Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-05

But FEW CHANGES PROBABLE, AND THE RHPuBLr-
CANS LIKELY 10 RETAIN CONTROL OF THE BODY
By SMALL MAJORITY
On the third OF next March, the terms OF fourteen
democratic and eleven republican Senators will
expire The democrats who 60 out are Messrs
Pugh, Alabama; Walker, Arkansas; Farley. Cali
fornia; Call. Florida; Brown, Georgia; voorhees,.
1ndlane; Williams, Kentucky; Jonas, louisiana;
Groome, Maryland; Vest, Missouri; Vance, North
Carolina; Pendleton, Ohio; Slater, Oregon, and
HAMPTON. S. c. OF this number democrats have
already been elected TO succeed four, viz Williams,
succeed Slater, as that party has carried the Ore
gon legislature, and democrats are quite certain to
succeed 70 seven OF the remaining nine seats from
the states OF Alabama Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
missouri, North Carolina and South Carolina; In
dlana ana California are doubtful SO it appears
that OF the fourteen retiring democrats ten are
Iain 10 oe succeeded by the same party, two are
doubtful, and one will have republican successor.
III In March next eleven republican senators Will 60
Logan. Illinois; Allison, Iowa; ingalls,, Kansas;
Jones, Nevada; Blair, New Hampshire; Lapnam,
New York; Cameron, Pennsylvania Morrill,, Ver-
assume that Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa,
kansas, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and YER
mont mo VIII return republicans This would leave
the states OF Nevada, New York and Wisconsin to
be classed as doubtful The democrats claim that
they have q good fighting chance in Wisconsin,
publicans deny it. Putting it down as doubtful,
tnere are the f1ve states OF Indiana, California,
New YORK, Nevada and Wisconsin In which the
battle for control OF the next senate will be fought
The Senate now stands SO republicans. a6 demo-
crats and read1usters, who vote with the republi
cans The republicans practically have 40 men,
Ders The II who are to retire next March would
reduce the number to e. Add to these the GER
tain republican successors OF retiring members and
the number would be 81. The gain that has been
MAGE Ia oregon increases the number to 49, or just
nan the senate. So that even II the democrats
were to carry the legislatures OF all the ve doubt
1ul states they could not control the Senate unless
Eaf hnn fl,Q tn
OF the Vice President would settle the question.
But IL Is scarcely probable that the democrats will
carry all 1lve Of the doubtful states, though the
party leaders declare they intend to make fight
Tor them and also for Senators In Illinois, Connec-
t1cut and Colorado. The election OF democratic
governor in Colorado encourages democrats to be-
leve that they may carry that state. Upon the
whole 1t Is pretty safe to conclude that the Senate
Will remain republican, though perhaps by very
slim majority, and should Cleveland he elected he
may have difficulty in getting his nominations con-
nrmed. There Is good deal OF talk in democratic
circles to the enect that II single vote should be
needed to give the Senate to Lhat party Senator
Rddeoerger will supply that vote. 1t does not ap-
pear that the Senator himself has ever authorized
anything OF this kind, but 1t seems to be conclu-
sion drawn from his apparent Indifference to pOti-
cal matters OF late