The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-04
Six of Them Were Not Cam
didates for Reelection. 1ir-
ing of Game
Burton to. Travel
Round World
Foe Of Pork Barrel, His Retire
ment i'll Be Regretted by
American Public - Roots
Public Service

Washington, March 3.--With the
expiration of the Sixty-third Congress
at noon tomorrow. nine Senators will
retire from Official life. Among them
will be some of the best known men
in the upper house--some of the
ablest and most experienced legis-
lators. In the little group are the
Oldest and youngest members of tho
Senate, the wealthiest as we'll as men
who have little outside of their sala-
ries. great orators and silent capt.
taiists.
or the nine. three only were cam
didates for reelection, Crawford of
South Dakota: Bristow, of Kansas.
and Thornton. of Louisiana. They
sought denomination and failed in
the primaries of their parties. The
other six. Root, of New York: Bur-
ton, of Ohio: Camden. of Kentucky:
of Wisconsin. and White, of Ala
bama, were not candidates for. re-
election.
Tired OF the Game.
Keen regret ia expressed on all
sides over the retirement OF Sena-
tors Root and Burton. In them the
Senate has lost two of it's ablest de-
baters and counsellors. Both men
tired OF the game. Burton had
planned to be candidate for re-
election. but when opposition devel-
cped and politicians began making
demands upon him, he told them he
would not enter into a scramble to
be vindicated for his service to the
State. 60 he quit. He will leave
soon on a trip around the world, dur
ing which he Will write a series OF
ffrln Sxvx al ~ ~tr
difions as he fnds them In South
America. Australia, New Zealand.
China and Japan. He viii not re.
turn TO the United States until Jan
uary, 1915. Meanwhile, his friends
have taken up his name for the
Presidency. and are actively at work
TO promote his candidacy for the
Republican nomination.
Senator Burton is a scholar and
student. His special knowledge ex-
tended to the river and harbor work.
monetary legislation and foreign re-
lations. Almost singlehanded he has
killed two river and harbor pork
barrel" bills. His adversaries con-
coded his personal strength when
they paid him the compliment to-
day OF saying the river and harhor
bill was 'one man. legislation
An Able Lawyer.
Senator Root. In leaving the Ser .
ate, removes from that body the
ablest lawyer and most skilled diplo-
matist in Congress. This fact is con-
coded by Democratic Ns we'll as Re-
publican Senator's Senator Root 3
most conspicuous service in the Sem
ate has been as member OF the For
eign Relations Committee. Like Bur-
ton. he has been a consistent advo.
cate OF international peace. Like
Mr.. Lodge and Mr.. Burton, he has
been pointed out from time to time
as the "ideaf' Senator. the type Of
man the trainers of the Constitution
had in mind when they created the
Senate.
Mr.. Root is few days past sew
snr~. He has had renai liable Of
ficial career experimenting an un
usually distinguished professional ca
reer in law. 1t has come to be u
saying that man who has spent q
busy life in the law was united TO
take up political duties. Mr.. Root
has disproved that assertion. AS 4
Secretary of War he brought re-
forms that still stand az monu-
ment to his public servie. In the
State Department he was quite an CT.
ficient and won even greater distinc-
tion along entirely new lines OF action.
In the Senate he found himself in
an altogether new field, but easily