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and has served continuously ever since.
Representative Warren Gard of Ham
ilton. Ohio. is one of the younger demo-
Gratis of Congress. the session just
closed being his first. He has taken
little part In the debates Of the House.
but has done considerable work on
the judiciary committee. His appoint
ment to the investigation of the Judge
Dayton case was the first important
House assignment that had been given
him, and was received with commenda-
ton by older members of the committee.
Representative Gard has been a lawyer
all his business life, having graduated
from the Cincinnati Law School In 1894.
He was prosecuting attorney OF Butler
county, Ohio, and later became judge
Of the court of common pleas of the
first subdivision OF the second judicial
district of Ohio.
Well Informed on District
Senators John D. Works and Willard
Salisbury are both members of the
District committee, and SO are well In
formed regarding District interests
and legislation.
Senator Works Is a Californian and
republican. He was born in Ohio
county, Ind. and is sixty-eight years
old. He was reared on a farm until
he was nearly seventeen years old,
when he enlisted in the civil war and
served for eighteen months, until its
close He was educated in the COM
mon schools of Indiana, was married
In 1868 and has six children. He Is a
lawyer and practiced his profession for
fifteen years at Vevay. Ind. He served
one term in the Indiana legislature In
1879. He moved to California in 1888
and was Judge of the superior court of
San Diego county, Cal. and a justice
of the supreme court of the state. He
Der of the city council of Los Angeles.
and its president. He was elected
United States senator for California by
the legislature on the first ballot. re-
oeiving 90 votes out of 100. His term
expires March 5, 1917.
Senator Works has been a member
of the Senate District committee for a
number of years. and has always been
interested In legislation lettering con-
ditions here. He is one of the authors
of the Jones-Works excise law now in
effect. He aided greatly in the framing
of the public utilities commission law
for the District. Senator Works has
introduced bills looking to the cleaning
up of the slums In the District and for
straight prohibition.
Senator Saulsbury's Activities.
Senator salisbury Is a Delawarean
and democrat He is the son Of Will
lard Salisbury. who was attorney gen.
eral Of the state and United States
senator from 1859 to 1871 and chan
cellor OF Delaware. He Is f1fty-four
years old. and married May Du Pont,
daughter of Victor Du Pont. He was
educated in private schools and at the
University of Virginia. He was adj
mitted to the bar in 1882. and has ever
since been in active practice at Will
mington. He was president of the New
~f1 D1
was chairman of the board of censors
of that bar, 1902-1913. He has been
director in number of business cor
porations. president of the Delaware
Society. Alumni of the University Of
Virginia, 1928: vice president of the
Delaware Anti-Tuberculosis Society.
member of the Sons of the American
Revolution and the Society of Colonial
Wars, president of the Wilmington
Club. 1910-1913; chairman of the demo-
county, 1S92-1906: has been member
of the democratic state central commit
tee since 1892. chairman of the demo-
cratic state committee, 19o0-1906: mem
committee, 1906; of democratic ma
tional committee and it's executive
committee, 1908; of the democratic ma
tional committee and Wilson campaign
to democratic conventions at Chicago.
1896, when he was chairman of the
delegation: st. Louis. 1904, when he
was a member of the committee on
resolutions, and Baltimore, in 1912
He never held public Office until elected
United States senator January %. 1913.
but was democratic caucus nominee for
United States senator at sessions of
1899. 1901. 1903. 1905. 1907 and 1911,
and received all the democratic minority
votes on joint ballots. His term expires
March 3. 1919.
Senator Salisbury is a member of
the District committee and has had an
important part in framing legislation
1t was Senator salisbury who succeed
ed In having the provision inserted in
the sundry civil law just enacted
which will enable the authorities to go
ahead with the plans for a connecting
parkway between Rock Creek and Po-
tomac parks. He is a member of the
interstate commerce committee, and
he was active on that committee dur
ing the consideration OF the federal
trade commission act.
Senator Chiffon Democrat.
Senator william e. Chiffon of West
Virginia is a democrat. He was born
March II. 1858. He began the practice
of law In 1882 in Charleston. He was
appointed prosecuting attorney of Kama
wha county in 1883. to fill out the unex-
pired term of c. P. Snyder, who had been
elected to Congress. He was the demo-
cratic nominee for prosecuting attorney
of Kanawha county In 1884, and was de-
feated by S. c. Burdette. now judge of
the circuit court of Kanawha county.
He was a candidate for the state senate
on the democratic ticket In 1886. but
was defeated by s. c. Carr.
He was chairman of the democratic
state executive committee during the
campaign Of 1892 and was appointed sec
rotary Of state by Gov. MacCorkle to
serve from March 4, 1893, to March T.
1897. He was elected to the United
States Senate February 1. 1911. to sue
coed Senator Nathan Bay Scott, for a
term of six years. beginning March 4,
1911. His term expires March 8, 1917.
Senator Chiffon, it is expected, will
be chosen chairman of the joint com.
mittee. He has always taken an In
terest in the legislation affecting the
National Capital. though he is not a
member Of the Senate District commit
tee. He took an important part in the
framing Of the antitrust legislation
enacted during the last Congress. He
is chairman of the census committee
ana a member of the judiciary. naval
affairs, interoceanic canals and several
other committees.
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