Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-02

This is especially true of the house,
where political changes are more fire.
quent and where man to hold on is
required to placate constituency every
two years.
The Democratic landslide of Novem-
Der removed practically the last yes
tige of the old timers in the lower body
of congress. Heading the list of those
whose faces will be missed when the
gavel calls to order the extra session
of the siXty-third congress is Uncle
Joe" Cannon, of Illinois, former speak
er, former GEAR" and veteran of more
than third of a century's service in
the national house of representatives
Uncle Joe," who is now in his sew
enty seventh year. died game,s if such
term may be applied to political mis-
fortune. Until the ballots were counted
against him, the Sage of Danville asked
no quarter and gave none. Neither
does he ask sympathy now in the hour
of defeat, but there is a note of pathos
running through the undoing of this
powerful warrior Of other days.
Would Have Been Harmless.
Uncle Joe" asked merely the privi-
lege O. dying in harness. AS member
of a hopeless minority, he could have
done no harm to the "progressives" of
later days; a return to congress prob
ably would have rounded out a life
largely spent in the public service-but
the voters of the Eighteenth Illinois
congressional district willed otherwise
and he quits on March L.
Should he choose, Uncle Joe" is in
position to deliver a valedictory to the
sixty second congress which will be
worth coming miles to hear. He was
in politics before some of the members
of that congress were born. He leaves
the call of public life at an age given
few men to live; he has seen the ups
and downs of many a campaign. and
there are few Democrats who would
have denied him the privilege of ending
his days amid old surroundings.
Nevertheless it is predicted that
Uncle Joe" will quit congress without
whimper; his cigar still will flourish
at an angle of 40 degrees and his form
will be erect when he crosses the
threshold of the house in the closing
hours of the sixty second congress.
DaIzeIl, Too, Passes.
John Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, famed
as "the high priest of protection" lost
out in the primaries last fall. He
leaves congress three months hence
in company with Uncle joe"
The late Vice President Sherman,
long time member of the house. has an
swered the final roll call.
Tawney, of Minnesota. was retired
two years ago, largely because of his
espousal of what was known as Can
nonism. He has a lame duck" job to-
day on one of the numerous govern
ment commissions.
Serene E. Payne author of the Payne
tariff law, the passage of which marked
the beginning of the end of Republican
rule in the house, survives. He was
re- elected and in the sixty third con-
gress will stand alone as the last mem
Der of a once dominating coterie of
Republicans. With the retirement of
former Speaker Cannon, Mr. Payne be-
comes the nestor of the house. He is
growing old and feeble and probably
will be among the missing before many
years have passed.
Representative E. D. Crumpacker of
| Indiana, who was always regular" also
met his Waterloo on November 5. He
had been a member of the house for
! eight terms and successfully weathered
! the Democratic storm which overlook
Indiana in 1910. This time he went
under.
Tariff Expert Hill Goes.
Representative Ebezener Hill, of Con-
netcut, is another conspicuous member
of the "Old Guard' who was forced to
retreat by a Democrat at the recent
elections. After a service of eighteen
| years, Mr.. Hill will retire to private life
next March. AS a member of the ways
and means committee Hill, of Connec-
| ticut, has long been considered as one
| of the tariff experts of the house. He
was an ardent protectionIst; his voice
was ever ready to denounce such doc
trines as free trade and a tariff for rev.
enue and Democrat and Republican
alike will miss his familiar form.
Cyrus SulloWay, of New Hampshire,
! pointed out as the biggest man phys
| ically in the house. also rounds out
eighteen years service at the end of
this session. One of the towering land
marks of the house, a regular of the
regulars, will have passed when Sullo-
way goes back to the seclusion Of the
| New Hampshire hills
John ]. Gardner, of New Jersey. who
for twenty years has been of the inner
circle of Republicanism, will. also be
among the absent ones when the roll
of the next congress is made up. For
twenty years he has stood stolidly by
| the Republican guns.
Son in Law Nick Laid Up.
! Nick LongWorth, of Ohio, minor
! ity member of the ways and means
committee, lost out by less than hun
dred votes. The son-in-law Of former
President Roosevelt cast his fortunes,
| as usual. with the q. O. p. at the last
| election. but the combined Democratic
| and Bull Moose opposition was too
/ hin, Cippa his defeat he has