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Candidates for the best-dressed man in the 68th Congress: Senator Edward I. Edwards, militant wet, of New Jersey; Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, son-in-law of Roosevelt. Most Senators and Congressmen, with studied neglect, stay out of the race, or, like Senator Brookhart, Iowa farmer, they run it backwards...
...Congress the Republicans had, until the death of Senator Nicholson, 53 Senators; the Democrats, 42; and the Fanner-Laborites, 1. Governor Sweet of Colorado, who must appoint a successor to Senator Nicholson, is a Democrat sponsored by the Nonpartisan League. Senators Ladd, Frazier, Shipstead, Wheeler, Howell, Brookhart and La Follette were also sponsored by the League. Consequently it is expected that a radical Democrat will be appointed to the vacancy caused by Senator Nicholson's death. The resulting alignment will be: Republicans 52 Democrats 43 Farmer-Labor 1 But if-as seems probable-the Progressive or Insurgent group...
Despite the pronounced mannish tendencies of the late Dr. Mary Walker, modern Washingtonians have perhaps been inclined to consider the capital comparatively free from advocates of secentric dress. But they have not yet dined with Senator Brookhart of Iowa. Shrugging his broad shoulders contemptuously at custom, precedent, and style, he insists on informality at any cost. "If I am asked to the White House," he says, "or to any other state occasion. I shall go as I am, with cowhide shoes and the clothes I wear on the farm." It is thought that the shoes, of a rich ochre tint...
...Senator Brookhart, who has threatened to wear overalls to formal dinners, naturally finds it contrary to his principles to wear a silk hat. But he is willing to make an exception. " I will wear a silk hat," said he, " at the inauguration to the Presidency of Judge William S. Kenyon of Iowa...
According to Louis Seibold of The (TM) New York Herald, Senator Brookhart made, during the last session of the late Congress," probably more speeches than any other two men." This is all the more notable if one considers the fact that Mr. Brookhart was sitting in his first session in an organization where newcomers are traditionally " s but not heard...