The Glenwood post., 1907-11-09
CONGRESS is READY TO OPEN.

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Washington. ID. G., Nov 4.-When
the SiXtieth congress assemblies four
weeks from today 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. II. 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 he takes the seat in the United
States senate made vacant by the death
of the venerable Senator Edmund w.
Pcttus.
Probably the most conspicuous loss
on the Republican side of the house is
| General Grosvenor of Ohio, who e pat
riarchal and venerable appearance has
for years focused the attention of the
galleries, and whose wit and disposition
To banter have many a time made the
hall ring with laughter when the stu
| alton has been so tense as to seem as
if nothing but bitter pa sion could find
expression.
Another picturesque figure has dsap
pcared with the retirement of Hon.
Joseph c, Sibley of the Frankfort, Pa,
district. who served ten years in the
/ house. He was elected to the Fifty
/ third congress as a Democrat and again
to the Fiftysixth congress, after mar
rowly missing nomination as vice-prcs
dent 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 A. Porter, n Democrat. Mr..
/ Wadsworth served about eighteen years
/ IN the house and was chiefly conspicu
Gus on account of his important work
as chairman of the committee on agri
culture.
Other members of the house who will
ne missed when the Sixtieth congress
assemblies are Bowie of Alabama
Smith. Trmble and Gilber of Ken
lucky. Robertson of Louisiana, McNary
and Sullivan of Ma ssachusetts. Hunt of
| Missouri, Van Duzcr of Nevada, Me
| Dermott of New Jersey, Patterson and
| iudger of North Carolina, CARRIER of
| Ohio. Kline of Pennsylvania, Butler of
! Tennessee, Brooks and Field of Texas,
Southall of Virginia, Dovcnor and Da-
Wis of West Virginia and Bishop of
Michigan. These disappear from the
house because they failed of renomina
tion last fall
In the senate the changes will be
even more noticeable than in the house
! Death has removed from the ranks the
| oldest two members of that body, Pet
| tus and Morgan of Alabama, whose
/ places will be taken by former Con
gressman Bankhead and Joseph f.
| Johnston, ex-governor of Alabama.
Berry of Arkansas, who served TWEEN
| ~ years in the senate, is replaced by
Jeff Davis. "Fiddling Bob Taylor
!
Tennessee. "Joe' Blackburn of Ken
| tucky gives way to Thomas H. 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 f. Burkett of Uebraska. But
few months older than Burkett is
Joseph NJ. Dixon, who taken the place
of W. A. Clark, the Montana copper
king.
Curtis of Kansas, the first Indian to
occupy seat in the senate, is, by rea-
son of his long service in the house,
almost as well known among his new
associates as if he had long been in
the senate. He and Norris Brown, the
new Senator from Nebraska, who sue
cccrs Milard, have both proclaimed in
advance their earnest support of Roosc-
welt in the carrying out of his policies,
and they are therefore looked upon as
valuable recruits for the administra
ton. William Alden Smith, who takes
the seat made vacant by the death of
Senator Alger of Michigan, is well
known because of his services in the
house.
Simon Guggenheim, the smeltcrman
from Colorado, who succeeds Patter
son, is the only extremely rich man
among the new senators. and Frank o.
Briggs, who succeeds Dryden of New
Jersey, has the distinction of being the
only one with whiskers among the new
crop of senators.