The Washington herald., 1910-10-09

'LAMEDUCKS' GALORE
New Blood in Next Congress
to Be Plentiful.
SEvENTY-EIGHT ON THE SHELF
Good strong show for Further
Changes-DemOcrats Gain Ground
Sfates--SOme Have RetIred-Others
Fail of Nomination.

states--SOme Have Retired-Others
Fail of Nomination.
To date, seventy-eight members
of the present Congress have failed
OF denomination. No such "slaugh-
ter Of the innocents," as one Repre-
sentative put it recently, has &C
Cured in the roster OF Congress
since the memorable disaster to the
Republicans after the passage OF
the Mckinley tariff bill in 1890.
With the elections still to be
heard from. the chance Of a large
colony of lame ducks" in Washing
ton during the coming winter is
proPortionately increased. The list
of Senator'S and Representatives TO
the present Congress who will not
be in the next Congress, as already
decided, is as follows:
FORMIDABLE LIST.
Alabama-Wnliam B. Craig. retired.
Arkansas-Charles c. Reid. retired; R.
Minor Wallace. defeated.
California-senator Frank P. Flint. re-
tired; D. f. McKinlay. and James Nc
Lachlan. defeated.
Connecticut-N. D. Sperry. retired.
Flor.aa-senator J. B. Taliaferro. de-
feated
Georgia.. F. Livingston and William
NJ Howard. defeated.
Idaho-T r. Hamer. defeated.
nIinois-H. s. Boutell, defeated. and
H. NJ snapp and F. o. Lowden. retired.
Iova-A. F. Swanson and ". B. jamie
son, retired; J., a. T. Hull defeated.
Kansas-C. F. Scott. J. N. Miller. W.
A Calderheaa. ana W. A. Reeder, re-
tired.
Kentucky-D. c Edwards. defeated.
Louisiana Senator McEnery and Rep
resentative Gilmore, defeated
No Hale from Maine.
Maine-Senstor Eugene Hale and Rep
resentative a. l. Allen, retired, J. p.
Swasey and E. c. Burleigh. defeated
MsryIand-JOhn Kronmiler, :. r. Mudd,
and G.. A. Pearre. retired
Massachusetts-C. q TirreH defeated;
J. A. Keliher and J. F. O'Connor. de-
feated: Z. c. Foss. retired.
Michlgan-Senator J. c. Burrows and
". Gardner. defeated; C E. Townsend,
retired from the House and nominated
for the Senate
Minnesota-James A. Tawney, defeated.
Mississippi-SenatoT II D. Money, re-
tired; Thomas Spight and A. N. Byrd,
defeated,
Missouri-Senator William Warner, re-
tired.
Nebra ska-G. NJ. Hitchcock and F. II.
Hinshaw. retired; Hitchcock nominated
for the Senate by Democrats,
Nevada-G A Bartlett, retired.
New Jersey-C. NJ. Fowler, defeated.
New York.. Van Y Olcott, defeated:
Charles L. Knapp and James $ Ravens,
retired
North Carolina-John NJ. Morehead, re-
tired
North Dako.a-Senator William z. Pur-
cell and A. J. Gronna, reti1Ss: Gronna
nominated for the Senate by the Repub-
leans
Ohio-Ralph p. Cole. defeated.
Oregon-Winam r. Willis. defeated.
Change In Quaker State.
PepnsyIvania-T. D Nichols. William
H. Palmer. John NJ Reynolds, c. b Bar
clay. c. F. HUFF. A ". Cooper. and J.
X. Tener, retired: A B. Garner. y. p.
Wheeler. and ". H. Graham. defeated.
Tener nominated for governor by the Re
pubicans.
Rhode Island-senator Nelson ". AID
rich. retired.
South Carolina-James o. Patterson, de
feated
Tennessee-winiam P. Brownlow, de-
ceased.
Texas-Gorion Russell, resigned; o. W.
Gillespie. defeated.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Daniel, deceased;
H L. Maynard. defeated.
MISUNDERSTANDING Piles and Repre-
sentative Miles W. Poindexter. retired;
PoiDdexter nominated for the Senate.
". w MeCreedie. defeated
West Virginla-W p. Hubbard, retired.
Wisconsin.-W. II. Stafford. defeated
c. H. Weisse. retired
May BE Other Changes.
Not all States have completed their
Congressional nominations, notably New
York. where there will be a few moro
changes in the delegation when the nom
nations are made. OF the number Of
sure absentees in the nexI Congress
noted above. eleven are in the senate
and sixty-seven in the House OF the
Senators six are Republicans and II a
Democrats, at least two OF the Republi
cans being reasonably certain OF being
succeeded by Democrats, While none OF
the Democrats will be succeeded by a
Republican.
The losses among the House member
snip TO date show forty-nine Republicans
and eighteen Democrats defeated or re-
tired
Among the Democrats are five who vot-
ed with the Fitzgerald coterie to support
Speaker Cannon in his rules fight. while
among thesRepublican insurgents only
one. Charles y. Fowler. OF New Jersey.
has been defeated in the primaries and
three have retired, two to become Repub-
lican nominees for the Senate.
How Did Mr.. Clark DO Its