Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-26
Senate and House
Leaders Out of
Race as Result
of the rin1arles.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

| IL happen DIV the VIII Oh the Sow
ereign voters in the Novem-
| 49, Der elections. enough has al
ready happened to make 1t certain
that there will be many new faces
in the next Congress-in both Senate
and House.
Three things have brought about
these changes-sone voluntary retire.
ments, some defeats for denomination
and some have fallen by the wayside
in racing for a higher goal of polit-
ica ambition
Veteran membe1s Of both houses,
many Of them chairman Of important
committees, wiz be among the missing
in the new Congress Some Of them
have had enough" Of the legislative
grind and others admit with q grim
smile that what the voters did to them
or "a plenty"
Willis May Ceme to Senate.
| Warren G.. Harding will be among
those missing from the Senate. with
the prospect that he will be succeed
ed by former popular and able mem
| Der of the House, since Governor of
Ohio-Frank B. Willis. Harding will
, be missed as a member of important
committees, including commerce. and
foreign relations.
| Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman Of
Illinois is retiring of his own accord.
and indications are that he will be
succeeded by Representative William
| b. Mckinley, former republican ma
tional campaign manager. Sherman
has served in the Senate since 1913,
has been chairman of the District of
Columbia committee, the committee on
corporations organized in the National
Capital, appropriations, commerce.
pensions and other very important
committees. He has won the reputa-
ton of being probably the most pic
turesque and fluent orator in the pres
ent Senate.
Wilson Opponents Defeated.
| Three democratic senators who were
conspicuous during the war and re-
construction periods as antagonistic
! to President Wilson and the admins
tration policies have been defeated in
the primaries: Gore, the blind sem
ator from Oklahoma who has held
his seat since 1907. lost the nomination
to Representative Scott Teeris. one
of the prominent House members.
Ferris has as q rival FOR the Senate
seat Representative John ". Harreld-
Hoke Smith Of Georgia, former Sec
rotary of the Interior and former gov
ernor, who came to the Senate in 1911,
| has been defeated in the primaries by
Tom Watson, former populist candi-
bitter opponent Of the administration
than Smith. Senator Kirby of Arkan-
sas was defeated in the primaries by
Representative Thaddeus Caraway on
account of his opposition to the ad-
ministration program early in the
war.
| Senator Thomas of Colorado and
Senator johnson OF South Dakota,
both democrats, withdrew. Senator
Gronna Of North Dakota was defeated
for a denomination. Representative
James Thomas Helm of Alabama, who
| has been a member of the House for
sixteen years. has been nominated for
the Senate, equivalent to election, to
I'LL the vacancy caused by the death
of Senator Bankhead.
Bitter fights have been made against
several other prominent members of
| the Senate-notably against Jones of
Washington, who has won out, and
against Cummins in Iowa, which is
still in progress.
| Already there are seventy-five
members of the present House who
will not be in the next Congress.
Took Chances and Lost.
Four other House members entered
contests for the Senate-two of whom,
Sanders in Louisiana and Smith in
Illinois, have lost. Representative
Lonergan has been named by the dem
ocrats in Connecticut to oppose Sem
ator Brandegee, and Representative
yelling is opposing Senator Reed
Smoot in Utah.