East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-11-04

Washington, d. c., Nov. 4.-When
the Sixtieth congress assemblies four
weeks from today there will be much
about it strange to those who have
land been familiar with the person
mel of past congresses.
In the house the Democrats have
lost their senior member In point of
service, ]. H. Bankhead of Alabama,
who was defeated for denomination
by Richard Pearson Hobson, the
hero of the Merrimac. The party is
not to lose the services of Mr.. Bank
head, however, for he takes the seat
in the United States senate made va
cant by the death Of the venerable
Senator Edmund w. Pettus.
Probably the most conspicuous loss
on the Republican side of the house
is General Grosvenor of Ohio, whose
patriarchal and venerable appear
ance has for years focused the at
tention of the galleries, and whose
wit and disposition to banter have
many time made the hall ring with
laughter when the situation has been
so tense as to seem as If nothing but
bitter passion could find expression.
Another picturesque figure has
disappeared with the retirement OF
Hon. Joseph C. Sibley of the Frank
lin, Pa. district, who served 10 years
in the house. He was elected to the
Flfty-third congress as a democrat,
and again to the Fifty-sixth congress
after narrowly escaping nomination
as vice president on the Bryan tick
ct.
Another old timer who will be
missed is James w. Wadsworth of
the Thirty-fourth New York district
defeated by Peter A. Porter, a demo-
crat. Mr.. Wadsworth served about
is years in the house and was chief
| ly conspicuous on account of his i'm
portant work as chairman Of the
! the committee on agriculture.
Other members of the house who
will be missed when the Sixtieth con-
gress assemblies are Bowie of Ala
bama, Smith. Trimble and Gilbert OF
Kentucky, Robertson of Louisiana,
McNary and Sullivan of Massachu-
setts. Hunt of Missouri. Van Duzer
of Nevada, McDermott of New Jer-
sey, Hearst, Towne and Rupert of
New York, Patterson and Gudger OF
North Carolina, CARRIER of Ohio,
Kiln of Pennsylvania, Butler of
Tennessee, Brooks and Field OF Tex
as, Southall of Virginia, Dovenor and
Davis of West Virginia, and Bishop
of Michigan. These disappear from
the house because they failed Of re-
nomination last fall.
Included among the leaders who
were re-nominated but failed to Sc
cure reelection were such prominent
leaders as Babcock of Wisconsin, La
cey of Iowa, Blackburn of North
Carolina. McCleary of Minnesota, and
Fred lands Of Indiana.
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, Pettus and Morgan Of Ala
bama, whose places will be taken by
former Congressman Bankhead and
Joseph F. Johnston, ex-governor Of
Alabama.
Berry of Arkansas, who served 20
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.
Payntor, and Dubois of Idaho, one
of the best politicians in the senate,
Is succeeded by William e. Borah.
The baby member of the senate
Will be Elmer e. Burkett, of Nebras-
ka. But a few months older than
Burkett Is Joseph M. Dixon, who
takes the place of w. A. 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 new associates as II he had long
been in the senate. He and Norris
Brown, the new senator from Ne
braska. who succeeds Millard, have
both proclaimed in advance their
earnest support of Roosevelt in the
carrying out Of his policies, and they
are therefore looked upon as valu-
able 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 smelter
from Colorado, who succeeds Patter-
son, is the only extremely rich man
among the new senator's, and Frank
o. Briggs, who succeeds Dryden of
New Jersey has the distinction Of be-
ing the only one with whiskers among
the new crop Of senator's.
In the senate, more than in the
house, the changes will be marked
by reason of the character of the
men who have retired and OF the
marked contrast in some instances