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;Represenlative"McCredie of Washington
stile will turn baseball magnate Several will
jtake to farming, including multi-mllllonlare
iFrank Lowden of Illinois and Senator Money
jof lilsslsslpplHow Maine's pet "lame duck"
plans -to take life easy The pressing problem
;of finding something suitable for representa
tive Doutell of Illinois to do A good thing
awaits Tawney of Minnesota Kelfer of Ohio
will endeavor to "come back" to Congress for
a third time Senator JDepew's plans for th
future Two seriators whowlll.go.West.and
frow up with the.country.
BT B. J. EDWARDS.
Wmi tb aaborlas In of next Sat
ordAT. thos nwmtwn of th
prtirnt Comrr who bT bn
popularly claMlfled k "lam duck"
Bine lut Autumn' ConrktJ elec
tion will kin bacon prlTm.to dUzena.
What will the men. and the few who
retire not by reaeon of political dofeat.
bat Toluntaiily. at th same time, do a
ut plain clUen of the Republic?
According to their own cocflon.
thee olona. many of them of National
reputation, who day In the house of
Conarrea ar fact being numbered will,
aa elUsena. Indulge In actllUea which
rang all th wi y from seeking re-lec-lloo
to th nt Comrresa to th run
thr of a baneball team, wber th
power of oratory la far from being a
lot art. epeclally when the umptr de
rkde aa-alnst you.
font of th moat conspicuous mem
bers who will go on th retired list ar
already slated for high official posi
tions lr other branches of th Govern
ment, not only as a recognition of their
conspicuous public services In th leg
islative branch, but because th country
at tare; would b th loeer should their
esperlenc be altogether loet. and on
of th ramarkabl developments of th
Inquiry as to what th "laoi ducks' In
tend to do with themselves after next
"aturday Is th la rite number who
proudly confess their Intentions to turn
from a contplcuous legislative career to
on of a mere tiller of th soil. Some
or th most Influential leaaers of both
bouses, noted for thrlr wealth and their
social attainments, ar numbered la this
rUas. The anxiety with which they
await the death of th present session
of Congress. In order that they may set
foot on their own soli, bo or fishing
rod In hand, not only affords a striking
Illustration of th democracy of men In
hlh public life In this country, but Is
a tribute to th fact that despite tem
porary distractions to whatsoever walk
of life, th Instinct of th thinking
American Is to keep as close to th soil
and, to nature, when opportunity offers,
as) posslbl.
Ixrardrn's Competition With Tenant.
Ob mnltl-mUllonalr who goes oat of
official Ufa with this session of Con
gress Is going bom to put on blue
Jeans and ran a farm. That la Prank
CX Lowden! of Illinois, son-in-law of
tbe lata 0org X. Pullman. Repre
sentative Lowdaa announced Ms Inten
tion of retiring from Congrsas a year
sMco. when he found th Washington
. climate was a detriment to his good
' baalth. It la saf to aay he will have
e. reservation on the first train out of
Washington for his -81nlsippl farm
In Illinois, or his ootton plantation In
1 would glr my salary for a year
fro b on my plantation In Arkansas this
minute." b remarked at th Whit
House recently.
flnc h baa been in Congress. Mr.
Lowden's eolleaguea have had a lot of
fun with him over bis pretensions of
being a farmer. They can only plctur
Um aa a shlntng llrht In a ballroom,
or as a gifted orator at the banquet
table. Aa a matter of fact. Mr. Low
es n la equally at bom on th farm. In
th region of his "blnlsslppl" farm In
Illinois he owns a number of smaller
farms which ar leased to tenants, who
run them on shares Last year, Mr.
Lowden took personal chars of his
own fsrm and ran It In the competition
with his tenants. Th result of his la
bors wss that "SlnlsMppl" showed a
profit second In proportion in the com
petition. Having demonstrated what a
'greenhorn" can do. Mr. Lowden has
succeeded In ahamlnar his more experi
enced tenants with the result that th
'blnlsslppl" res-ion will produce mora
farm produce this year than ever be
fore. Th Arkansas cotton plantation la a
recent purchase of Mr. Lowden'sv but It
baa captured his ere. He goes Into ecsta
sies over th marvelous beauties of a
Held of waving cotton buds, much aa
ha has long been accustomed to dilate
on the masnificene of an Illinois coro
fl'ld. Hereafter, he will pass much of
Ms tint on th farms In Arkansas and
Illinois and teav politics for others.
Another prominent member of the
House. John A. T. Hull, of Iowa, will
turn hit attention from the sword to th
plowshare. Mr. Hull has been chairman
of th House committee on military af
fairs for many years. Aa such. It has
been hi duty to supervise) all appropria
tions of money for th support of th
Army, both In time of war and In time
of pac. He Is known aa on of th
bet living civilian authorities on th
subject of th Army. Illustrative of trn
American sentiment, however. Hr. Ifull
is essentially a man of peaca, Fie fore
he entered Coegresa he waa a farmer
and a banker In Iowa. Aa he dropped
th plowshar for th sword, leelsiatlve
ly speaking, so now he will drop th
sword for th plowshare again. In all
probability, he will locate himself on
th farm h has owned for ewsral years
In th vicinity of Waahlnrton. where he
purposes to disturb th soil with "Iowa
ideas" about farmlns- Incidentally, ev
ery member of th House commute on
military affairs ha recently called on
iTesldent Tatt to urg him to appoint
Mr. Hull as civilian member of th
Hoard of Ordnanc and Fortification. It
has long been customary for retiring
chairmen of th mlllLary affairs com
mittee to be assigned to this place. Mr.
Hull la taking no part In tb ce.mpe.ljrn
fr th post, which la bow fceM by Gen
eral T. F. Hsmlerson. of Illinois, a per
sonal friend of Abraham Lincoln, a
Brlgadier-Ueneral of th Civil War. and
former member of th House of Rep
resentatives of 2 years service. Should
r e be appointed, however. It la not doubl
ets thai he would accept and thereby
bav a diversion from bis fsrmicg In
terests when th snow la on th ground
and th farmer has Httle else to do but
moke his pip and keep his feet warm.
Senator Hernando DeSoto Money, of
Mississippi, present leader of th Demo
cratic host In th Senate. Is going to
have Um best tlrr of his life after
March 4. He admits It. In addlt'on to
raising cotton, h will devote his ener
gies to growing Satsuma oranges snd
pecan nuts of a choice variety, for which
he yets cents a pounA on th tree.
Senator Money has been looking forward
to this pleasure for two years. Th Leg
islature of Mississippi, which met at that
time wanted to re-elect him. but th Sen
ator's eyvs have been falling for many
years, and bo made up his mind to step
aside and enjoy life as long aa It lasted.
Consequently. John Sharp Wl'llama.
then th nilnorUy leader of th Dera
crats In the House, was elected his suc
cessor, and he has been waiting sll this
tiro for a chance to sit In the Senate.
Senator Money owr.s on of th finest
private collections of historical books In
the country and hs will take home with
him his on. who now read to him sev
eral hours each day. Senator Money Is
easily one. of the moat scholarly men In
the Senate and his eon Is a do sec
ond to him In slmllsr sttalnment Th
only diversion Scnalur Money will hav
of an official nature will b as a member
of th monetsry commission. It will glv
Mm u oDDortunltv to show up In Wath-
lntlon occasionally and renew acquaint-
ancea with his former colleagues.
ar sorry to part with hlm.
Senator John Kean, of New Jarsey.
will be among those who will sever a
11-year service In th Senata. His seat
will be taken by a Iomocrat. which Is
the only phase of the situation that
really disturbs Mr. Kean. It Is th In
tention of th dapper New Jersey mem
ber for he Is a most Immaculate wear
er of good clothes to become a gen
tleman farmer on hie two larg farms
at Initio, near Elisabeth. N. J, while
bis side-line business will be aa presi
dent or th National Stat Bank of
Elisabeth, vice-president of th Man
hattan Trust Company, of New York;
trusts of the Atlas Insurance Com
pany, of London: director of th Chi
cago Stockyards, and member of th
Publlo IMtlltles Corporation, of New
Jersey, which control th water. lo
trlc light and ga companies of many
of th cttlea of th state, and In other
similar corporation. Th Unnator.
however, lays greatest stress upon his
farms at this tlm.
Ttso Kr-prrscirtsUve Who Will Be
come a Hatch II Magnate.
When Representative W. W. McCre
dle. of Washington stat. waa asked
to explain to soma of his colleagues
how It happened that h was defeated
for renomlnatlon by a Republican in
surgent, h replied:
My baseball team shut out It op
ponents for SS consecutive Inning lsst
season. I claim this Is a world rec
ord." Whereat. Mr. McCredle. who has a
habit of smiling, which well becomes
his rotund cast of countenance and
chubby figure, fairly beamed on th
Inquirer. Aa between attending to leg
islative duties and running a baseball
team, there la only on choice. In th
opinion of Mr. McCredl. U never
exorcises bki lungs on the floor of th
House, but they do say that at a base
ball game he has a vole like a fog
horn. In movement, he la both digni
fied and conservative, but at a baseball
gme he Is as sensitive as a wire spring,
responding to the crack of the bat with
a lurch that threaten tn wipe out of
existence all who may sit near htm.
It Is needless to sy. therefore, that
Representative McCredl will retire
from th halls of Congress to blossom
forth as a full-fledged baseball mag
nate. Th call of the game Is upon
him even In these Winter month when
th baseball diamonds, are burled In
snow. He shakes hands with bis col
leagues with aa much fore as Amos
Rual ever put behind on of his "rifle"
bails. Instead of sitting down In his
seat In th House like an ordinary
Congressman, he dives for It with all
th gusto of a Hal Chase sliding Into
the second bag. The chances ar Mr.
McCredl will put his savings from his
Congressional sslary Into the Portland.
Or., club of th Pacific Northwest
Lesgu this year and land another pen
nant. Portland loves a winner no less
than does McCredle. and the popularity
of Mr. McCredl among the baseball
fana of th Oregon metropolis. Is al
ready assured.
The Stre-n-uous I4fo for Berrrldge.
Senator Albert J. Beverldge, of In
diana, proposes to lead the strenuous
life. Etrenuoalty wss not an acquired
habit on th part of th Senator, but
waa born in him. His Intimate friend
ship with Theodora Roosevelt merely
served to emphasis this characteristic
Before h finally settled down In In
dianapolis as a full-fledged .lawyer, h
had served his Um as a lumber jack,
as a member of a railroad "gang
which laid rails for hire, had been a
college debater of renown, and has
also engaged in other forma of activ
ity. When he goea out of th Senate,
his field of labor will be fully as
varied.
During th U years Senator B eve
rid g-e has been In th Senate, be has.
Ilk many of his colleagues, particu
larly those from Southern States, laid
his law practice on the shelf. Th Sen
ator la on of those who believe that
a lawyer should serve only the people
when holding an elective legislative
office. Consequently, his first job at
borne will be to haul out his dusty law
books, brush them off. and bang out
his lawyer's shingle. Next In order,
he will take bis pen In hand and per
haps writ a few books and magasln
articles on current toplca of th day.
Th Senator has already Invaded th
literary Held with great success and bla
publications hav found their widest
market among the young men of the
country. He will, of course, remain In
politics, and his friends say he haa a
better claim to Republican leadership
In Indiana, which la now completely
controlled by th Democrats, than any
other member of bis early. If there
jcjttuk to, corrarr
la to be a resurrection of Republican
hopea on th banks of the Wabash,
thsy believe that Senator Beverldge will
be the political Moses to lead his party
out of th Indiana bullrushes.
Thsr Is another plmse of Senator
Beverldge' prospective career which
already indicates that he will be a
particularly busy man. His defeat last
Autumn has. If snythlng. served to In
crease th demand upon his tlm by
political and buslenss organisations
which wish to hav him address them
on current toplrs. It Is safe to say
that these Invitations ar more nu
me rou In number and more flattering
In quality than have come to him at
any time during his Senatorial career.
If th Senator haa looked forward to
any period of peace and rest at the
conclusion of bla legislative labors,
these demands alone will blast that
ambition. It Is also known that Mr.
Beverldge has a larg number of high
ly attractive offers to go on tb Chau
tauqua platform. Hitherto he has
never appeared on this platform, and
It Is still uncertain whether bo will
do so In the future.
Maine's Pet "Lame Duck."
Senator Eugen Hale Intends to spend
as much of his time hereafter as pos
slbl In th country. Th Senator owns
a beautiful country place near Ellsworth.
M.. where, during th vacations of
Copgrea for several years past, he has
"loafed about" and enjoyed himself. At
Ellsworth. Senstor Hale has a collec
tion of old English plays which Is said
to be on of th best in the country. Out
of them he gets great personal enjoy
ment, but when reading and driving
pall on him ha goes off to liangor and
Portland for a llttl city life. A few
mile from his country horn he has a
Summer camp, where he frequently stay
for a week enjoying the fishing and In
dulging In meditation on the philosophy
of life. It la Senator Hale's Intention
to follow this programme upon his re
tirement from the Senate.
When Senator AMrlch becomes ex
Senator Aldrlch. be will still maintain
an official relation to the Government.
When he was made chairman of th
Monetnry Commission, which la charged
with devising a reform of the admitted
ly weak financial system of tho United
States, It was apparent to Senator Al
rlch. aa well aa to his friends. In vlejv
of th Impending political changes tn
th Senate, which Included th rlso of
th progressive element, that If any
thing was to be accomplished with this
legislation in the near future. It would
be necrseary for Senator Aldrlch to dis
sociate himself from It as far as
possible in his official capacity as a
Senator. This fact, and the further fact
that th hard work which he performed
In seouring the passage of the Payna
tariff bill through Congrne hod seri
ously undermined his health, led Sen
ator Aldrlch nearly a year ago to an
nounce that he would not bo a candi
date to succeed himself as a Senator
from th State of Rhode Island.
It Is th Intention of Senator AMrlch
to devote his entire time after loavlng
th Sonata to furthering tho work of
the Monetary Commission and to his
own private Interests, which are large
and varied. Wherever and whenever op
portunity offers, he expects, health per
mitting, to supplement fhe report of
th Monetary Commission with speech
and argument, with a view to crystalis
ing public sentiment so that legislation
may be had for the permanent estab
lishment of a fiscal system which will
lessen tho likelihood of financial dis
turbances. It is expected that Senator
Aldrlch will divide his t'mo after his
retirement between Washington, New
York, and his splendid home on Narra
gansett Bay just outside the City of
Providence. When able to do so, he
will be found addressing merchants and
manufacturers and financiers throughout
the country in favor of th Monetary
Commission's plans.
Will "Grow rp" WlUt Country.
Two of the retiring members of th
Senate have definitely announced it as
tbelr Intention "to go back West and
grow up with th country." Frank P.
Flint, of California, and Samuel H.
Piles, of Washington State, both In
formed th country more than a year
ago that they would not seek re-election
to th Senate, on th ground that
they could no longer afford the luxury
of tb Senatorial office at i600 per
annum, when a law practice worth
several times that amount awaited
them at home. Both of these men
came to the Senate six years ago, when
the boom In the Pacific Coast country
was just beginning to make Itself man
ifest. Both gav op their law prac
tice completely to serve their constit
uents. Th result Is that both, being
comparatively poor men as th gen-
era! run of Senators goea. hav' seen
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their brother lawyers at home Increas
ing their bank accounts day by day
while they have slaved In Senatorial
harness and expended their Incomes In
trying to live In Washington city and
in their respective states. Both like
tb Senate immensely, and both leave
It with regret, but both are equally
moved by tho necessity which con
fronts every man of family of using
their best endeavors at th prime of
their lives In providing for those de
pendent upon them and for the future
Senator Flint will return to Los An
geles, a city which has exceeded all
others of Its size in the proportion of
growth during the last decade, and
take his place In the ranks of the bar,
where he was United States District
Attorney before ho was a Senator. Sen
ator Plies will return to Seattle, which,
second only to Los Angeles, has had
th most astonishing growth among
tha cities of the country, and resum
his practice of law, where he was at
torney for th Great Northern Railroad
before going to Washington.
The Irrepressible Kelfor, of Ohio.
Representative Joseph W. Kelfer, of
Ohio, will retire from Congress for the
second tlm when the present session
expires by constitutional limitation. He
Is the only former Speaker of the Housa
to return to that body as a private in
th ranks since the death of Qalusha
A. Grow, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Kelfer
first entered Congress in th 46th Con
gress, and In 1S81 was elected Speaker
pf the House. As a result of an un
fortunate incident which Incurred the
displeasure of the Washington corre
spondents, he failed of re-election, and
It wss not until the 69th Congress. 24
years later, that he resumed his mem
bershln in the House. Mr. Kelfer Is
Jgolng boms Intent on breaking th rec
ord. He has a good law practioe at hi
home at Dayton awaiting him,' but his
main mission will be to be re-elected to
the House In 191i'. His district Is nor
mally Republican by a goodly majority,
but the Democratic landslide of last
Autumn upset it. Despite his 75 years
of age. he Is one of the most vigorous
members of the House, even outshining
Speaker Cannon in strenuosity of move
ment. Therefore, nobody would be sur
prised to see General Kelfer again In
Congress at least once more before the
final dislntegTat'on of the republic.
With the departure of Chauncey M.
Depew, of New York, the Senate will
lose one of Its most famous members.
Senator Depew refuses to take the re
cent Democratic victory In New York
State as a serious matter, thereby con
sistently holding to his theory that a
joke Is a Joke under any circumstances.
He does not purpose to let his defeat
Interfere with his habits of life for
many years past. Just as soon as Spring
Is well on Its way towards a substan
tial reality, he will occupy a stateroom
on an outgoing ocean liner bound for
Europe, where he will spend the Sum
mer. On his return, he promises "to
settle down" In New York, but his Inti
mate friends who are familiar with the
boyish capers of this 75-year-old Sen
ator, and especially those who have
been the bntt of some of his best jokes,
still refuse to believe that he ever will
"settle down." Senator Depew has hla
serious-minded moments, however, and
he will devote most of them in the fu
ture, as In the past, to lending wisdom
and sage advice at railroad directors'
meetings, on several boards of which
he Is still a member. Occasionally, he
Intends to avail himself of a standing
Invitation from friends who have coun
try homes or Summer camps in the Adi
rondack Mountains to .visit that region.
an opportunity which lie lias embraced
many times In previous years. Inci
dentally, he has promised to show up in
Washington and "swap" Jokes with his
colleagues in the Senate at any time
they think they can hold their own
with him.
Edwin Denby. a Representative from
the state of Michigan, and recognized,
until Ms defeat, as one of the cnmtntf
men of the House, entered Washington
four years ago as a lawyer and Is go
ing home, primarily, as an automobile
manufacturer. This fact Is a compli
ment not only to the growth of the au
tomobile Industry of the t'nlted States,
but to Mr. Denby's acumen as a business
man. Detroit, as is well known, is one
of the automobile manufacturing cen
ters of the country. Mr. Denby catitrht
the fever, put up $2000 out of Jll.uuo of
the total capitalization of a new "con
cern, and last year the company made
I3.000.0DO worth of automobiles. Mr.
Denby is said to have drawn down divi
dends on his original investment
amounting to several times his Con
gressional salary. Everybody In Wash
ington is glad of it. for he Is extremely
popular in Congress. The only criti
cism that is made of hira there is that
Mr. Denby persists in riding about
Washington' In a one-seated automo
bile, which Is no bigger than he is.
Tho Pressing Problem of Boutell.
What to do with Representative Hen
ry Sherman Boutell, of Illinois, who
also goes, is one of the real problems
of the Taft Administration. Mr. Boutell
is believed to be wholly unconscious of
the disturbance he is creating in the
Presidential mind. As a matter of fact,
his abilities are of such excellent qual
ity and so diverse that his friends think
they should not be lost to the Nation.
He is recognized as one of the most
scholarly men In Congress and has been
called "the Ideal statesman." The dif
ficulty under which the President now
labors Is due to this embarrassment of
Intellectual riches on the part of Mr.
Boutell. His friends have insisted on
following whatever bent of Mr. Bou
tell' has appealed to them most, and as
a result there has been a lack of uni
formity of action on their part in press
ing their demands upon the President.
Some think Mr. Boutell should by all
means go Into the diplomatic service,
where a son of his previously made a
success of it. thereby Indicating beyond
a peradventure of a doubt the diplo
matic faculty In tha Boutell family.
Still others would have Mr. Boutell oc
cupy a seat on some Federal bench, a
preponderance of this faction insisting
that the new customs court would of
ford a fitting climax to Mr. Boutell's
efficient services on the House com
mittee on ways and means, which
frames the customs laws. Including tar
iff bills. In the meantime, Mr. Boutell.
with diplomacy on the one hand and
Judicial dignity on the other, sits by
and watches the wheels go round. He
is a man of Independent means wljoXconlderation' at lea?t
V3
does not need to serve his country un'
less hla country needs lilm. In fact, the
only rral uso Representative Boutell
lias for any official position is to glv
lilm a vent to exercise his extraordinary
abilities and his unconquerable energy
A Good Tiling In Store for Tawney
James A. Tawney, chairman of th)
House committee on appropriations,
and the backbone of the House organ
ization in many a hard-fought contest
on tha floor, will be stilanotlier notat
ble among the missing In the 62d Com
press, after a continuous servlc of IS
years in the House. It is Mr. Taw
ney's Intention to resume tho practic
of law. which profession he followed,
before golns to Washington. Whether
he wishes or not, however, Mr. Tawney
is literally In the hands of bis friends,
who insist that ho shall b given as)
good a place in tha service of th
United States as President Taft haa all
his command. Consequently, he is be
ing mentioned as a prospective member
of President Taft's Cabinet,, should a
vacancy occur, and as Governor of the)
ranama Canal Zone. For tho latter of
fice, he has the indorsement not only
of his Republican colleagues in thai
House, but Representative A. S. Burle
son, of Texas, one of the leading Dem
ocratic members in that body, haa
promised openly thQ. support, of his)
Democratic colleagues. Both sugges
tions were wholly unsolicited by Mr
Tawney.
It Is a safe prediction that If both ofl
these Jobs were handed to Mr. Tawney
today on a silver platter, he would take)
the latter for sentimental reasons. Tha
construction of the Panama Canal has
been the legislative pet of Mr. Tawney;
ever since the work; on that waterway
began. He has visited Panama every)
year for the last several years to in
spect the work and to hold hearings on
the estimates of appropriations needed
to carry on the work to a conclusion.
Every dollar that has been appropriated
by Congress has been appropriated on
the recommendations of Mr. Tawney's
committee, and neither the House nor
the Senate has ever changed by bo much,
as a dollar the recommendations for ap
propriations for the canal work a
made by the House committee on ap
propriations. This Is a remarkable rec
ord, inasmuch as last year Mr. Tawney
cut the canal estimates $10,000,000
below the figures agreed upon by
the Army engineers who are charged)
with the responsibility of digging the
waterway at the least cost and in the
smallest space of time consistent with,
first-class engineering work. Last Au
tumn, when Mr. Tawney visited tha
canal, ho was glad to find a surplus In
the treasury, a greater amount of work
done than he had anticipated, and no
parsimony necessary anywhere as a re
sult of his reduction in the estimate
of tha year before. It is known that
Mr., Tawney had cherished the ambi
tion that he might be allowed to re
main In Congress at the head of tha
appropriations committee until the last
shovelful of earth had been removed
from the Panama Canal. For this rea
son. It believed by his friends that any
offer made to Mr. Tawney to connect
himself officially in a position of re
sponsibility with the Panama Canal
could not and would not be turned down
by him except after the mo careful