Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-04-04
EXTRA SESSION Of
CONGRESS- TO OPEN
TUESDAY MORNING
Democratic House and Re-
publican Senate Will Meet
to Consider Administrative
. Measures of Pres. Taft

WASHINGTON, April 3-The interest
ing situation of a Democratic house and
a Republican senate meeting to con-
slider Taft administrative measure,
directs unusual attention to the conven-
ing of the SD congress in extra session
at noon tomorrow. The political COM
plexions of the two branches of congress
will be as follows:
House-Democrats 22S; Republicans $50;
Socialists 1; vacancies 2, the Ninth Iowa
and Second Pennsylvania districts.
Senate-Republicans so; Democrats Al;
vacancy ], from Colorado.
The roll calls in the two branches will
show some remarkable changes from
the last session. In the house the Dem
ocrats will show gain OF 81 mem
bers and the Republicans loss of IS, the
Socialist member, Victor Berger, of Mil
waukee. accounting for the difference in
the equation.
MANY NEW FACES.
BY reason of the change resulting from
the election last November, new faces
will be seen not only in the membership
of the house but In the whole organiza-
ton. Republican employees in great num-
Der will go out and their places will be
filled by Democrats Choice rooms In the
capitol and the house Office building long
controlled by the Republicans, Will be
surrendered to the representatives of the
party which is to gather up the house
reins.
Instead of the 50 Republicans who oc-
cupied seats in the senate on March 4,
there will be only so tomorrow. The ranks
of the minority will be increased from
81 to Al and to AZ, when the vacancy in
Colorado is filled. There was one vacancy
in the last session. caused by the death
of the late Senator Hughes of Colorado.
A more notable event than the large
number of new faces in the senate and
house will be the absence of so many
veteran legislators. The speakers mar
BILE rostrum will not resound with the
vigorous whacks of the Cannon gavel,
for Mr. Cannon will appear in the ranks
of the minority. Veterans of many leg
islative struggles will be missed from the
house floor.
MANY VETERA Ms ABSENT.
Chief among those whose absence VIII
loom large will be Tawney. of Mime
sofa: Beutell, of Illinois,; Scott. of Kan
sas: McKinlay, of California; Bennett
Fish. Parsons and Cocks. of New York;
Hull and Smith, of Iowa; DENLY, OF Mich
igan. and Keifer. of Ohio. -Four members
Hitchcock. of Nebraska; Poindexter, OF
Washingtn; Gronna. of North Dakota,
and Townsend. of Michigan, have been ell
eVated to the senate.
No longer will the senate roll call open
with the familiar name of Aldrieh, Inc
Rhode Island leader having voluntarily
renowned another term to devote him
self TO leisure and the study of monetary
reforms. He will be succeeded by Henry
Il. Lippitt Many other striking figures
will be missed from the senate floor, nota-
bly, Hale, of Maine. succeeded by Charles
f. johnson: Beverage, of Indiana, who
was vanquished by John w. Kern; Kean.
of New Jersey, in whose place will be
James Z. MARITIME; Warner, of Missouri
replaced by James A. Reed; Dick, of
Ohio. replaced by Atlee Pomerene, and
Carter. of Montana, succeeded by Henry
L. Meyers All of these changes repre-
sent Democratic gains except in the case
of Rhode Island.
CHANGES IN SENATE.
The other senate changes will be Fra
zier of Tennessee, succeeded by Luke
Lea, the youngest of all the senator's;
Mony, of Mississippi. whose place will be
filled by John Sharp Williams formerly
the Democratic leader of the house;
Flint, of California, whose toga will grace
the shoulders of John ID. Work; Bulke-
ley, of Connecticut. who gives way to
George p. Mclean. formerly governor of
his state; Burrows. of Michigan, whose
mantle is to be worn by former Repre-
sentative Townsend; Burkett of Nebras-
ka, succeeded by former Representative
Hitchcock Scott and Flzins. of Wes.
Virginia. the former to be succeeded by
w E. Chiffon. while c. w. Watson al
ready has taken the place of Senator Ill
kins, and Piles. of Washington succeeded
by former Representative Poindexter,
while the place of Senator Depew was
filled after a long struggle by the cleo
ton Of Justice James A OGorman.
The Iowa legislature has been dead
locked for several weeks over an effort
to elect a senator to fill the unexpired
portion of the term o fthe late Jonathan
P. Dolliver. Lafayette Young of Des
Moines is sitting as the junior member
from that state. His service will continue
until the legislature elects or adjourns
without action.