St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-29
Coming Senatorial Contests in New York
and Michigan Already Engaging
Politicians Attention.
Opposition to Warner Miller in the Former
and Possible Democratic Success in
the Latter State.
Committee Complications Constantly
Engaging Speaker Carhsle's Care
full Attention.
Commissioner Sparks Says the Presi-
dent Approves of His Course and
He VIII Stay.
Coming Senatorial Contests.

Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK. Dec. 2S.-The approaching
senatorial contest is looked upon by some OF
the Republicans of this state with feelings
akin TO alarm. There will be several changes
in the senate with the next series of sena-
tOrial elections, if the plans of two or three
vigorous Young Democrats are carried out.
Gov. Hill intends that the legislature OF
New York, to be elected next fall, shall
elect a Democratic successor to Warner
Miller Your correspondent was talking
to-day with Railroad Commissioner O'Don-
nell, one of the best posted Republicans OF
the state, about the Republican candidates
for senator, when he said: Il can tell you
that unless the Republicans wake up nc
Republican can be elected United States
senator We have got to catch this hare be-
fore we cook it, Nevertheless the skir-
mishes of an interesting contest are already
taking place in the Republican ranks. The
state senate. which holds for two years and
organizes next week, has twenty Republi-
can members. II will probably be increased
to twenty-five by contests, so as TO give a
two-thrds majority. But the twenty men,
bers will organize the body, and there is
QUIET STRUGGLE
on the part of Senator KILLER and his oppo-
nents to capture the organization as pre-
liminary step in next winters Senatorshlp
contest. The senator put forward State
Senator Pitts as a candidate for president
pro TEN. The opposition combined on
State Senator Lowe, the oldest member OF
the body. He showed such an element OF
personal strength that Millers candidate
has been obliged to pull out and leave the
field. The clerkShip has been held for sew
eraI years by John W. VroOman. a political
protege of Miller and secretary of the Re
publican state committee. He was conf
dent of election two or three weeks ago,
but as it began to be understood that he
was
AIILER'S LAST DITCHMAN
the pins have been set up against him. The
man who will most likely come to the front
to contest Miller's place is Levi P. Morton.
But Hiscock, ex-GOv. A. B. Cornell, eX-
Senator I. E. Platt and Ira Davenport,
who has recently been used to mop up the
floor by Gov. Hill. are talked of as candi-
dates. I heard of Davenport's name in
this connection from Senator Cullom. II
has not been spoken of here, though it
seems to have been cauvaSsed in Washing
ton. The Democrats have no candidate
visible yet. They are going to carry the
legislature before they discuss the other
point, and being
UNFORTUNATELY IN THE MINORITY
in the legislature, need not raise the ques-
ton before them. Another state where a
resolute young Democratic leader is bent on
making a United States senator of his own
faith is Michigan. The leader is Don NJ.
Dickinson. l dined with him at the Hoff-
man house to-day. He had come from
Washington and was on his way home to
Detroit. was struck with the answer he
made to my inquiry whether the Democrats
of Michigan intended TO try to carry the
state next year. I'VE intend to carry it, y
was the emphatic response. There has
been some talk that Mr.. Dickinson had dis
pleased the president in making certain rec
concentrations, where appointees proved
unfit. He said to me that the most COM
plete answer to all this froth was the fact
that the president sent in last week the very
names which he was said to be holding
ON ACCOUNT OF CHARGES
preferred against the men by certain Mich
igan Democrats. The only name withheld
was that of Judge Powers of Utah and his
name would be sent in as soon as the senate
meets. 1t was held back at the request ol
the judge's friends, so that they might
furnish an addition to the record III his cast
that would effectually set at rest all the
stories about him. Mr.. Dickinson said tC
me:
The greatest blow that has ever Jeer
struck AT Mormonism came from Judge Pow
ers. He ruled that a Mormon alien could no
become naturaliZed, because he had sworr
his first allegiance to the church. 1t wa:
sound law.