Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-06
overman a Genial Man.

fiuential in framing much important
national legislation.
overman a Genial Man.
Senator simmons colleague. Senator
Lee Slater Overman. heads the commit
tee on rules, and for the last two weeks
he has been struggling. as chairman
of the committee on patronage in the
Senate to apportion to the Senators
their share Of sena toria1 pie" He looks
one OF the most genial and kindly of
men, and his looks do not belle him.
Senator Overman has taken keen in
terest in all the big questions which
have been before the Senate during the
last decade.
Augustus Octavius Bacon, chairman of
the powerful committe on foreign rela
tons, enjoys the distinction of being the
only senator ever elected from Georgia
for four consecutive terms. He has been
the ranking democratic senator on the
foreign relations judiciary and rules COM
mttees of the Senate. and upon the re-
organization of the Senate he was en-
titled under the seniority rule to be chair
man of any one of these committees. He
selected foreign relations. Senator Bacon
has made special study of the question
of treaties and OF international law. and
also has Travelled extensively abroad, all
of which makes him erninently fitted for
the craftsmanship of the committee on
foreign relations. He it was who was
called upon to preside over the Senate
while that body sat during tve impeach-
ment of Judge Archibald of the United
States Commerce Court Senator Bacon
has taken an active part in the discus
sion of every great subject that has come
| before the Senate during the last eight
cen years.
A man ahead of his time is the char
acteriZation which has frequently been
given to Senator Newlands Of Nevada.
| who has just become chairman of the
L lTY1lf Ia on int Cfotn
/! many years he has advocated reforms
| and progressive measures which are being
effected. Ten years he served in the House
( of Representatives before he entered the
| Senate. The regulation of trusts and the
| control Of corporations engaged in inter-
| state commerce are problems that SEN
| ator Newlands has given careful study.
| He has taken. too great interest in the
| development of the inlaId waterways of
the nation.
Kern Handler of Men.
| Senator John Worth Kern of Indiana,
the marshal of the democratic forces in
| the Senate. has the reputation of being
clever handler of men. He is a pro-
| gressive and will be found, it is said
| eagerly lining up the Senate democrats in
| favor of the progressive policies of the
| present administration. He has been
| placed at the head of the committee on
and also has been made chairman of the
| committee on privileges and elections
| Senator Kern has been identified prom
/ inently with state and national politics
| for number of years, having been twice
| candidate for Governor of Indiana, and
| in 1903 he was the democratic candidate
| for Vice President on the ticket with
/ William Jennings Bryan.
One of the most picturesque figures and
| one OF the clearest debaters in the Senate
| is the chairman of the committee on
banking and currency. Robert Latham
/ Owen of Oklahoma. He is the son of
Robert L. Owen, president of the vir.
/ ginia and Tennessee railroad, and Mar
cissa Chisholm of the Cherokee Indian
nation. He is one of the handsomest
| men in the Senate and one of the best
dressed. As teacher. editor, banker.
lawyer and business man he made his
mark before he entered the Senate. He
has been intensely interested in the
question of currency reform, and soon
| after he came to the Senate he electri-
| fed his fellow senators by brilliant
speech dealing with this subject, dur
ing the discussion of the Aldrich emer-
| gency currency bill. He believes that
currency legislation should be enacted.
| il possible. at the special session, and
he is planning to hold hearings before
| his committee on this subject
! With the Philippine problem looming
large, 1T is expected that Senator Gill
4 bert NJ. Hitchcock Of Nebraska. chair
man of the committee on the Philip
| pines. Will DC prominently De1Orc the
| public. He is a highly educated man
and deep student. For many years
| he has been a successful newspaper
publisher and business man.
Advocate Of Free Canal.
/ The Empire state has given the
| chairman of the committee on inter-
| oceanic canals, James A. OGorman.
Senator OGorman has been a strong
adherent of the plan to permit the free
| passage of the Panama canal by
American coastwise vessels, and un
doubtedly will play a big part in the
| fight which is TO be made to have that
section Of the Panama canal law re-
pealed which provides for this free
passage of the canal His colIeayuej
from New York, Senator Root. is equal
ly determined that the section of the
| law in question shall be repealed. he
lieving that it is violation of our
| treaty with Great Britain
/ The man who will preside over the
so.called pork barrel" measures, the
public buildings bills. is Senator Claude
Augustus Swanson of Virginia. He has
served in the past as representative
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