Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-04
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

characters in Congress have just
passed out. Some of them have
~ left the imprint of their wise
counsels upon the statute books
of the Nation. Some have been re-
corded in the annals of fame. Some
have focused attention on conditions
that must be corrected. Some have re-
tired thinking they will rest and read
but their colleagues know they will be
back here later.
AS some of those who have taken
conspicuous roles on the congressional
stage make their exit, others enter to
take their place who are no strangers
to Capitol Hill and the legislative
chambers They have done their bit
bafore-established records of achieve
ment.
Eight accustomed faces are missed
from the Senate and another new face
is coming to replace Senator Curtis OF
Kansas who resigned. effective yester-
day. to be sworn in today as Vice Presi-
dent. There are 70-odd changes in the
House, but the whirligig of political
fortune has brought some dozen or
more back who previously served.
Dawes Among the Missing.
The most striking difference disclosed
In a first glance at the new Senate is
that the peremptory voice of Charles
G. Dawes, erstwhile presiding officer,
is missing from the Vice Presidents
chair, and in his stead We see seated
there Charles Curtis, descendant of the
Raw Indians, once a jockey.
Theodore E. Burton, one of the most
conspicuous men in national legislative
- -. L. 80 knr
from Ohio. He was first elected to the
House in 1850 years ago-and served
in that body in the Fifty-first. Fifty
fourth and Sixtieth Congresses. He
was in the Senate from 1909 to 1915.
and was chairman of the Inland
Waterways Commission by appointment
Of President Roosevelt. After other
important public service he came back
to the House in the last four Congress
rs. His most important recent duties
have been as member OF the Debt
Funding Commission by appointment
of President Harding and as chairman
of the delegation from the United States
TO the Conference for Control of In
ternational Traffic in Arms.
The outstanding figure that has
passed from the Senate is the towering
form of Jim" Reed. with leonine head
that would adorn a conscript father. and
fluent eloquence, daring, a person.
atty, a tirelesS vigor that time may re-
place but cannot efface. A candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
President against his own desires, For
cause and a principle. whose speech In
the Democratic national convention at
Houston gave the battle cry of the cam
paign, he has passed from the Senate
after 10 years of prominence. one Of
the most admired men in American
public life, missed by his associates ir-
respective Of party lines.
Reed Ended Career Amid Glory.
During the last short session, just
closed, Reed of Missouri made several
exceptional speeches-on the cruiser bill,
on the Kellogg multilateraI treaty and
most recent and famous his debate with
Senator Borah of Idaho on the prohi-
bition question. In recent years one of
his chief undertakings was as chairman
of the special committee that considered
the cases OF Senator-elect William S.
Ware Of Pennsylvania and Frank L.
Smith Of Illinois, neither of whom was
seated.
He is succeeded by Roscoe c. Patter-
son. Republican.
OF tdentically long service in the Sem
ate, George p. Mclean of Connecticut,
has passed from the scene. AS chair
man of the committee on manufactures,
ranking majority member of the i'm
portant committee on finance and
prominent member of the committee on
foreign relations, Mr.. McLean's place in
the legislative chamber and committee
councils will not be filled easily. He has
been a leader in politics in his home
State for half century, and more than
quarter OF century ago was governor.
He Is succeeded by another former gov
ernor, Frederick c. Walcott.
Although Thomas F. Bayard, Demo-
crat. of Delaware, has served only for
six years and four months, his passing
takes from the Congressional Directory
a name honored in the annals of the
Nation. His father. Thomas Francis
Bayard; his grandfather James Asheton
Bayard: his great-uncle, Richard Henry
Bayard; his great-grandfather, James
Asheton Bayard, and his great-great-
grandfather, Richard Bassett. were all
United States Senators before him
He has held important committee
assignments-clains, expenditures in the
executive departments. finance, foreign
relations, territories and insular pos
sessions. He Is succeeded by John G.
Townsend, Republican, a former gov
ernor.
Bruce a Leading Wet.
william Cabell Bruce, Democrat, of
Maryland, was one of the leading
"wets." BY inclination he is literateur
and author rather than a politician,
and yet most of his life has been spent
in political Offices for municipality
State and Nation. He is author of sew
eral important historical works, notably
Benjamin Franklin Self-Revealed." in
two volumes. and John Randolph Of
Roanoke" also in two volumes. He has
done important committee work on the
Civil Service, District of Columbia, In
terstate commerce and printing COM
mitteeS.
Phillips Lee Goldsborough, Republic
can former Governor of Maryland, sue
ceeds Mr.. Bruce. He comes from one
of the oldest and most prominent fam
lilies In Maryland, and also is close kin
to the illustriouS Lee family OF Viz
ginia. His father was an admiral In
the Navy. The incoming Senator was
prominent as young man in politics
on the Eastern Shore, where he was
born, and this led to his selection as
chairman Of the Republican State CEN
trail committee. He then was made dis
trict collector of internal revenue
under Presidents Mckinley and Roose-
welt. In 1909 he was elected Governor
Of Maryland. the second Republican
governor since the Civil War. He has
Of recent years been at the head Of an
important bank in Baltimore. He is
known as forceful speaker.
Edward I. Edwards. Democrat of New
Jersey, an outstanding wet has given
way to Hamilton F. Kean, Republican.
Mr.. Edwards has served one term OF
six years in the Senate. He had previ-
ously served for three years as Governor
OF New Jersey and had the support OF
the New Jersey delegation for the presi-
Dental nomination in the Democratic
national convention in San Francisco In
1920. Mr.. Edwards was a. member OF
important Notwithstanding and