vice and was a member of the committee on Appropriations. In 1902 he was reelected to the fifty-eighth Congress, his plurality being 7,069 votes, and in 1904 to the fifty-ninth Congress by a majority of about 9,000. His constantly increasing majorities indicate the satisfaction with his congressional record felt by an exceptionally intelligent New England constituency. His growing influence in the House leads many to look with especial interest to his effective advocacy of sound, conservative measures for the social and political betterment of American life.