Evening star., 1922-11-12
NEW SENATORS. TO GIVE
ADDED HUES TO CHAMBER
Eighteen New Faces Will Be Seen at
North End Of the Capitol
After March Next.

| of the Senate and. incidentally, give
/ impetus to the proposal for the es-
| tablishment Of a separate department;
jof education in the government. They
are Woodbridge Nathan Ferris. former
governor of Michigan. and Simeon d.
Fess. now representative from Ohio.
Gov. Ferris is a native Of New York,
born in 1883. He went to the Univer-
Hity OF Michigan and there studied med
tcine. A year later he was married
and became principal OF a business
college in Freeport, Ill. Later still he
was professor at Rock River University.
Dixon. Ill, and then president Of the
Dixon Business College. He founded the
Ferris Institute. incidentally he is pres
ident Of the Big Rapids. Mich. Savings
Bank. And now he is coming to Wash
ington. bent on having his colleague.
Truman H. Newberry. ousted from the
Senate because Of the expenditure of
money in the Newherry campaign against
Henry Ford several years ago. He is
the FIRST democrat to be elected to the
Senate from Michigan in seventy-fve
years.
With the election of Mr.. Fess to the
Senate. the Ohio representation in
| that body becomes 100 per cent peda-
gogical. Both Senator Willis. now a
member Of the Senate. and Mr.. Fess.
| soon to become a member, were pro-
fessors at Ohio Northern University
in past years. and Mr.. Fess was vic,
president Of the institution. Later h"
was a professor at Chicago Univer-
sity. and later still. president Of An
tioch College. He went into politics.
however, some ten years ago and had
himself elected a member of tn,
House. from which he now goes 70
the Senate. Mr.. Fess is q hare.
worker. and when he goes after /.
thing he usually gets 1t. At present
he 10 chairman of the committee or
education Of the House. He intro
duced in the House a bill to crea;
q department o. education.
New Senators From South.
The solid south" is sending ,hr,
new Senators-all democrats. il d.
needless to say. They are all lawyer.
| From Georgia comes George. Juda
Walter F., who resigned from til
| state supreme court year ago to E
back to the practice Of law. He :.
forty-four years old, q graduate u
Mercer uniYersity. and with a reputs
ton for ''dryneskS fhat should offs.
that Of Gov. Edwards for "wetness.
He 10 a good speaker; has been sin"
his college days, when he was on tht
| debating team. Judge George is ali
! enthusiastic fisherman.
Huber D. Stephens Of Mississippi:
new senator from that state. is a.
like his college. Senator Pat" Harri
son. in appearance. as one pea is like
another. He Is . big man. and in the
days when he attended the University
OF Mississippi. he weighed nearly 25o
pounds and was a star on the foo:
ball team. He is a good story telle"
and a dry" too. He was born fort,
seven years ago. has been distric
attorney and served for ten years
the House. from which he retired y"
unfairly in 1920 to practice law.
The third Of the new southern SEM;
!! tors is Earl b Maydeld OF Texas, a
present railroad commissioner in the
Lone Star state. He il forty-one years
old. reputed q good speaker. At one
time he was q member Of the state
senate. Mr.. Mayheld's tight for nomi-
nation and election to the Senate this
fall has been exciting, to say the least.
He is the nrst man to be elected TO
the Senate since the constitutional
amendment providing for the direc;
election of senators who has failed to
have his name on the official ballot.
Court action, because of alleged vio-
lation Of the state law regarding
campaign expenditures. held up the
printing Of his name at the last min
ute. Mr.. Mayfeld had the support
of the Ku Klux Khan in Texas. and
the khan was the issue Of his cam
paign.
West Sends Progressives.
| A group Of ''progressives"-some-
times they are called "radicals'-fve
in number, is found among the new
senators from the west. They are
Brookhart OF Iowa, Shipstead OF
Minnesota, Frazier Of North Dakota,
Howell of Nebraska and Wheeler OF
Montana. Smith w. Brookhart is a
colonel" He has seen service in
two wars of the United States, the
Spanish war and the world war. and
for years has been a member OF the
National Guard. For a living he
practices law. Col Brookhart Is rec
ognized as ono Of the great rihe-prac-
ttce experts of the world and Is a
crack shot himself. He was one OF
those who prior to the world war
took a stand in opposition to the
D War Department against so-called
blanket fire" and in favor Of indi-
vidual fire and rifle practice. Finally
he and the other experts prevailed
upon the War Department to adopt
their plan. Col Brookhart has given
particular attention to the railroad
question and will demand that the
transportation act be overhauled. He
10 owner Of a newspaper In Wass-
ington, Iowa.
| Burton X, Wheeler Of Montana two
years ago ran for governor after
being indorsed by the Non-Partisan
League but was defeated. During
the Wilson administration he served
as United States attorney in Butte.
Mont, a ''red" center. He has been
a successful lawyer.
| The new senator from Nebraska,
In. B. Howell, in appearance is not
unlike Senator Hitchcock. whom he
defeated. Both are tall. growing