The New York herald., 1871-01-18
Elections Of United state. Senators.


to the United States Senate yesterday for six
years. He is solid, able, faithful Senator;
punctual to business and remarkably free Of
the smell of the fire or smoke of the Wash
ington lobby OF jobbers in public spoils and
plunder. II the Senate were composed Of
such men throughout on both sides it would
be powerful bulwark for the protection Of
the national Treasury and the taxpaying
people. He has been in the Senate since 1861.
Henry Wilson, republican, by the Massa-
chusetts Legislature was elected yesterday to
the Senate for the fourth time, He has been
member of the Senate for sixteen years, and
his election for six more from Massachusetts,
simply means that he is, as statesman, poll
tcian and party manager, one of the most
industrious, useful, practical and influential
members OF the body. His election means,
too, that Massachusetts, still sticks to General
Grant, notwithstanding the rebellion of Sum-
ner on Motley and St. Domingo.
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen was nomi-
mated by the republican caucus Of the New
Jersey Legislature last night and is, there
fore, certain of election. He is nephew Of
the old Theodore Frelinghuyseu who ran for
Vice President on the ticket with Harry Clay
in "A. He served as Senator in 1866, when
he was appointed to succeed William Wright,
deceased. He has more recently been promi-
nently before the country in connection with
| the English Mission, to which he was
appointed and confirmed, and subsequently
| declined. He is well acquainted with legisla-
tive business and has served upon the most
| important committees of the Senate. He is a
firm, reliable republican.
John A. Logan, republican, in place of
Yates, worn out In the service, is vir-
tually elected by the action of the
caucus for the full term of six years to the
| United States Senate. The public career Of
General Logan, especially since 1860, has
been too prominent and brilliant to need repe-
tition here. He is one of the most attractive
and effective stump speakers and debaters in
Congress of the present time, and he is not the
man who will hide his light under bushel In
the Senate. His several elections to the
House of Representatives from Illinois indi-
cate his popularity in that State to be equal to
that of Lincoln, Douglas or Grant, the ma
jority of Logan for Congress in 1868 fn1M the
State at large being over fifty thousand, while
in 1870, as candidate for the same position,
he everywhere ran ahead of his ticket.
Frank Blair, Jr., democrat, chip of the old
| block, was by the Missouri Legislature elected
yesterday to the United States Senate to fill
the place of Drake, republican, made Chief
Justice of the United States Court of Claims.
The term unexpired for which General Blair
| is thus elected expires in 1873. This is the
same General Frank Blair who was on the
| democratic Presidential ticket with Seymour
in 1868. He is positive, radical democrat,
an able and trenchant debater, and has no
| faith in General Grant, his administration or
and all their works. Wet or dry, he will fight
them hip and thigh in the Senate. His cleo
| ton is due to the Gratz Brown and Carl Schurz
bolt from the orthodox Missouri republican
party of last summer, whereby the democrats
secured the State, and to the vacancy created
in the Senate by the voluntary retirement of
Drake. Blair, like Logan, distinguished him
| self in Sherman's army as one of the fighting
Union volunteer generals of the war against
| the rebellion.
| William Window has been elected United
States Senator by the Legislature of Mime
sofa for the term commencing next March. He
was recently appointed to the position by the
| Governor of Minnesota, to succeed Daniel S.
Norton, deceased. He has served in the
Lower House Of Congress continuously since
1859 and is steadfast and faithful republican
Eli Salisbury has been nominated by
democratic caucus in Delaware, and is, there
fore, sure of election to the United States
Senate for the term beginning next March,
Eli is not the present Senator, but his brother,
Delaware being mere family circle wherein
the Saulsburys and the Bayards are the ruling
patriarchs. The retiring Senator, Willard
Salisbury, is not more than fifty years old,
but he has served in very heavy harness for
| two consecutive terms, and the family Of Della
ware possibly feel the need of some semblance
of rotation in the Senatorship. The new
Senator is of the same uncompromising, re-
| lentless democratic complexion as his brother.
| The elections of the next batch of United
States Senators will be determined in the State
elections of 1872, and will be made to fill the
places of those Senators whose terms expire
| in March, 1878. Among this class is Senator
| Conkling, of New York, and this is the place
for Governor Hoffman. He can carry New
| York for United States Senator in 1872, and SO
| be elected to the Senate, which will be good
place to put him in regular training for the
Presidential sweepstakes of 1876. We believe,
too, that this is the programme of the Tam
many Sachems, and for the sake of peace with
the Western ''Pendleton Escort" who suffered
so badly in the Tammany Convention of 1868,