Evening star., 1938-11-13
Capital Sidelights
By WILL p. KENNEDY,

What chance has q "comeback"-in
legislation? Just figure 1t out, if you
can. Three former Senators tried to
make the grade in the election this year.
One made it, Senator w. Warren Bar
bour, Republican, New Jersey; another
was counted out after very close con-
test, Lester j. Dickinson, Republican,
Iowa, and the third-Tasker L. Oddie,
Republican-failed to oust Senator Pat
rick A. McCarran of Nevada.
Twenty-one former House members
tried to recapture their one-time seats
and twelve of them were successful.
Those who failed are: Theodore B. Wer-
ner, I'd, South Dakota; Stephen M.
Young, at large, Ohio; William L. Feis-
niger, 18th Ohio; Earl H. Beshlin, Goth
Pennsylvania: Everett Kent, 21st Ohio:
Frank M. Ramey, 21st Illinois; Hubert
Utterback, 9th Iowa; Frank H. Lee, 7th
Missouri and Edgar Howard, Sd Ne
braska.
Some of those who staged come
back" were formerly very prominent in
the House. The veteran among them is
George H. DarroW, 7th Pennsylvania,
who defeated Representative Ira W. Drew
in the old Germantown district Darrow
had served % years consecutively in Con-
gress until he was defeated by Drew in
the landslide of 1885, Since then he has
been serving as a special employe of the
Republican minority in the House
Clarence j. Mcleod, 18th Michigan,
first came to Congress as the baby"
member in 1920, just after he was mus
tered out of service in the World War in
aviation and intelligence. At one time
he was acting chairman of the House
District Committe for several years.
He defeated Representative George D.
O'Brien.
Chester c. Bolton, 22d Ohio was
chairman of the Republican Congress
sional Committee when defeated two
years ago. He succeeded the late Theo-
dore E. Burton in 1920.
William A. Pittenger, 9th Minnesota,
defeated John T. Bernard, famed as
singer, born on the Island of Corsica, q
city fireman and miner. Mr.. Pittenger
succeeded the famous humorist and wit
j. Adam Bede, 10 years ago. and served
in three Congresses until Bernard won
the seat in the Roosevelt landslide two
years ago.
Noble j. johnson defeated Mrs. Vir-
ginia E. Jenckes in the 9Th Indiana,
which was for many years held by Dick"
Elliott, now acting controller general,
and for some time held by Fred S. Pur-
nell. He came to Congress from the old
5th district in 1924 and served for three
terms.
William w. Blackney. 9Th, Michigan,
previously served in the Seventy fourth
Congress. This was the old Patrick H.
Kelley and Grant M. Hudson district.
William E. Hess returns in the I'd Ohio
district, defeating Representative Her
bert S. Bigelow, who had won out against
him after close contest two years ago
in the Roosevelt landslide. Hess had
served in four Congresses, succeeding the
veteran A. E. B. Stephens.
Butler B. Hare returns from the Sd
South Carolina district, through defeat
ing in the primary Representative John
c. Taylor. Mr. Hare first came to the
House in March, 1925. He had previous
ly been congressional secretary in 1904
and 1905, was college professor in his
tory and economics, special investigator
for the United States Department of
Labor on women and child labor He Is
graduate of George Washington Uni
versity and Georgetown University Law
School. He was an editor on economics
and statistics for the United States De-
partment of Agriculture For the past
Is years has made an intensive study Of
economic phases Of agriculture. He pre-
pared the outline plan for system of
rural credits in the United States.
Colgate w. Darden, I'd Virginia, de-
feated in the primary the Presidents
friend, Norman Hamilton, Norfolk pub
Usher. Mr.. Darden had served two
terms, succeeding the late Menalcus
Lankfort,