The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-29

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services of a peculiar kind To perform.
II j. necessary for him 10 have the
close attention of his men when they
are under instructions and il is neces-
sary also that the instructor should be
man well qualified physically to do
things well. and in hurry, and should
so impart the lessons To others That
they will be equally capable and alert
Going to the Front With Rixey.
With Eppa RiXey, n" left-handed
twirlcr of the Philadelphia Nationals,
had II hours of Intimate acquaint-
ancc. \ man can live long time in
~ hours when he is on or near the
battle front in France. ItiXey is a line
type Of soldier He is still in service
one day some time before the arms
tice went into effect | was in Souilly,
not far from Verdun. This place then
was the field headquarters of General
PerShing. From SOuilly was to 90 to
the front in the ArgOnne 10 report TO
Gen. Joseph Il. Dickman, then in COM
mand Of the First army corps.
At SOuilly | was waiting for an op-
proceed the 100 miles necessary to be
traversed before reaching the First
corps headquarters. Along came Cap
tain RlXey in an open motor with his
bedding ron, his gas mask and his tin
hat lie had been ordered To proceed
To the far front to act as gas officer of
one Of the fighting divisions.
tbs baseball pitcher, who is a
nephew of a former surgeon general
of the United States navy and a gradu-
ate of the University of Virginia,
stands about q teet inches In his hik-
ing shoes, and he is big in proportion.
1t was some ride that EppG Rixey
and ! undertook that da.. 1t was as
cold rs France in October knows how
To be. as windy as it was cold, and
most of the time ii was tanning hard
err than both"
| came pretty near freezing, because
my bones are not clothed with as much
flesh as RiXey can boast. Moreover,
am old enough to be his father, and
then some. That day he looked after
me much as 4 good son looks after his
father, and this was not due to the
fact that | ranked him in the army.
Facts About the New Senate.
The senate of the United States, as
II will be constituted in the Sixty
sixth congress, is as follows: Pre-
siding officer. Thomas X. Marshall.
vice president of the United States,
Democrat Republican senators. 40 ;
Democratic senators, AZ; total &c.
Il is easily conceivable. therefore,
that occasionally Thomas r. Mar
shall may have the deciding vote as
between the parties, provided Repub-
| lican is absent or elects to vote with
the opposition on any particular meas
ures
One of the seats in the senate is a
subject Of controversy. 1t is that Of
| Truman III. Newberry of Michigan, who
holds the credentials. His right to the
seat is contested by Henry Ford, auto
mobile manufactured. Newberry has
the party advantage, and if things 90
in a straight party way he probably
will hold on To his seat.
The men who will take their seats
in the senate for the first time are
Byron +. Harrison of Mississippi Au-
| gustus q. Stanley of Kentucky. Arthur
! Capper of Kansas, David /. Walsh of
Massachusetts, Walter f. Edge of New
Jersey. Henry w. Keyes of New
Hampshire, Medill Mccormick of Illi-
nois. Truman II. Newberry Of Michi-
gan and Lawrence c. Phipps of Colo
RADIO.
OF the newly elected senators, four
were the governors of their respective
states at the time of their election.
These are Stanley. Capper. Edge and
Reyes. Walsh of Massachusetts is a
former governor of that state.
Two Move Up From House.
Two senators have just received pro.
motion from the house of representa-
tivCS. They are Harrison of Mlssis-
Sippi and Mccormick of Illinois. Sena-
tor-eiect L. HeiSler Ball of Delaware
was formerly member of the house
Of representatives and at one time was
q senator of the United States.
Davis Elllins, Republican senator
elect from West Virginia. some years
ago was elected to the United States
senate To fill 10 days of the unexpired
term of deceased senator. Some of
the other senatOrs-elect are not new Ia
Washington life. Take Truman II.
Newbcrry. for instance. who for long
time was assistant secretary of the
navy and for short time its score
tary
Newspaper men are not unknown I'm
the United States senate. Warren G..
Harding of Ohio is the proprietor of
the Marion Star. George ii. Moses of
New Hampshire was associated for -
years with W. +. Chandler on the Con
cord IN. H. Monitor. Senator Gilbert
NJ. Hitchcock of Nebraska has his
name closely connected with the
Omaha WOrld-Herald. Senator Arthur
Capper of Kansas has the Topeka
Capital and other papers. Harry s.
New is an old time newspaper man,
as was his father before him, although
In recent years he has departed from
the field alluring." So far as one
can learn from the perusal of the Sena-