The sun., 1918-11-18
MANY new FACES
IN STATE SENATE
Only q Of 81 Members Of Tn
per House Of Legislature
Returned.
BIGGEST SHIFT IN YEARS
Thompson Of Niagara or
Walters Of Syracuse Likely
to Be President Pro Ten.

Never before in it's history has thsrs
been such an overturn in the State Sen.
ate Of New York as this year. Asnwu
organize in January Il will he almost an
entirely new body. Only twenty-ssreo
out Of fifty-one former members have
been reelected, and those who have gons
include all the old time leaders. Thsr,
will be also a new presiding officer, Harry
c. Walker OF Binghsmton, who has been
elected to succeed Lieut., Gov Edward
Schoeneck.
OF the men who are going back Ia
train the new men in the traditions ana
practices Of the Senate eighteen are Re.
publicans and nine are Democrats. ms
Republicans are George l.. Thompson Of
| SuHoik, Charles c. lockwood and Alva
w. Burlingame. Jr, OF Kings James z
Towner OF Putnam, Charles w. Walton
OF Ulster, Henry NJ. Sage OF Albany,
James w. Yelverton OF Schenectady, y,
| Monroe Marshall Of Franklin. Adon P.
| Brown OF Madison, J. Henry Walters OF
Onondaga, Charles J. Hewitt OF Cayugs,
william A. Carson OF Yates, John Knight
OF Wyoming, James Il. Mullan OF Mon
roe, George r. Thompson Of Niagara,
Ross Graves and L. W. II. Gibbs OF Erie
and J. Samuel Fowler Of Chautaudua-
The nine Democrats OF the fifteen In
| the Senate this year who will answer
| the roll call in 1919, are: Daniel ]. Cat-
roll of Kings. Bernard Downing, JamN
J. Walker. James A. Foley, John J. Boy.
Ian, Edward J. Bowling and Salvatore
| A. Gothic of New York. John J. DUNN
gan of The Bronx and Samuel j. Ram.
sperger OF Erie.
Ramsperger VIII BE Dean.
! Senator Transporter. Democrat, will
have the distinction OF being the oeap.o:
| the Senate. He first entered the body In
| 1899. but was out from 1904 10 1870.
Since the latter year he has served COZ
tinuously. Transporter rarely makes
| speech on the floor and hardly can 10
| looked upon as a leader. In the position
| OF dean ne succeeds Thomas IT. Cullen
OF Kings I who this year has attained
| long cherished desire to 30 to Congress
He is now serving his tenth term in the
upper house Of the Legislature.
| Because OF his position as President
| pro tenn, or leader Of the majority in the
| Senate, and because of his years OF sI'
| perience. the loss OF ;S1on r. Brown OF
WATERFOWL will probably be felt more Sc
riously than that Of any other member
1
| After serving for three terms he retired
for a time. returning again in 1913.
| At the same time the Democrats arc
losing their leader. Robert +. Wasnt!.
who has reached the goal he has sought
for many years, an election to the ST.
preme Court bench
| The succession to Senator Brown a.
President pro TEN. lies between Senator
| Thompson Of Niagara and Senator Wal
| tiers OF Syracuse. 1t is conceded that
Senator Sage OF Albany is ably fltted u
assume the leadership. but 1t is under
| stood that he does not care to enter
fight for the prize. The fact that he Il
from Albany, which is controlled BY
William Barnes, might. 1t is thought
initiate against him.
Thompson VIII Not Make Fight.
Senator Thompson, who first entered
the Senate in 1918. denies the stories
that he has obtained pledges OF support
He says the Office should seek tho man
and he has more respect for II than to
try to force his election. Senator Wa
tiers, who has had two more years IN
the Senate than his rival, is supported
by some OF the powerful leaders in ths
central part Of the State. II is argued
against him. however. that he wabblsi
on the prohibition issue. His opponents
say he was wet in Syracuse ans
| dry" in Albany last winter.
For the Democratic. or minority. lea1'
ership Senator Foley Is the logical MAJ
He Is now serving his third consecutive
term. 1t is argued against Foley hS.
he comes from Charles +, Murphy DIS
trict, but that should not be held againsi
him. his friends say, because II is W.
known that the Tammany Boss picks
all the Democratic Senators from New
York county. II Senator Foley Is Sc;
aside James ]. Walker. who is pcpulaT
and energetic. will get the leadership,
As 10 others who are going out; Be
cause OF a difference OF opinion with
Borough President Maurice E Connolly
the Boss OF Queens, Senator Angus
Farrenkopf was not renominated. FranN
Abel, the Democratic candidate, viii ST.
coed him.
In Kings county two we'll known r.
publican senators went down 10 dttsai
Charles T. Murphy and Robert
Lawson Alfred j, Gilchr'st. RepusN-
can, did ro1 seek denomination, prefer
ring to run FOR the County Court. Pa
lost out there, William j. HcHer0aH
Democrat, resigned from the Senate 20
accept the post OF Deputy County cen
IN Kings
Many Manhattan Changes.
In New York county Jacob Koen'E
was redistricted aIt Of his dls,rc'-
Courtlandt Nlcoll, Republican, dd no.
seek denomination, having gone -
France in war work. Schuyler N
! Meyer. nominated to succeed him, vs.
defeated by the Democrats. John
sheridan. in The Bronx. did TO; s'et
denomination. neither DID George
Cromwell. Republican, in the Mcrmo'
Rocklsud district, The latter IS 10 %
4 succeeded by a Democrat.
North OF the city George \ Slater
OF Westchester retired 70 accept me
nomination for Surroga ts; John y ~.
orA OF orange WAS defeated In me nr
uAieS for denomination by George
Burlng; George II. Whitney Of Sa'a-
toGa did not risk a battle in the ~.
maries Theodore Douglas Robinson az
Herkimer laid aside a renomina %
enter an army officers training corps
Jim" Emerson Of Warren ,oINN
after a service of twelve years fanHI
his constituents unwilling 90 s--t b."
back and he was turned down .r ne
primaries. Frederick NJ Davenport '.
Oneida went out to retire Nra''
Charles w. Wicks in the primar - ana
succeeded
All these Senators are Republicans
and they are to be succeeded 40 ''.
Senate by Republicans, The on. gan
in the Senate made by the IDru- d =
up State was in the defeat Of Gr.'5'
r, Wellington by John J. MashfeI '
the Rensselaer, district.
In Broome William II. H,i prc'e''s.
to take nomination for Cougrc-s an.
| was successful both in tho prlnsEHeS a"t