The Hattiesburg news., 1911-04-20

Washington, April 17-When the !
Sixty-second Congress shall be fuily
organized, who will lead the majority
side of the United States Senate! VIII |
he be from the East or from the. West?
viii he be standpatter or an IN
sugent? Or will the majority be or
ganized into two camps, more or less
hostile, a condition the Senate mas
been confronted with more than once
in its history? Aldrich, the most sue
cessful of all parliamentary leaders,
is retired from the public stage, as is
Eugene Hale, his right arm years
ago John C. Spooner quit the forum for
the bar. and Allison is dead. Who
will replace these men in the most
select political deliberative council In
the world?
In a parliamentary body a leader is
as necessary as he is in military es-
tablishment. Talent, GOODNESS, cour-
age and even audacity are as essential
to obtain success in the Cabinet as
they are to gain victory on the field.
The timid must be supported, the
recalcitrant intimidated, aye, the IN
terested cajoled, to run a Republican
form of government. The imperious
will and infexible courage of Thad-
deus Stevens in Congress did as much to
beat the South in our great war as the
military genius of Ulysses S. Grant in
battle.
The Republican party has produced
many great Senators. In its infancy
were Fessenden, Sumner, Chase, Sew
ard, Trumbull, Hamlin, Wade, Wilson
and Collamer. Later came Conkllng,
Sherman, Edmunds, Morton, the Nor
rills, the Chambers, the Lanes, How
ard, Schurtz, ingalls,, Carpenter. Blaine,
the~Platts, Logan and others too nu-
merous to mention. OF all the Sena'
tors Of the Republican faith 1t is
scarce too much to say that Fessenden
was the greatest, take him all In all
The late Thomas B. Reed held that he
was superior in intellect to the famous
George Evans, of whom IL may be said
that he might have been the rival OF
Webster had he not chosen to be the
follower of that great man,
Until Nelson W, Aldrieh became the
leader. power was divided on the Re
publican side of the Senate. seward
might have been called the leader ol
the Titanic battles of the Free-Soilers
against Douglas when the Kansas-Ne
braska bill was considered, but Fes
sender, Sumner, Chase, Wade, Trum
bull and even the Southern Whig, Johi
Bell, of Tenressee, bore down VIII
ssual intrepidity and zeal upon "th'
Little Giants" who put popular SOY
ereienty'' into an act of Congress
Even during the war there was d
yided Republican leadership In tn
Senate. Wilson was Chairman OF MI
itary Affairs and reported and TOO
charge of all legislation looking to tn
increase of the forces in the field an
the promotion of the efficiency of tn
army. Fessenden and Sherman sa
n matters of revenue and taxatiol
ESQ the currency, though Fessende
strenuously opposed the creation
the greenback. Trumbull looked aft
the law. and he was the author OF
three Of the constitutional amen
ments legislated by the war. AS I
Sumner. he was the agitator. II W
his task to keep the heart Of the Nor
afire. and to make no peace until Il
shackles were stricken from eve
slave in the Republic. He also look
after foreign affairs. But It was q
ferent in the House of Represent
tiyes. where Thaddeus Stevens W
.everyman himself" though he "
neither Speaker nor Chairman OF wa
and Means.
Aft& the impeachment proceed
fniledj ana Grant became President
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