Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-18
THIRTEEN MEMBERS ENROLLED
s. IN SENATE 'FRESTIMAN'' CLASS
Eleven Who Never Previously Served In
Upper House Will Take Seats To-
morrow-Personal Sketches.

| in the House, and previous to that ne
served six years as district attorney
in his district.
He is weight years old, one of
the youngsters of the Senate.
Two Seats Gained by Republicans.
The republicans gained a seat in
the Senate in the Colorado elections
last fall when they returned Law
renee Cowle Phipps in place of for
mer Senator Shafroth. the democratic
nominee. Mr.. PhippS is a native OF
Pennsylvania. where he was born in
1862. He received his education in the
schools of Pittsburgh. and at the age
of sixteen he went to work in the
iron mills. The son of poor parents.
he started at the bottom of the lad
der in one of the Carnegie plants.
But he succeeded so well that when
he was thirty-nine years old he was
ready to retire from business. At the
time the Carnegie company was sold
to the United States Steel Corpora
ton Mr.. Phipps was vice president
and treasurer of the company. This
was in 1901, and Mr.. Phipps moved
to Colorado. where he has made his
adoption Mr.. Phipps has taken a
leading part in many civic and pub
lic-spirited movements. though he
was never a candidate for public Office
until he was nominated by the repub-
licans for the Senate last year.
The election of Arthur Capper of
Kansas to the Senate represents an
ether republican gain. He defeated
Senator Thompson for the place. He
was Governor of Kansas and
was chosen governor of the
state in 1914 and again in 1916
on the republican ticket although
President Wilson carried the state.
Mr.. Capper was born in 1865 in Gar
nett, Kan. He went TO Topeka in
1854 and secured work on the Topeka
Capital as typesetter. He now is
the owner and publisher Of that paper
and eight other publications, having
"a total circulation of over 2,000, 900
copies. Some of them are weekly and
others monthly publications. Mr.. Cap
per has taken prominent part in
Improvement and charitable work in
his state.
Augustus Owsley Stanley. democrat.
was Governor of Kentucky when he
was elected to the Senate. He had
served for many years in the House
prior to becoming governor of his
state. Mr.. Stanley was born in Shell
byville, KY, in 1867. and was educated
at State College and Center College.
He taught school studied law and be-
came a successful practitioner. Dur
ing his service in the House he was
instrumental in bringing about the
investigation of the United States
Steel Corporation and was chairman
of the House committee which con-
Quoted the investigation.
New Hampshire also elected it's
governor, Henry Wilder Reyes repub-
lican, to the Senate last fall. Mr.
Reyes was born in Vermont in 1863
He is graduate of Harvard and has
received degrees from New Hampshire
University and Dartmouth also. He
served as state treasurer, as member
OF the New Hampshire house and
later Of the New Hampshire senate.
Mr.. Reyes is farmer and president of
the Woodsville, N. H, National Bank
William j. Harris, Georgia's new
senator, first came to Washington as
private secretary of the late Senator
Gratis came into power in 1913, he was
made director of the census bureau.
This office he gave up to become a
member Of the federal trade commits
sion. Last fall. with the approval of
the administration, he became a can
didate for the Senate against Senator
Hardwick ana was elected.
Democrat Succeeds Republican.
David Ignatius Walsh Is the new
senator from Massachusetts. He fs a
democrat and succeeds Senator Weeks,
republican. Mr.. Walsh served as gov
ernor of his state in 1914 and 1915.
He is "A graduate of Holy Cross Col
1ege and lawyer by profession. Mr..
ster, Mass. He served for q number
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