Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05
Sixty-Five.Year Age Limit
i Hits All Classes.
SENATE AND HOUSE LOSE
Members From Each Would Be
Dropped Without Delay.
SUPREME COURT SUFFERS
Chief Justice White and Associate
Lurton Past the Age.

If the rule favored by the House COM
mittee on appropriations for the retire.
ment Of government servants at the age
of sixty-five years should be adopted
throughout the service, it has been found,
twenty-five members of the Senate,
twenty-three members of the House, four
justices of the United States Supreme
Court one cabinet officer. four judges OF
the Court of Claims. one judge OF the
United States Commerce Court and two
American ambassadors would be retired
at once or within few months.
An examination Of the list of those who
would be retired from these bodies. it is
pointed out shows that the rule would
retire some of the most useful and valu-
able public servants.
The senators who are sixty-five years
old or over are Messrs. Bacon of Georgia,
Bankhead of Alabama, Bradley OF Ken
lucky. Burnham of New Hampshire, cat
ron of New Mexico, Cullom of Illinois.
Dillingham; Of Vermont du Pont of Della
ware, Gallinger of New Hampshire,
Johnson of Alabama, Martin Of Virginia,
Nelson of Minnesota. Page OF Vermont,
Perkins of California Root of New York,
Smith of Maryland. Stevenson of Wis
consin, Tillman of South Carolina, Thorn-
ton Of Louisiana, Warren of Wyoming,
Wetmore Of Rhode Island and Works OF
California.
Bear Great Responsibilities.
Many of these senators, some even
over the allotted span Of three score and
ten years, bear great responsibilities in
the upper house of the national legisla-
ture Mr.. Cullom is chairman of the
committee on foreign relations; Mr.. War
rem, chairman Of the powerful committee
on appropriations Mr.. Perkins is the
head of the committee on naval affairs
that has charge, among all matters al
fecting the floating war strength OF Uncle
SAM of the annual appropriations for the
navy. MIR. du Pont is head of the COM
mittee military affairs. which holds a
similar relation TO the War Department;
Mr.. Nelson is chairman of the commit
tee on commerce. Mr.. Burnham of the
committee on agriculture: Mr.. Dillingham;
of the committee on privileges and cleo
tions-all important committees with
grave responsibilities. Mr. Gallinger
looks after District legislation in the up
per house of Congress as chairman of
the Senate District committee. and is
chairman of the all-important and power
full committee on committees.
Senator Martin is minority leader of the
Senate and has been chosen by the peO-
pie of his state of Virginia. to represent
them for another six years after March
next. Mr.. Bacon is ranking minority
member Of the committee on foreign re-
bly,, should the Senate become demo-
cratic. Mr.. Bankhead has already been
chosen to represent Alabama in the Sen
ate until 1919. Mr.. Cation was recently
chosen by the Legislature of New Mexico
despite the fact that seventy summers
and more have rolled around since his
first tooth came. Mr.. Johnson would
probably become chairman of the com
mittee on privileges and elections, should
the Senate go democratic, and Mr.. Till
man would likewise take charge of the
was chosen senator by the people of Cal
ifornia when he was nearing sixty-fve
years of age.
The application of the rule to the Sem
ate would next year retire Senator's Stone
OF Missouri. NewlandS of Nevada and
Oliver of Pennsylvania.