The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-30
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THE NEXT SENATE.


THE NEXT SENATE.
The Terms OF ~ Members will Expire OF
March ~i-iiepublicnn Prospects of In
crenaipg their ~i'rosent Majority Ut Ten.
Wd'hiHgtoa DITdteh 10 he Sts York Irs,.
Tho terms OF twenty.eight Senators
will expire March 4, 1891. Four 9th
ers-two each from Wyoming aud
ldaho-are to be chosen. The Republi.
can majority Is but ten. The leaders Of
both parties here are therefore looking
forward to tho elections OF Legislatures
Ia the various States with intense anxi.
oty. Republicans MIN to maintain OF
increase their majority, while Democrats
hope, by some hook or crook, TO dc.
crease the Republican Dtrepg.h, II not
secure control OF tho upper branch OF
Congtess. During the past week several
Of The Senators have visited their homes
to taken glance over the field and ascer.
tain their Chancea for a return.
Tho formidable Farmers Alliance
movement, the Democratic aspirau,s
find, Is playing tho mischief with their
prospects. Particularly IL this true In
tho South, where 1t has practically
killed Senator Vance's hopes OF coming
back to Washington, and also, 1t Is
believed, ruined Governor Gordoh's
chances TO succeed Senator Brown, the
senior member from Georgia. Wilkinson
Gall, OF Florida, TOO has been selected
Tor decapitation by tho alliance, The
Democratic State Committee ia aiso
doing its best to beat him. James L..
Pngh, o! Alabama, Ia having an exceed.
ingIy hard fight to secure enough yotes
In tho next Legislature to send him
back, while George &. Vest Ia not MS COZ.
tain as he might be Of defeating the now
famous Jel.Chand!cr.
james u. Eustis, OF Louisiana, will not
lilt bis Voice in the next Senate, Judge
White having been chosen to succeed
him. The Farmers Alliance is after
Wade Hampton, OF South Carolina, too.
II The proposed combination with tho
Republicans is made, it IL expected that
y Legislature will be elected to lay tho
General on the shelf. In case ita object
Is achieved, the alliance proposesto send
TO the Senate Farmer Ben Tillmau,
brother OF Congressman Tiilman.
Over III Indiana the protective tariff
Democrats are hunting for the scalp of
Dan Voorhees,. His recent free trade
utterances have aroused intense indig-
nation among The followers OF the late
Samuel j.. Randall, and they expect
either to defea! him with n high tariff
Democrat or make it possible for the
Republicans 10 send as his successor one
OF their political percussion.
William B. Allison. OF Iowa, and Eph.
rain X. Wilson, Of Maryland, have al.
ready been reelected, and very littls
doubt ID entertained OF the return of
Don Cameron. OF Pennsylvania, Justin
$. Morrill,. Of Vermont, the father OF the
protective tariff; John IL. jones', OF Ne
yads, sohn .. Spooner, OF Wisconsin, all
Republicans, and John G. Blackburn, Of
Kentucky, Democrat. Senator Spooner
is not Mt all worried by the activity Of
the Wisconsin, Democrats, who boast
that they will capture the next Legisla.
and elect ex.Sec1etary William I.
Villas. The Badger State Republicans
are already on tbs alert and Sp,oner is
their unanimous choice for reelection.
The Democrats are making desperate
ea9!ts 10 secure control OF the Illinois
and send General John NJ,
Palmer to the Senate. Ii they succeed
in this they expect their f~avorite 10 be-
come q very formidable candidate for
Presidential nomination in 1892. To
prevent the return of that sterling Re-
publican, Senator Charles 3. Farwell
will be, in the opinion OF that gentle
mans friends, Il Herculeau task. Senator
OF kansas, can hardly fail OF re-
while the reelection OF John
Il. Mitchell, OF Oregon, is a ioregone
Though Leland Stanford, OF California,
$ absent in Europe, HIS friends arc not
Notwithstanding the fact that
he Golden State Democrats are making
apirited fight in behalf Of Millionaire
B. White, Staniovd's adherents
that little doubt exists OF his return.
Gilbert 4. Pierce, OF North Dakota,
NJ. Teller, OF Colorado, Watson
}. Squire, OF Washington, Gideon G.
OF South Dakota, Henry W.
Blair, OF New Hampshire, and Orville S. .
Plat, OF Connecticut, all Republicans,
re reasonably confident OF coming back.
S. Brice OF New York and Ohio
las already been chosen to take the
,lace OF Henry B. Payne. James X.
Jones OF Arkansas will probably con-
to represent the Bourbon element
that State.
No Senatorial contest excites more in.
crest than the pending one in New
York. Though it has been said that
neither Plat nor Miller will stand, and
hat the pronounced candidates for Sem
ltor Evarts' successor are confined to
State Senators Fassett and Erwin, little
surprise would be occasioned in Wash.
if the Republican leader first
named should again represent the En-.
pirc State. But II namo is mentioned
here Us YET for the Democratic nomina.
lion. 1t is that OF Governor Hill. The
Republicans naturally expect that
and Idaho. which haye Just
been admitted to Statehood, will add to
their majority. Joseph NJ. Carey, OF
the present Delegate from
is most likely to be elevated
TO the Senate, while Frederick r. Dubois
is rauurinI M ~pnr.oin IN ho opn nj tho