OF Massachusetts,, have not
-, flied for the unexpired term. the death OF
- members having occurred too close TO Elec-
-, nav. All the new men are to be members
= t,s 60th Congress as well as serving in the
,-asant session. except Mr.. Overstreet, Of
Georgia
The ten new members come from states as far
vsst as Califoruia. across the continent TO Hi
nois. New York and southwark to Georgia, seven
=, them being Republicans and thrse Democrats
resth especially depleted the ranks OF Penn
,vlvan!a's delegation last year. and three OF the
new members. ell Republicans. are from that
statA
New members IN the House OF Representatives
s-e not ike freshmen" In one important re-
tpect-they are not hazed: and both before and
after the routine OF the session the men who
take their seats for the rst time are sought out
ty the veterans and introduced around gen.
eraIy 90 that they are made TO feel thoroughly
n home fl the!r new surroundings. As g mat
ter o. fact two of them. Representatives
Carries y. Brurnrn and J. E Reyburn. both Of
Pennsylvania, are not actually new TO Congress
as they both have served IN previous years
They are finding a number OF their old acouaint-
snces on the door
TWO OVERSTREETS N THE HOUSE
When Jesse Ove-street. OF Indiana. chairman
ehe Postonce COMMITTEES. who considers him
SCI almost veteran. though he doe. not look
r vas Informed recently that there was G new
member n the House by the same name and
With one OF The same initials. Mr.. Oversrreet ct
once arranged that there should be g nesting
- an glad 70 learn that there Is another one Of
the family n the House." said Mr Over.treet
Of Indiana 10 the Georgia Representative Of the
sane name; there have not been many Over
streets IN Congress, and the more the better.
ever Il Il has 20 be a Democrat"
Ihe senior cew member IN point OF experience
IS Charles y. Brunu. Republican. Of Pott-,,,Il.
representing The 18th PENNSYLVANIA Congrs.s
District 10 succeed George Patterson. who dYaa
during the recess. He comes back to the House
without Inustache, Although Mr. Brunro,s
uusaehe was tOrcecuI and vigorous feature OF
his couHtelance, his old friends declar. that bs
IS more adorned without the adorunent. and
compliment him upon his fine appearance. M-.
and from 1895 70 1899. He would have been a
member as far back as 1878. but, according 70
Tie o11cial returns, which did not st all agree
With the number OF votes cast for Mr. R-,,r,,,
he vas counted out and remained at home 10
practise law. he made a good selection OF a
profession, Il seems, for OF forty-one alleged
nurcerers defended by him only one was exA-
cuted- M BTUmu's army record is es good
as lis professional He went into the Civil War
& private and after rapid promotion 10 ueuten-
an ana GCa-ter-1asrer, he was afde-de-camp On
ne STATS o. Generals Barton and Pennypacker.
When the strike commission appointed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt held its hearings. Mr.. Bruuan1
appeared before II as The counsel for the United
Nine Workers OF America. II az any time Mr..
bruznn should happen 70 leave Congress and
wish 10 abandon the bar. he VIII not be with
out calling II his younger years he served
MS apprenticeship as matchmaker and, It is
sad stiI takes delight in ttnkering with the
Delicate mechanism Of chronometers belonging
70 his friends. His watch owning associates.
however, assert that when Mr.. Brumm's own
watch gets out Of order ne takes it 10 a Jew
eler
ANOTHER VETERAN.
The other veteran, John Edgar Reyburn. Of Phil
soelg1La- ReTresen;ative from the ID Pennsyiva-
MA Congress Distrfcr. has also had a previous
record In The House serving III the 51st. sd, 53d
and a+th Congresses from 1891 10 1897, and hav-
ing lived here since that time Mr.. Reyburn con-
s'1ers Washington almost as rnJ.h his home as
Philadelphia. lie has maintained a handsome
Rouse here entertaining IavishIy. and this IS the
hea1qlarters far his yacht, the Gretchen, on
winch i is his custom to make frequent trips
% iaFori'e hunting and fishing grounds on the
Chesapeake and North Carolina sounds.
Mr. Reyburu Is one Of Pennsylvania's iron
masters. being largely interested in the steel
Sha iron industry in his state. He is a man Of
"ea..n, and during his long career in Washing
80 80 both IN public and private life his hospi-
capital
BIT Reyburn had q long record IN the Penn
ssiNaria legislature serving both IN the House
sl- Senate FOR several sessions. IN the former
-r was chairman q the Committee ApprO-
t,-@LQns. and was president pro TEN. Of the
z.--1e ~ one session. As 4 Representative in
--sle@s -e served 20 The satisfaction OF his
constituents on the Rivers and Harbors Com
--tte and made excellent record He was
- az NtN Carlisle, Clark County, ONO, IN
80 BE went 10 Philadelphia 70 study law.
az Was admitted To the bar there Oddly
enough. this is The second time Mr.. Reyburu
nas been elected 10 serve IN the unexpired
80 OF q Representative. His first election TO
L11gress was fl The Unexpired term OF that
S5--alca Prorectiouist. Pig Iron" William d.
-----f III February, 1890, and he now takes his
s7at as The successor Of Robert Adams. who
'asl sumner committed suicide.
- Hampton Moore. Of the Sd Pennsylvania
Dlslricr, steps into the vacancy caused by the
ealh ot George A Castor. The 30 was formerly
stronghold u Democracy and was represented
~ slch men as Samuel J. Randall time
,-saher or the House; Richard Naux, and Will
az NcAleer. VaUx, tn addition 70 having made
-ist class record az "A Congressman and diplo-
|s| won the distinction, unique among Ameri-
e-S, ot having danced with Queen Victoria
GO after her coronation Mr. Moore comes 20
1oisress fairly loaded down with titles and off,
q oeslguari0ns Beginning as Office boy in a
aHgeTs otfce he studied hard and Was made
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