Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-28

WASHINGTON, March 27.-With tho
passing Of the Sixty third Congress
many names which havo become house
hold words throughout the land and
many faces which have been familiar
to all Washingtonians. have dropped
out OF public life. Some OF them, like
the rcdoubtablc Uncle Joe" Cannon
may some day come back. More OF
them, however. will return TO obscurity
never again to play a part upon the
national stage
the end OF Congress IS always
marked by these valedictories. but /, Is
doubtful IL there has been Congress
III years. excepting. perhaps. the sixty
second. that has developed so many
changes in both the House and Senate
In the case OF tho SiNtysccond. "A DEM
ocratc landslide swept group OF it's
leading lights into the pursuits OF pr-
Nate life. In the present case. there
has been no such landslide, Vet the
changes have been almost as marked
In tho Senate. for instance. nine mem
bcrs have retired. seven Of the nine
rcirg widely known. In the House, OF
course. many more have gone out. Some
OF the congressman were "onc-t term
ers.' who rode into Office on the Dem
ocratic tidal wave. They do not count
Those whose presence will he most
keenly felt We're the veterans OF many
years service.
burton ana Root.
Elihu Root OF New York, and Thee
dore l.. burton. of Oiio, are among the
Senators who will he missed. Root had
served but one term In the Senate, but
he had taken rank as giant. He had
been Secretary OF War and Secretary
of state In the Roosevelt Cabinets. and
had long enjoyed distinction as one
OF the most profound lawyers in the
country.
Burton had occupied Senate seat
but one term. He had, however. before
reaching that body been u strong lead
er In the House and. as chairman Of the
Rivers and liarbors Committee OF thai
body, had beer q powerful factor in
shaping the waterways policy Of the
pas; dftccn years. In the Senate he
continued his interest in rivers and har =
bars appropriations, ana in one scs
sion forced the Democratic majority
TO Yield TO his compromise upon TWO
waterways bills.
Both Burton and Root viii be sue
cecdcd by Republicans, and IL is com
mon gossip in Washington that II
neither Of them had imagined that
his successor would have come from
his own party, he himself would have
been candidates for reelection. Each
declined to run again. presumably upon
the belief shat Republican nominees
could not win in their states.
Joseph l.. Bristow and zoe
Crawford have also retired. Rristow
has been a militant insurGent for years.
Crawford has nsurged At odd times.
hut has for the most part voted with
his Republican associates in the S"H-
ate. His most notable effort was his
analysis OF the I.orimer testimony. an
analysis said by many to have been the
most conclusiv. submitted TO the Sen
ate in that dramatic fight.
Democrat Succeeds Stephenson.
George G.. Perkins. Of California. one
or the oldest in gears and one OF the
oldest in service among the Senator's.
has gone. Perkins represented Cali
fornia for twenty-four years in the up
per branch of Congress. Isaac Stephen
son, the Oldest Senator in years and
generally reputed to he the richest man
who ever wore the senatorial togd has
returned to WISCONSIN to be succeeded
by 4 Democrat
John Randolph Thornton. OF Louis