Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-04-13
vsNlNe OF CONGRESS WILL
SOW RESULTS OF PoLlTl-
CAL HEAvAL.
TWO STATES D ADL01KfD
.,,y veteran Members of Eacf
Aoase and Hundreds of EN-
ployees Are Amons
the Missing.

washington. d. cThe interest,"
s;raat,on OF a democratic house
"a republican senate meeting TO
,s,.tsr a TAFT administration meas,
Directs unusual attention to the
.,.,aniag of the sixty second con
80 in extraordinary session. The
..,4cal complexion of the two
inches oil congress is as follows:
Hu.se democrats, 22S; republicans,
IL. socialist. i; vacancies. ., the
nh Iowa and the second Pennsyl-
s,nia districts
senate. republicans, so; democrats.
,scan,ies. j, from Colorado
me roll calls in the two branches
..,w some remarkable changes from
,as, session. In the house the
.nocrats will show a gain of fifty
- members, and the republicans Il
80 az fltv.fiye. the socialist member,
,ie,or Berger Of Milwaukee, account
~, for the difference in the equation.
az reason of the change resulting
-on, The election last November, new
aees Will be seen not only III the
.,,snhership of the house but in the
,hols organization. Republican en-
.nyees in great number will so out
nd their places will be filled by dem
ac-ats. Choice rooms in the capitol
IA in the house Office building, long
santrolled by the republicans are sur
esndered to the representatives OF the
e4Ttv which is to gather up the house
ems
Fifty Republican Senators.
Instead OF the iifty-nine republicans
aho occupied seats in the senate on
darch 4. there Will be only fifty to
morrow. The ranks of the minority
Yall be increased from thirtytwo To
er,y-one and 10 fortytwo when the
vaeancy in Colorado is filled. There
was one vacancy in the last session
eaused by the death OF the late Sena
or Hughes of Colorado.
More notable even than the large
member of new faces in the senate
and the house is the absence OF sc
raany veteran legislators. The speak
as marble rostrum Will not resound
S..h the vigorous whacks OF the Can
ran sayel for MIR. Cannon will appear
p the ranks of the minority Neter
ans OF many legislative struggles Will
81 missed from the house floor. Chief
among those whose absence will loom
,f
lioutell OF Illinois, Scott of Kansas
Nckinlay of California, Bennett
Fish, Parsons and Cocks of New
York, Hull and Smith of Iowa, DENLY
Of Michigan. Keiier of Ohio. Foui
members, Hitchcock of Nebraska
Poindevter of WASHINGTON, Gronna OF
North Dakota, and Towsend of Mich
gan, have been elevated to the sen
| lte
No longer will the senate roll cal
aaen with the familiar name of Aid
/ rich, the Rhode Island leader having
Voluntarily renowned another tern
10 devote himself to leisure and the
study of monetary reforms. He viii
he succeeded by Henry +. Lippit.
Many other striking figures are
missed from the senate floor notabl,
l!ale of Maine, succeeded by Charles
/ Johnson; Beverage oil Indiana
| gsho WAS yanguished by John W
Nern kaan OF New Jersey, in whose
| place will be John Il. MARITIME; War
ner OF Missouri, replaced by James A
Reed; Dick OF Ohio. replaced by AT
| re Pcmerene, and Carter Of Montana
succeeded by Henry l.. Meyers. Al
VI these changes represent democrat
gains except in the case OF Rhod,
Island
Luke Lea Youngest Senator.
The other senate changes will bt
q FRAZIER, Of Tennessee, succeeded b,
lAike Lea. the youngest of all the sen
h asofs, Money OF Mississippi, who's,
4 lace Will be filled by John SHARP
4 Williams. formerly the Democrat,
leader of the house; Flint, of Califor
4 ga, whose toga Will grace the Shout
4 iers of John ID. Work; Buckley q
81 onnectlcut, who gives way to Georg,
q I Mclean, formerly governor of hi.
s'ate; Burrows of Michigan, who's,
mantle is to be worn by former Rep
esentatlve Townsend; Burkett OF Ne
j A'aska, succeeded by former Repre-
u nftive Hitchcock; Scott and Elkin,
q o. West Virginia, the former to b,
= succeeded by w. E. Chiffon, while c
= y Watson already has taken tn,
mace OF Senator Elkins, and Piles o
Washington, who has been succeeded
y former Representative Poindexter
ne place OF Senator Depew was fille'
s.'er long struggle by the election
Y justice James O'Gorman.
me Iowa legislature has been dead
iosked for several weeks over an eli
s0H 10 elect a senator to fill the un