The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-02
Present Session Of National
Lawmakers Closes Prompt.
ly at Noon Monday.
ONLY FEW B|llS Of 6hrs1t eoeis'
IMPORTANCE were PASSED
Ninety.Four Congressman and a Dozen
Senator's VIII Be sDead Ducks"
Their Terms Expiring-All New
Senators Out Of the West Republi.
cans-Brown, of Nebraska, Youngest

Associated Press t. The Dvesiag Tines.
Washington, March 2.-The Fifty
ninth congress, which expires accord
ing the statute at noon Monday, is
today holding its last business ses-
sion. The Solons are making the most
of their last day Of work and it is
likely that the session will last far
Into the night. Nearby all of the con-
gressmen will leave Immediately for
their homes and practically all of the
available berths on trains of all roads
have been engaged for Monday or
Tuesday. Drays piled high with the
congressional boxes, furnished to all
members in which 20 pack stationery
and records needed at home during
the recess. are also much in evidence
and supply additional proof that the
annual migration is near at hand.
Although few measures of great
national Importance have been passed,
the fifty-ninth congress has been in
many respects notable one, in that
it has ground out tremendous num-
ber of bills directly affecting the peo-
pie of the country In their everyday
life. Perhaps the law Of greatest pub
lie Importance throughout the country,
which has been passed by both houses
and approved by the president, is that
prohibiting corporations and national
banks from making contributions to
campaign funds. 4.
When the gavel falls at noon on
Monday ninety-four representatives
and dozen senator's will sing their
swan songs and retire at least tenn
porarily from public life. The num-
ber of dead ducks in the house of
representatives is the smallest in
many years, as in many recent elec-
tions the voters have sent more than
a majority of new men to represent
them in the lower branch of the ma
tional legislature.
The next senate will consist of six
ty-one republicans and twenty-nine
democrats, the latter party having lost
a senator each in Colorado, Oregon
and Montana. It is a notable fact
that the richest and the poorest men
in the upper house will retire on Mon
day, the first being Senator Williams
Clark, Of Montana, and the other be-
ing Senator John Gearin Of Oregon,
who has admitted without shame that
he is entitled to the badge of poverty.
The retirement of Senator Dryden of
New Jersey, the Insurance magnate,
also effects a considerable reduction
in the wealth represented by the ma
tional "millionaire's club" The death
Of Senator Alger Of Michigan, who is
succeeded by Representative William
Alden Smith, also takes another mill
Honaire from the senate. The loss
in wealth will be partly made up by
Simon Guggenheim, the smelter mag
nate, who succeeds Senator NJ. Pat
terson Of Colorado. Henry A. Rich
ardson of Delaware, another new
conner to the senate, is also reputed
to be multi-millionaire. The other
newcomers are comparatively poor
men, and their selection goes to prove
that great wealth is no longer prime
requisite in securing seat among
the American legislative lords.
Three Of the new senator's, Dixon
of Montana, Curtis Of Kansas and
Smith of Michigan, are graduates from
the lower house. Joseph M. Dixon,
who succeeds Senator Clark Of Mon
tana, was born in North Carolina in
1867 and has served two terms in the
house. Charles Curtis, who succeeded
Senator Benson in the fatal Lane
succession" is a part Indian and a
native of Kansas. William Alden
Smith, who has filled out the unex-
pired term of the late Senator Alger
Of Michigan and who will begin his
full term on Monday, was bori In
Michigan in 1859 and has served six
terms in the house. All three are re-
publicans.
Ex-Governor Jefferson Davis. who
will serve his native state, Arkansas,
in the senate, was born In 1862 and
was the only governor Of that state
to be elected three times. If half that
has been said of him Is true he will
make Senator Tillman Of South Coro-
lima look to his laurels as a fire eater.
Other new democratic senators from
the South are Robert L. Taylor. thrice
governor of Tennessee, who was born
in that state in 1850, and Thomas H.
Paynter of Kentucky, born in the blue
grass state in 1851, and who served
as a member Of the house In the Fiji
ty-second and Flfty-third congresses.
All OF the new senators to come out
of the west and republicans. They
include William e. Borah OF Idaho.
Jonathan Borne. Jr. Of Oregon. Nor
ris Brown of Nebraska and Simon