The Republican journal., 1909-12-23
Maine Men in Washington.

WASHINGTON, D. c., December 10th.
Maine is low we'll up to the front in the
seniorityof the service of its Solons at
Washington, where seniority of service
counts 50 much in influence and ability
10 do things. Senator Hale stands No.
! in that respect at the north end of the
Capitel. He has been a senator longer
Than any other man now living. Sena-
Tor Frye is No. 2, for there is but few
days difference in the length of their
sergice. Over in the House there are
39l members and it requires eight pages
Of the Congressional directory to carry
tie names of those men in the order of
heir length of service. The name of
iov Burleigh, the dean of the Maine
delegation in the House, is now at the
bottom of the second page. He stands
with a class of 80 Representatives who
nave served seven continuous terms.
There are only SO members of the House
Eno have served longer in the House
than he has. Only one of the 391 men,
bers has served IS terms, and that is
Speaker Cannon. His service was not
c5ntinuous, as he was superseded by a
Democrat in the Sind Congress. Gen.
H. H. Bingham of Pennsylvania has
ral l6 continuous terms; Representative
Serene Payne, chairman of Ways and
Means, is alone in the Is continuous term
cass; representative John Dalzell, one
Of the Speakers most prominent floor
l-utenants, is alone in the II continu-
Gus terms class. There are but three
men in the 10 terms class; eight in
the nine continuous terms class; Ia in
.he eight continuous terms class, and
tree who have served eight terms but
not continuously. Then comes the seven
coatinuous terms class, in which Gov.
Burleigh stands. There are two other
Maine men in that seven term class
representative D. S. Alexander of Buff
-a.o, whose boyhood home was at Rich
mond, Maine, and Representative F. c.
Stevens of St. Paul, whose boyhood
nome was at Bangor. Maine. Repre-
santative A. B. Capron, of Rhode Island,
who was educated at Westbrook, Maine,
and who is known as the miller of the
House, is also a seven termer. Maine S
reXt ranker in continuous service is
II ncle Amos" Allen, of the first dis
met, who is now on his sixth consecu-
i've term. 1t is small class numerical
. but includes a number of the promi-
rgnt men OF the House. In it is Repre-
s4ntative E. W. Roberts of Chelsea,
Mass, who is native of Madison,
Maine, in Representative Burleigh's dis
net. Representative Swasey and
Jersey belong to the rather numerous
-r term contingent, which is the larg
rs class in term Of service in the House.
there is quite coterie of Maine men
aaving prominent official places here
MS winter, at least three of whom come
rom the third Congressional district.
0az of them is Director George Otis
smith, of the Geological Survey, who
ais from Skowhegan. He is now quite
veteran in that position, but has been
gaining new prominence the past sum-
ezr and autumn because of the work he
las been doing for Secretary of the In
error Ballinger. Director Smith ac
mpanied Secretary Ballinger on much
u his trip through the West the past
a5-umn, inspecting public lands and look
..g over projects that had bearing up
n public land problems. The Geologi-
,al Survey keeps numerous men afield to
-tJIy public land problems, to survey
sizes for water powers, to determine the
mitations and value of coal lands, phos-
mate lands and mineral properties on
-.q public domain Then there is Prof.
Henry C. Emery, son of Chief Justice
Emery of the Maine Supreme Court, who
is now chairman of President Taft's
.autf board. He has been in Washing
Ion but few weeks and yet has already
-stablished himself in the esteem of
Washington officialdom and much is ex-
rected of him. Another resident of
E.lsworth, Chandler Hale, is making an
eleellent record as third Assistant Secre-
,ary of State. He, too, is new to the
ioo. but has had long diplomatic ex-
pfcience which stands him in good stead.