The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-03-05
CONGRESSaEN TO RETIRE.
Many Of the Old Timers Are to Leave
the House and Senate.

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the House and Senate.
Washington, D. C.-Twelve sena-
tors and seventy-seven representa-
tives who are members Of the pres
emit congress will be absent when the
sixty-first congress assemblies in spe-
cial session on March IT, The re-
election of Mr.. Hopkins, in Illinois,
and Mr.. Stephenson, in Wisconsin,
not yet having taken place, 1t is pos
sible their failure OF election will aug
ment the number Of senatorial abb
the personnel Of the senate and house
include many whose names are by
words to every reader Of newspa-
pers.
OF the seventy-seven represents
tiyes who retire on March one, Mr..
Hepburn Of Iowa, has served twenty.
two years in congress, and another,
Mr. Sherman of New York, who be-
comes vice president, has served 20
years In the house. Mr. Cousins of
Iowa and Delegate Smith Of Arizona
have served sixteen years, while Mr..
Jenkins Of Wisconsin, Cooper of Tex
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have served fourteen years.
In years OF service Senator Teller
of Colorado is the nestor Of the re-
firing statesmen, having been elect
ed senator upon the admission of his
state to the union, taking his seat
December 4, 1875, since which time
he has been continuously and promi
.nently in the public eye. He will re-
tire voluntarily on March 4
Senator Foraker, whose political
career is fresh in the minds of every
one, has served in the senate twelve
years.
Senator Hemenway succeeded Vice
President Fairbanks. Previous to
that he had been prominent mem
Der Of the house since the fifty-fourth
congress, being chairman Of the com
mittee on appropriations when he re-
signed to go to the senate.
Senator McCreary also had long
service in the house of representa-.
tives, having entered that body in the
forty-ninth congress, and after serv-
ing six terms, entered the senate six
years ago.
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March are Ankeny of Washington,
Fulton of Oregon, Gary Of South Car
olina, Hansbrough of North Dakota,
Kittredge of South Dakota, Long CT
Kansas, Milton of Louisiana and Plat
Of New York
Representative Hepburn of Iowa
has been conspicuously interested in
all matters relating to interstate com.
merce, his connection with public af-
! fairs going back to ante-bellum days,
he having been a delegate to the re-
publican national convention in 1860
John Sharp Williams, former minority
leader of the house, retires to enter
the senate two years hence. Repre-
sentative John Adam Bede Of Mime
sofa, who has contributed to the hui
NOR Of many congresses, and Bourke
Cochran Of New York, who has fig
ured in many oratorical contests, also
will retire.
Among the retiring representatives
are:
Arkansas, Brundagee; Florida, La.
mar; Georgia, Lewis; Illinois, Knopf,
McGavin and Caldwell; Indiana, Fos-
ter, CLANCY, Holiday, Watson, Over
street; Lands, Crumpacker and Gil
ham; Kentucky, A. d. James and
Kimball; Louisiana, Favret; Mary
land, Jackson and Wolf; Mississippi,
Hill, McLain and Williams; Missouri,
Ellis, Caulfeld, Smith, Russell, Hack
ney and Lamar; Nebraska, Pollard
and Boyd; New York, Waldo, Coch-
ran, Mcmillan, Sherman, Porter and
Ryan; North Carolina, Hackett and
Crawford; Ohio, Harding, Banron,
Mouser, Laning, Dawes and Weems;
Oklahoma, Fulton and Davenport;
Tennessee, Hale and Gaines; Texas,
Cooper; Vermont, Haskins; Washing
ton, Jones; Wisconsin, Murphy and
Jenkins; Delegate Cole of Alaska