Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-04

succeeds Leroy PERCY, democrat; WIZARD
Salisbury of Delaware, democrat, who
succeeds Harry A. Richardson, republic
can: John K. Shields of Tennessee, DEM
ocrat who succeeds 3. r. Webb. demo-
crat; Nathan Golf Of West Virginia. re-
publican, who succeeds Clarence w. Wat
son, democrat; and lie Baron N. Colt of
Rhode dsland. republican. who succeeds
George p. Wetmore, republican.
The new Senate. which began today,
has three vacant seats the SUCCESSORS of
Shelby NJ Culom of Illinois, William
Lorimer of Illinois and Henry p Burn
ham OF New Hampshire not having been
chosen.
These Begin New Terms.
The fifteen senator's who were summon
ed to the Vice Presidents desk to. take
the oath Of office for further service of at
least six years. were Augustus O. Bacon
OF Georgia, John II, Bankhead of Ala
bama. William Z. Borah of Idaho. Alder.
Il. Fall of New Mexico Morris Sheppar,.
of Texas. William 8. Kenyon OF Iowa.
Thomas S. Martin Of Virginia, knut,
Nelson of Minnesota, Robert l.. Owen
Oklahoma, +. NJ. Simmons of North Car
DINA William Alden Smith of Michigan,
Benjamin r. Tlllrnan of South Caroline;
and Francis +. Warren of Wyoming.
Four Of the seventeen new senators
simply marched from the House END of
the Capitol to the Senate end. for up to
noon OF today they were members of
the House These were Senators Norris
Of Nebraska Weeks Of Massachusetts.
Ransdell Of Louisiana and James Of Ken
lucky -Four others have been. not SO
long ago. members of the House and
may well be considered as part of the
party promoted from the lower to the
upper house OF Congress-Senators Hughes
Of New Jersey. who resigned from the
House only few months ago; Burleigh
OF Maine. who has been out of Congress
for couple OF terms Shafroth OF Colo
RADIO, whose House service dates back
farther than any Of the others, and Rob-
inson OF Arkansas, who gave up his
House seat only few months ago to
take the oath Of office as governor Of his
state.
The coming OF Harry Lane to the SEN
ate places another physician In the upper
house OF Congress to share honors hith-
erto exclusively held by DIR. Jacob II.
Galiinger OF New Hampshire retiring
chairman OF the Senate COMMITTEES on the
District of Columbia DR.. Lanes grand
father Gen. Joseph Lane, wore a sena
torlal toga from the state of Oregon and
ran ON the presidential ticket with Brock
enridse. Dr. Lane has served as super
intendent OF the state insane asylum and
as mayor of Portland. Although n demo-
crat. he was elected by a republican leRis-
nature. because he was the choice in the
preferential primaries.
An Original Wilson Man.
WhlidH fugnes Is credited as being one
OF the Original Wilson" men and he
has long been a close friend of the new
President Of the United States. For
nearly eight years he was member Of
the House. resigning last fall to make
the race for the senatorship. He is a
veteran OF the Spanish war. having serv
ed in the I'd New Jersey Volunteers
Senator Norris is credited with winning
his senatorial spurs by his service in
the House. He jumped into the national
lmelight couple of years ago by TAX
ing the lead among the republican in
surgents'' in the fight for the overthrow
of the Cannon rules in the House. He
has served there ten years and before
coming to Washington was a state judge.
He will not be as much of a stranger
in the Senate, as the others for his voice
has been heard during Senate sessions.
He was one of the House managers who
conducted the prosecution at the trial
of Judge Robert W. Archibald of the Com
merce Court, taking an active part in the
examination of witnesses and the closing
arguments to the Senate
Senator Weeks Of Massachusetts in
creases the number of bald heads in the
Senate chamber His deliberateness of
the never-stin republican whip of the
Senate, Winthrop Murray Crane. whom
he succeeds 1t was Mr.. Weeks early
ambition to be an admiral of his country,
for he graduated at the United States
Naval Academy and served for couple
interest in things nautical by active par
ticipation in the activities Of the Naval
Brigade of Massachusetts and by service