New-York tribune., 1909-03-21
,-pU MEMBERS OF HOUSE.
o.vu Fire of Eighty-t50O Hare
Been There Before.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau-I

Ls,p+ou March 20-Eighty-two new
- answer to their names on the roll
-. House Of the 61st Congress. Two of
" ore delegates from the territories who
'H the privilege of addressing the House. but
:, -oting. OF the eighty-twO members five
% %HO. saryed in the lower branch of Congress
h',N o,,e back to their colleagues after brief
NN1 -un+ign OF private life. When last Novem-
.bs scirliiar Of public disapproval fell, it did
,,,,,e the sweeping ravages it has on SIM
y. ~ ,..ssions and the number OF new members
..,siderahIy less than it was two years ago.
= Republican majority reduced from
= -, votes TO forty-seven. which is consid-
,hout the average majority in the House
vhich gives the leaders a fair working
-,s m which to carry out their legislative
programmes,
,rbo chasing days Of the Goth Congress saw
veteran legislators leave the lower body,
- having been chosen for higher honors and
..so-s retired TO private life. The absence Of
,nose men appears to leave great void on both
..,.s of the chamber, but this has often ap-
..-sd before, and has proved the opportune mo-
f-,t for Younger and less tried men to fill the
rreatest shoes
Among the most skilled par1iamentarians who
SC. left their seats to be filed by new men is
tbe eyjce-President, James S. Sherman For many
..-s he had been one of the most active mem
.o-s of the House, and he was always counted
:, nv the Speaker 2s one of the pillars OF the
limitation. His place has been filled by
-bsrles Stephen 1Iilington, of New York who
tayan his political career on Monday. He is
F-o,n F5erkimer. y y. and has been a business
nan and banker all his life He is interested in
.-,.,.aSSFr,I ep+e-r-iSac IN Non
state and was chosen for Congress by a safe
majority.
From the 34th District comes James s. Sim
-,ors. the successor to Peter Augustus Porter.
Nr Simmons IS by birth a Marylander. but
carly moved 20 Niagara Falls. where he has
b.en engaged in the real estate business He
WAS the centre OF a bitter campaign, but was
elected BIZ substantial majority. Buffalo sends
another Democrat TO replace William Henry
RYAN He is Daniel A DriscolI. who has long
been connected with upstate politics. and whose
friends predict for him meteoric career in the
1ouer house. Beurke Cockran's successor is
Michael F. Conry Of New York lawyer. prom
inent in the Democratic organization on the
East Side and q strong supporter Of the Tam
many leader, Charles F Murphy. He is expected
to make up in hard work what the Oratorical
talents OF his predecessor accomplished in Con-
greSs-
George 7 Waldo. who has represented the
9Th Brooklyn District for two years. gives
place TO Richard Young. who has been resident
Of FTatbush for many years. MI Young was
born in Ireland but has been in this country
many years, and has established himself as one
Of the most successful business men in Brook
!yn Hamilton Fish. formerly Assistant United
States Treasurer in New York comes TO Con-
gress as the successor Of Samuel Mcmillan. He
has served many terms as Assenblyman in New
York. and is expected to be 4 valuable member
Of his delegation in the lower house
Indiana sends eight new members. seven Dem
ocats and one Republican Her splendid Re
publican majority in the last Congress IS COM
pIetely wiped out, and she has only two Repub-
licans in her entire delegation OF thirteen One
Of these is the successor to James z Watson.
the erstghile Republican whip. who sacrificed a
brilliant career in Congress 10 become the
candidate OF his party for Governor. He is
W 0. Barnard Of Newcastle, who has served
with greet distinction on the bench in Indiana
TIE Ist District. usually Republican by about
two thousand votes has sent ]. ". BOehne as
the successor Of John H Foster, while the
I'd District equally Republican. elected William
Culiop as the successor Of John Crawford
Cheney The veteran Republican Elias Holll-
day is displaced by q young and brilliant law
ye- Ralph ". Moss, while Jesse Overstreets S
successor is Charles a KOrbly. who was elected
by the scant majority Of 653 votes. He is z
newspaper man. but has also studied law. He
is not yet forty years Of age, and, II he can re