The Washington herald., 1909-03-02
Seyenty-eight Vacant Seats
TO be Filled in the
Lower House.

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al Of the seventy-six baby lawmakers
VIII have arrived.
/ Many Of them have already visited the
Capitol and met some Of the older mem
bers, and are nov patiently awaiting 20
begin what they Know is going TO be
an important career Others. used 20 the
tricks Of legislation and politics. are Wis
iting the various departments and begin
ming 70 fix things up Tor the "eonstits1
who sent them here. and wish Inaugural
ton day was another day off. so they
/ could do a little more work before enter
ing upon their Official life
Many Interesting Changes.
The new House Of Representatives VIII
be more interesting probably than any
around which interest has centered since
the installation Of the House that went
in with President Mckinley.
There viii he seyenty-eight new mem
bers, but two Of them have not been
! selected set. They are to fill the places
| OF Representative Burton, of Ohio who
viii take his seat among the older and
more dignifed lawmakers. and the mem
Der who viii succeed the late Repre-
sentative Davey. Of Louisiana. Il is con
sidered a safe bet in some quarters that
! James Cassidy, for seven years the sec
retary Of the Rivers and Harbors Com
mittee of the House. viii succeed Mr..
7 Burton, bet the successor Of Mr.. Davey
I is hard TO name. even by the political
! prophets. a
{ The r,e-- Ho,-So ,.-;1F re ,,r,-a-os - 90
I Republicans and 172 Democrats. giving
the Republicans a majority Of A. This.
however. is a gain Of 70 for the Demo
Gratis.
States with No Changes,
/ The States in which there viii be no
! changes in delegations are as follows:
California. Kansas, Maine. Massachusetts.
( Montana. Oregon. South Carolina. Utah.
Virginia, New Hampshire. West Virginia.
and Wyoming
The party gains in the various States
are as follows. Colorado. 3. Democrat:
Indiana. :. Democrat: Kentucky. /. Dem
ocrat; Missouri, p Republican; Nebraska.
, Democrat: New Jersey. 1. Republican
North Carolina. 3. Republican: Ohio. 3.
Democrat; Pennsylvania. .. Democrat,
Rhode Island. /. Democrat: Wisconsin. /.
I Democrat.
There viii be no party change in the
New York delegation. IL being divided. IS
Republican. and II Democratic. as in the
present Congress
solid Delegations.
The States having solid Democratic
delegations Win be Alabama. Florida
Georgia. Louisiana. AIississippi. Nevada
Colorado. South Carolina, and Texas
while the solid Republican delegations
VIII come from California, Connecticut.
Delaware. Idaho, Kansas. Maine. Mon
tana. New Hampshire, North Dakota,
Oregon. Rhode Island. South Dakota.
Utah. Washington. West Virginia, and
Wyoming All Of the Delegates are Re
publicans.
The tallest member Of the House viii
come from Pennsylvania. and the man
with the most celebrities in his pedigree
VIII hail from New York
He Of the great distance" is John K
Tener. OF Charleroi. Pa. who viii repre-
sent the Twenty-fourth district He IS a
banker now. but old baseball enthusiasts
will remember him as the famous Jack
. Tener. pitcher and second baseman, who
played or the All America team and
Travelled around the world. One OF his
Intimate friends in the old days was
Mr.. Justice Moody. OF the Supreme Court
He Of the ornamental pedigree IS
Representative Hamilton Fish. OF New
York. who VIII succeed Representative
Mcmillan. from the Tweuty-first district.
He traces his ancestry back 10 Plymouth
Rock and Preserved Fish. who came
/ across the Atlantic with the pilgrim
fathers.
There IS cnIy one change in the Ala
bama delegation. Samuel II. Dent. IT..
a Young lawyer. OF Montgomery, will sue
ceed 0. c. Wiley. who was appointed
TO I'll the unsxpired term OF his brother,
Ariosto 4. Wiley.
There is also but one change in the
Arkansas delegation. Stephen Brundidge
Of Batesville. decided 70 make the race
next time against Senator. JEFF Davis
and declined 70 run for reelection. "
A Oldfeld viii take his place.
Delegation Changes Politics.
A solid Democratic delegation come.
in 10 relieve the three Colorado Republi-
cans who were defeated in the last elec.
tion. Edward T. Taylor, Of Glenwood
Springs, will succeed Col George Wash
ington Cook as Representative-at-Iar
AttersOn W Rucloer viii succeed Robert
u. Bonynge. and John A. Martin viii
succeed ". A. Haggott
John Q. Tnson, Of New Haven, vii
succeed Gov. Lilley as Representative
at-lsrge from Connecticut All the other
Nutmeg Representatives. were reelected
One OF the most interesting changes
in the House viii be in the New York
delegation. which will have six new
faces Richard Young. of Flatbush, sue
ceeds Representative George Waldo, whC
was defeated by two elements. one OF
which was headed by President Roosevelt
and the other by the Tim Woodruff
machine President ROOsevelt's animosity
began when he berated Mr. Waldo fol
taking the lead in the effort TO impeacf
Judge Wiley. Of the United States Court
at Shanghai. China.
Bourke Cochran will be succeeded by
Michael F ConrOy, who Is also an Irish.
man, and who is said 10 have as many
silver tips on his tongue as his illustriou.
predecessor He started in life as 2
breaker boy in the coal mines Of Shenan-
doah, Pa, and by studying at nights
graduated with honors at the University
OF Michigan.
Daniel A Driscoll, from q Democratic
district in Buffalo. viii take the seat OF
William n. Ryan. who was defeated be-
icause he did not suit the 'Fingy'' Con-
ners machine. Vice President Sherman
place viii be taken by Charles s Milling
/, ton. Of Herkimer.
Changes in Indiana.
Another interesting change in the House
is in the Indiana delegation Charley"
lands wiz be succeeded by Martin A
Morrison, a Democrat, CT Frankfort John