, 1925-01-16
WARREN At 80
WORKING HARD
IN THE SENATE
High Tribute Is Paid
Wyoming Veteran by
Press Scribe.
By PAUL r. MALLON.

UNITED Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. UNITED
Press).-Eighty years old and work
ing harder than he ever did before
/ in his life-that is the record Of
Senator Francis IT. Warren of Wy
! oyaing. thes militant Did soldier OF
Congress.
When Warren took off his spurs
and left his As Colt on the COVER
nor's desk in Cheyenne "a years
ago and came to the senate, he be-
gan a study OF the involved and In
tricate method of appropriating
money for operation of the gov.
eminent. 1t is the sort of n Job
that never gets your name in the
first page headlines. but it is un-
questionably the most important job
in congress. 1t is a gruelling grind.
and calls for a. master politician
who car iron out the ruffles that
always fringe an appropriation bill.
That's Warren's Job now.
The short session OF congress now
holding, is devoted almost exclu-
sively to handling some ia ap.
\ preparation measures authorizing
tho executive departments of the
government to make expenditures
for each fiscal year. As chairman
of tho appropriation committee he
snatches these bills when they come
over from the house. sits hours and
hours at the head of a wrangling
committee and In the end comes out
with a finished proposal that must
meet the approval of the majority
of congress-. Other bills may walt,
no matter how important. but an
appropriation bill is one of those
things that must be done now.
"Retiring?" asks Warren when
anyone questions him about
whether OIL not he might consider
returning to his Wyoming ranch.
why I'm having more fun now
than l ever did.
1.-THE one thing that will break a
manis health Is ease. I can attri-
butte my present well-being to hard
work"
Some other senator's think the
light in the senate Is inadequate.
The young men in the press gallery
complain continuously that the
chamber is not properly ventilated.
Even, some bills have been introduc-
ed to make the chamber more com
Portable, because 1t Dis said. the
mortality rate of the senate shows
the results of these defects.
But they never effect Warren, He
can see a Joker IN an appropriation
bill no matter how carefully con
cealed. He can stand the gaff OF
a filibuster on the floor and match
his wits with the youngest men In
the chamber.
He started life in Hinsdale. Mass.
June 20, 1874, and enlisted in 1852
in the Forty-ninth Massachusetts
regiment of infantry and served at
a private until It was mustered out
of service. He received the con
OCCASIONAL medal of honor for gal
@ntry on the battlefield at the
siege of Port Hudson. .
Until 1868 he engaged in farming
and stock raising in Massachusetts
and then he went west to grow UP
with the country. He was president
of the Wyoming legislature in 1873
his first venture into politics. He
was Al years old then He took
prominent part in Republican party
politics and attended the national
conventions. He was appointed
governor Of Wyoming in 1885 by
President Arthur and served until
November 1886. Later he was again
appointed governor by President
Harrison and served until he was
elected to the senate November Is,
1890.
This summer strenuous opposi
tion was set up to his election In
Wyoming. The La Toilette forces
were a power there. 1t was said
they would carry the state. Even
Warren felt the situation looked a
trifle dark. To face a condition
like that the only thing to do was
to get out and work. Warren as.
tonlshed his opponents by his whirl'
wind campaign. He sometimes
made six IN seven speeches a
day-mostly short ones. He stump
ed the state by automobile and gain
ed until a week before election when
Nfor the first time It appeared as II
he would pull through.
He not Only pulled through but
no carried tho state for President
Coolidge.