Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-10
YOUNG SENATORS
WILL REPRESENT
FINEST STATES
Gerry, of Rhode Island, and
Wolcott, of Delaware,
Both Youthful. .
ELECTION GRATIFYING
TO DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
Both Belong to Families That
Have Been Prominent in
Nations History.
FORMER SERVED IN HOUSE
Latter Now Attorney General OF His
State, and Is Son OF
Farmer.
ELECTION GRATIFYING
TO DEMOCRATIC LEADERS
FORMER SERVED IN HOUSE
Latter Now Acknowledgement OF His
State, and Is Son OF
Farmer.

! WASHINGTON, d. c.. December o..
When the newly elected United States
senator's take their seats next year the
two youngest among them, and indeed'
in the whole upper house of Congress,
Will be Josiah .. Wolcott. of Delaware,
born October 81. 1877. and Peter GoeIet
Gerry. Of Rhode Island. born September
Is. 1870.
| Mr.. Gerry was turned from polo and
Newport society by his wife, a famous
/ beauty. who ambitious for him
to equal the careers OF noted ancestors.
( lie owes his election In rock ribbed,
/ hight tariff Rhode Island to his great
! personal popularity and to most
| skillful secret house to house campaign.
Mr.. Wolcott also scion of a family
| famous in American history, enters
tho Senate largely through the fac
! tional fights OF the great Du Pont
family Of powder makers, multimil-
lionaire Republicans, who for many
years controlled tiny Delaware.
! The election of these young men
/ from the two smallest States OF the
Union. and from States additionally
Republican. is tho source OF the
greatest qualification to Democratic
leaders here.
Young Peter" as Mr. Gerry Is ia
miliarly known to his friends in Rhode
Island, has been in the newspapers
| principally for his exploits as coach
ing whip, polo player and Il society
man.
GERRY MARRIED
MISS MATILDA TOWNSEND
| In 1910 he married Miss Matilda T.
Townsend, of this city, daughter OF
Mrs. Richard Townsend and regarded
by artists as one OF the most beautiful
women in America. She has been
painted by Sargent and Flameng ana
has furnished inspiration for many
| ideal charactcrizations OF the Amer
lean girl. Before her marriage the
Duke Of Alba. a Spanish grandee, had
been her persistent but unsuccessful
sutton, She said openly she would
never marry any one but an American.
And having selected Mr. Gerry as
! her American, she decided to make
! something out OF him. Mr.. Gerry was
a good talkcr. a hard worker. n sci
enlist and lawyer. who could speak
better in public than the average
4 His great grandfather. Elbridge
/ Gerry. was elected Vice-P President OF
! the United states in 1912 on the
ticket with Mr.. Madison. His father
| was Commodore Gerry, a great lawyer,
/ and several other members or the fam
/ ily had had brilliant careers. -.
So in 1912 Mr.. Gerry became a candi-
date for the House ofSRepresentativss
from the Second Rhode Island District.
traditionally a Republican stronghold.
| The old c. o. u. leaders dismissed the
I chances or the young society man from
/ their minds trihe Scornfully and did
| little work against him. Mr. Gerry
/ worked hard. caught the \attention at
least, of almost every voter and swung
I enough Republicans into the opposing
camp TO win.
CAREER IN THE HOUSE
! WAS SATISFACTORY
] Ills career in the House was salts
factory. but not brilliant Therefore.
/ when he became the Democratic can
! dldate this year in the first senatorial
primaries Rhode Island had held, the
! political wiseacrcs smiled again.
Against him was the veteran. Senator
Henry NJ. Lippitt. high protection
leader. The Republicans thought II
| would DE II walltovcr for their candt-
! date.
Ih' Democratic National Committee
never put the senatorahip In the re-
| "'o'ciS upupttul class MIR. Gerry was
mildly reprovcd by some of his per-
| sonal friends for taking a losing chance
i in a bad year
| MI. Gerry started his campaign with
All the newspapers of Rhode Island
hostile to him
! Mr. Gerry long before the canvass
began had carefully figured out the
chances for and against defeat. When
he determined To accept tho nominal
ton he had also made up his mind 70
lead fight that would break all
Rhode Island traditions.
He would take the offensive from,
the start in attacking both the acts
OF the Republican party and his on
ponents political record. There would
be no conservative campaign. such "a
khode Island always has found to its
liking He would reach every class
and take his cause into every homo.
/ Rhode Islands voting population 4.
siNtN-siN and two-thirus foreign born.
or the sons of foreign born. There
are colonies of French. Italians. Poles,
Jews and Swedcs. The French have
/ a daily newspaper, The Italians and
the Swedes have two weekly news
papers The Germans. who are main
| ~ IN Providence and Ctanston but
scattered also in small numbers
through the state. have weekly
newspaper. \ Jewish paper published
In Boston circuiates in all the cities
of the state
The first essential thing for a sue
cessful campaign was TO reach tho
foreign born and .orcign speaking &
voters. Mans were made of All sop.