Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-03-07
MANY CHANGES IN NEW SENATE OF
 UNITED STATES
Republicans Gain Two Mem bers but Democratic Con-
 trol Not Affected.

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 Washington, March 3.-When the senate of the sixty-fifty congress meets in special session next Monday to confirm the cabinet and other pres idential appointees, there will be six teen new faces in the senate chamber The terms of thirty-two senators ex- plre tomorrow, just half of whom have been returned by their constitu- encies to serve another siX-year term. Eight Democrats and a like number of Republicans go out, and they will be replaced by seven Democrats and nine Republicans, which will not ma terially affect Democratic control. The present seante has 55 Democrats and Al Republicans. After tomorrow the membership of the upper house will consist of 54 Democrats and 42 Re- Republicans.
 In point of service, Senator Clar- ence D. Clark, Republican, of Wyom- ing, ranks highest among the retiring members. He is to be succeeded by John B. Kendrick, Democrat, present governor of his state and reputed to be one fthe largest ranch owners in the West.
 George T. Oliver, who retires volun- tarily as senator from Pennsylvania, | is to be succeeded by Philander c. Knox, who served in the senate from 1904 to 1909, and was cabinet of- ficer under President Mckinley, Roosevelt and Taft, filling the post of secretary of state in the Taft admin istration. Both MT. Knox and the man l he succeeds in the senate are Repub- licans.
 After serving one term, John D. Works, the senior senator from Cali fornia, retires of his own accord and will be succeeded by Hiram w.. Johnson, now serving a second term as governor of California.
 The Democratic floor leader, Sena- tor John w. Kern of Indiana, will give way to Harry S. New, who has long been prominent in Republican politics in Indiana and at one time was chair man of the national committee.
 Moses D. Clapp of Minnesota, one of the veteran members of the upper house, will be displaced by Frank B. Kellogg, of "trust-busting" fame. Both are Republicans.
 Another prominent figure who will be missed from the Republican side is George Sutherland, who is finishing his second term as senator from Utah. Senator Sutherland is to be succeeded by William H. King, Democrat, and former representative in congress.
 The only retiring members of the New England delegation in the sen- ate are Charles F. Johnson of Maine and Henry F. Lippitt of Rhode Is- land. Senator Johnson, Democrat, is to be succeeded by Frederick Hale, Republican, while Senator Lippitt, a Republican, will yield his seat to Pet CT G. Gerry, a Democrat.
 New York is sending to the senate a Republican, William M. Calder, who represented one of the Brooklyn dis tricts in the house for several terms. MT. Calder will succeed Senator James A. O'Gorman, Democrat, who did not seek reelection.
 Tennessee's new senator is Kenneth D. McKellar, who is member of the present house. He is to take the seat now held by Luke Lea. Both the retiring and the new senators are Democrats.
 New Jersey is sending Republican succeed a Democrat. The senator elect is Joseph s. Frelinghuysen, at one time president of the state senate and acting governor of New Jersey. He displaces Senator James B. Mar tine.
 Senator Thomas B. Catron of New Mexico, a Republican, is to be succeed ed by A. A. Jones, Democrat, who was first assistant secretary of the inter for in the early part of the Wilson ad- ministration.
 Delaware's new senator will be Josiah o. Wolcott, a Democrat and former attorney general of his state. He succeeds Henry A. Du Pont, Re- publican.
 Park Trammell, who succeeds Ma than P. Bryan of Florida, has long been prominent in Florida public life. He served at one time as attorney general o fhis state and only recently retired from the governorship.
 Howard Sutherland, now serving West Virginia as representative-at large in the house, will move over to the senate to take the seat of William B. Chiffon, who was defeated for re- election. The new seator is Re publican, while Senator Chiffon is a Democrat.
 Maryland has chosen a member of the medical profession as her new representative in the senate. He is Dr, Joseph I. France, Republican, who was named at the November election n TN