The Washington times., 1913-01-23
MANY NEW MEMBERS
TO ENTER CONGRESS
At SPECIAL SESSION
Familiar Figures to Give Way to
Others in senate---some
congressman Promoted.

The special session which Is expected
to begin soon after the Inauguration Of
President Wilson win be an altogether
new Congress. the Sixty-third, of whose
members 1s4. % Senators and Is1 Repre-
sentatives, will be new to their places
The unusually large number Of new
Representatives IL the result partly OF
the reapportIonment, which created
many new Congressional districts. But
the political overturn is responsible al
most wholly for the great change in the
personnel Of the Senate
The new Senators win take the place
OF others. many Of them long and wide
~ known. Such. for example, are Sena-
tors Joseph w. Bailey OF Texas. Shelby
M. cullom Of Illinois. w. Murray Crane
Of Massachusetts,. Joseph H. Dixon Of
Montana. Frank o. Brfggs Of New Jer-
sey. Morris Brown OF Nebraska, Jonal
than Bourne. jr., of Oregon. and Murphy
j. Foster Of Louisiana.
The fact that an unusually large num-
Der OF the States are sending to The
Senate men well qualifled for the place
by reason Of their Previous legislative
experience In the lower house Of Con-
gress IL a subject Of much favorable
comment In Washington just now A
review Of the list shows thar a majority
OF the new men who will sit in the Sem
ate after March 4 have already served
as Representatives.
Sheppofd in Bailey's Place.
The toga Of Senator Bailey of Texas,
now worn temporarily by Col r. H.
Johnston. an appointee or the governor,
win after March fall upon the
shoulders Of Morris Sheppard. who has
been Representative in Congress the
past ten years. and mas been looked
upon as one of the Bryan leaders In
that body.
Another prominent member of the
lower House who will be seen in the
Senate In John w. Weeks, who has been
named to succeed Senator Crane. Of
Massachusetts,. Mr.. Weeks, though a
comparatively young man. has repre-
sented the Twelfth Massachusetts dis
trict since 1905. He Is regarded as one
of the best informed members of the
House on military and naval matters.
Senator Foster. Of Louisiana. viii be
succeeded by Joseph z. Ransdell, who
has nearly fifteen years service in the
House to his credit. Mr.. Ransdell fs
widely known as leader OF the move
ment for improved waterways. Since
1907 he has been president Of the Ma
tional R1vers and Harbors Association.
Edwin c. Burleigh, who has been Sc
lected by the Maine legislature to sue
coed Senator Gardner, has had much
legislative experience, though he is not
now a member Of Congress. After fif-
teen years in the House he fell a VIC
tim to the Democratic landslide in
Maine two years ago.
Three Congressmen Promoted.
ollie NJ. James. who is to succeed
Senator Paynter Of Kentucky, has had
ten years experience in the lower
House. Mr.. James first became ac-
quainted with the business of lawmak-
ing at a very early age, when he served
as a page in the Kentucky legislature
Senator Norris Brown, of Nebraska,
win be succeeded by George W. Norris,
who for ten years has represented the
Fifth Nebraska district in Congress.
The new Senator gained prominence as
enc of the original Republican .insur-
gents IN the House.
Another Representative who will be
seen in the Senate after March is
for the seat OF senator Briggs. of New
jersey. Mr.. Hughes has served four
terms as the representative of the Sixth
New Jersey district
Several of the States have not yet Sc
lectcd their Senators. When the elec-
tons are complete 1t is possible that one
or more additions will be made to the
foregoing list OF present Representa-
tives in Congress who VIII be seen in
the Senate when the extra session con-
yenes a few weeks hence to take up the
work of tariff revision.