Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-29
FAMILIAR FACES OF OTHER
DAYS MISSED BY OLD-TIMER
IN THE 6STH CONGRESS

congress but died in October and
now his son will succeed him. Tom
Sisson, of Mississippi, was another
comparative veteran. He died during
the sumner and so did James c..
Cantrill, of Kentucky. Judge Rufus
Hardy, of Texas, has retired after
sixteen years and Lemuel Padgott,
of Tennessee, is dead after twenty
two years on that floor.
Bourke Cochran
"BCurke Cochran, of New York,
has passed away. He was here for
seven terms, not continuous, and no
more magnetic orator ever thrilled
his generation. Dan Riordan, of New
York, whole-souled, lovable Dan, has
crossed over to the other side, too.
I might go on this way, talking about
the changes, but it would make me
more lonesome. Let's go over to the
senate side"
AS the oldtimer left the house he
hopefully observes that there are
! still a few of the veterans left. Speak
err Gillett now heads the list in length
of service, with thirty years behind
him.
Representative Cooper, of Wiscon.
sin, is beginning his twenty-ninth
| year and Representatives Tom But
Ter, of Pennsylvania, and William s.
Greene, of Massachusetts,, are enter
ing the twenty-seven year and Gill
berry Haugen, Of Iowa, survives after
| twenty-four years. Jack Garner, OF
Texas, and Charles r. Davis, OF
Minnesota, alone are left Of the TWEEN
| ty-year club, and after that one
comes to the youngsters" The
house isn't what it used to be.
On the senate side the oldtimer
! did not miss so many faces, but the
membership of that body is much
smaller and that accounts for it. He
looked vainly for the sturdy form OF
| Minnesota's grand old man" Sena-
| tor Knute Nelson. He died during the
recess of congress.
ut was twenty-eight years ago
! that Knute Nelson came to the SEN
ate" said the oldtimer. "Of the men
who were here then only Lodge, OF
Massachusetts, and Warren, OF
| Wyoming, remain. Culberson, OF
Texas, came along four years later
He was defeated last year. They say
| the ku KluX Khan had a great deal
| to do with it. Culberson was won
derful man in appearance and intel
! lect in the senate. of a quarter OF a
century ago. Now he is 'pitiably
| broken.
Porter McCumber, of North Da
kota, came to the senate in 1893
just after the Spanish-American war
He was defeated. William p. Dilling
ham, of Vermont, has just died. He
and Carroll Page, of VermontS were
eighty years old when the past con
gross adjourned. Senator Warren, OF
! Wyoming, who survives both in poll
| tics and life is seVenty-nine and Sen
ator Lodge is well above seventy
Colt, of Rhode Island is seventy
seven, and will serve at least unit
1925. Outside of this little group
most of the senators are what we
call youngsters.
John Sharp Williams
John Sharp Williams, of Missis
sippi, who said he'd rather be a
yallar dog and bay at the moon than
serve another term in the senate
was here only twelve years but he
served longer in the house, so 1 miss
him just the same. He added elo
quence, craftsmanship, and humor tc
the atmosphere of the senate and he
shouldn't have quit"
Looking about the chamber the
oldtimer finds three men who have
seen service of twenty years or bet
ter along with Lodge and Warren
He finds Simmons, of North Caro-
lima, p years; Overman, of North
Carolina, and Smoet, of Utah, 20
years Then comes La Toilette and
Brandegee, opposite types politically,
with IS years each; and Borah and
Owen with Is.
A few more names will round out
the story of the changes that time
direct election and the new political
doctrines of today have wrought in
the senate. Sturdy old Knute Nelson
with his blunt way of speaking and
| his adherence to senate traditions
and precedents, is succeeded by Mag.
nus Johnson, a Farmer-Laborite. The
seat of Frank B. kellogg, of Min.
nesota, is held by Henrik Shipstead
another FarmerLaborite and KEEL
logg, lame duck goes as ambas
sador to the court Of st. James.
Smith w. Brookhart, of radical
tendencies, sits in the place Of the
eloquent Deliver, Of Iowa. Deliver \
speech on the Payne-Aldrich tariff
bill was one of the masterpieces OF
this generations oratory in the up
per chamber. Cummins, of Iowa, is
seen today where Allison once was,
Old Guardsmen Passing
Underwood and Helm, young-look-
ing men, are in the chairs of thai
famous and venerable pair from Ala.
bama-Morgan and Pettus. Bank.
head, Of Alabama, was one of the
senators to come in between but he
| too, is gone and died as the last
! Confederate veteran sitting in the
senate.
David Walsh, of Massachusetts,
only few years in politics. recalls
those elder statesmen Of his state
including George F. Hoar, and w
Murray Crane. Where once sat
Chauncey Depew and Boss" Plat
OF New York, one sees today Roya]
). copeland and Jimmy" Wads.
worth, men half tn cage Of the En-
pre- State senator's of yesteryear.
Medill Mccormick, clean-shaven.
1.-THE and young. sits where the aged
Shelby NJ. Cullom once answered
the roll. Harris and George, Just
mlddle-aged, are here as successors
to Bacon, Clay and Hoke Smith. of
georgia. Stephens, a round-faced,
pleasant young man, takes the place
OF the picturesque John Sharp Viii.
llams, of Mississippi, and Simeon D.
Tess fills the seat held by the fiery
Joseph B. Foraker, of Ohio.
The list could be indefinitely
heightened with the names of the
men here today and a few who have
come in between. But the point of
the old timer is that the older states.
men and the old guardsmen are
passing and when he looks down
from the galleries nowadays the eff
feet Of relentless time is seen
there and he falls to reminiscing
| about missing faces"