The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-23
PoL1rrcs IN THE NEXT sEs,rE
But for tho Result In Delaware Democrats
Would Have Gained Control.

Would Rave Gained Control.
WASHINGTON, January 12-The proba'
| bic composition Of the Senate at the be,
| eining OF the Fifty-frst Congress has
been widely discussed at the Capitol
| during the past week. and the talk on
the subject has brought IN present view
| striking Illustration of the power OF
the unexpected in politics. The Senate
! at present consists of thirty-nine Repub'
| lican and thirty Democratic mem
bers. OF these the terms OF the following
will expire on the 4th of March:
observation-disclosures. Beck, of Ken.
tucky; Berry, of Arkansas; Butler, OF
South Carolina; Coke, Of Texas; Col
quit, of Geogris; Gibson, OF louisiana;
Harris, of Tennessee; Kenny, of West
Virginia; Mcpherson, of New Jersey;
| Morgan, of Alabama; Ransom, of North
Car lima; Salisbury, of Delaware, and
Walthall of Mississippi-l3.
Republicans-Messrs. Bowen, Of Col
orada; Chase, OF Rhode Island; Chand-
Ter, of New Hampshire; Culom, of Illi-
nois, Dolph, of Oregon; Frye, of Maine;
Hosr, of Massachusetts,; Henderson, Of
Nebraska; Palmer, OF Michigan; Plumb,
of Kansas; Riddleberger: of Virginia;
Ssbin, of Minnesota, and Wilson, of
Iowa-l3.
Messrs. Beck, Butler, Chase, Morgan,
Wslthall, Wilson, Colquits and Gibson
have been reelected. Messrs. Palmer
and Boveu will be succeeded by Messrs.
James F. McMillen and E. O. Wolcot
respectively; Nessrs. Ferry, Cunon,
Frye, Dolph, Coke, Hoar, Manderson
and Plumb hsve been either renominated
or will have no serious opposition. John
s. Barbour, Democrat, has been elscted
to succeed Riddleberger. from Virginia,
and Senator Saulsbury's successor from
Delaware is expected to be Rsptbh-
can. In the cases of remaining Senators
the expectation IS that whatever may be
the result as toahem personally their sue
cessors will beof the same political faita,
&c that when the Senst,r is called to
order on March IL will be composed OF
thirty eight elected Republican Senators,
thirty eight elected Dem cratic Senators
and one Republican Senator appointed
by the Governor Of New Hampshire to
succeed Mr.. Chandler, which appoint
uent will be questioned.
On the question of admitting the New
Hampshire Senator the vote will doubt
less be on the lines of political division
Republicans, 3s; Democraers, 81, This
is an exceedingly close vote, and the con-
troll of the Senate, would have passed
into the hands OF the Democrats had
the unexpected result of Delaware been
different, for then the vote would have
stood-Demociats, 3S; Republicans, 81.
Should the Republicans in Delaware get
into trouble over the claims of rival can
didates aud fail to elect q successor TO
Senator Salisbury, the Republicans will
have cnntrol OF the Senate only by the
casting of Vice President Morton, and
that control is liable to belost by the acci-
dentof death. This condition of affairs,
however, could last only until June 10,
when New Hampshire's Legislature will
elect successor to Senator Chandler
and Republican supremacy be restored.
This is probabl; the last time such g
contingency can possibly arise, for the
New Hampshire Constitutional Conven-
tion, now in session, will, it is under
stood, change the time OF convening the
Legislature from June to January.