Arizona republican., 1910-04-26
selecting Governor Hughes. he has taken a conspicuous man of this class
The New Senate and the New Leader.

election but will retire at the expira
 ton of their terms on the 3d of March next have attracted public at
 tention 10 the question of the future leadership of the republican side in
 the senate, and it is d remarkable
 tribute to the greatness of the junior
 senator from New York that this question has been almost instantly settled by the popular verdict that the
 new leader will be Elihu Root
 [ When he retires Senator Mdrich will have been a member of the sen-
 ate for thirty years: prior to his elec-
 tion to the senate he had served in the house of representatives and had been a member of the Rhode Island ! legislature. He worked his way to the ; leadership of the senate through long
 public service. He had been in the senate at least twelve years before he began to take the reins of political
 control into his own hands, and it has been only during the last decade that
 he has been the undisputed leader of
 his party.
 Altogether without precedent is this
 early acknowledgment of Senator
 Roots supremacy. Mir. Root took his
 seat only year ago tMarch {. 1909l.
 Until he became d senator of the
 
 lative experience. It is d tradition of
 the senate that new senators are not in proceedings-eNcept in legislation affecting their own states-until they have been in the senate at least two years. Even d place among the "elder statemen" is not accorded until senator. has entered upon his second term and not then unless he has dis played unusual qualities of statesman ship. Senator Roots position is. therefore. unique.
 His advancement to the position of chief counselor of his party in the senate will be due. of course. to the extraordinary ability he has exhibited as a cabinet officer and to his pre- eminent standing as lawyer and spoke with some disapprovsl of the ''adroit mind" of Mir. Root But his mind is more than merely adroit His is one of the great intellects of our time. President Roosevelt once said in the privacy of Gridiron dinner tto mention which at, this late day may be permitted) that the people of the country. approving various things he had done and was doing. would never for these things were really due to the wise counsel of Secretary Root and that they would never know the many mistakes he had avoided through taking MT. Roots advice. l And it is no secret that both Mir. | Roosevelt and MT Taft would have 1 preferred MT. Root for the presidency 1 in 1908 if they could have been con vinced that he would be elected. It is | an exceedingly fortunate thing for the party that the new leader in the senate is to be one of the ! cleanest and wisest men in public life. |
 Not only will Aldrich and Hale be | missing from Athe senate of the sixty ! second congress through their volun- tary retirement. but there will inevi- 1 tably be other notable names missing | from the roll of the new senate. Of | the thirty senators whose terms eX pire next March. twenty-four are re- publicans. Senator Flint of Califor- mia has announced that he will not, be | of the expense of making contest in the primaries Senator William War ner of Missouri can scarcely hope to | be reelected as Missouri is quite cer- tain to elect democratic legislature this fall Senator Charles Dick of {, Ohio will make d fight for reelection but his prospects are not the best. Unless the republicans of Ohio get together at a more rapid gait than they have shown thus far. the demo- crats will stand good show to cap lure the legislature, and republican victory will by no means assure the return of MT Dick to the senate. Burkett Of Nebraska, LaFollette of Depew of New York, Clapp ,f Minnesota, Sutherland of Utah. and Beveridge of Indiana have to en- not only the possibility of de- eat by the democrats but face opposi- ion within the republican ranks. Sen tor Beveridge alone is assured of vic ory if his party carries the legisla- ure. The opposition 10 him from re- ,ublicans will be confined to silent <nifing in the campaign. If the re- ,ublicans carry New York Depews successor will be Theodore Roosevelt f Mir Roosevelt wants the job
 Mir Taff has bpeu a fairly lucky 1