The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-03
Political Complexion of the
Sixty-Sec0nd Congress
VIII Convene in Extra
Session Tomorrow.
GAIN OF 81 MEMBERS
Will Be Shown by Democrats in
the House.
Republicans Have But Eight
Majority in the Senate.

Washington, April 3.-The interesting
situation of a Democratic house and
Republican senate, meeting to consider
Taft administrative measure directs
unusual attention to the convening Of
the Sixty-second congress in extraor-
binary session at noon tomorrow. The
political complexions of the two
branches of congress will be as fol-
lows:
House-Democrats 22S; Republicans
160; Socialist /; vacancies 2, the Ninth
Iowa and Second Pennsylvania dis
tricts.
Senate-Republicans so; Democrats
Al; 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 "a
members and the Republicans loss of
90. the Socialist member, Victor Berger
of Milwaukee, accounting for the diff
ferences in the equation.
By reason of the change resulting
from the election last November new
faces will be seen not only in the mem
bership Of the house but in the whole
organization.
Republican employees in great NUM-
bers will go out and their places will
be filed by Democrats.
Instead of the SO Republicans who oc-
cupied seats in the senate on March 4.
there will be only so tomorrow. The
from 90 to Al and to AZ when the va
cancy in Colorado is filed. There was
one vacancy in the last session caused
by the death of the late Senator
Hughes of Colorado. More notable even
than the large number of new faces in
the senate and the house will be the
absence of so many veterans legiSla-
tors.
They Will Be Missed.
Chief among those whose absence will
loom large will be Tawney of Minneso-
ta; Boutell of Illinois; Scott of Kan
sas; McKinlay of California; Bennett,
Fish. Parsons and Cocks of New York;
Hull and Smith of Iowa: DENLY OF
Michigan: Keifer of Ohio. Mr.. Cannon
| will appear in the ranks of the minority.
Four members. Hitchcock Of Nebraska.
Poindexter of Washington, Gronna OF
North Dakota and Townsend of Michi-
gan have been elevated to the senate.
No longer will the senate roll call
open with the familiar name of AIdrich,
the Rhode Island leader having volun-
tarily renounded another term to de-
vote himself to leisure and the study
of monetary reforms. He will be sue
ceeded by Henry f. Lippitt Many 9TH
er striking figures will be missed from
the senate floor. Notably Hale of Maine,
succeeded by Charles r. Johnson; Bev-
eridge of Indiana, who was vanquiShed
by John w. Kerns; Kean of New Jer-
Sey, in whose place Will be James r.
MARITIME; Warner of Missouri, replaced
by James A Reed: Dick of Ohio, re-
| placed by Atlee Pomerene, and Carter
of Montan's, succeeded by Henry L.
Meyer All of these changes represent
Democratic gains except in the case Of
Rhode Island.
The other senate changes will be
Frazier of Tennessee, succeeded by
Luke Lea, the youngest of all the SEN
ators; Money of Mississippi, whose
place will be filed by John Sharp VIII
| liams formerly the Democratic leader
in the house; Flint of California, sue
| ceeded by John D. Work; Bulkeley of
| Connecticut, who gives way to G. p
| Mclean formerly governor of his state;
Burrows of Michigan. whose mantle is
| to be worn by former Representative
Townsend Burkett of Nebraska, sue
| ceeded by former Representative Hitch
cock; Scott and Elkins of West Vir-
| ginia, the former to be succeeded by
w. e, Chiffon, while G. w. Watson al
ready has taken the place of Senator
| F,lkins and Piles of Washington sue
| ceeded by former Representative Poin-
dexter.
The place of Senator Depew has
been filled by the election of Justice
James A. O'Gorman.
| The Iowa legislature has been dead
| locked for several weeks over an ef-
| for to elect a senator to fill the unex-
pired portion of the term of the late
| Jonathan P. Dolliver. Lafayette
Young of Des Moines is sitting as the
| i,1pioT y,1euoher frOn1 that state.