The Washington herald., 1913-11-30

lin California. but modestiy omits teilin5
about 1t.
\ Patrick Norton. of Hettinger. N. Oak.
| coufesses 10 bank connections at home
while Senator Reed Smoot Of Utah h
| content to describe himself as a oankel
/ and manufacturer In private life. Sena'
| tor Page Of Vermont remarks OF his
connection with two banks as president
and OF being director In third company
but Insists that his chief business
dealing in raw calf skins.
oddly enough the great State OF Ohio
has not a single banker in the present
delegation. West Virginia has Senator
Con and william G. Brown Of the House
both OF whom are very prominent IN
banking affairs at home
The politically eminent members Of the
| famous Clay family In Kentucky are
about all gone. the death OF Csssius Nj.
Clay at Paris last week removing the last
one who figured in State politics. He was
a distant relative of the great Henry
clay, and a nephew OF cassius M. Clay.
who was a Noted figure In war times,
Union man. and minister, to Russia
The late cassius Clay was president OF
the State constitutional convention and
won the Democratic nomination for gov
ernor In one OF the occasional years that
are bad even for Democrats In Kentucky.
/ His father, Junius Brutus Clay. was a
Unionist member Of Congress during the
civil war.
member from Kentucky. serving single
term before the war, and went over to
the Confederaey, dying In Canada before
the war ended. James Franklin Clay,
who was sent TO the House from the
Henderson, KY, district nearly thirty
years ago, was not closely connected with
the famous statesmen of the name, and
was content with two terms in Congress.
Returning Republican members Of Con-
Rress from States that slipped few
cogs last year remark that there Is q
general perHing up Of the faithful. with
a year hence.
Those whose states were hardest hit
by the Progressive depression rather than
by Democrats, In 1912, lament that the
regular Republican organization at home
did not equal the standing In line of
Michigan and Iowa, during the general
crash and smash of things. eMichigan
has but two Democrats In her deiega-
tion-Doremus OF Detroit. and Beakes Of
Ann Arbor-and there Is promise Of win
ming back both districts year later.
Both Doremus and Beakes must confess
to being minority victors, thanks TO the
Progressive seceders.
Doremus had a splendid plurality, with
e25z3 votes, against 1891 for the Pro-
gressive, and 1857 for the Republican
nominee, but had a majority been re-
quired he would have been 1o,sl5 the
wrong way.
Beakes had pretty close call. even
with the plurality proposition in his IA
vor. The regular Republican nominee
wedemeyer-came within Ill votes OF
winning in spite Of the Progressive d.
version. which put in lS,sso votes, so that
on a majority basis Beakes would have
been ls,54g to the bad. instead OF COM
ing over on the plurality bridge.
There are signs of a general stinening
up OF things by Michigan Republicans,
thanks, in great part, to Senators Smith
and Townsend, who are mighty clever
when IL comes to a reaching out for the
ablest party workers in the State organi-
zation, and no less clever in avoiding
open switches on the political railway.
II is in the favor of both Townsend and
Smith that as yet they have not been
bitten by the Presidential bug, and have
been satisfied to pay close attention TO
home affairs, not overlooking every possi-
BILE candidate for legislative service at
Lansing. When II is recalled that the
average number of Democrats chosen to
a lAichigan legislature has been about
fifteen. there is the one conclusion that
both Townsend and Smith have had to
be active and watchful only in their
own party. Now that there is promise
of regaining the Detroit district, once
the Progressives' stronghold, the return
of Hon. Edwin DENLY to the House may
be urged by his admirers
He made a good record here and prom
ised a big share in House leadership un-
til the unexpected Republican slump of
1910 left him at home. DENLY Is originally
from Indiana, and his father was prom
inent in the politics of that State, going
to China as Minister under Cleveland.
but falling to connect with any big elec-
tive honor