New-York tribune., 1907-12-02
HUNDRED AND THREE
NEW CONGRESSMEN,
REPUBLICANS.
SIYTY-TWO DEMOCRATS.
Careers of Men Sent to Washington
to attend the Session OPEN
ing To-dau.
from The Tribune Bureau-l

Washington. Dec when the Goth Congress
convenes tomorrow morning, and the Clerk %
the House of Representatives calls the roll onss
hundred and thres who were not here last
year will answer TO their names Ninety-one %
! them have never before occupied a seat In tho
national legislature, and twelve have been in
private life since their last service in the House.
There viii nc forty-one new Republicans and
sixty-two Democrats The increase In the nil
nority cuts down the great Republican majority
more than one-half, and will serve to make tho
session all the more interesting. Many Repub-
Leans who were swept into Office the Roose-
Welt tidal wave We're unable 10 command their
majority in the off year, and Democrats were
chosen for their places. Especially IS this trus
OF the so-calIed doubtful states. Illinois, in tho
Chicago districts. sends three Democrats where
ir the 59th Congress three Republicans sat. Tho
Ohio Democracy has gained as has that oc
Indiana. Missouri and Pennsylvania In New
York the parties maintain the same numerical
relation they held In the 59th Congress.
The:o IS only contest among the new
members In the 9TH Illinois District Anthony
Michalek has contested the seat of Adolph j.
SABBATH. Democrat. The case IS unusual IN that
Mr.. Sahath has declined to take any testimony
whatever. MI Michalek was member OF the
last House. when efforts were made to unseat
him because Of the claim that he had not been
naturalized.
The vast majority of the members ara
more. than forty years old. and run between that
age and fifty. although there are almost dozen
who have passed the half-century mark The
dean OF the members is General Isaac X
Sherwood of Ohio, who is seventy-two- There
are OILY four foreign born members. one from
Bohemia, one from Sweden, German and a
Scotchman. Lawyers predominate In vast pro-
portion constituting almost 90 per cent OF the
total. Business men rank second, while there
are three newspaper men and two physicians.
Only about one-tenth college graduates
More than three-fourths are married
TWELVE REINSTATED VETERANS
Twelve veterans OF former Congresses have
turned 10 the Goth Congress. and all of them are
sure of hearty greeting from their old coll
teag-Ies A series Cs "reminiscences viii surely
follow the converting of Congress tomorrow.
Prominent among the twelve is Ben Franklin
Caldwell Democrat, of the 21st Illinois District.
who has been absent one term. having been
,nenber OF the 57th and 5Sth Congresses. Dur
ing the interim he has been president OF tho
Caldwell State Bank. at Chatham. and has Been
identified with many public movements
The Eastern Shore OF Maryland returns Will
lam H Jackson, whose reputation as business
man actuated the voters Of the ist' District y
send him back He is a Republican and was
a member of the 57th and 5Sth Congresses
Missouri has again chosen Courtney Walker
Harnlin Democrat, of the 7th District who
served in the 5Sth. Robert Lamar Is also PACK
from Missouri, as the successor Of A. P. Pea
bodv Mr. Lamar was a school teacher before
entering politics. but since that time he has
held many political Offices
From the I'd Nebraska District. j. L. Kennedy
is succeeded by Gilbert NJ Hitchcock. VINO
served in the 5Sth. The interim he has spent
showing a pencil as he is the editor ard owner
M .s,rhe Omaha Worid-Herald.' He is . Demo-
crat. william Hughes. OF the 9th New jeEss1