The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-04
CURTAIN RUNG FOR
NUMBER OF "VtTS'
Passing of the Sixty-Second
Congress Is Regarded a
Notable Event.
:,
CANNON TO RETIRE
Nearly All Those Just Retir-
ed From Public Life Are
Old Guardsmen.
CANNON TO RETIRE
(National News Association)

4\e"S ASSOClaIlOnD
WASHINGTON, March +The pass
ing of the sixty second congress today
rang down the curtain for the last
time on many a political career which
for years has had the floor of the
Senate or House of Representatives
as the theater of it's activities.
Most conspicuous among those who
pass within the shadow of political
preferment are two distinguished Illi-
noisans, Uncle Shelby" CuIlom, and
Uncle Joe" Cannon, the former from
the Senate after thirty years of SER
vice in that body and the latter from
the House where he has been a mem
Der for thirty eight years, longer than
any man within the history of the gov
eminent.
Senator Cullom's public service COW
cred period of nearly sixty years, in
GLIDING, besides thirty years as a SEN
ator, several terms in the House of
Representatives, two terms as COVER
nor of Illinois and many years as a
member of the Illinois legislature of
which body he was also speaker. Mr..
-tirely in the House of Representatives
to which he was elected when he was
thirty six years of age; he is now sew
enty six. Prior to last November I'm
Gle Joe" had never known defeat but
once. That was in 1890, the year of a
great Democratic wave not unlike that
of 1912, when many supposedly well
anchored Republican bark was swept
from its moorings. Two years later
Uncle Joe" returned to Congress and
has been there ever since, but he must
now retire again. He says he thinks
it will be for all time, but his friends
say not, and that he will be candi-
date and be elected two years hence.
Another Reaetionary Goes.
From the Senate there also was re-
tired George Peabody Witmore of
Rhode Island, long the me Too" of
Nelson w. Aldrich who was for years
known as the boss of the United
States?" Wetmore had eighteen years
of service during which his longest
speech was in presenting bill for ref
erence He had, however, been a reg
ular attendant at the sessions of the
Senate and it's committees. Six years
ago he had hard fight for reelection,
in fact he deadlocked the legislature
for year Now he retires voluntarily.
Senator Robert J. Gamble of South
Dakota retired after twelve years Of
service TO be succeeded by Progress
sive Republican He was a candidate
for reelection but was defeated. Muir
ply j. Foster, of Louisiana. is the only
Democrat of long service. twelve
years, who leaves The Senate He is
succeeded by Repre- sentative Joseph
E. Rafsdell. Henry e. Durham Of
New Hampshire also retires after
twelve years. He was rot candidate
for reelection. and had he been IL 10
probable that he would Tot have been
elected, fer the Republicans have not
majority in the New Hampshire
legislature and the question of his
successor is in doubt.
From the house the retiremenfs
were more conspicuous John Dalzell
will no longer advocafe nom the floor
of that body high protection for the
industries of PittsbuFg. NOR the inter
ests of big railroads He has been a
member for twenty six years. and for
half that time when his p>.rty was in
power, he was q leader Sir PEARS ago.
the fight against him began Last year
his opponents succeeded in defeating