The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-30
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THE ms AND OUTS OF TIE UNITED
STATES SENATE.
The Retiring SenatOrs,t. the ENPectsnts
and the Coming Contest.
Interesting Reviews and PrOEnOst!cn

ana the Coming Contest.
Interesting Reviews and FrOEnost!cn-
tfEs.t tIOns. Eatf,l5,fe
| (HaShmgLon Correspondence Baltimore Sl1l)
On the 4th of March next the terms
of the following Senators expire: j. A.
lBaYard, of Delaware; Charles r. Buck
alew, of Penn; Zachariah Chandler, OF
Michigan; John CONFESS, of California;
James Dixon, of Connecticut; James Il.
Doolittle, of Wisconsin; George +. Ed
munds, of Vermont: f. Z. Frelinghyn-
sen, of New Jersey; John b. henderson
of Missouri: Thomns A! Hendricks, Of
Indiana; Edwin d. Morgsn, Of New
| York; Lot NJ. Morrill,, OK Maine, David
r. Patterson. of Tennessee; Alexander
Ramsey. of Minnesota; VIM. Sprague,
IRhode Island; VIM. NJ. Stewart, OF
Nevada; Charles Sumner, of Massachu-
sets; Thomas w. Upton, ofNebraska;
Up. G. Van Wrinkle, of West Virginia;
| Benjamin f. Wade, of Ohio; A s.
Weich, of Florida, and VIM. Pinkney
| Whyte, of Maryland. --...f..a..
| Ofthese twenty-five Senators, only
1.-TWO, so far, have been reelected,
Messss. Edmunds and Sprague, both
radicals. In California, Eugene Cas-
serIy, conservative, has been elected to
lsucceed Mr.. Conness, who is radical;
in Connecticut, EX Governor Bucking-
ham, radical, has been elected to sue
coed Mr. Dixon, conservative. MIR.
| Patterson, OF Tennessee, conservative,
and son in-law of President johnson,
will be succeeded by Parson Brownlow.
OHIO will exchange Ben Wade, radical,
for Judge Allen G. Thurman, conserVa.
Tive, and Maryland, VIM. Pinkney
IWhyte for William T. Hamilton, both
conservatives. The Florida Legtsla-
Iture has elected Abijah Gilbert to sue
coed NJ. A. s.. WEIGH. The latter gem
tIeman, although he has been repre-
senting Florida in the Senate for the
last six months, has never given up his
residence in his own State OF Iowa,
where he will return after the 4th OF
March, to take charge of the State Agri-
cultural College. He is the only car
pet-bag Senator who goes out with this
| Congress.
States have yet to fill the vacancies
which will occur, the election in all OF
which will take place in the month OF
january. The following named Sena-
tors will, 1t is thought, certainly be re-
elected, as there is no serious opposition
to them in their respective States
Messrs. Bayard, Chandler; Stewart,
Sumner and Upton. Owing to the adj
verse fortune or politics, the following
Senators will have, 1IOtc1lS UOtcNS, to
shake off their feet the dust of the Sem
ate chamber the day that General Grant
| lS lIle Vi tAClA
States being now politically opposed to
them-Messrs. -Buckalew, Doolittle,
Frelinghnysen and Hendricks; of these
only one is a radical, Mr.. Frelinghuy-
| sen. For Mr.. Buckalew's vacant seat
it is thought now that Ex-Governor
Curtin has the best chance. Mr.. Matt.
II, Carpenter will very probable step
| into Mr.. DoOlittle's shoes, and no one
doubts that the Legislature of New
Jersey will supply Mr.. FrelinGhuysen's
place with John p. Stockton, who was
so wrongfully Ousted from his seat i'll
| 1865. There are number of-rauical
| contestants for the hOnOrs 50 wOrthily
worn by Mr.. Hendricks Tor six years,
but the fight has not yet assumed
sufficiently definite shape 10 indicate
the coming man.
In West Virginia it is understood
that Mr.. Van Wrinkle willnOt be Il can
didate for reelection. The Leglsla-
lures of the States represented by
Messrs. Henderson, Morgan, Morrill,
with them, but there is bitter OPPosi-
| ton to them in their own party.
| The best informed here say that there
| is no question about the defeat OF AIR.
| Henderson in Missouri on account Oi
his impeachment record, and that Gen.
Carl SchurZ has the best chance of be-
| ing his successor. MIR. Henderson
however, is still full of fight, and re-
fuses TO give it up. In New York there
is n very influential clique working
against Gov. Morgan, whose great ar,
| gument is that he cannot talk, and
that the great State of New York ought
not to have Il dummy in the Seunt"
1t was this same cry which killed Of
Judge Harris few years ago, and Sc,
cured the election OF 81 talking man,
(too much so,) Roscoe ConkliuG, i'll his
place. But the Morgan combination Is
wealthy and powerful, and MS friends
| hero are ready to bet that ne viii yel
| win: In Maine. MIR. Morrill, VIII have
| to encounter Nice-PrcS:dent llhmlin
| who is foeman worthy OF his steel
! The odds here are two To one On Ham
| lin.
IChe most stubborn contest of all
| though, will probably be in Minnesota
Here the Donnelly and Wilkinson
| cliQues will dispute every inch with
Mr.. Ramsey. Donnelly is as obstinate
ms a mule and as tenacious as u bull
Il dog. Failing last fall to receive the
| Radical nomination for the House, he
| ran rs an independent candidate, anC
| was thus the meausof electing Dem
| OcraI. He has no hopes of securing the
Senatorship himself, but only desires Il
defeat Ramsey even at the expense o.
getting Democrat in. Mr.. Wilkinson
has been elected to the next House, buI
he has been in the Senate once before
and would prefer to return there, anC
being an adroit politician, his friends
have great hope of his success. Tha
Mr.. Ramsey will have n tough time il
! getting back looks very likely, but he
It full of confidence, and those who
know what an accomplished wire
worker he is, think he will be hard Il
beat. During the Taylor campaign hi
was Chairman of the Wing State Com
lnittee of Pennsylvania, aud Genera
Taylor recognized his services by send
i ing him out to Minnesota Territory a!
Governor and Indian Agent, and III
has sin ce filled every position of prof
or consequence In the gift of the State
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