Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-11-20

Now that the final election re-
turns are in and it is definitely
certain that the Democrats have
even a larger majority in both
Houses of Congress than before.
Washington is no longer concern
ing itself with possible opposition to
whatever program the President
may adopt. Whatever he wants he
can get, and until he declares him.
self, speculation is rather futile as
to what the program of the second
Roosevelt Administration will be.
Washington, as always, is con-
cerned with personalities as much
as with issues. One of the most COL
orful personalities who has ben seen
on Capitol Hill in the past genera
ton is coming back, to the delight
of the newspaper photographers and
his associates in the Senate. He is
Senator James Hamilton Lewis of
Illinois, usually referred to as "Jim
Ham"
Mr.. Lewis has many claims to
distinction. He is, for example, the
only man who ever served in the
United States Congress from two
different states. As a young man,
with a fiery red beard, he went
from his native Virginia to the then
pioneer state of Washington in the
1905. leaped into politics and was
twice elected Congressman-at-Large
from that state. He served in the
Spanish War, both in Cuba and the.
PHILIPPINES. Then he moved to Chi
cago, where he combined politics
and the practice of law, and by
1912 he had made himself such an
important figure in the political af-
fairs of Illinois that he was elected
United States Senator.
BEST AND WORST DRESSERS
For ten years ''Jim Ham" was
missing from Washington, but in
1880 he was again elected Senator
from Illinois and this month he
was reelected. Senator Lewis is not
only the only owner of a beard in
the Senate, but is easily the best
dressed member of either House OF
Congress.
There is rejoicing in Washington,
also, over the return to Congress of
the only other full set of whiskers,
those belonging to Rep. George H.
Tinkham of the Tenth Massachu-
setts District. Mr.. Tinkham is a
picturesque figure, although an
entirely different type from Sena-
tor Lewis. He pays so little atten-
ton to his personal appearance
that he is frequently referred to
as the worst dressed man in Con-
gress.
Unlike Senator Lewis, who loses
no opportunity to impress his per-
sonality upon the electorate, Repre-
sentative Tinkham is reputed to
have never made a campaign tor
election.
A new figure in the next Con-
eress whose advent is looked tor
ward to with considerable interest
and curiosity is Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr. of Massachusetts.
Mr.. Lodge has two definite claims
to distinction. He is the grandson
and namesake Of Theodore Roose-
velt's closest friend and supporter,
who was Senator from Massachu-
setts for 80 years. Also, he defeated
Gov. Curley OF Massachusetts, IN the
Senatorial election.
Senator Lodge is just barely old
enough to be eligible for the Senate,
in which no one under so may sit,
BY the terms of the Constitution.
Young Mr.. Lodge was "a in July
last. He has the further distinction
of being one of the few members of
Congress whose principal career has
been that of a working newspaper
man.
Young Lodge started on the Bos-
ton Transcript in 1923 and in 1924
Joined the staff of the New York
Herald Tribune with which he has
ben connected almost down to the
present time.
CABINET CHANGES HINTED'
Turning from Capitol Hill to