The Washington herald., 1914-02-03

The Lincoln and Mckinley h1fl11ay1
eoqnin1 noar together promise y gOlu1S9<
abb output Of oid-fsshione1 roal ~
pub1lcan oratory at banausts nlreedy g.
renged In every important CITY 9 ~
Northern States.
Each day sees Z committee fron sesne
town looking over the Republican Cor
greastona list and sseking orators ~
either Q Mckinley Or Lincoln BANQUET.
A. the Mckinley birthday comes nr1s'
january .. the banQuets Of that o!te
while not 30 many A those set for LIN
coin Day. February n will get the nrss
eloquent demands for setting neck g
the old Mckinley ways Of doing shine1
30 great has been the demand for orators
that hardly . Republican Senator o.
House member has bssn overlooked
Somehow, Senotors Borah and Cum
Minis seem to have been most IN de-
mand by Republican clubs mainly for the
reason that the coming back to the true
faith Of the Idaho and lows statesmen
has been especially pleasing 70 Hspuou-
cans the country over.
There IL some resentment among Re-
publicans who never wabblsd and an oc-
casional fear expressed that Borah and
Cummins might wabble some again. but
the popular demand is for these two
Senators and they ought to be proud OF
II. They can hardly expect to be Presi-
Dental candidates and can attain their
highest measure OF fame by aiding the
Republican party back to power and
sanity.
Now comes the cheering intimation that
the Hon. William w. Cocks. Of the First
New York district. may return to Con-
gress after four years vacation. The dis
trict which comprises the eastern end Of
a.
Martin httieton and Lathrop Brown
of . reaction which promises . Repub-
lcan majority this year. and the Demo
Gratis are not counting on the return Of
Brown or any other Democrat who may
get the nomination. Last year Hicks.
the regular Republican nominee. made q
great campaign against great odds in
the opposition Of Roosevelt. who
votes in the district and supported
Bourke Cochran with vehemence and
vigor. Hicks could not avail against such
an unrighteous combination and he In not
anxious to try 1t again. Cocks
knows the district better than all others
and could Stir things up in the old way
with assurance of election even IL q Pro-
gressive goes into the campaign. 1t Is
not generally known that Cocks and
Hicks, the defeated Republican candidate
Of two years ago are brothers. Hicks, as
a lad, was adopted by relatives and took
this name. but he was. born Cocks and
has all the old Republican sentiment of
the family. He win do much to send the
brother back to the House and the two
brothers are now enjoying the woes Of
their Democratic friend, Brown. over
the selection OF postmaster at Washing
ton.
Senator Cullom came to the Senate In
1888. and while he lived TO be eighty-four
years old. there are several eminent
living who served with him
during his first Senatorial term.
Senator Edmunds. who was president
Of the Senate when Cullom was sworn
in. Is living at the age OF eighty-five.
Senator Hale. OF Maine, Is seyenty-nine,
and spending. the winter In Washington.
Senator Blair. OF New Hampshire. In also
a Washington resident. Don Cameron.
who served twenty years in the Senate.
will be eiehty-one years old In May.
Senator Aldrich was a new Senator with
Cullom and retired at the age of seventy
after thirty years service Henry G.
Davis, of West Virginia. who was Sem
ator before the Cullom service. is a win
ter resident of Washington. having passed
the ninety mark. The Senate seems to
proIong life. as a remarkable number of
have served beyond the three
score and ten limit and many lived long
after leaving the public service.
The present Senate has many members
over seventy. beginning with Bankhead.
OF Alabama, who was seventy-one last
September. and will be seventy-five at
the close of his present term.
Senator Gallinger, of New Hampshire.
Is seventy-seven; Senator du Point. Of
Delaware, seventy-six: Perkins, of Cali
fornia. seventy-five: BurleIgh. OF Maine,
seventy: Nelson, of Minnesota, seventy;
and Page, of Vermont. both
seventy. and Con, OF West Virginia. near
ing seventy-one. Senator Stephenson. of
Wisconsin, will be eighty-five in June,
and Warren. of Wyoming. will reach the
hreescore and ten mark this year.