Evening star., 1922-11-12
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.


eighteen in number-harvest
Of the elections last Tues
day. contains q physician. q
dentist, four men who have been
governors Of states. five who have
served in the House Of Representa-
tives. wet" Of the wettest and q
Ku Klux Klanner. It contains men
whose political views range from the
conservative Ralston Of Indiana and
Bruce Of Maryland, to the radical
perhaps 1t Is better to say liberal
views of Brookhart of Iowa and
Frazier Of North Dakota With these
leavening materials. the already COM
plex Senate is expected to take on
additional hues.
Besides the election of eighteen
senators who have never before serv-
ed, there were elected two senator's
who were serving under appointment
in the present Congress to fill va
cancies caused by death. or the
eighteen new senators, twelve are
democrats, i've are republicans and
one Is member Of the new farmer
labor party. which has gained
! strength in the northwest. The two
senator's elected who are now serv-
ing under appointment are Pepper
and Reed of Pennsylvania. both re-
publicans.
| Take OAce at Once.
Senators Pepper and Reed will pre-
sent their election credentials when
L in
special session and take again the oath
of office. Three Of the new senators also
! will take office at that time. Sena.
tors-elect Thomas F. Bayard Of Della
ware. democrat; Walter F. George Of
Georgia. democrat, and Smith w.
Brookhart Of Iowa, republican. All
the rest will come into ONCE when
the present Congress expires. March
4. 1928.
The complete list Of new senators
elected Tuesday Is: Thomas F. Bayard
Of Delaware, democrat: Waiter F.
George Of Georgia, democrat; Samuel
NJ. Ralston OF Indiana, democrat;
Smith w. Brookhart Of Iowa. repub-
fican; William .Cabell Bruce Of Mary
land. democrat; Woodbridge N. Ferris
Of Michigan. democrat; Henrik Ship.
stead OF Minnesota. farmer-labor
Hubert d. Stephens OF Mississippi
democrat; Burton K Wheeler of Mon.
tana. democrat: r b. Howell Of Ne.
braska, republican; Edward l. Ed.
wards Of New jersey. democrat;
Royal 8. Copeland of New York.
democrat; Lynn J. Frazier Of North
Dakota, republican,; Simeon D. Fess
of Ohio. republican; Earl B. Mayneld
Of Texas. democrat: Frank L. Greene
of Vermont. republican: c. c. Dill OF
Washington. democrat, and Matthew
M. Neely Of West Virginia, democrat.
Medical Men In senate.
The health Of the new Senate should
be well looked after. DR.. Royal S.
copeland. health commissioner Of New
York state since 1918. a graduate
ligan and a student in foreign medical
institutions. takes the place Of Sena-
ltor Calder. DIR. Henrik Shipstead. the
lnew senator from Minnesota. elected
on the farmer-labor ticket, is q den-
tist, practicing in St Paul. Already
in the Senate Is DR.. L. Heisler Ball Of
delaware. So. in spite Of the fact
DR.. Joseph 1. France Of Maryland is
retiring from the Senate. tho physical
side Of the upper house may said to
be in safe hands.
One Of the new senators should bring
good cheer to the Senate. When Gov.
Edward L Edwards, now senator-elect,
was a candidate for Governor Of New
Jersey some years ago he announced
that IL elected, he would make New
Jersey as wet as the Atlantic ocean
And now his admirers are wondering
If he proposes to do the same by the
Senate. Visitors of his state inti-
mate that New Jersey is not suffering
from "dryness," despite the prohibi-
ton laws. The funny part of it all
is. however, that Gov. Edwards is
himself a "teetotaler": he doesn't
touch a drop. 1t is merely in the
cause Of others, therefore. that he
Stands for personal liberty" A case
lof Simon pure altruism. it may be
| said.
Son OF D1Gt108 0OAeO SIRE
:! From q neighboring state Of New
Jersey. from Delaware, in fact. comes
q scion of a family long prominent In
the United States, Thomas r. Bayard
to take his seat In the Senate. He is q
son Of Thomas F. Bayard, who served
a Secretary Of State under Cleveland
and a. United States minister to the
court Of st. James. The new senator
Is a lawyer, practicing in Whining.
ton. man Of attainments. pleasant
and sincere. Almost always he wears
long, flowing black necktie.
Speaking Of Grover Cleveland, two
of the new democratic senators Al
least are real old-fashioned demo.
crats Of the Cleveland type. William
Cabel Bruce Of Maryland and Samuel
M. Ralston Of Indiana. Mr.. Ralstor
was governor Of Indiana from 1919 te
1917. He is q big man, dead
ringer" his acauaantances say. fol-
Chief Justice Taft; big. genial. with q
summery smile. Mr.. Ralston IL sue.
cessful lawyer, though not . tremen.
dously wealthy man. He is . con.
servative Of conservatives; usually
wears q broad-brimmed black hal
and a long-tailed coat.
Mr., Bruce 10 q leader Of the Mary
land bar. A native Of Virginia ant
graduate Of the University Of Vir.
ginia, he went to Baltimore to prac'
tice law. While attending the Uni
versity Of Virginia Mr.. Bruce entered
into debating and literary competi.