The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-09-16
"OLDGUARD"
LEAVE SENATE
The Term of Thirty Stand Patters
Expire Next March
PROGRESSIVE SUCCEED
Tools Of Special Interests in Both Demo .
cratic and Republican Parties lose
Togas by Vote of the People

A special from Washington, says of
the thirty United States senator's
whose terms expire March next, twenty
four are Republicansand six are Demo-
Gratis. The Republicans are Aldrich of
Rhode Island; Beverage, of Indiana;
Bulkeley, of Connecticut; Burkett, Of
Nebraska; Burrows, of Michigan; Car
ter, Of Montana; Clapp, of Minnesota;
Clark, of Wyoming; Depew, of New
York; Dick, of Ohio; DUPONT. of Della
ware; Flint of California; Hale, of
Maine; Kean, of New Jersey; LaFollette,
of Wisconsin; Lodge, of Massachusetts,;
McCumber, of North Dakota; Nixon, OF
Nevada; Oliver, of Pennsylvania: Page,
of Vermont; Piles, of Washington;
Scott, of West Virginia; Sutherland, of
Utah; Warner of Missouri. The Demo-
Gratis are CulbersOn, of Texas; Frazier,
of Tennessee; Money. of Mississippi;
Rayner, of Maryland; Swanson, of
Virginia; Taliaferro, of Florida.
Of the Republicans Aldrich, Hale,
Flint, Piles and Warner have announe-
ed that they will not be candidates to
succeed themselves.
Money is the only Democrat who will
retire Voluntarily, and John Sharpe
Williams, former minority leader of
the House, has been elected to succeed
him. Claude Swanson, recently govern
or Of Virginia. and some years men,
Der of the House of Representatives,
has already been appointed senator to
fill the vacancy left by the death of
Senator John w. Daniels, and will be
candidate to succeed himself. Talia-
ferro was defeated for the Democratic
nomination for senator from Florida by
former Governor BrOward.
The Democrats are regarded as hav-
ing an excellent chance to gain three
senators to succeed Beveridge, Burkett
and Warner, in Indiana. Nebraska and
Missouri, with fighting chance in New
York to beat Depew, DUPONT in Dele
ware, Dick in Ohio and Scott in West
Virginia. Others of this class of sena-
tors who have contests within their own
party are Burrows, of Michigan, who
has been defeated by Representative
Townsend; Kean,of New Jersey; Lodge,
LaFOllette, McCumber, Frazier and
Swanson.
The retirement of Aldrich. Hale and
Flint eliminates three Republicans, in
GLIDING the chairman, from the import
ant committee on finance, while the
death of Senator Daniel. and the re-
tirement of Money and TaliaferrO makes
a prospective change for the Democrats
on the committee. Burrows ranks
next to Hale on the committee, but he
has met defeat by Charles E. Town
send. Burrows has been strict regu-
lar of the Aldrich class, while Town
send has shown insurgent proclivites.
In Burrows defeat. Cullom, of Illinois,
is next in line for the chairmanship;but
he is likely too old to undertake the
arduous duties of the committee which
includes handling of the ta,iff problems.
He will be 81 years old November 22d.
Next to Culum is Lodge. who, If he Is
reelected, stands good show for the
craftsmanship of the committee. Bailey
aud Simmons are the only Democratic
members Of the committee, who will
not retire with the next congress.
Senator Hale, who is to retire, is
chairman of the appropriations commit
tee. Next to him on the Republican
side is Perkins, of California. The late
Senator Daniel was also on this COM
mittee and his death leaves Demo.
cratic vacancy.
The death of Senator McEnery leaves
Democratic vacancies on census, naval
affairs and public lands, as well as on
several committees of minor import
ance. He has been succeeded by Johu
r. Thorton as senator from Louisiana.
Gov. Jared Y. Sanders had been elec;-
ed by the legislature, but withdrew his
acceptance, at the instance of friends
in New Orleans, who desire him to de-
vote the rest of his term as far as pos
sible, to the promotion of the Panama
Canal Exposition for New Orleans.