Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-03
CHANGES ARE MANY hits JURY SYSTEM
Numerous New Faces Will Ap Juror Mckinley Causes Sensa
pear in the Extra Session. ton in District Court
GAVEL FALLS TOMORROW SUBMITS WRITTEN CHARGES
Disappearance Figures Method Selecting Panel
Legislative Halls Unfair to Poor.
ONE VACANCY IN SENATE CHIEF JUSTICE INDIGNANT
in
warranted and Without Founda
Fully ton as to Facts
Numerous New Faces Will Ap-
pear in the Extra Session.
GAVEL FALLS TOMORROW
Disappearance of Familiar Figures
From Legislative Halls.
ONE VACANCY IN SENATE
Deadlock in Colorado and Iowa,
Though Latter State Is
Fully Represented.

The interesting situation Of a demo-
cratic House and republican Senate
meeting to consider a Taft administra-
ton measure directs unusual attention
to the converting of the Sixty-Second
Congress in extraordinary session at
noon tomorrow. The political COM
plexions of the two branches of Con-
gress will be as follows:
House-Democrats, 22S; republicans,
100; socialist. 1: vacancies. 3. the ninth
Iowa and second Pennsylvania dis
tricts.
Senate-Republicans so; democrats,
A.: vacancy. !. from Colorado.
The roll calls in the two branches
will show some remarkable changes
from the last session. In the House
the democrats will show gain of "a
members and the republicans a loss Of
So. the socialist member, Victor Ber-
ger Of Milwaukee. 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 MEM
bership of the House, but in the whole
organization.
Republican employees in great num-
Der will go out, and their places will
befilled by democrats. Choice rooms
in the Capitol and in the House office
building. long controlled by the re-
publicans, will be surrendered to the
representatives of the party which is
to gather up the House reins.
Instead of the f1fty-nine republicans
who occupied seats In the Senate
March 4, there will be only fifty to-
morrow. The ranks of the minority
will be increased from thirty-two to
forty-one and forty-two when the va
canSy in Colorado is filled. There was
one vacancy in the last session. caused
by the death of Senator Hughes Of
Colorado.
Veterans Disappear.
More notable even than the large
number of new faces in the Senate and
House will be the absence Of so many
marble rOst7um 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 Legislative struggles will be
missed from the House floor Chief
among those whose absence will loom
large will be Tawney of Minnesota.
Boutel1 of Illinois. Scott of Kansas.
n,
Parsons and Cocks Of New York, Hull
and Smith of Iowa. DENLY of Michigan
and keifer of Ohio. Four members,
Hitchcock OF Nebraska: Poindexter OF
Washington, Gronna of North Dakota
and Townsend of Michigan, have been
elevated to the Senate.
No longer will the Senate roll call
open with the familiar name of Aldrich.
the Rhode Island leader having volun-
tarily renOunced another term to de-
vote himself to leisure and the study of
monetary reforms. He will be succeeded
by Henry F. Lippitt. Many other strik-
ing figures will be missed from the Sem
ate floor. notably Hale of Maine sue
ceeded by Charles F. Johnson; Beveridge
or Indiana. who was vanquished by
John w. Kern: Kean of New Jersey in
whose place will be James E. MARITIME;
Warner of Missouri replaced by James
Pomerene. and Carter of Montana, sue
ceeded by Henry L. Meyers All of
these changes represent democratic gains,
except In the case of Rhode Island
Other Senate Changes.
The other Senate changes will be
Frazier Of Tennessee. succeeded by Luke
Lea the youngest of all the. senators :;
Money OF Mississippi. whose place will
merry the democratic leader of the
House; Flint of California, whose toga
Will grace the shoulders of John d.
Works: Bulkeley Of Connecticut, who
gives way to George p. Mclean. former
governor of his state Burrows of Mishi-
gan, whose mantle Is to be worn by for
mer Representative Townsend; Burkett OF
Nebraska, succeeded by former Repre-
sentative Hitchcock; Scott and Elkins OF
West Virginia. the former to be sue
ceeded by w. f. Chiffon, while C. w.
Watson already had taken the place OF
Senator Elkins. and Piles of Washington,
succeeded by former Representative Poin-
dexter. while the place Of Senator Depew
or New York was filled after a long
struggle By the election Of Justice James
A. O'Gorman.
Deadlock in Iowa.
The Iowa legislature has been dead.
locked for several weeks oven an effort
to elect senator to fill the unexpired
portion Of the term OF the late Jonathan
+: Dollfver. Lafayette Young of Des
MONIES is sitting as the Junior member
from that state. His service will con-
tinue until the legislature elects or adj
journs without action.