Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-11-08
MANY CHANGES IN
NEXT CONGRESS,
New Faces Will Be Seen in Both Houses
of Federal Legislature-Prom-
inent Men Missing.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. .
Especial. when the Sixtieth Congress
assemblies four weeks from Monday
there will be much about it strange to
those who have long been familiar with
the personnel Of past Congresses.
In the House the Democrats have
lost their senior member in point of
service. j. Il. Bankhead of Alabama,
who was defeated for denomination by
Richmond Pearson Hobson, the hero Of
the Merrimac. The party IS not to lose
the services of Mr.. Bankhead. however,
for be takes the seat in the United
States Senate made vacant by the death
Of the venerable Senator Edmund w.
Pettus
Prominent Men Missing.
Probably the most conspicuous loss on
the Republican side of the House IS
Gen. Grosyenor OF Ohio, whose patri-
archal and venerable appearance has for
years focused the attention Of the gal
leries. and whose wit and disposition to
banter have many time made the hall
ring with laughter when the situation
has been 50 tense as to seem as if moth
ing but bitter passion could find express
sion.
Another picturesque figure has dis
appeared with the retirement of
Joseph & Sibley Of the Franklin (Pa.)
district. who served ten years in the
House. He was elected TO the Fifty
third Congress as a Democrat, and
again to the Fifty-siXth Congress, after
narrowly escaping nomination as vice
president on the Bryan ticket.
Another old-timer who will be missed
is james w. Wadsworth of the Thirty
fourth New York district, defeated by
Peter 4. Porter, a Democrat. Mr..
WadSworth served about eighteen years
III the House and was chiefly conspicu-
Gus on account Of his important work as
chairman Of the committee on agrIcuI-
ture.
Other members Of the House who will
be missed when the SiXtieth Congress
assemblies are Bowie of Alabama, Smith,
TrimbIe and Gilbert of Kentucky, Rob
ertson Of Louisiana, McNary and Sulli-
van Of Massachusetts, Hunt of Missouri,
Van Duzer of Nevada, McDermott OF
New Jersey, Hearst, Towne and Rup-
pert of New York, Patterson and Gud-
ger of North Carolina CARRIER of Ohio,
Kiln of Pennsylvania, Butler of Tennes-
see, Brooks and Field Of Texas, South
all Of Virginia DoyenOr and Davis of
West Virginia, and Bishop of Michigan.
These disappear from the House be
cause they failed of denomination last
fall.
Included among the leaders who were
rcnominated but failed to secure re-elcc
ton were such prominent leaders as Bah
cock of Wisconsin. Lacey of Iowa.
Blackburn Of North Carolina, McCleary
Of Minnesota, and Fred Lands of In
diana.
Big Changes in Senate.
in the Senate the changes will be even
more noticeable than in the House.
Death has removed from the ranks the
two oldest members Of that body, Pet
tus and Morgan Of Alabama, whose
places will be taken by former Congress
man Bankhead and Joseph +. Johnston,
ex-governor of Alabama.
Berry of Arkansas who served tv enty
years in the Senate, is replaced by Jeff
Davis. "Fiddling Bob Taylor takes the
place Of Senator Carmack of Tennessee.
joe Blackburn Of Kentucky gives way
to Thomas II. Paynter, and Dubois of
Idaho, one of the best politicians in the
Senate, is succeeded by William +.
Borah
The baby member of the Senate will be
Elmer L. Burkett of Nebraska. But Il
few months older than Burkett is Joseph
NJ. Dixon. who takes the place of w. \.
Clark, the Montana copper king.
Curtis of Kansas. the first Indian to
occupy a seat in the Senate. is. by reason
Of his long service in the House. almost
as well known among his associates as
if he had long been in the Senate. He
and Norris Brown, the new senator from
Nebra ska. who succeeds Willard. have
both proclaimed in advance their earnest
support of Roosevelt in the carrying out
of his policies and they are therefore
looked upon as valuable recruits for the
administration. William Alden Smith
who takes the seat made vacant by the
death of Senator Alger of Michigan. is
we'll known because Of his service in the
House.
Simon Guggenheimer, the smeIter from
Colorado. who succeeds Patterson, is the
only extremely rich man among the new
Senators. and Frank 0. Briggs. who sue
ceeds Dryden of New Jersey, has the
distinction of being the only one with
whiskers among the new crop of Sena-
tors
In the Senate. more than in the House.
the changes will be marked by reason of
the character of the men who have re-
tired and of the marked contrast in some
instances between them and the men who
are to take their places.