The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-24
MUST LEAVE THE
FEEDING TROUGH
Changes in the Senate Mean
Changes for Many of the
Employees.
MAINE AND RHODE
ISLAND ARE HIT HARD
Many Citizens of Those States
q Will Have TO Let Go of
Public Teat.
BY RALPH NJ. WHITESIDE.
Leased Wire to The Tribune.

By Leased Wire TO The tribune.
WASHINGTON, July 23.-The retire
mcnt, voluntary or otherwise. of so many
leaders Of the senate after the next ses-
sion OF congress is a source OF woe TO
many an employe Of the greatest legis-
lative body in the world who had come
T. To believe he had vested right at I'm
Gle Sans feeding trough. For be II
known IL is the man who is in who has
the pull In no place In the country does
the man who is out lose the power OF
placing friends so quickly as in WASH
ngton. The announced intention on the
part of Senators Aldrich and Hale par
ticularly 10 retire from the senate at the
Globe OF their present terms mas caused
CONSERVATION among the scores OF gov
ernment employees whom these statesmen
have provided with positions in Washlns-
on They are not under the protection
counting their days even now. Com
mittee clerks. doorlteepers, elevator con-
ductors guards and a multitude OF others
are wondering what is to become OF them
when their ''bosses" leave. During the
very long periods OF senate service Sen
aators Aldrich and Hale have brought
more constituents 10 washington. ana
placed them on government pay rolls tnan
any other two senators in the body. Sell
dom has request from either OF them
to employ a constituent been denied by
those in authority about Washington, and
that is the reason the government build
ings In Washington are well filed with
citizens Of Maine and Rhode Island: There
is little hope for any of these. for the
new rulers all have their friends. TO look
after, and no senator ever had nearly
enough patronage to go around.
Picturesque Figures Retire.
After March there will be but few
picturesque figures in the senate. The
old guard will have retired. all save Sem
ators Frye Culom and Depew, When
Senators Daniel Of Virginia and Nc
Emery died. when Senator's Tillman and
Culberson were forced off the stage OF
action by i'll health, the Democratic side
OF the chamber was robbed OF Its most
distinguished coterie Of old-timers. Only
one was left Only Senator fernando De
Soto Money OF Mississippi remained, and
Ae is due to return to. private life on
S.dareh next. When that date arrives
and the Sixty first congress Is no more.
two OF the most forceful leaders OF the
Republican side OF the senate will be lost
to that body. Senators Aldrich and Hale
will retire. -Soth are veterans. Both
have been powerful, but now both are
preparing 10 lay down the cares OF pub
lie life forever
Into Hands Of Younger Men,
All this means that the senate will pass
into hands of younger leadership. Both
sides of the chamber are casting about
for new leaders. Neither majority nor
minority today knows upon whom the
mantles will fall. There are strong men
on both sides OF the senate. but there is
no one pre- -emincntly strong man. The
DIVISION on the ESepGDEc3n slne VIII Hlhhe
II harder to choose leader. The men
like Cummins and Dolliver and Borah. all
capable Of handling legislative situa-
ton, however acute. are In the insurecnt
class, and could not now command the
united support OF the Republicans. The
men like Gailiger, Warren and Penrose
could not successfully lead the !nsur-
gents a compromise will be hard 10
reach, although Senator Ellins is being
discussed considerably in connection with
The leadership In the senate.
Leader for Democrats.
AS for the Democrats. it will not be
, so difficult 10 agree upon a nominal
leader Senators Bailey, Bacon, Rayng,
8 Clay. Overman and Hughes are already
in training for floor leadership, while
little later. John Sharp Williams, for
Nor minority leader in the house, will be