The Washington herald., 1914-01-01
POLITICAL PROCESSION.
Nv Y. II. q.

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Senator Bradley. OF Kentucky. may be
proud OF the good old Irish name OCon-
nell which follows the William in his
full signature. but he is prouder to tell
has a full delegation OF native-born
Kentuckians--in both branches Of Con-
gress. II Is unusual for any State even
I'm the South to have a complete aggre-
cation of members born within State
lines. but Kentucky has ever been loyal
TO homefoiks with almost the fervor of
the old Know Nothing days. Senator
Bradley was born at Lancaster, and
Senator James In Crittenden County.
Nearly every House member lives in the
county OF birth and sings My Old Ken
lucky Home" with feryor and loyalty.
Indiana would have a solid native-born
delegation except for Lieb, of Rockport.
representing the First district-whose
parents overlooked the fact that Pres
ident must be born In the United States.
Lieb Is business man and served in the
legislature; also as postmaster before
coming to Congress. His district COM
prises the extreme southwestern stretch
of counties which count Evansville their
metropolis and the far-fsmed Pike and
Posey Counties are on the Lieb list
Lieb has a good German name for n
campaign and might do especially well
with woman suffrage as the word Lieb
means love or dear and sounds good to
German political audience.
The return OF the Republican grip on
things In New York State will be noted
at Albany next week when a RepubIi-
can speaker will preside in the assembly
and the lately deposed Democratic COVER
nor, Sulzer by name. will be an humble
member but possibly troublesome. II il
not overlooked in Washington that Will
lam Barnes. he Of the iron hand, who is
chairman OF the regular Republican State
committee, lives in Albany and will keen
close tab on the doings of a Republican
majority to avert any mistakes which
might affect the designs of Barnes & Co
for Republican governor and a long
list Of Republican Congressman a year
hence. Albany town seems to be doing
very well. thank you. In securing places
of high degree for her citizens, as VIII
son. who will be the new speaker. lives
within the corporation along with the
State chairman. while Gov. Glynn. who
came in thanks to the Sulzer collapse
is also a resident and editor of the local
paper. There will be a splendid concen-
tration OF political wisdom by both
Democrats and Republicans at Albany
throughout the session, with Barnes
watching every turn to stiffen up the
State organization and Gov. Glynn spend
ing most of his time trying to prevent
Democratic blunders. New York elects
a Senator next year under the new sys-
tenn and IL Senator Root wants another
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the Democrats have hardly given thought
to a Senatorial candidate with no one
especially eager to announce this for
ahead. No one OF the House delegation
has achieved distinction at Washington
sufficient to warrant going into a pri-
mary against Root except perhaps FitZ-
gerald. of Brooklyn. and the Long Island
politicians have never been very sue
cessful In the reach for big things, how
ever great their ability.
As Senator O'Gorman comes from New
York City the Democratic idea will be
for an upstate Senator opposed to
Root who claims Manhattan as home.
The Republicans have had the greater
number Of Senators from upstate and
Depew always claimed a voting residence
at Peekskill. outside the big town. Plat
was from Tioga County. Hiscock from
Syracuse, and Hill, a Democrat. from
Albany, while Murphy. another Demo-
crat. was from Troy.
The bachelor in Congress seems a more
frequent proposition in recent years, and
the present list includes some unusually
promincn: members. Theodore Burton,
long eminent in House affairs, and no less
active in the Senate, remains single and
evidently so confirmed a bachelor that
men and women admire s long ago gave
I'D hore OF ever seeing him bring bride
to Washington or win one here.
Chairman Frank Woods, of Iowa, at
the head OF the new Republican Congress
sional committee. is unmarried. and care
fully omit the cate of his birth from his
two-linc biography in the Congressional
Directory. Woods explains that he has
been too busy since boyhood TO think
of marriage but he is young yet and ad-
mits occasional thrills when an attractive
Washington belle comes his way at So
Cial function.
Henry Delaware Flood. OF Virginia. has
long been the most prominen. bachelor on
the Democratic side, but he is scheduled
for the bridegroom class some time IN
January.
Kenneth Mcclellan, the rising young
member from Memphis. is one of the
Youngest bachelors in the House. and.
like Woods. seems in no hurry about fol-
lowing in the footsteps of Flood.
The elegant jefferson NJ. Levy. of New
York, has reached the sixty mark as a
bachelor, and. blessed with great for
tune and high place in politics and
finance, seems quite content to continue
a bachelor and past grand master in all
the arts that make a clever host and en-
tertainer, There have been but two
bachelor Presidents, Buchanan and Cleve-
land, with Cleveland marrying during his
first term, while bachelors in House and
Senate have ever been very much IN the
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