Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-09-27
THE SENATE, OLD AND NEW.
Personnel Entirely Different from
that OF Few Years Ago.
(P. II. McGowan I'm The State.)


Washington, Sept 25.---When for
mer Senator Thomas Carter, of Mon
tana, died few days ago attention
was directed to the rapidity with
which the United States Senate is
changing it's personnel.
At the present rate Of change it
will be only few years until the
present Senate has been almost en-
tirely recunstrut ed. Senator Car
| ter's final term In the Scnatc was
from 1905 until 1911. But the Sen
ate. as he knew it, IS an utterly
changed body.
In the first place the Senate, with
few strong men OF the old guard,
| like Aldrich and Hale and Alison,
/ has passed out Of existence. The
probabilities are that it will never
| return. A new and different type Of
public men have come upon the
scene. 1t will never be possible
again for a man Of the Aldricn type
to hold the Senate in the hollow Of
his hand and vote it almost as he
wants to.
The old regime is gone. 1t began
to totter soon after Senator La Fol
lette came to the Senate and started
to talk to empty seats, while his old
guard colleagues scoffed at him
from the cloak rooms. BY himself,
! La Toilette couldn't pry the old
guard loose, but 1t wasn't long until
he got help. Now, the insurgents
who believe in the things that La
Toilette believes in hold the balance
OF power in the Upper House
The House of Representatives is
generally thought Of as a body of
Congress in which there is the most
| cnange, in which service is the most
tieeting and transtory But. as a
matter OF fact, it is little if any more
given to change than the Senate, in
these modern days Of the direct pri-
| mary and the war on the member
who is suspected Of having atnlia-
tlOnS with any but the common peo-
pie.
Extent of Changes.
If one wants to gain an impression
| Of how the Senate Is changing let
| him pick up a congressional direc-
tory Of few years ago and see how
many of the men then in the Senate
are left. Take, for instance. the di-
rectory Of the first session Of the Six
tieth Congress. Examine the edition
printed at the beginning Of the year
1908. That is only about three years
|
That nearly half of the Senators
then in service should now be in
their graves or retired from Con-
gress seems almost unbelievable. Yet
such is the fact. or the 92 mem
bers Of the Senate 40 are no longer
in that body. The roll Of those re-
tired by death or by the cxigcncies Of
politics is striking one. Look it
| over The venerable and well-be-
| loved Allison is dead. Nelson f.
Aldrich, confronted if not by defeat
at least by a dscredited leadership
in the Senate, is in retirement. Eel
| ler, Of Colorado, is dead. Frye. OF
| Maine, is dead. Hale has retired he
cause he saw political storm COM
ing which he could not breast. Dam
icl, Of Virginia, in his day one Of the
most gallant figures that w,ln the
| gray, is dead.
SO is Proctor, OF Vermont. one
time Secretary Of War. Hansbrou III
is retired. Burrows. OF Michigan,
was driven out Of public life by the
overwhelming vote OF his consti,u-
cnts in favor Of a younger and more
| progressive man. Uncle Steve" Ell
klns, OF West Virginia, has gone to
his grave.
Clay Of Georgia, one Of the most
earnest men who ever sat in the Sen
ate. is no more. Foraker, because Of
Roosevelt is out OF Office. McEnery,
OF Louisiana. died in the harness.
| ThoS. Collier Platt. too, is dead.
Money, Bevcridgc, Depew, Kean,
Scott, TaliaforrO---all we'll known
figures about Washington for years.
and OF influence in the Senate
nave been succeeded. and not Of their
own volition, by other men.
| Delivers Sad End.
The magnificent Dolliver. convert
ed from regularity into Jealous pro-
SresSivism, came to a tragic end.
Bailey is still in the Senate, but has
declared his intention to quit. Nc
Laurin. of Mississippi, and Kilt
rcdgc, Of South Dakota both are
| dead, and so is Latimcr, Of South
| Carolina
Ankeny OF Washington. Fulton Of
| Oregon, Hopkins Of Illinois. Long OF
Kansas, McCreary Of Kentucky. Dick
OF Ohio, are additions to the list OF
the retired. Knox left the Senate to
enter the cabinet, and, gossip says.
would be glad if he could throw off
the unhappy burdens OF his Office and
once more be Senator.
Bulkcly. OF Connecticut, was beat
en- SO vas Burkctt, OF Nebraka,
! Flint Tuit to practice law in Los An
Gclej. llcmcnway, of Indiana. was
| driven out and still fits now and
then like ghost Of the past about
| the capitol. Piles. Of Washington.
went back to his law Office, assisted
| by large number Of adverse votes.
| warner, Of Missouri, has been sent
back to retirement, and so has Fra
| Zicr, Of Tennessee. The brilliant
| William Pinkney Whyte, Of Mary
land died at over so years. So did