The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-27 00:00:00

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THE SENATE.

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Um Anglo-American Times.)
A telegram is the Times announced that REUBEN
E. F&ToN had been nominated Senator from New
:York by a Legislative caucus ; Jonx SCOTT bad
been nominated from Pennsylvania, CARL Senunz
from Missouri, ALEXANDER RA3ISAY from Min-
nesota, CHARLES SUMNER from Massachusetts,
WILLIAM CUMBACK from ludiana, ZACHARIAII
CHANDLER from Michigan, WILLIAM M. STEWART
from Nevada, Thomas IV. TIPTON from Nebraska
—all Republicans ; JOHN P. STOCKTON from New
Jersey, Democrat. Mr. FENTox, whose term as Go-
vernor for the State of New York expired on New
Year's-day, defeated for that very office in the pre-
ceding term Mayor HOFFMAN, who then succeeded
him, by a majority of 13,789, the totals being
366,315 for FENTON, the Republican candidate,
against 352,526 for HOFFMAN, the Democratic. The
general opinion was that E. D. MoP.oax would be
re-elected Senator. JOHN SCOTT was nominated by
acclamation for Pennsylvania in place of Senator
BuCKALEW. The contest was thoaght to be doubtful.
At the beginning of the year 35 members arrived at
Harrisburg, when ex-Governor Gnow and Congress-
man MoonEllEan appeared the more likely aspirants,
especially the latter, whom Western Pennsylvania
supported to a man. However, on the 6th instant,
JOHN SCOTT was nominated by acclamation, all other
candidates having withdrawn in his favour, ex-
cept Attorney-General BREWSTER. No one knows
why such strong candidates as MOOREIIEAD and
Gitow withdrew ; nor does a' letter wr:tten by
Mr. Gnow explain, while it is certain that the
choice, from whatever motives, _of Mr. Scorr has
c tused an open rupture between Mr. BREWSTER and
Senator CAMERON. General CARL Scuola has
been, as we anticipated, successful in Missouri
against J. B. HENDEasoN,although, if an improbable
report be true, against the opposition of General
GRANT. Mr. HENDERSON'S vote on Impeachment,
and his course since, have led to the general opinion
among Republicans that he does not sincerely be-
long to their party, although he professes to do so,
and this impression was strengthened by the sup-
port of the National Intelligencer, the PRESIDENT'S
organ, while there are many reasons to be found
in our former numbers why CARL SCIIURZ should
secure a seat in the Senate, chief among which is that
he would fairly represent there the German ele-
ment in the Union. Governor RAMSAY was re-
nominated against Mr. IViLicnisoat on the 14th inst.,
and will keep the seat he at present so worthily
fills. About SUMNER we need only say that this
able statesman and brilliant orator is now known
to prefer the Senate to a seat in the Cabinet, as does
Governor FENTON. Lieutenant-Governor CUMBACK
served a term in Congress with credit to himself.
lick comparatively young, and there appeared when
the mail left strong reasons for believing lie would
be selected to succeed Mr. T. A. lIENDRICKS, Demo-
crat. Michigan had, before the departure of the mail
decided to stand by her old Senator, ZACHARIAII
CHANDLER, by a vote of 78 to 20 scattering. Mr.
CHANDLER has been a good deal abused for the anti-
teetotal example he sets; indeed there is a leading arti-
de in the Republican about him, wherein this sentence
occurs: "But Mr. CHANDLER'S fault is not that he
takes a social glass of wine, but that he has habi-
tually used liquor to such an extent as to make him
reckless, indecorous, and scandalous." It goes on
to say, "The demand is at the present time im-
perative, to purify our politics, exact temperance,
integrity, and propriety of conduct from all our
public men, and create a deep and wide national
sentiment in favour of the old-fashioned honesty
and decency in office. Corruption is coming in
upon us like a flood ;" adding that it can only be
stayed by good men banding together in inexorable
opposition, and while admitting that Mr. CHANDLER
was making a desperate effort to break himself of
the habit, it recommends the high clear air of
Michigan as preferable to that of Washington, so
trying to reform. Apropos of intoxication, we
give the following extract from the same paper,
premising that the gentlemen alluded to are strong
Democrats and the paper is strongly Republican :
" Senator SAULSBURY was lately arrested at Wil-
mington, Delaware, for drunken and disorderly can-
duct at the residence of Senator BAYARD, his col-
league. When the officers found him he was lying
on the floor partially undressed. The Mayor, after
a short farce of a trial, discharged the tipsy Sena-
tor." Talking of Delaware, whose eyes are now on
her Senators, we learn that Mr. BAYARD is to be
succeeded by his own son. A more recent tele-
gram confirms this, Thos. F. BAYARD being elected
in succession to his father. But if the above story be
true, we can only regret he does not succeed WILLIAM
SAULSBURY, whose term expires in 1871. We cannot
yet indicate the politics of the Senators from the Re-
constructed States; but nearly all of them are Re-
publicans. Senator STEWART has been renominated
from Nevada, and Mr. TirroN from Nebraska,
both Republicans. The Democratic triumph is the
succession of JOHN P. STOCKTON to the place of
FRELINGHUYSEN, the present Republican Senator
from New Jersey.

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f Indiana, President.
-ham, Secretary.

SENATE OF THE FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
(Names of Democra
Schuyler Colfax, of
George C. Gor
Term
MAINE. Expired.
W. P. Pessenden

Hannibal Hamlin
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Aaron H. Cragin
James W. Patterson 1873

VERMONT.
Justin N. Morrill

George F. Edmonds... 1875

MASSACHUSETTS.
Henry Wilson .. lB7l
Charles Sumner 1875

RHODE ISLAND.
Henry B. Anthony lB7l
William Sprague

CONNECTICUT.
Orris S. Ferry
W. A. Buckiugbam

NE w
Roscoe Conkling 1873
Reuben E. Fenton 1875

Term

Onto. Expiroi.
John Sherman
Allen G. Sherman*

INDIANA,
Oliver P. Morton 1873
William Cumback 1875

NEW JERSEY.
Alex. G. Cattell lB7l
John P. Stockton*

ILLINOIS.
Richard Yates... • lB7l
Lyman Trumbull lb73
MICHIGAN.

Jacob M. lloward lB7l
Zachariah Chandler

. PENNSYLVANIA.
Simon Camer0n........ 1873

WISCONSIN.
Timothy 0. Howe 1873
1875

John Scott

MINNESOTA.

Daniel S. Norton* lB7l
Alex. Ramsay 1875

DELAWARE.
William Saulsbury* ... 1871
Thomas F. Bayard* ... 1875

lOWA.
James W. Grimes lB7l
James Harlan 1873

MISSOURI.
Charles B. Drake
Carl Schurz 1875

KANSAS.
Edmund G. Ross ...„. 1871
Samuel C. Pomeroy ... 1873
NEBRASKA.

Joan M. Thayer ..... 1871
Thomas W. Tipton ... 1875

MARYI.AND.
George T. Vickers* 1873
W. P. Whyte*
WEST VIRGINIA.
Whitman T. Wil!ey 1871
1875

NEVADA.

James W. Nye ......... 1873
William M. Stewart ... 1875

CALIFORNIA.
Cornelius Cole
Eugene Gasserly* 1875
OREGON.
Georgo H. Williams 1871
Henry W. Corbett 1873

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