The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-04
Democratic House and Re- publican Senate Convene
 Congress Today
MANY OLD VETERANS
 WILL BE MISSING
Aldrich of New Hampshire, Tawney of Minnesota, Beveridge of Indi- ana, Hale of Maine and
 Many Others Gone
Washington, April s.-The intere'

Washington. April s.-The intereI O.c situat tion of a democratic Hou a republican Senate meeting tt = slider a Taft administrative measure di- rects unusual attention to the conven- ing of the Sixty-second Congress in extraordinary session at noon tomor- row.
 The political complexion of the two branches of Congress will be as fol- lows:
 House, democrats. 2ss; republicans, 1e0; socialists, 1: vacancies, 2-the Ninth Iowa and Second Pennsylvania districts.
 Senate, republicans. 50; democrats. All; vacancy. l, 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 54 members and the republicans loss of 55, the socialist member, Victor Berger of Milwaukee, accounting for the difference in the equation
 By reason of the change resulting from the election last November, new IaceS VIII De seen not only III tHe membership of the House but in the whole organiza tion. Republican em- ployes in great number will go out and their places will be filled by dem ocrats. Choice rooms in the capitol and the House office building long controlled by the republicans will be surrendered to the representatives of the party which is to gather up the House reihs Instead of the 59 repub- licans who occupied seats in the Senate on March there will be only 50 to- morrow. The ranks of the minority will be increased from 32 to Al and to AZ when the vacancy in Colorado is filled. There was on vacancy in tho last session, caused by the death of the late Senator Hughes of colorado More notable even than the large num- Der of new faces ir the Senate and the House will be The absence of so many veteran legislators. The speakers marblo rostrum will not resound with the vigorous whacks of the Cannon gavel. for MT. Cannon will appear in the ranks of the minority
 Veterans Will Be Missing
 Veterans of many legislative strug- gles will be missed from the House floor. Chief among these whose ab sence will loom large will be Taw- ney of Minnesota Boutelle of Illinois. Scott of Kansas Mckinley of Cali fornia, Bennett. Fish, Parsons and Cooks of New York. Hull and Smith of Iowa, Denby of Michigan and Keller of Ohio. Four memb ers-Hitchcock of Nebra ska Poindexter of Washington, Gronna of North Dakota and Townsend of Michgan--have been elevated to the Senate.
 No longer will the Senate roll call open with the familiar name or Aldrich, tine Rhode Island leader having volun- tarily renounced another term to devote himself to leisure and the study of mone- tary reforms. He will be succeeded by Henry F. Lipett. Many other striking figures will be missed from the Senate floor, notably Hale of Maine, succeeded by Charles F. Johnson, Beveridge of h. diana, who was vanquished by John W. Kern, Keene of New Jersey, in whose place will be James E. Marines, War ner of Missouri, replaced by James A. Reid, Dick of Ohio, replaced by Atlee Fomerene. and Carter of Montana, suc- ceeded by Henry l.. Meyers. All of these changes represent democratic gains ex- cept in the case of Rhode Island.
 Lea Succeeds Frazier
 The other Senate changes will be Fra zier of Tennessee, succeeded by Luke Lea. the youngest of all the senators; Money of Mississippi whose place will be filled by John Sharp Williams, for merIy democratic leader of the House; Flint of California, whose toga will grace the shoulders of John D. Work, Bulkely of Connecticut, who gives way to George P. Mclean, formerly governor of his state. Burrows of Michigan whose mantle is to be worn by former Repre- sentative Townsend; Burkett of Nebras- ka, succeeded by former Representative Hitchcock, Scott and Ellsins of West Virginia, the former to be succeeded by w. F. Chiffon. while c. w. Watson, already has taken the place of Senator Elkins and Piles of Washington succeed ed by former Representative Poindexter. While the place of Senator Depew was filled after a long struggle by the elec- ton of Justice James A. O'Gorman.
 The Iowa legislature has been dead- locked for several weeks over. an effort to elect a senator to fill the unexpired term of the late Jonathan P. Deliver. Lafayette Young of Des Moines is sit ting as the junior member from that state.