The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24

htlcal and legislative. In the senate, Mr..
Aidrlch and Mr.. Hale have supplemsntsd
e'lch other. Their team work has been
psrtecG Their cOmplete mastery In q
body. made up ~ u is Of some % the very
0est Americans from all walks Of NE. h
explained not alone by their talsnts and
clevernsas and ambitious nature. The
charaoter Of the Senate a. a body, tho
rules and traditions under which it opsr-
ates must be taken into account In en-
planning how Il " that These two mon
nalntain@d themselves 60 long
it u because the Senate Ia a continuing
body governed by tradition and courtesy
and by the inhexible rule OF seniority Of
service that Aldrich and Hale reached
the top. and II 10 because Of tins that
Senator Aldrich. In commenting nov upon
the step he has taken. forssees none Of that
state OF practical chaos that many Of his
penatmistic colleagues predict al the con-
ditaon that win follow the passing out
OF the present leaders OF tho Republican
party In that body. Mr.. Aldrich poInta
out that a. tho Republican party has a
large majority in the senate and ms that
majority will be controlled by in majority
and a. The so-called radicals or insur-
CENT? are largely In shs minority on the
Republican side the Senate wiIl remain
IN the control Of the conservative wing
for time beyond which the shrewdest
politician cannot yet eco.
Ar. Adrtch does not fear the over
turning Of that conservative control By a
combination Of the inRargsna Republicans
and the Democrats because OF the sena-
toriai custom 10 allowing The minority
aide. now Democratic. 60 make up in own
committees and take its own pars In the
Organization. The Democratic minority
In the Senate. Mr.. Aldrich says. will never
place that power In the control OF anv
faction Of its political OpponsnssOn the
other SIDE Of the chamber. and he looks to |
sss the Senate move along In lie usual |
way when the consrol Of ths |
majority thoro 10 handed over 20 those
younger in years and service than the |
seniOr senator from Maine and himself.
md In that opinion Mr.. Hale undoubtedly |
agrees.
RuIR oP sENroHIry.
Tho rule Of seniority In the Senate in
N tn0exible a. the laws Of the Modes
md Persians. To-day Alr. Aldrich is
chairman Of the Finance COMMITTEES
md q rauking member ON other COM
rsiftees. such a. Interstate Commerce.
Rules and Public Expenditure. which
lave control Of many important sub
ects Of Legislation. Mr.. Hale in chair
nan Of Appropriations and hish rank
ng member Of Public Expenditures.
70 Mr.. Frye In chairman oG Commerce
ranking member Of Foreign Relations.
'anitic Railroads and other important
When Aldrioh and Hale 60 out the men
low Immediately below them in seniority
4 service will move up and take their
'l&ces just az automatically an day fol-
ows night, and no matter ho-s RifssA
md distinguished q n@y senator may
e he must wait his turn. Thus the next
OF the COMMITTEES On FINANCE
Ttil be Julius Cesar Burrows Of Michigan.
rho twenty-five years ago had a rep
tation a. a political orator on the .tamo
nd In the House OF Representatives.
Ut who has not ranked in the senate
Inong the leaders
Burrows has been In Congress almost
for forty years or 80. and
Aving been fifteen years in the Senate
/" has moved along psg by peg until.
he IL reelected next Narch. ~ probably
. will be. he will sit az the head OF the ,
nance COMMITTEES table The next man ,
Glow him in point NJ service will TAX 70
In place as chairman OF tho COMMITTEES ,
n Privileges Ind Elections: and 30 il
IN 20 all through the list. 4
Hale and Aldrich are Pegs that ne In =,
ANY holes. and when they are Withdrawn l
here will be changing Of tho pegs all q
vsr the Senatorial switchboard. Yet :
wing TO tho infisxible rule Of seniority
service such men as Root Of New York n
nd Burton Of Ohio. able a. they are adj :
Iittsd 20 be. cannot take front rank ahead a
thoss wh. have served longer but whose :
bihty may not be 30 great.
cuLLoG a COMPARATIVE YOUTH. q
In speaking % senator Frye as the las, q
member OF the old guard Il q
lould not bs forgotten that Uncle a
helby CullOm N still there. But Ssna- .
'rally speaking he In youth compared q
ifh the Junior Senator from Maine, for II
hsreas Mr.. Frye took his seat in the d
snAes in 1881 MFR. Cullom did not come for o
70 and a half years later. b
Uncle Shelby Is a young man yet-only1
next November He IL chairman OF
% Committee on Foreign Relations and
I'll up on the membe rship OF Finance. '.
lterstats Commences and other COM =
ittses. aud although some Of his col =
agnes below him In rank on some OF those a
'mmittees wonder why be does not drop
u Go make room for them. the old gentle
an says he has no IDEA Of doing anything
the kind. and 10 looks As IL he IL JUS
led In his determination. az least IN long o
he can hold his grip on the Republican .
ganization in illinois,
Then there y your Uncle Chauncey q
'pew. He may he eligible 10 member 3
ip in nome old guard. but IL in not the q
guard Of this United States senate.
2 he has never in his twelve years OF N
rwice been decorated with tho badge y
honor. n he Ia reelected next March ~
may force himself into tho nov old ..
ard. but that IN another story. on
THE NEW OLD oUARD. ~
The new old guard Of the senate win :,
made up Of Burrows. IL he h reelectsd: ~
rims Of West Virginia. Oallinger Of New a.
.mpMhire. Lodge Of Massachusetts,. ~