The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-03-01
PROMINENT MEN
LEAVE CONGRESS
Next Session viii See Many
Changes
SOME POLITICAL HISTORY
Twelve Senator'S and IT Representa-
tives of Present Congress VIII
Not Appear at Special SEES
sion On March IS.

Not Appear at Special SEES
sion On March IS.
Washington, February 2S-Twelve SEN
ators and n representatives who are
members of the present Congress will be
absent when the Sixty-first Congress as
sembles in special session March 49, The
reelection of Mr.. Hopkins in Illinois and
Mr.. Stephenson in Wisconsin not yet
having taken place, it is possible their
failure of election will augment the num-
Der to H. The changes in the personnel
of the Senate and House include many
whose names are by-words to every read
er of newspapers.
or the n representatives who retire on
March 3, one, Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa, has
served % years in Congress, and another
Mr. Sherman of New York, who becomes
Vice President, has served 20 years in
the House. Mr.. Cousins of Iowa and
Delegate Smith of Arizona have served
IL years, while Jenkins of Wisconsin,
Cooper of Texas, Oyerstreet of Indiana.
Williams of Mississippi and Acheson of
Pennsylvania each have served IA years.
| In years of service Senator Teller of
Colorado is the nestor of the retiring
statesmen, having been elected senator
upon the admission of his state to the
union, taking his seat December 4, 1876
since which time he has been continuous
| ly and prominently in the public eye
| He resigned from the senate in 1882 to
enter the cabinet of President Arthur
as Secretary of the Interior. re-enter-
ing the Senate March 4, 1885. A re-
publican in politics he Withdrew froln
| the republican national convention at st.
Louis in June, 1896, because of the finan-
| cial plank adopted by his party and has
| never since approved it. He was re-
elected to the Senate as an independent
silver republican and in 1908 was re-
elected as a democrat, with which party
he has been affiliated since he withdrew
| from the republican party. He is a mem
| Der of the national monetary commission
and will continue his public service in
that connection.
Senator Platt of New York served in
the Forty-thrd and Forty-fourth Con-
| crosses as a member of the House, en-
| tering the Senate in 1881. On May 16
of that year when Senator Roscoe Conk-
! ling resigned his seat because of his diff
| fculties with President Garfield, his col
| league, Mr. Platt, Joined him, and gained
| the designation of ME, too" Plat. 1t
| was always understood that Mr.. Platt
| chafed under this nickname and deter
| mined to return to the Senate as a vindi-
cation of his act, which he did March
4, 1897. Although he has been in very
| feeble health during several years his
| attendance on the sessions of the Senate
| on all important occasions generally has
| been marked with regularity
senator Foraker, whose political career
is fresh in the minds of everyone, has
served in the Senate u years.
Senator Hemenway succeeded Vice Pres
| ident Fairbanks. PREVIOUS to that he
had been a prominent member of the
House since the Fifty-fourth Congress,
| being chairman of the committee on ap-
| preparations when he resigned to go to
| the Senate.
Senator McCreary also had a long
service in the House of Representatives,
| having entered that body in the Forty
! ninth Congress, and after serving six
| terms entered the Senate six years
ago.
Oother senator's who will retire on
March are Ankeny of Washington,
| Fulton or Oregon, Gary of South Caro-
lima, Hansbrough of North Oak ota, Kit
tredge OF South Dakota, Long of Kan
Representative Hepburn of Iowa has
| been conspicuously interested in all
matters relating to interstate commerce,
| his connection with public affairs go
| ing back to anti-bellum days, he hay-
| ing been delegate to the republican
| national convention in 1850. John
| Sharp Williams, former minority leader
of the House, retires to enter the Sem
ate two years hence. Representatives
Tnhf A n m pad af
contributed to the humor of many Con-
crosses, and Bourke Cochran of New
York, who has figured in many orator.
ical contests also will retire Mr..
Cochran was in the Fiftieth Congress.
| dropped out one term and reappeared
In the Fifty-second and Fifty tn ird
Congresses. He was then out during
eight years, returning to the House six
years ago.
Among the retiring representatives
are:
Arkan sas-Brundige
Florida-Lamar.
Georgia-Lewis.
Illinois-Knopf, McGavin and Cald-
well.
Indiana-Foster, Clancy, Holiday
Watson, Overstreet, Lands, Crumpack
er and Gilman.
Kentuck-A. d. James and Kimball
Louisiana--Favrot.
Maryland-Jac ok son and Wolf.
Mississippi-Hill, McLain and Will
liams.
Missouri-Ellis, Caulfield Smith, Rus
sell, Hackney and Lamar.
Nebraska-Pollard and Boyd.
New York--Waldo, Cochran, McMil-
Ian, Sh erman, Porter and Ryan.
North Carolina-Hackett and Craw-
ford.
Ohio-Harding, Bannon, Mouser, Lam
ing, Dawes and Weems.
'Oklah oma-F'ulton and Davenport
Tennessee--Hale and Gaines.
Texas-Cooper.
Vermont-Ha skins
Washington-Jon ones.
isconsin-Murphy and Jenkins
Delegate Cole of Alaska.
S22.5 so to Washington and re-
turn account Inauguration, via
Southern Railway; train leaves
4:25 pm, through sleeper.