Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-12-05
The 6OTHCONGRESS
MANY NEW MEN IN SENATE AND
HOUSE.
IT is cOUNTRrs LARGEST SENATE
Both Houses of Goth Congress Have
Republican Neutrality-suspicious.
esque Characters.

Washington, d. c. There are
many interesting features of the Six
tieth congress. In a large number of
instances the new men who will be in
cluded in this body of national legis-
lators come with records of active
careers and successful in their vari-
GUS walks of life.
The senate will be the largest in
the history of the country, as it will
be composed of 80 members, the in
crease being made by the admission
of Oklahoma, whose two senators will
be Robert L. Owen and T. P. Gore.
These senators will not be given their
seats, although they will present ere
dentials from the governor of the new
state until after their formal election
by the Legislature, which will ballot
for the senatorship on Dec. 10. They
have both been designated at primary
elections, however, and only the for
mality of a ballot will be required to
perfect their credentials.
seventeen New Senators.
With the two senators from Okla
homa there will be seventeen new
members of the senate, which include
successors to Senators Morgan and
Pettus.
The new men include William E.
Borah, who recently came out vic
torious in land fraud cases in Idaho,
and Jonathan Bourne, Jr., of Oregon,
whose advocacy of a second elective
term for the president brought him
into national prominence some time
ago.
1t was at a dinner given in this city
by Senator Bourne that the story of a
$4,000, 900 conspiracy fund.- to de-
feat the president for reelection was
brought forth.
Frank G. Briggs of New Jersey sue
ceeds Senator Dryden and Norris
Brown, formerly attorney general Of
Nebraska, ZONES with a record for
anti-railroad prosecutions in his state.
Jefferson Davis of Arkansas has a
reputation as a fiery orator that may
cause Senator Tillman to look to his
laurels. Simon Guggenheim of Colo
RADIO has gained a great reputation in
the business world through his con
nection with the American Smelling
and Refining Co. Joseph F. Johnston,
the of Senator Pettus, is a
Confederate veteran. Harry A. Rich
ardson of Delaware is a millionaire,
Is also is Isaac Stephenson of Wis
consin, the last named being the sue
cessor of Senator Spooner and known
as the pioneer lumberman of the
northwest. Robert l.. Taylor of Ten
nessee has a great reputation as a
humorist and during his recent cam
paign for the senatorship carried a
violin through his state and opened
his meetings by fiddling for the
amusement of his constituents. John
H. Bankhead, successor of Senator
Morgan, and Joseph M. Dixon of Mon
tana come to the senate direct from
the house of representatives, and T.
H. Painter of Kentucky formerly
served in the house, as also did Sen
ator Stephenson. Senator Owen, who
will represent Oklahoma, is one
eighth Cherokee Indian, and Senator
Gore has been blind since childhood.
Senate Two-Thirds Republican.
The senate will have a majority of
more than two-thirds republican, so
that it will be possible for the ma
jority to control legislation and even
ratify treaties without a vote from the
minority.
The house of representatives also
has a large republican majority, there
being 222 republicans and 16S demo
Gratis. There will be many interesting
and picturesque characters in the
house. Richmond P. Hobson, who
gained fame in the Spanish war, will
be there to advocate a greater navy,
which he has pledged himself to do,
Daniel r. Anthony, Jr, of Kansas
will contest honors with Andrew j,
Barchfield of Pittsburg as the tallest
man of the house. Mr.. Barchfield
claims 6 feet 5 inches, while Mr.. An
thongs height is recorded as only a
quarter of an inch less.
Gerrit ]. Diekman of Michigan has
been speaker of the Michigan house
of delegates and is chairman of the
republican central committee.
Peter A. Porter succeeds Mr.. Wads-
worth of New York and ran on the
famous Cow ticket" opposing Mr..
Wadsworth's course in relation to
packing house control during the last