Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-22
OLD MEN WHO SIT
AMONG THE YOUNG
The United States Senate Has
Few OF the Veterans
On Its Roll.
STEPHENSoNS GOOD MEMORY
He Never Forgets % Face. a Date. a
Name. or Anything Ii~c Worth
Remembering

Special Correspondent.
washington. Feb l5.-Neauy two |
years ago. whom former Representative ,
Ikc stephenson succeeded MI Spooner !
as United States senator from Wisoon-
sim 70 was common talk tha, the latter |
would De entirely satisfied Co du ont
the meNrired torn But tHr old Un
herman likes 10 so much Boo the senate
that he has been Irschng out fpr full
term Of his own. and the latest accounts
were that he was going to succeed iu
his ambition unless the la Toilette fol-
lowing could fnd "a way 90 trip him mp.
Mr.. stephenson who ig a native Of New
brunswick. is the oldest imam now iu
/ she senate. FOR ne win be- V II he lives
until the 18TH 81 next June. Senator
Z Cunou of Illinois wiz not be so until
Nov s2 and senator Teller of Colorado
I lis about year younger than stephen
son senator Frye OF Maine win D.,
{ IS his next birthday. ana Senators Platt
and Depcw Of New York rank next in
age being % and "a respectively. The
election Of 30 many young senator's iu
I recent years has greatly reduced the
/ average In the upper branch.
sENArR sTEPHENsON's MEMORY.
senator stephenson is noted up iu his
country for his remarkable memory A
/ prominent Wisconsin man soiournng
here this vintcr ON this point said.
| He was never known 20 make notes.
During ali Of the time he spent in active
work as a lumberman. which required
the recollection Of a great many details,
he never took a memorandum. lie new
ar has carried a notebook and never has
! written down the name of man IN
order to remember Il. He rarely forgets
/ "a face hui his most remarkable faculty
is that Of remembering names, Incl
/ dents. dates and geographical locations.
! I venture to say that Senator stephen
4 son offhand can tell the date or every
irnrortant event that has happened in
the last century. The senator Is Justly
proud. too. Of his remarkable memory.
SENATORS ALSO GOVERNORS.
The house decided the other day that
| Gov. Lilley OF Connecticut should be
/ dropped from its roll Of members on uhe
ground that he could not hold two OIL
fees at the same time. some years ago
| the senate was not that rough on DAVID
Bennett Hill. on certain am or
March his only term In the senate com
menced When elected senator he was
governor OF New York. He held on 10
tho Eovernorship an that year 10 pre-
vent the lieutenant governor from sue
ceeding him at Albany but drew ms
pay as senator just the same And this
was also true OF Senator Ia Toilette OF
I IA 1RnF time 81 looked
as n Mr.. La Toilette possibly might
refuse 70 be sworn in as senator II
things did not go 10 suit him at the
! cspital Of his state. No question IN
either case was raised in the senate.
/ There was some outside talk. but II
| did not influence the senators.
PHILADELPHIA TO ENTERTAIN
CONVENTION.
Indications are that Congress will
soon pass the Joint resolution authorlz-
| ing the secretary Of state 20 invite the
! Permanent international Association
! / OF Navigation Congresses TO hold Ia
this country in 1911 It's twelfth con
/ vention Conventions are held every
three years. the last one being at 81
! Petersburg. Philadelphia will doubt
| less have the honor Of entertaining
| the convention. having been the FIRST
, ! City 20 extend the invitation, and Rep
. resentative Moore, who takes such a
I lively Interest in such matters, has
been pushing the resolution at Wash,
iugon. This VIII not cost the national
government any money, for the
z Philadelphiaus propose TO foot an Hlt
/ | bills for Entertainment However
81 when the international and the pan
ID American medical congresses. respec'
, / lively. were held here Congress did
. | appropriate quite literally toward tho
- | entertainment FUND.
E HEPBURN MUST MAKE GOOD
D CASE
: Colonel Pete Hepburn OF Iowa b
! busy preparing his contest for the
. [ seat In the next house which VII
certainly bee occupied at the start bl
, | his Democratic opponent. Some folk
T. have "a suspictiou that his case vii
- have 90 be "a mighty strong one be
!, Fore the leaders viii consent 20 tuu
|. tho Democrat out.
] HAVE FUN WITH SHERMAN
e Members of the house cannot hell
poklng run at Hon. James s. Sher
man soon 90 preside over tho senat
E FOR four years should he live 20 serv
e out his term ms president. SOM
r. even go $50 far 90 90 bring up th
matter incidentally in the regular de
- bates Bon the house. Alr Sims of Ten
20 nessee the other day. when talking col
y the resolution 90 permit HE holdin
'l OF the inauguration ball in the pensiO
office building. declared that Sherma
"a ought 90 have "a chance Ca dance be
.e tore he is buried 40 the chair OF IA
Dr. presiding office OF the senate. owe
ir | Predicting that m he were not carefl
T. I be might Dec walking on Crutches bo
~ foro that fob ends.