The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03
The influence Of Long SrrVire in
Congress.


In talk Ia the Ohio society in WASH
ington the other night President TAFT
made a plea for the retention m the
House Of Representatives and in the SEN
ate Of the members Of the Ohio dele
CATION, $50 that our Representatives
shall be the foremost in both halls II the
Legislature, that il 10 -ay. in individual
and united influence. The ~rnah States
Of the Fast. the President pointed out.
having New England in mind obviously,
exercised more power" in Congress
than States in the West. because when
the small Sta'e- oT the East found that
they had a good Representative they
kept him AZ the front
II seems strange To hear that Ohio
lacks influence AZ Washington She has
succeeded Virginia n the mother Of
Presidents. and IL IL fact that Ohio
draws more pension money than any
other State. Nevertheless II - true
that rotation in Congress j. the rule
rather than the exception with the
men who represent Ohio. senator
CHARLES DICK has served only one
term. and Senator BUTTON was hut re-
Gently elected by the state Legislature.
On the list of Representatives Who have
served continuously or non-COntlnu-
ouslyl for nine ar eight. terms inClud-
ing the Slxty-first CongTes=l there is
not q single Ohio man. The veteran Of
the delegation. General JOSEPH WAR
Rem KEIFER. is serving his seventh term,
but between the Forty-eighth and Fifty
ninth Congresses he WAS not seen IN the
House. Four members # the d"leGa-
ton have served four terms. NICHOLAS
LoNowoRIH. IL + GoEBTL. JANIS
KENNEDY and " \ THOMAS; three have
served three terms. X. ID. COLE, r. l..
TAILOR. Jr. and l. 4 SHERWOOD. -,X
have served two ter'n-. 7. T ANsPERRY,
W. A. AsHBRooK. y z DENvER NJ
BERT DoUGtAs. PArL Rowland and
W. &. TOT VELLE. and seven are -erv-
ing their first term. CARL ANDERSON. j
n CASSIDY. J VI Cox. y \ HuLIINGs-
WORTH. A r. JOHNSON. JAMES JoYCT
and ". G. SHARP
Contrast tins record with that ~ the
Massachussti~ delegation: " MURRAY
CRANE is serving hi first term N the
Senate bur HyNEy CAHuT LuDCE Is a
veteran in he -hiri term w The House
T. II. GIILFTT ami = " MCCALL are
serving their ninth terms " = GREENE
and G. p LAUrENCF their seventh the
late ". &. LOWERING was serving his
seventh when "" dlCd p W RoBERTs
n in his sixth term. \ p. G'EDNER and
G. Q. TIRRFLr are m their iifth. Burrl-K
AMEs and ! \ KFIWrH IN their f"pr,E
{. G. WiSHEr RS and i " NFFKS in
their third. = , O'CpNNTLL and \. !.
PETERS IN their second and IN" only new
face in Tho HOUSE from Ma~-Br husC'tS
will he that 1t E,oENp = Eus~ the hero
OF the late Waterloo N the Fourteenth
distrIot
So far - Massachusetts - GOVERNED
Mr.. TAFT poir'. then. h. we'll taken.
In the rest If New England u may be-
said the same n""ltv q, rci r'-seu'atIvs-~
IN both braurhe- 1T Congress j. gencr-
aIlv exhibited II not ia ~ rIli measure
Senator HNTt. FVyr. iLpEI,H. Gal
LINGFE and ErENI,u ar, veterans.
and no lc~- than thro" member, of the
small tpuu',iI'u' delegation IN tho
House are serving thew eighth terms
one Name Representative hi- seventh
ard another h.- sixth tho two Vermont
Representatives thor tn. New
Hampshire Representative h'a eighth.
and 80 on
In a general way Nr TAFT j. quit"
right " hen D" measure influence IN Con-
gress by length ~ -'ry, or II The great
ma jOriiy 1T u.n''rr wnr. sent back
term after term, ~ IN" custom in Na--a-
chusetts H. ih" hu-ru"-, uf congress
would 30 done c-r,,I .rrti,lv and better
done. Thor" wou0i be- Ir-- rruu'v talk /
and less playing 20 tn" galleries We
should have shorter sessions and rrv"r
laws. C"rr~'-~- wuuht have moro oour-
age and bS moro rr-i..'.t
6hina aud Tibet.