Bisbee daily review., 1907-03-17
4 FORMIDABLE ARRAY IF
 RETIRING DEAD DUCKS
Nine United States Senators Are Out and Seventy Two Mem
 bers of the House = Some of the Retiring Statesmen
 Have Been Cared for by the President Prominent Among Whom Is Senator Blackburn.

, ate. His state went Republican last fall. and that, of course, meant his re tirement. He is going back to Idaho to continue to wage a bitter. warfare against the Mormon church and The has hopes that he may come back to the senate again.
 The picturesque Thomas M. Patter- son, editor and stateman of Denver, goes because the Democratic party of his state lost last fall. He will be remembered as Patterson. the talker. He has made long speech on nearly every question of importance that has come up for consideration in the sen ate since he came here. He has ire quently refused to follow his party associates. and has declared time and again that he is a great admirer of the president. He owns two prosperous newspapers in Denver
 The last of the nine dead ducks" Joseph H. Willard. of Nebraska, goes out because he failed to keep up with the reform procession in his state. He antagcnized not only his state, but opposed some of the presidents poli- cies. He was against the railroad rate legislation of last year and he fought the administrators canal pro gram.
 The house turns out seventy-two dead ducks Of the seyenty-two a few retire voluntarily: the others were retired by votes last November. The most conspicuous in the house aggre- gation of dead ducks is General Charles H. Grosvenor of Ohio. He has served twenty years in the house, though this service has not been con secutiye. His Santa Claus face will be missed, but his associates tell him they will still expect him to give out prognostications on election rsults. During the recent session of congress Grosvenor has been frequent visitor to the White House, but if the presi- dent intends to find a berth for him he has said nothing about it.
 James W. Wadsworth of New York is another old timer who goes back to private life. He. too, has had just twenty years service in the house. he might have continued to serve his country and his constituents if he had not run afouI of the presidents ma mhine last year. As chairman of the committee on agriculture he tried to block the presidents program for a meat inspection law. He went so far that the president had to write him rather severe letter. MT. Wadsworth's s contituents remembered the little af- fair when it came time to vote last fall and they showed him under. The chief executive Is not likely to go out of the way to find an office for his former friend. But Wadsworth is not looking for recognition. He is one of the largest cattle growers in upper New York, and is reputed to be worth million dollars.
 After fourteen years of service in the body. James T. McCleary of Min nesota goes out. He was too much a ''stanG-patter'' on the tariff for the people of his district and they ae- cided 10 discipline him. The presi- dent took pity on him and has an- ncunced that he will make his second assistant postmaster general to sue seed Mir. ShalIenberger. Of recent years McCleary has furnished most of the ''stand-pat" literature for the con gressionaI campaigns and his friends among the sand-patters are pleased to know that he will be near at hand and available in future trriff debates. It is not worth while to run through the list of well known representatives who are in the dead duck" class. , There is J. W. Bcacock of Wisconsin, who goes out after fourteen years service; J. F. Lacy of Iowa. who goes home to stay after having served six teen years; Fred Landis of Indiana, who has been here two terms; L. N. Littauer of New York state, the glove manufacturer. who has been on deck for ten years; W. T. Benar, the lone some Indiana Democrat. who has rep resented the third Indiana district, and many others whose names have be- come familiar to persons who follow the proceedings of congress.
 The house has been so depleted of active Republican members that when the new congress meets next Decem- Der the new speaker, presumably MT. Cannon, win have an opportunity to recognize good many aspiring Re publican members who have not here tofore had a working part.