River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-09-04
senatorial Contests.

The congressional committees of both par
ties, especially of the Republican party, are
preparing to give considerable attention in the
coming campaign to the election of legisla-
lures which are to choose senator's Already
the field has been thoroughly looked over and
the situation pretty carefully diagnosed
eleven Republicans and fourteen Democrats
complete their terms of office on the 4th of
March next The Repu blicans who so ont are
Cameron of Pennsylvania, Cameron of Wis
consin, Morrill, of Vermont Lapham of New
York, Blair of New Ham pshire Jones of Ne
vada, Ingalls, of Kansas, Allison of Iowa,
Logan of Illinois, Plat of Connecticut
and Hill of Colorado. 1t is pretty
well understood here that Cameron of Penn
sylvania, will desire a reelection, and that
such desire on his part is equivalent to an
election. Senator Morrill, of Vermont will, of
course, return. Senator Blair of New Hamp
shire would like to come back, but to do this
he will have to be up pretty early in the morn
ing, for Secretary Chandler is looking 10 that
position Senator Ingalls, of Kansas will doubt
less come back, as will Allison of Iowa The
name of the Hon. Andrew Shuman, chief editor
of the Chicago Journal who has had a good
deaf of political experience, is being mentioned
for LOgan's place. Ex-Congressman FarweH,
who was in the Forty-Sixth and Forty Seventh
congresses, and who is a man of wealth and ex-
perience as legislator, might prove candi-
date
Of the fourteen Democrats, whose terms ex-
pire, five have already been attended to by the
election of successors to Williams, of Kentucky;
Jonas, of Louisiana; Groome, of Maryland; and
Pendleton, of Ohio In Missouri it is expected
that Senator Vest will be returned. In Indiana
there is likely to be pretty hot fight over the
legislature. Congressman Calklns, the present
candidate for governor of that state, has an eye
on the senatOrship, and should he succeed IN
carrying the state aud legislature for the Re
publicans, he will be likely to be elected as
Voorhees, successor In California the Re
publicans believe that they will elect leSis
lature and Republican successor to Senator
Farley. On the other hand, the Democrats
claim to be confident of carrying New York
and Nevada, so as to send Democratic success
sors for the Republicans now representing
those states in the senate From Georgia and
Florida it is expected that the present Occu-
pants will be returned In North Carolina
there is to be a strong effort to carry the legis
lature and elect Republican senator in place
of Senator Vance. 1t is pretty certain that
eight of the Republicans will be succeeded by
Republicans and that of the fourteen retiring
Democrats, eleven will be succeeded by
Democrats leaving three Republicans and
three Democrats doubtful. The senate
stands thirty-eight Republicans
thirty-six Democrats and two Readjuste
who vote with the Republicans. The Republi-
cans practically have forty members The
eleven who are to retire next March will re-
duce the number to twenty nine Add to these
the eight certain Republican successors of re-
firing members, and the number would be
thirty-seven The gain that has been made in
Oregon increases the number to thirty-eight
or Just half the senate So that if even the
Democrats were to carry the legisla lures of all
the doubtful states there would be tie Should
they do this and the Democratic president and
vice president be elected, the vice presidents
vote on tie would make the senate Dem
ocratic. The probabilities are, of course, that
not all of the states classed as doubtful" will
elect Democratic legislatures, and the chances
are that the senate will be Republican by about
the present ma jority.