The Washington times., 1923-03-04
More Than Score Of Men Who
Have Helped Mold y. S. Des-
tiny WiIl Go Ii Retirement
SOME ARE q AME DUCKS
People ii Galleries WIN Miss
Picturesque Figures VINO.
Almost Became Landmarks
BY GEORGE Il. HOLMES.
international News Service.

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More than score 81 men who
have been national figures in the
last quarter or 81 century, and who
have left their imprint upon the
pages Of American history, passed
from the national stage with the
ending Of the Sixty-seVenth Congress.
Some Of them retire OF their own
accord after many years Of gervice.
others are retiring by the expressed
will OF their constituents. Their alb.
sencs will entail radical changes In
the makeup of what IS known AZ
Official Washington"
Probably the most widely known
Of all Of those to pass Is Uncle joe
Cannon, who has completed forty-six
years III the House Of Representa-
tives, record that stands supreme.
Uncle joe Ii retiring voluntarily.
UNCLE JOE'Ss RECORD.
Few men have attained the emf.
hence In Congress- that Uncle Joe"
held and maintained for so many
years. For eight OF those years
The was Speaker Of the House, his
EpOwer virtually unlimited. his doni-
nance unquestioned. He was the
last Of the Cars. He was broken
| by the Progressive Insurgents from
1.-THE West IN the first slkirmish of
that long chain Of events that led
lup to the famous Republican split
Two other ..old timers 81 the
House to pass are Frank w. Mon
dell Qsl of Wyoming. and Joseph
IW. For1ney R.) Of Michigan.
Mondell, who has served twenty-eix
years In the House, was defeated IN
his aspirations for the Senate this
year. His going win necessitate
q new Republican leader OF the
lower chamber. Tordney, with
twenty-four years Of service, retires
voluntarily in order, he said, to
spend my declining years enjoying
Imy grandchildren. His going leaves
vacant the Craftsmanship of the all
powerful Ways and Means Commit
tee. With Senator McCumber R.l
OF North Dakota. he sponsored the
present Republican tariff law.
CAMPBELL AMONG MISSING.
Philip p. Campbell fR.) OF Kan
sas, with twenty years OF con-
| tinuous, service. also will be among
the missing In the new Congress.
He is chairman Of the powerful
Rules Committee. He WaS defeated
In the primaries.
Andrew j. Volstead (R1 Of Min
lnesota, author of the most famous
piece OF legislation the Congress
ever passed, also retired-beaten by
q man who boasted during the
campaign that he was ''drier than
Volstead." Volstead is chairman of
the Judiciary Committee.
G.. Bascom SIemp, who for six
teen years has borne the distinction
Of being the only Republican In the
House from Virginia. retires with
the Sixty-seventh Congress. He
declined a denomination and his dis
trict win be represented in the new
Congress by q Democrat for the
first time in years.
On the Senate side the passing Of
well-knOwn figures Is even more
pronounced, because the casualties
last November were proportionately
| greater.
Two men who came in on the
same day twenty-four years ago
pass out together-both beaten,
singularly enough, not by the oppo-
sition party, bat by their own par
ties in the primaries. They are
Senators Porter ]. McCumber Q2l
of North Dakota, and Charles A.
Culberson D.l, of Texas.
McCumber's passing is some
what ironical. After twenty-four
years Of service he attained the
goal of all Senators. the chairman
ship of the powerful Finance Com
mittee, through the unexpected
death Of Boies Penrose. He &C.
cupied the chair only few months
before falling before the displeasure
Of his constituents, but in that time
he fathered the present tariff bill.
with Fordney, of Michigan, and
also the bonus bill, which was
vetoed by the President.
HITCHCOCK RETIRES.
A familiar and powerful figure
on the Democratic side who passes
from the picture to-day is Senator
Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Of Nebraska,
who was President Wilson's spokes-
man in the memorable league of
nations fight. He has served twelve
years.
Senator Miles Poindexter, Repub-
lican, of Washington, an old cir
reconcilable" in that fight, goes to
keep Hitchcock company. Poindex-
ter will be the new American Am
bassador to Peru.
Other well-known Senators who
are bidding good.by today to the
associates of years are:
Senator Atlee Pomerene. Demo
Graf, of Ohio, whose defeat in No
vember punctured Presidential
boom that already had attained con-
siderable proportions.
Senator Charles e. Townsend, Re-
publican, of Michigan, known as the
good roads" champion of Congress.
He served eight years in the House
before reaching the Senate.
Senator John Sharp Williams,
Democrat, Of Mississippi, last of the
old-school Southerners in the Senate,
whose sharp tongue and ready wit