Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-01-19
THE CHANGING SENATE
Next Session Will See Almost q
New Body of Men.
Fifty Members of the senate of 1905
Have Been Retired or Died In
OH,ce-"OId Guard" Practi-
calIy Mustered Out.

which will come together for the first
session of the slxty-second Congress.
There is feeling that the Senate
changes slowly, yet fifty-five Senators
who were In Office In December, 1905, |
will not appear In the chamber at the
first roll call after March 4, while thirty
four men holding Senate seats two years
ago will be absent at the opening of the
next session.
The first session Of the Fifty ninth
Congress convened on December 4. 1905.
Theodore Roosevelt had been inaugu-
rated President in the previous March.
The period subsequent certainly belongs
TO contemporary rather than ancient his
tory, yet within this brief space not
only the personnel but the whole spirit
and temper of the Senate and its atti-
tudo toward public questions and public
affairs have radically changed At that
| time Senator Allison of Iowa held the
| record for continuous service in the Sen
ate lie was chairman of thE committee
on appropriations and held such po-
| slton in the Senate organization that
nothing OF consequence was done without
his assent.
Senator Culom of Illinois will be the
| oldest Senator in point of service in the
| Senate next December He was sixth on
the list In 1865 other Senators Of ma
tional reputation and large consequence
In 1905 who will not be members OF the
Senate when it meets again after the
| expiration of the present Congress are:
Morgan of Alabama, Hale of Maine, AL
drch of Rhode Island, Teller of Colo
RADIO, Redfed Proctor of Vermont, Bur-
rows Of Michigan, E,lkins of West Wiz
ginia. Clay of Georgia, Foraker Of Ohio.
Plat and Depew of New York. SDoon"r
of Wisconsin, Blackburn Of Kentucky,
Dryden of New Jersey Hemenway of
Indiana Fulton Of oregon. and twenty
nine others of lesser consequence.
"a SURVIVORS OF 1905
Phrased another way, of the ninety
members of the Senate in December 1875
onls the following thirty-four will be in
service in December, 1911; and IT is not
improbable that death will cause two
or three vacancies before the next Con
sress assemblies: Cullom Of Illipos,
Galinger of New Hampshire, Lodge Of
Massachusetts, Perkins of California,
Clark of Wyoming, Bacon of Georgia.
Martin of Virginia. Nelson of Minneso-
ia. Tillman Of South Carolina, Warren
of Wyoming, Wetmore of Rhode Island
Penrose OF Pennsylvania. Culberson Of
Texns NcCpnher Of vortb Dalota nil
Iungbau If verr,ott ,,lon, of Ninpeso
ia. Bailey of Texas. Burnham of New
Hampshire. Foster Of Louisiana. Gam
,1o =. South 1,ol,o,a ci,,,,o,,s Of North
Caroi,no Clarl,a of A,tonsos rt.1burr
of Idaho <ou,,ards Of \,ovoaa overn,ar
of North caroIiro S,roo+ ~, r-tab STONE
of ,tieso,,ri Crane or Massachusetts Ia
Eollotte of WISCONSIN, Nixon of Nevada
p,,.ro,. or >1o,,.1ard sr,horIard ~ t-tob
Erozier Of rorressoa and I},,.rdeeee ~
,,orr.c,io,,t Mount eviste over tho re-
tortior Of od,o Of Massachusetts and
tho r,+o of r2,,ll,eIv of CONNECTICUT was
.ettled ,oetordav
The countrv came to a fuu realization
about five veors ago that the United
States Senate was not nroperly reDresen-
tstive of the neonle. There was a good
deal more than mere words in the
: charge that some of the Senators repre-
scented business interests rather than
their States Tho neoule woke IN and
tho lie has been given 10 the statement
that misrenresentative Senators could
net be ousted The maintenance Of the
present system Of election however. con
tinues tho danger that MISUNDERSTANDING
e Senators will continue to be chosen Di-
rect elections NAV do away with the
donpcr
:
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The "Old Guard" of the Senate has IN
mart heen mustered ONT of the service
and many of the remaining members
O will leave the ranks in Narch~s Death
= restoration and election results are re.
y snonslbla for the CANS in the line II
is nrohahle that when the Senate meets
neYt Deceroher there will be more So
colled conservatives than progressives or
= tho renuhucsr side Of the chamber, but
s tho leedershin and the sDirit OF the an
@ Giant conservatism will be questioned.
o u seams hardly necessary to refer tc
8 Na,sor VI, .Idr,cb II all tho other rep
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l. .,m hod ,a.,,ng o,ain,e on their seats
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