The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-10
The Next elections and the New Senate.

ties may lose the next House of Represent
atives: but it has been hastily assumed
that they would be impregnable in the
Senate. This, however, is by no means
certain. The terms of twenty six Senators
expire on the 4th of March, 1875, OF whom
eighteen are regular Republicans, four are
Liberal Republicans, and four are Demo
Gratis.
The Legislatures of six States which are
to choose six Of these Senators were elect
ed last fall. OF these States, California
Ohio, Virginia, Maryland and Texas have
already chosen anti Grant Senators, while
in Kansas, Mr.. Harvey, the newly elected
Senator was the nominee of the Antl-M
nopolists.and defeated the regular Repub-
lican. and is believed to be Reformer.
This makes a loss of four Senators to
Grant, or in other words, change of eight
against him in the Senate Of the Forty
fourth Congress.
The Legislatures of the other twenty
Statesmen to speak of Louisiana-are u
be elected this year. The Senators iron
those States whose terms expire in March
1875, are twenty in number, of whom four
teen are regular Republicans, four arr
Liberal Republicans, and two are Demo
Gratis A single glance will show what al
imnortaut element the election OF thes
, twenty Legislatures will throw into the pc
Etical campaign of this year. Should tn
tide which now sets SO strongly agalns
Grants Administration increase in volum
, till next fall, he will not only lose tn
House, but his hold upon the next Senat
will he extremely frail, and in view of tn
s sEnnerv qualities of some of the Souther
, Senators. It NAV be entirely broken. Is
any wonder that the knees OF Grant an
his minions smite together as they gaz
anon the gathering clouds of the comm
storm?
: In New England the terms of Hamlil
Sumner, Edmunds, Sprague, and Buekint
ham expire 1t is significant fact tn;
the two who stand much chance tor r
e election are Sumner, decidedly antl-Oral
q and Edmuads, whose love tor Grant
rapidly cooling
y Stockton, Bayard and Hamilton, Dem
2 Gratis; Fenton, Liberal Republican, al
d Scott, regular Republican, go out in Il
j Middle States. Whyte, Democrat, has
, ready been elected in Maryland to succe'
q Hamilton. Delaware will pretty sure
to return Bayard. New Jersey may not I
ID turn Stockton, but no Granite will ia
"a his place. There will be terrible stru
y file 10 fill the seat of Gov. Fenton. L!
G. Republicans of New York may secure Z
1t next Legislature provided it becomes d
n, tinctly understood at an early day tn
the party has repudiated Grant and
Rings. But if the party undertakes
n carry this load it will be overwhelm
10 though majority of the next Legisiatu
NAV not call themselves Democrats. w
n will succeed Scott in the State of AddltlC
n Division and Silence will depend somewf
It upon how many of the Grant leaders the
/ in are sent to the penitentiary previous
or the next election. Upon the whole t
he GRANTEES can gain nothing, and may Il
,r one Senator in these five States.
ur In the upper valley of the Misslssll
'or eight seats are to be filled. The pres
Senators are all regular Republicans
cept Thurman, who has been reelected
"A Schurz and Upton, Liberals The Sc
b. of Pratt of Indiana, Chandler of Mic
gan, Carpenter of Wisconsin, and Ram
10 of Minnesota, are at stake. Great POI
pal cal changes are going forward in the NoI
in west, which will pretty certainly give
II chairs of these four Republicans to
- Opposition and secure those of SchI
II Upton, and the one in Kansas to the So
: 1t side, though perhaps not one of the l
Rs Senators will be an old-fashioned De
RI crat. Zach. Chandler is the only exc
Il ton we can now think of; and as Ia
NY who follows Blaine,is not much of Gr'
or lite. if he will hold out to the end he /
ur- get reelected.
Use Two Senators from the Pacific slope
tire. Gov. Booth, anti Grant Republl,
ous will succeed Casserly. Democrat, in Cali
~ MIA: while Stewart, Little Emma ReI
r. Gcan of Nevada, follows the retrea
footsteps of the redoubtable Nye, who
due consideration surrendered his C
to the virtuous Jones. There is no
1ers doubt that Stewart will be supplanted
ton- an Opposition Senator Of some sort.
n Several members, all Republicans, go
in the Southern and Southwestern Sta
me, The successors of Lewis of Virginia
am Flanagan of Texas have been chosen;
ar. they are Liberal Democrats. Pa
=. Brownlow. Gilbert of Florida, and 3
d. man of West Virginia will certainly
ing to give way to opponents of Grant.
the carpet-bag government of Mississ
that and Louisiana are stupendous frauds,
, .n likely Grant Republicans will crawl
: OH the seats of Ames and Pinchback,
lone vided the money holds out and the he
j to negroes do not soon discover that
t he have been long enough used by v
adj rogues.
, This summary of the situation is nc
OerS couraging to Grant and his Rings, an
ut full of warning to the better element
,om- the Republican party. The lesson it t.
es is plain. The party must uni
right of, or certainly lose the next II
and probably the next Senate, and
open assuredly the next President.
Won