New-York tribune., 1909-03-14
INEW FACES IN SENATE.
Members Who WM Sit There for
First Time.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau

lature does not re-elect Albert ]. Hopkins
When Congress meets in special session on Mon
day every state, except possibly Pennsylvania
Illinois and Wisconsin. will be represented by
its full complement of Senators. The vacancy
from Wisconsin will be filled almost soon as
the Senate meets Isaac Stephenson has been
| reelected, and before any business is transacted
| on Monday he will present himself at the desk
! of the Vice-President to take the oath of Office
1t is expected that the Pennsylvania vacancy
will be filled before the end of the week The
Republicans of the Keystone State have 161 ma
jority on joint ballot The Pennsylvania Legls-
lature will vote on Tuesday to elect successor
| to Philander c. Knox, who resigned from the
Senate to become Secretary of State in President
Tafts Cabinet 1t is expected that George T.
Oliver, of Pittsburg, will be elected Mr.. KnOX'S
successor.
| When the Illinois and Pennsylvania vacancies
are filed the new Senate will consist of sixty Re-
publicans and thirty-two Democrats. In the last
Senate the Republicans had sixty-one and tho
Democrats thirty-one. Indiana elected a Demo-
crat to succeed a Republican, but this Off
| set in Kentucky. where Republican was chosen
to succeed a Democrat The Democratic gain
comes from Oregon, where Republican Legis-
lature elected a Democratic Senator.
| In the Senate will be two ''fedglings'' of
| whom much is expected both in Washington and
in the country at large. They are Elihu Root,
of New York, and Theodore +. Burton. of Ohio
These two new Senators have played important
parts in national affairs for many years. They
will begin their Senatorial duties in the fuIness
Of their mental and physical vigor. and it is the
belief of their colleagues that in a short period
both will exert commanding influence in the
nations highest legislative body.
! New York's Senator Elihu Root has been
so prominent in the public eye for many years
that his record is familiar There was general
regret among the Republican Senate leaders
when it was announced that Senator Knox
| would resign to become Secretary of State Mr..
Roots eminenCe as a lawyer will enable him to
| fill acceptably the place occupied by MIR. Knox.
| 1t is understood he viii be assigned to places
on the committees on Foreign Relations and the
| judiciary. His experience in army matters viii
make him prominent in all questions that come
before the Committee Military Affairs. and
| some Of the Republican members of that COM
mittee anxious that he should be assigned
| to sit with them.
| Theodore e Burton. of Cleveland, who
ceeds Mr.. Foraker Senator from Ohio has
had large public experience in Washington and
comes to the Senate peculiarly we'll equipped by
reason of ability and training to reach a high
| place
Oregon's new Senator is George e. Chamber
lain He is an earnest advocate of direct pri-
maries, and believes that the Constitution should
be amended to provide for the election of United
States Senators by popular vote.
| Another new man from the Pacific Coast IS
Wesley L. Jones. who has been chosen by the
| Legislature of Washington to succeed Levi An
keny. on March Mr.. Jones completed ten
years OF continuous service in the House of Rep
| resentatives. He made few speeches. but was
| looked upon as q careful and conservative leSis-
! lator.
| Charles James Hughes, OF Denver. is the man
chosen by the Colorado Legislature to succeed
! Henry NJ. Teller in the United States Senate.
Senator Hughes is one Of the best known min
/ ing and irrigation lawyers in the West Several
years ago he delivered a course OF lectures on
I mining and irrigation law before the Harvard
/ Law School For many years he has been pro-
fcssor OF mining law at the University Of Dem
yer He was the unanimous choice of the Colo
. radO Democratic Convention when Senator TEL
Ter announced his purpose to retire to private
! life.
FTorida's new Senator is Duncan Upshaw
: Fletcher, sixty years old. and a Georgian by
birth. He is ardent advocate Of the water
ways movement, and prominent figure in
the Conservation Conference held in Washing
! ton last year He Is president of the MissiS-
/ sippi TO Atlantic Waterways Association.
one of the young Senators in the new Con-
! gress will be Edward DUrant Smith. who VIII
not be forty-four years old until August Sem
ator Smith is a Democrat from South Carolina,