Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-09
Number Has Been Reduced by
Three Through Death of Not
able Confederate Soldiers.
CHANGES IN COMMITTEES
One Death and Five Hctircmcnts In.
Guiding senator Aldrlch Make
inrOads on Finance Body.
lspeoIal corresnondeneel

| great war OF 1913 who have been hon
orcd with public office are growing
| fewer. Just as the ranks Of their COM
| radcs in tho private walks Of life are
| Sadly Diminishing. The number OF vet
Grams o, that war In Congress is less
than at any time since the year follow
| inc the cessation Of hostlities.
| At the beginning OF the present Con-
| Srcss, seryi1g on the Union and Con
| fodcratc -ldcs were the following: Sem
| ate: Union BullSelcy Of Connecticut
| Burrows Of Michigan, On Pont Of Della
/ vnrc. Nelson OF Minnesota, Elkius and
| scott of West Virginia Warner of Mis-
| souri,, and Warren Of Wyoming, n total
| Of eight Confederate Bacon Of
| Georgia. Rankhead OF Alabama, Daniel
| of virginia. johnson 81 Alabama, Me
| Emery OF Louisiana. McIaunn of Mis-
sisyipei, sinrtin &C Virginia, Money OF
J Mississippi. and Ialiaferro OF Florida, a
total OF Q. House o: Representatives:
/ Jiriyn-A,exancef Of New York. Bar
clay. esnxh..n aao Graham of Pennsyl-
yaulA. Brsdlay o. New York, Calder
| hsa.s Of Kzni,s capron OF Rhode Is
and. Cashier Of New Jersey. Hollnss-
4 worth. Is SifGi A1G NVsFNopN NA tft4Nf
| How~n ~ NeNg Jsrsoy. Hui o. Town,
! Mors,u, Of Missouri, and WiicN OF New
! Jersey. y total OF is. Confederate
| E-topiaAl q, Louisiana, Gordon Of Ten
| nsssee, Jones' and Lamb OF Virginia.
] Livingston - Georgia, RichaTTiRon 90
/ AiairsIpA Spient Of Mississippi Tlho't
OF Maryland and Taylor OF Alonarn1'
total Of nine.
THREE SINCE DEAD.
|
This gives n total OF 40 veterans OF
| the war IN the senate and house AZ th'
! beginning OF the present Congress
Their number has beer reduced D.
three through the death of these not
| able Confederate vote Grams. SENATORS
Daniel. McIluery ara Mci.GCrin. II
will BE- seen from there figures thai put
! ne cent Of tho membership OF me
| Sittv. rrst Congress waro vetorsns o,
| m. C1yil war Nearly hall tho mem
bervhip OF Congress &c year. ago wers
| Union and Confedersts waterman IN
thu Conlrr--s nj THAI time ths Fry-
hrst- there wsr' u Coui"oe 49,
ans In the senate aDt nine Unfon vstsI-
ans. willis in the bouse there wro 10
! Cnnrsderrts veterans and u un'oi' vot-
! crans Considerably over halt tbs mon
! pers from tho southerT. stnss N~re
| Confederate Veterans Marty hait ni
! ~ ~, cenp- a. IN. rn,n,t ership OF the
! F1rty drrt Cungres~ wcr" veterans OF
! m, war Men who entered the army IN
| isS1-6 whom n their teers, are nov
I Ole mon. marx OF them great grand
fathers The average age Of me vetsr-
| ans az tho senate is 80 years me hN-
| craze ar, o. the veterans y, rnc mousse
4. al years Thur. the 9ver1g ~ age %
| th,s. veteran statesman, when tho ~H
o~gnn in 1851 was ~ years me @oost
! Union veteran 81 oenersi san
| Sherwood. representing the Ninth ONO
| lIstric, who n u. The oldest Confedcr
| ate veterrn IL Private I~onidas r.
| I,ivingrtnr ~ IN, Firth Georgia district
| rs year, The youngest Union veteran
| ia Represcntstfve Aiernnder - N'N
! worry a. wears OLD The youngest con
fcacrate veteran r. Representative Geo.
" Taylor ~ Alsoerna,-bl y~erS n!".
| Tho highest ranking veteran OF inc
Union army IL J. Warren k"lfer Oh
| Ohio. who WIS major genera OF Vol
unteers. Sherwood OF ono enc n aiaT
| nam OF ennsylvaniA T-ro brtganloI
| Generals The highest ranking conted-
! ernt. veteran IN Congress IS George W
| C;orSon OF Tennessee who was brig
! adier-general. and who Is now con-
| mander -in-chief OF the Com cuei"''
| Votcr-lns' association.
| rho NEXT Congress will see sun
| further dImlnution Of the number OIL
| war veterans In Congress Sena'pl'
| Money and Taliaferro, retiring WIZ y.
| dune tho number o; Confecefa'c 49, 49,
| a.. ana che sefest If Representative
| ryr,l ~ Town and -eiderhesd or nan
90, VII 81, down. the ."presenIit' VI
| t)nic,i v~ferans in Co0c-ess. Inc '"ii-
tolerate v~tersrs VIII recover one - ~,
| m. probable election OF 'rnrics ~
| Stedman, the pemnclauC ~ ~. ~, .ar,,i,,o
no house IN the Fifth North Cerol'H'
! district.
RETIREMENT OF ALDRlCH
one death and five re.;remonts ei
prominent members viii make aci'ous
| i,ro,d upon the mcmbcr~hip oil lh'
nnanec committee OF che senate altcr
| mo Attn Of Uert March. lhe cna,.
nan az tho committee. SenaIor ~
,s.h. and s;euEtofs Hale ard Flint h'
/ ruhi,,--rs viii retire at the close p'
thcir terms ncSt March. rs VIII Sehh-
fore Money aud Tniiafcrro. inc reIllc-
,,cnt 81 Aldrich Will leave senator bul
rows OF Michigan, the senior f'epI.u,
ucfin member OF the committee WV"
| Senator rrnros- OF PennsylNnnla htN''
a. senator burrows has not FOR SOM
.irnc bccn in robust health. there nae
hao, much talk that the honor VIII ="
20 Pcnrosc. The death OF ScnH'or -.
| ioi the senior Democrat on me cohliliu,
tee, and the retiremeit VI ~, mi,
Money ana Taliafcrrn viii leave inc , ~,
,,o,i,y seniority 70 Sena tor Bailey nc
,o,,otnipg members Of the COMMUTE
with the six named ehminht,u' ~
/ RurroVs Plnroqc, Culiom' i.o"t' -
| r,,rDber md Smoot, RepuhlcHhs, 80
,,,'tta,' aod simmons. the only Demo
The national monetary comflssio az
created for the express u,Pos,' s,.s,cn
terptinr q remedy OF the lls,H ~. A.
" H. Irnited states confessedly &c
Sect,ye. viii also be visited with notable
1870 az, account Of the rehrcu'cilt
81 '' sono Of these senators. Three ot me ne
senators who will not be ile, ..,,',,,bcrs
ths Sixty-second Congress ore me- '. .'as
- ne monetary commissi ~
g. sa Daniel. deceased II Is proe-
~. tSat senator Aldrich, upon his r.
tl Ire, fron the senate %ii n eon con,'
10 retain his membership on , W." FORMER
Il,ss, .or Mir Teller OF colorado one
so,.,,,er represen tative MI. BqhEhse W
Colorado. who are members
woR, q DOES NOT ACCePI