The Washington herald., 1918-01-06

well preserved and vigorous glanced
into the United States Senate on Fri
day.
He had Just heard the President de-
| liver his forceful message TO Congress
on the governmental control OF the
| railroads and he had seen the ma
! chinery OF legislation start at once to
\ put the recommendations of the Exc
cutive into cold type on the statute
books.
ITS ten years since i have been
at the Capitol and see wonderful
changes" he said reminiscently to The
Washington, Herald representative.
Changes in faces, changes in meth
DDS, changes in theories AID principles.
/ suppose it's the new order Of things,
he added, shaking his head.
Ten Years Bring ChsnEes-
Ten years has 5ENught a marvellous
change in the complexion Of both the
House and Senate and one who has
not followed the sequential steps in
the evolution and returns in 1918 with
memories Of Foraker. Aldrich, Beve-
ridge, Tom Platt and Depew, Ell0ins,
Stevenson and Hale finds IT hard 70
appreciate.
This business man knew Congress
when tariffs were made to help big
business, when progressive legislation
was a thought in only the minds OF
the radicals, when statesmen did not
ponder to find new methods OF taxing
surplus and excess profits and when
one advocating government control of
| railroads was set down as a dangerous
Socialist leaning toward anarchy. No
wonder he was amazed.
The reactionaries OF old are nearly
| all gone. ] see many new and
younger faces. What OF the old
guard? Where are they now? What
| are they doing?" He asked the series
of questions because he, like others,
| raised them from his daily thoughts
when these big national figures passed
from the front page of the newspa-
pers TO a now and then obscure Item
on the inside.
| Only Few Remain.
Tracing the careers Of some OF the
great moulders of ;e1 Station ten years
ago since their passing from public
life finds that the majority have nm
ished their life histories and only re
mote cases remain where they still
figure in politics.
Only a few months ago Senator
Foraker. one of the sturdiest of the
old stalwarts, passed away. The vet
eran Ohio legislator. one Of the
mightiest factors in the Republican
party for over a quarter Of a century
Federal judge, governor and the
nominator OF President Mckinley In
1886 and 1900 retired from the Senate
in 1909. 1t was at the beginning oi
the new school OF political thought
that evolved into the Progressive
party and the senior Senator from
the Buckeye State would have founo
neither the trend of the times or the
new conditions congenial.
Shelby Moore Cullom. Of Illinois, an
other forceful leader, ended his
Capitol career in 1907. after a quarter
OF a century in the upper branch OF
Congress. Cullofn was truly of th'
old school. his politics dating bach
to 1856 when he was a Republican
Presidential elector. He was in tbs
House Of Representatives from 1855 tC
1871. the governor of his State from
1871 to lSSS. nominated Gen. Grant fol
the Presidency and donned his Sen
atoriaI toga in 1855. When succeeded
by Senator Sherman he accepted Al
appointment on the Lincoln Memoria
Commission and died a few year'
ago.
Crane stIlI n Power.
They are not all dead, these old
time statesmen. however For exam
pie. the dignified and quiet Winthrop
Murray Crane. one of the big Repub
Hcan leaders OF Massachusetts
Though retiring in 1893. he still wieldi
powerful influence over G. o. P. poll
tics in the Bay State. Crane neye
made speeches. If the Congressiona
Record contained only the public ut
terances of the Junior Massachusetu
member iuring his career in Congress
all but one OF the Record printers a
the G. P. o. would have been laid or
He never made speeches in Republi
can conventions, but he was an eNper
manipulation OF the strings that contro
nominations and a past master OF tn
"pussy-foot' brand of politics.
Senator Albert Beveridge. of Indiana
was one of the kid members Of tn
Senate in 1907. and while he has passeC
temporarily out of the scene, shrew'
students OF politics figure he will ap
pear again in the spotlight Of the Capi
tol. Beveridge was a pioneer Pro
gressive. He sacrificed his Capitol ca
reer. or shelved it for a time, wher
he deserted the ranks OF the reaction
aries to take up the progressive prin
ciples that have since been kidnapped
by both of the big parties He rs
forceful writer on national and worlC
affairs, and is IN the position, phySl
cally, financially and mentally Il
jump right in again to the middle o
the political arena.
:. Passing from the youthful mem
ber to the oldest member bring
Senator Isaac Qke) Stevenson, oi
Wisconsin. Stevenson saw the light
4 of day in 1929 and was thoroughly
familiar with national affairs in th'
Forty-eighth Congress when III
started a six years service in tho
House. He was a picturesque fgur'
in the nails of Congress but his
views on legislation did not meet
that of his Wisconsin constituency
and he was replaced by the late
Senator Paul Husting in 1909. There
was considerable talk about tbs
vast sums of money Uncle Ike
spent in endeaVOring to return L
, Capitol Hill. but since then he ha'
been living quietly in his home
State and figures little in politics
other than as a contributor.
Tariff Maker Passes.
( Senator Aldrich. of Rhode Island
was one of the staunch defenders
j of big business. He it was. will
the veteran Serene Payne, of New
York, that drafted the famous
Payne-AIdrich tariff bill which tn,
Democrats proceeded to knock int
. a cooked hat as soon as they as
sumed control of both branches