Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-03-19


last year Of their present terms.
The conventions or elections Of the
simmer and fall will decide, in al
most all the cases. whether the toga
wearers shall return to their law
practice or disport for six years
more in the marble temple Of legis-
lation on the hill.
In regard to several OF the sena-
tors the question has already been
settled The return of Senator ISL
dor Raynor has been assured by the
action Of the Maryland legislature
Senator fernando De Soto Money
the democratic leader, will retire
to his plantation in Mississippi They
take senatorial situation by the
forelock down In Mississippi and in
line with the honorable custom John
Sharp Williams, statesman, gentle
man, scholar. lawyer and planter.
was chosen several years ago to sue
ceed Money Williams was then
leader of the democrats and one OF
the most popular members of the
house. Senator Flint California;
has said he would not be a candidate
for reelection. In statement is
sued a short time ago he explained
that the great expense of carrying
on campaign under the new Cali
fornia primary law was beyond his
means and that, besides, he felt It
10 be his duty to earn more money
than comes in the senate pay envel-
ope to provide for the future of his
family.
At the head of the list, alphabet
ically and otherwise, of those who
will toe the mark and take the oath
next March will be one Senator
Aldrich, from Rhode Island. A vag-
RAM rumor went the rounds last
summer that Aldrich had decided to
retire. When it was brought to his
attention he remarked that he had
nj passed out authority to anybody
to make such statement. So he'll
come back.
They have been trying to build a
fire under Senator Hale in the
thirsty state Of Maine, but the sena-
tors friends reclare that he'll return
again, just as he has for thirty years
He stands beside Aldrich at the head
of the regular organization in rank
but not in influence. other members
of the old guard likely to return are
Lodge (Mass), and Kean, IN. JO,
while Burrows, (Mich.), ard Scott,
iW. Val, say they will be here, too,
though they are fighting for the
honor in the face OF right lively OPP
position.
-Four of the band of progressives
in the senate are Under fire of the
interests and, according to widely
circulated reports, OF the regular re-
publicans, but they are fighting on
eheerfully with the expectation of
putting in six years more at the old
stand. La Toilette is, OF course, an
object OF especial solicitude and eX-
traordlnary efforts are being made
to overturn Wisconsin, where he has
no friends but the people. Bever-
idge, now the undisputed republican
leader and strong force in in the
senate, is up for reelection. Bur-
kett has w. J. Bryan, among other
issues, on his hands in Nebraska,
and Clapp seeks recognition in Min
nesota where they are up to date
and don't have moss on their polit-
fcal doctrines.
In the group of those who must
be born again as senators II they are
going to help govern the country
and advance the light of civilization
.senerally are; Bulkeley, Connect
cut; Garter, Montana; Clark, Wyo'
ming; Culberson, Texas; Daniel, Vir-
ginia; Depew. New York; Dick,
Ohio; Dupont, Delaware; Frazier,
Tennessee: Mccumber, North Da-
..ota; Nixon, Nevada; oliver Penn
sylvania; Page. Vermont; Piles
washington; Sutherland, Utah; Tai
iafero, Florida; and Warner, Mis-
souri,
OF the expiring 80 there are %
republicans and six democrats,
THE crow is mueh-abused bird
and II Is time that someone said a
good word for his old black coat, :"
remarked DR.. c. Hart Merriam,
chief OF the biological survey
INSTEAD Of being an enemy Of the
farmer. as Is generally believed. :"
continued Or, Merriam, "the crow Is
one Of his best friends and the pro
tector OF his crops. True, during
corn-plantlng time, the crows bill
Is turned against the farmer-dur'
ing one month ana that month only
he is his enemy. But during the
other eleven months the crow is re-
ally working overtime for HIM =
eats thousands upon thousands Of
destructive insects and bugs every