The Washington times., 1907-11-27
SENATE MAY BAR
OKLAHOMA MEN
Members Are Appointed by
Governor of New State,
Not Elected.
Republicans Lack One Of
Two Thirds Majority.
Thirteen New Faces.

With the admission of Oklanoma into
the sisterhoOd of States the United
States Senate of the sixtieth Congress
Will have a membership OF ninety-two
Of these the Republicans win have six
ty-one members and the Democrats thir-
ty-one. This new alignment means that
the Republicans viii lack Just one OF a
two-thirds majority. This fact might
become Of great Importance, for II such
a situation should arise where strictly
party lines were drawn on the ratifica-
tion OF a treaty desired by the Admins
Tration, the Republicans and the treaty
would be defeated. As Il Is. the ma
jority will have TO depend upon the sup
port OF at least one Democrat 20 secure
fhe ratification of any treaty that may
be submitted by the President.
There will be number of treaties. in.
Guiding probably the fourteen conven-
tions agreed upon at The Hague Peace
Conference, perhaps a treaty on the con-
troll OF American-CanadiRn Inland Wa
terways and fishing therein, and pos
sibly a reciprocity treaty with France
Whether all of The Hague conventions
will be sent to the Senate at this ap-
preaching session has not yet been defin-
itely decided, and II may be that some
OF them may be withheld temporarily.
May Ear Oklahoma Men.
It Will, indeed, be a new Serate that
will assemble next Monday. Whether
the two men appointed by the governor
OF Oklahoma to represent that State
Mcssrs. Gore and Owen. win be permit
ted 20 take their seats has yet 20 be
determined There is a question whether
N, the governor has the right TO appoint
III hem and whether they or some others
Aould not be elected by the Legislature
he State, which meets on the same
NINA as Congress. The Senate being the
make judge of the qualifications OF it's
,ro,f, bers. this question will have to be
N-ortbe I'D to a Senate commit'e ee for in
atIon alton and report II Ne srs. Gore
an the owen should present themselves TO
the . worn IN on the opening day.
assoc Itslde of these. however, there will
expo, more new faces to be seen, and more
t~tr4 faces missed. than is usuaI on the
opening of a new Congress. especially
in the upper house. There will be no
less than thirteen new Senators 20 be
sworn IN. Two OF the most striking fig
ures in the Senate of recent years have
been removed by death-during the re-
ccss-the venerable Senators Morgan
and Pettus Of Alabama. In their place
will appear John II. Bankhead and Jo-
seph +. Johnston.
Bankhead is not new TO the Federal
Legislature. having. served in tho House
Of Representatives for many years. HIS
speciality there was getting public build
ing and rver and harbor appropriations
for his district. Johnston, while new
TO Washington work, comes with the
prestige Of having been governor OF
Il 10 F.-frr vnrfFh r.fw
tltlOn for political smdrtnes5 and cum
ming which may make him valuable
asset on the Democratic side
Davis, the Fire Eater.
Another veteran, one whose crutches
have been a source Of interest and spec
ulation TO gallery visitors for the last
twenty years as they gazed down the
center aisle Of the Senate Chamber. and
who. for even a longer period of time
\ than that, was a tower of strength to
the Democrats, but who has now been
retired. is Senator Berry. Of Arkansas.
hls successor, jefferson Davis. is said
to be not only "unreconstruCted." but a
fire-eater as we'll. II he attempts 10
carry out all Of the things that he has
been threatening 20 do when he comes
to the Senate, there will be a rafting
of bones In that dignlhcd old body. and,
in comparison. even Tillman and La
Toilette viu be held up as models Of
Senatorial decorum.
At least two more mulioaires have
been added to what has been termed the
most Opulent club In the world Simon
Guggenheim, OF "Coppers" and "Smelt-
ers" fame, comes from Colorado to sue
ceed Editor Patterson-who also had his
million. Isaac Stephenson, the big
lumber man of Wisconsin, steps into
the place-though ne can never hope to
wear the shOes-of John SpOoner. the
Little Giant of debate ana oratory.
Other new faces viii be those Of
"Fiddling BOo,' otherwise known as
Robert l. Taylor Of Tennessee, who
flddled his way to the governOrship OF
his State, and then to the Senate TO
replace the fiery Carmack: William l..
BOrah, OF Idaho, who has been accused
of having Mormon tendencies-that is to
say, Of being Jack Mormon" az they
call those Gentiles supporting the Nor
mon Church; Jonathan Bourne, jr., OF
Oregon. the man who has undertaken
tho strenuous job Of forcing a sec
ond elective term" rs he calls IT upon
President Roosevelt, despite the more
OF less feeble cries for help from the
latter; Frank Q. Briggs. OF New Jersey,
who, after protracted fight succeed
ed in beating prudent Drvder for th,.
nomination and election; Norris Brown,
OF Nebraska: Joseph NJ. Dixon, OF Mon
tanar and T.. H. Paynter, Of Kentucky.
Seats Rearranged.
There has been a slight rearrange-
ment of the seats on the Senate floor.
The overflow Republicans, who were un-
able to secure seats on the regular Re-
publican side. 10 the loft CT the pre-
siding officers chair. have all been pro-
vided for in a wedge-shaped division on
the Democratic side, right under the
public gallery, Immediately 10 the right
OF the press gallery
Many Senator'S are already in town.
ana tho general expectation is that the
coming session will be an interesting and
lively one.