The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-12-05
MANY OLD FsGES
WILL Be MISSING
Scores Of Congressman Will
Retire at the End of Three
More Months Service.
THEIR PLACES TAKEN
By New Men and There Will
Be New Conditions and
IS. New Policies.

Se3slont OF the SiSty-second Congress
Legins at noon today under c!rctim-
stances OF unusual interest. 1t COMES
together after political upheaval OF
tar reaching extent which will soon
transfer all the executives and leg
lslatiyc branches Of the federal gov
eminent 10 Democratic control.
While the present session is merely
the expiring staEe'ef Congress soon
to so out of existence and to be SUI
perceded in political control and poll
Icy after March. 4. yet today's sessions
in the Senate and House bring to-
sether for the first time since the re-
cent. oycrtufning those leaders and
clemepts Of the various parties who
have been most prominent In public
Affairs. Tho old faces and figures arc
again in evidence today. although
some Of them, like Ex-speakcr' can
non, will soon pass off the congress-
,cnal stage, While others. like Speaker
lark and Chairman Underwood, have
lad their textures renewed and
strengthened
AS whole, however. the dominant
aote as both branches OF Congress
assemble is that new conditions, new
policies and new men have been
ashered in as result OF the recent
election and that about the only
Junction of the present short session,
'asting until March A. is to pass
annual supply bills and wind up what
:emains of the old regime.
In the Senate, viye President sher-
nan has been removed by death from
the presiding officers chair. which
~ill be filled temporarily by Senator's
Bacon of Georgia, and GailingeF, of
New Hampshire, alternating. The RE-
publican control of the Senate. with
bout fifty votes as against the pres
snt Democratic strength. of about
orty-two. will contlaue untfl March
4, although this control is conditioned
argely by the presence of two ele-
nents, regular and progressive, in the
Republican total OF fifty. Senator's
Hepburn OF Idaho and Rayner OF
Maryland. have died since the last
iession, closed, but in other aspects
he personnel continues unchanged
until March 4.
In the House speaker Clark and
he various chairmen Of the two pre-
teedins sessions. continue to direct
ifairst with total Democratic vote
If $50, giving Democratic majority
about thirty-three
The personal aspect was very pro-
iounced as The session began today,
he air OF Democratic victory peryad-
ns the capitol from end to end.
;cores Of men whose names have
been prominently identified with
'frairs of Congress FOR many, years,
and who have shaped politics and
legislation, faced their last three
months OF service us the session
opened, n
In this notable company were the
leans of House and Senate; Uncle
Joe Cannon, former speaker, and
center of many turbulent sessions Of
The. House; and Senator Shelby NJ.
cpllom, for thirty years n senator
from Illinois. personal friend aud
contemporary OF Lincoln. anu who
vas elected TO his FIRST term in the
national House Of Representative in
1865.
Both Cannon and Cullom came back
for the winters work the victims OF
political defeat. Senator Joseph W.
Bailey of Texas. long Democratic
leader in debate. came witt tie vol
untary announcement of his retire
ment; Representatives Cox of Ohio
and sulzer of New York brought into
the legislative halls the titles of gov
ornor-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; Senator's Bourne Of
Oregon, Guggenheim of Colorado.
wetnore of Rhode Island, Cuts of
Kansas, Paynter of Kentucky, Gamble
CT South Dakota. Brown OF Nebraska
and many others. Democrats and Re-
pabiicans alike began today their
last three months of service. before
voluntary enforced retirement to
private life. asi
Sorrow for the late Vice President
Sherman overshado%ed the spirit Of
Democratic triumph in the Senate,
and tempered the spirit Of greetings
amongst returning members. Custom
decreed that the upper house should
adjourn Immediately after meeting
today out OF respect for the memory
nf fhp vice Y,rnuida,4. Ly,s 4. i,a,tor,