Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-26
NEW LEADERS IN
NEXT CONGRESS
Assembling Of Sixty-third
Will Witness Passing
of Old Timers

A Ee'rh " hfu the Sikty-fhlrd Con
u gress assemblies 10 extraordinary ses
. sion = few weeks hence there will b
q much about n strange 10 those Nh
e have long been familiar with th
!. personnel Of past congresses
}, Ia the House the most cOnspicuOu
. thing Will be- the absence Of rncl
4 Joe Cannon u is more than fort
A years since Mr Cannon vas !rs
!. elected a member Of the House. an'
7, ho has occupied seat Boa that bod.
I ever since. except during 'he tern
1S3l-3 he has served as mem
, Der OF the House longer than aul
: other man that has ever occupied d
seat there. and bis services as speak
. Or exceeded that Of any other man
. except Henry CLAY
But Mr. Cannon will not be- thc
: 0nly member OF the House who will
be- missed after March Dallell o,
Pennsylvania and Mccall OF Nassa
chusetts who for years have been
shapers of republican tariff po.ct
I viii be- among tho missing when
Speaker clark aDs The SiNty-third
Congress to order The tidal wave
.ln Illinois wrought notable changes
Among tho members of the Prairie
state delegation lcft out iu the cold
Iarc George r. FOss. George vs.
Prince. william a Roudeuberg and
William - Mckinley. the last named
widely known as the chairman OF the
Republican congressional campaign
COMMITTEES.
Other well known members Of the
House who will be relegated TO prl-
'yatc life one week hence are Nichol-
as Lougworth Of Ohio. James &
Ncrdham of California. Ebenezer
llill Of Connecticut Edgar u Crum
packer Of indiana. George =. Law
renee and Butler Ames OF Massachu
sotts. Martin ". LIttleton Of New
York. Victor Borgor Of Wisconsin,
who has been the lone representative
OF the Socialist party In congress
William y Wilson of Pennsylvania !
chairman OF the committee on labor !
and Arsenc Puio OF Louisiana. chas
or of the money DEVIL chairman /
ol the COMMITTEES ON banking and |
currency
lu the senate the changes viii be- .
marked By reason Of the character /
of the men who are 10 retire and Of I
the marked contrast In some instan-
Ces between them aud the men who
win take their places The republi-
cans boz the senate have suffered /
very serious losses. while the demo
Gratis have made a distinct gain IA
capable and onerge,. ,olIp men
who viii come over 10 th' nth end
Of the capitol from he rousc OF
Representatives
Cull1m of Illinois aui crane of
Massachusetts will p. ,U, ncst con
sp.cuor ahsontocs 'ruw DE- senate
81 hem the curtain Rises %. fr' extra
session Cullom N.s deb-td 90
'ha primaries and Crane declined 10
boz candidate for reelection Bailey
,f Texas has already withdrew and
N,Wora OFF Rhode Island GurEon
helm of Colorado. Burnham of New
Hampshire. Briggs of NoW Jersey
Brown OF Nebraska Gardner OF
Maine. rayutor of keuuak5 CURTIS
b.. Kansas. Richardson of Delaware
uI Bourne of Oregon win stop out
.f fho end o. fhs present coueIess
ln me new congress democratic
.,uators win succeed republicans as l
.hairmcn OF an the important com.
ui''ros OF tbc senate The prestige ,
'f 'hn democrat. party and the fate I
b. fho Wilson administration VIII
Hlu largely con The us, the democrat ,
p senators make oi their new power
5 hafeyor ,Isr may result. % is cor.
lu that fh, retirement of so MANY
81 .ho 0ll leaders win have the 81 ;
s,, ot bringing to tb, front % urm- ]
Ier of senators who have heretofore }
been kept boo Do, BACKGROUND. pru- q
ipali} because they we're ON The ml. h
lor'fy Side,
Senator Martin of V.rrinia prob
.hly VIlI continue t0 up fhe rccoruiz-
80 leader ol .He upper hous, Bat
'tha- old-timer- like Bacon of Gcor-
poo. stone of Missouri and simmons
b North Carolina viii certainly be-
ouud close fo the head ot The demo
ratio council board lf he so des.r-
"a TiIlman of South Carolina uu-
.oubtodly could have the chairman
nip of any important COMMITTEES be- +"
light select. bur the health OF the
.outh Caroliu asenator is extremely y"
elicate. and his friends believe ne -.
ardly would dare attempt the grill-
b. work incident 10 the chairman
hip OF one Of the big committees
Conditions never we're more pro-
itious for new men 70 make their =
iark. and senator's like loke Smith
Georgia, Morris Sheppard OF Tex II
>. John IS Kern OF Indiana. Luke
90 90 Tennessee. James 4. O'Gor-
IAN OF New York. Joe 7. Robinson
Z Arkansas and few others are
ouud 20 attract the notice OF the
ountry 10 the next few years a.