Evening star., 1931-12-06

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Y UPPER, left to right. Josiah w. b
SaS. James F. ByrnS, South c.
South Dakota Edward P Cost
~ Lewis. Illinois, and M. NJ. Lo
Virginia; L. J. Dickinson, lows
Austin, Vermont.
Thomas P. Gore, Democrat of Okla
homa, who returns after an absence Of
10 years from the Senate Senator
Gore. like Senator Thomas D. SChall,
Republican, of Minnesota, is blind.
Both men have had long careers in
public office.
The third comeback is M. M Neely,
| Democrat of West Virginia. who has
been out of the Senate only little over
two years Nicely lost to Senator Hat
field. Republican, in the 1928 election.
Last year Senator Guy d. Golf, Repub-
lican, occupant Of the other seat from
West Virginia, decided not to seek an
other term, and Nicely defeated James
Elwood Jones. the Republican nominee.
During his previous term Of service
Senator Nicely took an active interest in
! the affairs of the National Capital as
a member of the Senate District Com
mittee.
Come From House.
The list of new members also includes
four men who enter the Senate tomor-
row after long periods of service in the
House Of Representatives. They are:
Cordell H"ll of Tennessee, who has
been one OF the leading Democrats IN
the House for number of years, He
| first came to the Capitol as a Repre-
sentative in the Sixtieth Congress and
with one exception, was reelected to
each succeeding Congress, until he de-
| cided to run for the Senate last year.
A veteran of the Spanish h-American
War Senator Hull was a judge in
| Tennessee before running for Congress.
| In the House he became one of the
| leading authorities on Federal taxation
| and from 1921 to 1924 served as chair
man Of the Democratic National Com
mittee.
L. J. Dickinson. Republican, of Iowa
who enters the Senate after II years as
member of the House. After grad
uating from Cornell College, Iowa, in
I 1898, he received the degree Of LII, B.
! at the State University Of Iowa He
practiced law and served as county at
| torney before coming to Congress. He
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ator Daniel F. Steck, Democrat.
Wallace H. White, jr., Republican, Of
Maine, who enters the Senate after
! serving in the House since the Sixty
! fifth Congress. Following his gradua-
| ton from Bowdoin College more than
| 80 years ago, White came TO Washing
| ton to be clerk to the Senate Com
merce Committee. Later he was secre-
| tary to the President of the Senate and
! private secretary to the late Senator
Frye of Maine. With this background
Of legislative experience, Mr.. White. a
! lawyer by profession, was elected to the
| Mouse in 1916, and tomorrow he takes
! the oath as a member of the legislative
body in which he began his career as
a young man.
Byrnes to Take Seat.
James F. Byrnes. Democrat, of South
! Carolina, also takes a Senate seat to-
morrow after service in the House,
| where he was one of South Carolina S
Representatives from 1911 to 1925. He
replaces former Senator Cole L. Blease
Before entering the legal profession in
| 1903 ByrneS had been an editor. After
leaving the House in 1925 he resumed
practice Of law in South Carolina.
| Edward P Costigan, who will be
sworn IN tomorrow as a Democratic
Senator from Colorado, while not a
former member of Congress. is well
! known in Washington through his
service as member Of the Tariff Com
, mission from 1917 TO 1928. when he
: resigned. Born in Virginia in 1874 Mr..
| CoSugan received an A. B degree at
| Harvard in 1899. He practiced law in
! Denver, and in 1912 was one of the
founders of the Progressive party, hav-
ing been its candidate for Governor of
| Colorado.
The seat heretofore occupied by
| former Senator Frederick H. Gillett,
who voluntarily ended a lonP career on
Capitol Hill last March by deciding not
to be candidate again, will be taken
tomorrow by Senator-elect Marcus A.
Coolidge, Democrat, Of Massa chusetts,
The new Senator's father Frederic S.
Coolidge, was a member of the House in
the F1fty-SecOnd Congress. The son. who
enters the Senate tomorrow, is a manu-
facturer. He is a trustee and vice
president OF Gushing Academy, Ash
burnham, Mass. Mr.. Gillett, who will
be absent from Congress after nearly
40 years, entered the House in 1892.
he was one OF the leading Republicans
on Capitol Hill for many wears, and
49, C~SSAtNN4 SA GI4C IlOuSt DtlOIe Ills
election to the Senate six years ago.
Succeeds W. H. McMaster.
In the last election South Dakota
elected its Democratic Governor. VIII
liam j. BuloW, to succeed Senator
William H. McMaSter, Republican. Sena-
tor-elect BuloW was born in Ohio in
1869, and in 1893 received the degree
Of Ii. B. at the University of Michigan
| After moving TO South Dakota. he be-
came Mayor and city attorney of Beres-
ford, and also was a county Judge
before becoming Governor of the State
kentucKy'S new Senator, former Judge
M. M. Logan, is a Democrat and takes
the place of Senator Robinson. Repub-
lican, whom he defeated. Logan was
born at Brownsville. KY. in 1874. He
has been county attorney, State attorney
general chairman OF the State Tax
Commission, and since 1926 has been a
Judge OF the Kentucky Court of Appeals
1 Senator-elect Bailey of North Caro-
lima was born at Warrenton. N c.. ir
1879. BeilT2 entering the practice OF
law in 1903 he was editor of the Bibli-
cal Record'r. In 1913 President Will
son appointed him collector of interna,
| revenue, winch position he held until
1921. At present he is also a trustee
Of the University Cf North Carolina anc
Chowan College. He received the de-
gree OF bachelor of arts at Wake Forest
College in 1893 and studied law al
Trinity Colege now Duke University
Snd at the Law School of Wake Fores
College.
Senator-elect Pankhead of Alabama
whose. election is being contested. is 6
! son OF former Senator John H Bank
mead After graduating from the Uni
versity Of Alabama at the age of /!
senator-elect E Hankheael worked IL