Evening star., 1931-12-06
SENATE TO MISS
Il. FAMILIAR FACES
" Changes in Membership
Brought by Deaths and
RetirementS.
BY J. A. OLEARY.


When the curtain rises in the Senate
tomorrow for the opening of the
Seventy second Congress ? number Of
familiar faces will be missing from their
accustomed places and their successors,
on the threshold Of senatorial careers,
will be waiting to be sworn in.
A combination of deaths. voluntary
rettrements and upSets at the polls last
year have brought about a total of II
changes in Senate membership. In addi-
ton to these new members, there are
also II present Senators who will take
the oath of Office again, having been
reelected in the last election.
History will be in the making when
Mrs. Hattie Wyatt Caraway widow of
the late Senator ThaddeuS H CaraWay
OF Arkansas, walks down the center
aisle of the Senate either tomorrow or
Tuesday 10 take the oath as her hus-
bands successor. Although one other
woman, Mrs. RebecCa Iatimer FELTON,
Of Georgia, took the oath as United
States Senator nine years ago. she
served only HWO days. Mrs FELTON, was
appointed By the Governor of Georgia
in October, 1922, to fill a vacancy in
the Senate. A month later an election
was held. in which Senator Walter F.
George was elected for the regular
term. Mrs FELTON, had the honor of
being sworn in as Senator on November
2l and withdrew the following day,
when Senator George began his term
Expected to Keep Place.
Mrs Caraway not only has been ap-
pointed by the Governor to fill the
vacancy temporarily but she also has
been designated by the Democrats of
Arkansas as the party's nominee at the
special election TO be held in January.
which will be for the remainder of her
husbands term, ending March 4. 1888.
Since the Democratic nomination is
equivalent to election in Arkansas. Mrs.
Caraway seems destined to continue as
Senator until the close Of the Seventy
Second Congress in 1888.
The complete list of new Senator'S
elect follows:
Democrats-Josiah w. Bailey, North
Carolina; John H. Bankhead, Alabama:
James F. Byrnes, South Carolina;
Marcus A. Coolidge, Massachusetts:
W. J. Bulow South Dakota; Edward P.
CoStigan, Colorado: Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma; Cordell Hull Tennessee:
j. Hamilton Lewis, Illinois; M. M.
Logan, Kentucky; Huey P. Long,
Louisiana; M. M. Nicely, West Virginia,
and Mrs. Caraway, Arkansas.
hePuDLlCaLS-L. y. DICKINSON, Iowa.
Wallace H. White, jr., Maine; w. Warren
Barbour, New Jersey, and Warren R.
Austin, Vermont.
The present members of the Senate
who, having just been reelected, will
take the oath again for another term
tomorrow are:
Two Face Contests.
epublicans-Senators William z
Borah, Idaho; Arthur Capper, Kansas:
Robert D. Carey, Wyoming; James |
Ccuzens, Michigan; Daniel o. Hastings, !
Delaware; Henry w Keyes, New Hamp- |
shire; Charles L. McNary, Oregon; Jesse |
H, Metcalf, Rhode Island; George w. |
Norris, Nebraska, and Thomas D. SchalI, |
Minnesota
Democrats-Senators Sam c.. Brat |
ton, New Mexico; Carter Glass, Virginia:
William J. Harris, Georgia; Pat Har-
Iison, Mississippi; Joseph T. Robinson, |
Arkansas; Morris Sheppard, Texas, and |
Thomas J. Walsh. Montana.
Two OF the new Democratic Senator's
eleCt-Bankhead of Alabama and Bailey I
OF North Carolina-are facing contests /
over their seats. Bankhead's right to
place in the Senate is being opposed
by former Senator J. Thomas Hefiin, |
and Senate subcommittee, headed by
Senator Hastings of Delaware, which
investigated the Alabama election dur
ing the recess, is nearly ready to make
its report.
A contest against Bailey was filed
with the Senate last March by George
M. Pritchard, his Republican opponent
in the 1880 election. but the inquiry
into this case has not yet been started
There is a possibility that Bankhead
may be asked to stand aside pending
settlement Of the contest in his case
when the time comes to swear in new
members. All indications are, however,
that Bailey will be permitted to take
his seat pending determination of the
Pritchard contest.
Longs Arrival Delayed.
All of the new Senators are expected
20 be on hand for the opening of the
session tomorrow with the possible ex-
ception of Louisiana's fiery young Gov
ernor, Huey P Long. who was elected
TO succeed former Senator Joseph E.
Ransdell. 1t is not definitely known
how soon Long will arrive to take Office
as Senator
Although there are 16 senatorial seats
affected by changes in this Congress,
all of the prospective occupants are not
strangers on Capitol Hill Three, for
example, are staging Comebacks after
being out Of the Senate for varving
periods Of time They are:
James Hamilton Lewis. Democrat. of
Illinois, who was a picturesque orator
In senatorial debates more than IL
years ago and who defeated Mrs Ruth
Hanna Mccormick last year for the seat
OF former Senator Charles S. Deneen.