The Washington times., 1925-03-05
CAPITOL LOSES
81 MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS
Ten Senators and 70 Who
Served in House Retire to
Private Life

Private Life
Today marks the return to pri-
vate life of ten United States Sen
ators and seventy-three members of
the House, many. or whom have
reached high places in the admin
istration Of the affairs of the ma.
ton. Three more members of the
House retire from that body to ac-
cept other posts in the Government
service, two as United States Sen
ators and one as secretary to the
President.
Four members of the House Dis
trict Committee, including the chair
man, and three members of the
Senate District Committee, also in
Guiding the chairman, are among
those who retire today.
Senator l.. Heis1er Ball of Del l.
ware. chairman of the Senate Dis.
trict Committee, gives way to /.
Coleman Dupont Senator Ball has
made no definite plans for the fu-
ture. He will take a short vacation
before returning to his home in Della
ware.
Elkins Enters Business.
Senator A. Owsley Stanley OF
Kentucky. member of the Senate
District Committee, who was re-
Gently injured by an automobile,
will remain in Washington to take
up the practice Of law. He will
open offices In the suite formerly
occupied by the firm of which
Woodrow Wilson and his Secretary
OF State, Bainbridge Colby, were
members. Senator Stanley also will
maintain a law office at Louisville,
KY He will debate with Clarence
Darrow on Capital Punishment
on Saturday, March a.. at the Audi
toriunl.
Senator Davis Elkins of West
Virginia, the third retiring member
Of :he Senate District Committee.
will again take active part in the
coal business in wk.ch he was
formerly engaged. He will divide
his time between offices in Wash
ington, New York and Morgantown,
w. Va.
Senator Elkins will take into pri-
vate life with him his secretary
John w. Fenton. who has for many
years been prominent in District
OF Columbia affairs and who re-
Gently narrowly missed appointment
tor will remain in Washington and
probably will take charge Of the
local office.
Senator David I. Walsh of Massa
chusetts, who was defeated by
Speaker Frederick II. Gillett. viii
return to the practice OF law in
Boston. He will open a firm in
partnership with his brother. Major
1NV-
name of Walsh & Walsh.
Senator Magnus Johnson OF
Minnesota needed the call of the
soil and returned yesterday after
ncon to his farm in Minnesota.
Senator Thomas Sterling of South
Dakota, who is to be married soon,
will leave on a honeymoon trip to
Florida. He will return to Wash
ington about the first of April and
will remain here for a while. He
has not yet made definite plans
for the future.
The other retiring Senators are
Holm o. Bursum of New Mexico,
Robert l.. owen Of Oklahoma, Ma
thaniel B. Dial Of South Carolina
and John K. Shields of Tennessee.
Gillett Moves Up.
trious member in Frederick H. Gill
lett, of Massachusetts,, the Speaker,
who yesterday was sworn in as
member of the Senate, succeeding
Senator David I. Walsh.
Members of the House District
Committee who today return to
private life are Chairman Stuart r.
Reed of West Virginia, Henry L..
Jost of Missouri, Everett Kent Of
Pennsylvania and Charles p. X.
O'Brien, Of New Jersey.
Congressman Reed, who retired
because Of i'll health, which con-
fined him to his bed during seven
teen months OF the past Congress,
will remain in Washington for a
time to regain his strength. He
will make no definite plans until
he fully RECEIVERS his health
Congressman Kent will again
resume the practice of law at his
home in Bangor, Pennsylvania.
Congressman Jost, former mayor
Of Kansas City, Mo, will resume his
law practice there. Congressman
O'Brien will become county register
Of Hudson county, New Jersey.
Others Who Retire.
Among the members retiring
from the House the District will
lose an old friend in Congressman
Charles r. Davis, of Minnesota,
who has been chairman of the
District appropriations subcOm-
mittee for many years and who has
served continuously in the House
for twenty-five years. He will re.
main in Washington for a time and
is slated for Federal appointment.
Mrs. Mae f.. Nolan, of California,
the only woman member OF the
Sixty eighth Congress, expects to
remain in Washington for short
time before returning home.
Among the most noted of the
retiring members OF the House are:
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