Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-03
Purify Your Blood
DIR. Greene's Nervura

res, a persons! friend and contempor-
my OF leino4ln. ;ld who was elected
te his ii ST serm il the national House
OF iteprt.seL ativcs in 1865.
= l., Gannoa and Cullon came back
| fer the winters work the victims of
political defeat. Senator Joseph. w.
Bailey of Texas, long a Democratic
leader in debate, came with the voian-
tary announcement of his retirement;
Representatives Cox of Ohio and Sui
ger of New York brought into the Leg
islative halls the titles of governor
elect, respectively, of Ohio and New
York
Senator Crane of Massachusetts.
long regarded as the Republican
whip" of the Senate; who also re-
tired voluntarily: Senators Bourne of
oregon, Guggenheim of Colorado, Wet
more of Rhode Island, Curtis of Kan
sas, Paynter of Kentucky, Gamble of
South Dakota, Brown of Nebraska and
many others, Democrats and Republi-
cans alike. began today their last three
months of service, before voluntary or
enforced retirement to private life.
The outline of the winters work
seemed inextricably mixed, as senators
and congressman met in friendly con-
ferences, with the prospect of tariff re-
vision in the special session that is TO
assemble under President Wilson, next
spring. In the Senate Republican lead
ers were slow to admit the certainty of
Democratic control on all tariff prob
lens, even with the great increase in
membership that is to come with the
new Congress.
The reassembling of the House drew
together a host of men, long promi-
nently identified with Republican af-
fairs in that body to whom the cleo
lions had brought political disaster.
Among them were Nicholas Longwerth
of Ohio, John Dalzell of Pennsylvania,
Ebenezer j. Hill of Connecticut and
John A. Needham of California, all
members of the powerful Ways and
Means Committee, and leaders in adj
vocation and defense of Republican
tariffs.
OF the so-called "Old Republican
Guard" the force that SUPPORTED and
framed the Payne Aldrich tariff law in
the opening of President Taft's admin
istration, but two members will remain
on the ways and means committee af-
ter March A. Representative Payne of
New York and Representative Ford
ney of Michigan.
In the ranks of the last termers,,
lalso, were Representatives McKiniay,
Wilson, Foss and Prince of Illinois;
Representative Norris of Nebraska,
who is soon to step into the Senate;
Representatives Olmsted of Pennsylva-
mia and Mccall of Massachusetts, Re-
| publicans who were not candidates for
reelection: and Representative Crum-
packer. whose defeat in Indiana gave
| the Democrats "a solid delegation from
that state for the next session of Con-
gress. The extent of Progressive in
| fiuenee in the winter session is the
subject of general gossip at both ends
of the Capitol. OF the strong Insur-
gent Republican element in the House
which has voted with the Democrats
upon tariff measures during the last
two years, many will wind up their
service with this session. In the Kan
| sas delegation, Victor Murdock was
the only so-called insurgent to return
to his seat, today, with a title for tive
more years. Representatives Roose
Young and Jackson, all compare lively
new members. went down before Dem
ocratic opponents.