The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-01-24

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The United States Senate-some Of the
Recent Elections.
The regular term of member of the ma
tional Senate is six years; but under the con-
stitution the elections Of the members are SO
classified that one-third Of them 60 out every
two years at the expiration of each Congress,
and their places for the new Congress are
filled by new elections. Thus, we have re-
Gently had from the State Legislatures con-
cerned the election of dozen or more Sem
ators whose terms will commence with the
new Congress on the 4th of March next. As
The republicans carried nearly all the Legisla-
lures concerned they have nearly all this new
batch of Senators. With the new members
from the reconstructed Southern States ad-
mitted last summer, and with some elections
yet to come off, the Senate on the 4th Of March
will stand about fifty-dve republicans to thir-
teen democrats, and of the ffty-fys there will,
from present appearances be heavy work-
ing majority of ultra radicals at least on all
questions of reconstruction and suffrage.
Among tie recent Senatorial elections that
of Fepton from New York, from the fight of
the factions concerned, has attracted the most
attention and Is the most significant but still
there are some others entitled to special notice.
There, for example, is Hannibal Hamlin, of
Maine, returned in the place of Morrill,, good
republican. Elected as Vice President on the
Lincoln ticket in 1860, Hamlin, although
faithful party man, was set aside, in 1854, on
a Western hurrah for Andy johnson. Ham
Aims return to the Senate in 1869, therefore,
involves republican recognition of that
awful mistake Of 1864 and parting blow at
johnson. 1t is better to be born lucky than
rich. Next, we have three new Senators con-
siderably indebted each to railroad ring
or railway king for his success-Fenton, as
against the New York Central, the pet Of the
Erie ring; Stockton, Of New Jersey, the cham
pion Of Camden and Amboy, and John Scott,
of Pennsylvania, the candidate of Cameron
and the legal adviser of the Pennsylvania
Central
Next, the election of Carl Schurz, from Mis-
seven traitors" on the impeachment, is nota-
BILE event. Henderson sacrificed himself in
his votes to save johnson, and Schurz owes
his election to his claims upon the republicans
Is German. Had they rejected him the
powerful German republican element of the
West would have known the reason why; but
this danger the radicals Of the Puritan school
in the Missouri Legislature wisely avoided in
swallowing their objections to Schurz as
European red republican. The managers of
the democracy Of this city, looking to their
party strength, will need no further explana-
ton Of the party sagacity Of this election Of
Schurz
From Wisconsin, in place Of the departing
Doolittle johnson man), Matt Carpenter has
been elected thoroughgoing radical There
were four members of the Senate elected as
republicans who early in his conflict with Con-
gress took the side of Johnson and fought his
fight to the bitter end and then joined the de-
mocracy-Dixon, Of Connecticut; Cowan, Of
Pennsylvania; Norton, Of Minnesota, and
Doolittle, of Wisconsin. Cowan, Dixon and
Doolitte have been left out in the cold, the
radicals in each case securing the Legislature
against the objectionable offender, and Norton
will probably meet with the same punishment
in 1871. These self-sacriicing defenders Of
johnson, like ''the corporals guard" Of wings
in Congress who stuck to John Tyler, have
paid dearly for their whistle; but still they
have the consolation of knowing that on the
impeachment they saved johnson to the end Of
his term and completely headed Off "Old Ben
Wade"
On the record the republicans in the Senate
will stand over four to one against the demo-
Gratis on the 4th Of March; but how long the
extreme radical column will remain master Of
the situation is quite another thing.