Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-04
MANY CHANGES
SHOWN IN THE
new CONGRESS
House Shows Democratic
Gain Of 81 and Republican
Loss OF, IS; Republican
Senate Majority Nine.
NOTABLE FIGURES
WILL NOT RETURN

Large List Of Notables In
Both House and Senate
Defeated for Reelection
Shape-up in Employees.
washington, d. c., April 3.-The In
teresting situation Of democratic
house and a republican senate meeting
to consider Taft administrative meas.
ure, directs unusual attention to the
convening Of the sixty-second con.
gress in extraordinary session tomOr.
row at noon. The political complement
Of the two branches of congress will be
as follows:
House-Democrats, 22s; republicans
100; socialist, 1; vacancies. 2: tbs
ninth Iowa and the second PennsylvG
MIA districts.
Senate 90; 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
democrats will show a gain OF nifty
four members and the republicans
loss of f1fty-five, the socialist member
Victor Berger OF Milwaukee, account
ing for the difference In the equation
BY reason of the change resulting from
the election last November, new faces
will be seen, not only In the member
ship Of the house, but In the whole or
ganizataion. Republican employees IN
great number will go out and theii
places will be filed by democrats
Choice rooms In the capitol and In tha
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 fifty-nine republicans
who occupied seats in the senate on
Marcia. There will be only 80 tomor'
row. The ranks OF the minority will be
Increased from 80 to 81, and to AZ
when the vacancy In Colorado is filed,
There was one vacancy in the last ses
sion, caused by the death of the late
Senator Hughes of Colorado.
Veterans Retiring In the House.
More notable even than the large
number OF new faces in the senate and
the house, will be the absence OF SO
many notable veteran leaders. Tha
speakers marble rostrum Will not re-
sound with the vigorous whacks OF the
Cannon gavel, for Mr.. Cannon Will ap
pear in the ranks Of the minority. Vet
erans of many legislative struggles
will be missed from the house moor,
Chief among those whose absence VIII
loom large will be TRwney OF Mime,
sofa: Boutell, of Illinois, Scott. Of
Kansas; McKinlay, OF California; BEN
net. Fish, Parsons and CockS OF New
York: Hull and Smith, Of lows; Dem
by. OF Michigan and Keifer OF Ohio.
Four members, Hitchcock Of Nebraska,
Pointdexter of Washington, Gronna OF
North Dakota and Townsend Of Michi.
ran have been elevated to the senate.
Changes In the Senate.
No longer will the seante roll call
open with the familiar name OF Al
drich, the Rhode Island leader having
voluntarily renounced another term to
devote himself to law and the study OF
monetary reforms. He will be succeed
ed by Henry r. Lippitt. Many othe1
striking figures will be missed from thd
senate floor, notably Hale Of Main, suc1
ceeded by Charles B. Johnson; Bever
idge Of Indian, who was vanqutshed BY
John w. Kern; Kean Of New Jersey, i'd
whose place will be James p. Martane;
Warner of Missouri, replaced by James
A. Reed: Dick Of Ohio, replaced BY
Atlee Pomerene, and Carter OF Mon.
tana succeeded by Henry L. Myers
All OF these changes represent demo
cratic gains except In the case o.
Rhode Island.
The other senate changes will bs
Frazier of Tennessee, succeeded by
Lake Lea. the youngest Of all the sen
ators; Money, OF Mississippi, whose
Mace will be filed by John Sharp VIII
iiams, formerly the democratic leader
of the house; Flint of California, whose
toga will grace the shoulders OF join
D. Work; Buckley Of Connecticut, VIII:
gives way to George p. Mclean; Bur
rows of Michigan, whose mantle Is t<
he worn by former Representative
Townsend: Burkett OF Nebraska, sue
ceeded BY former Representative
Hitchcock; Scott and Elkins of Wesl
Virginia, the former to be succeeded
by w. e. Chiffon, while G. w. Watson
already has taken the place Of Senator
Elkins: and Piles OF Washington, sue
ceeded by former Representative Point
DEXTER: while the place of Senator De-
new was filed after long struggle bl
the election OF Justice James A. 'O'Gor
man.
The Iowa legislature has been dead
locked for several weeks over an ef
fort to select senator to fill the I'm
expired portion Of the term OF the latt
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