Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-04-02
DEMOCRACY I'M THE SENATE.
A Notable improvement in the Character
Of tine New Men Chosen.

A Washington correspondent writes
the New York World But for the fail
ure of the Illinois legislature to elect
Mr. Farwells successor and the deaths
of Senators Wilson of Maryland and
Hearst of California, the new United
States Senate would now be complete.
Leaving Illinois out of calculation, the
change in the relative strength of the
two parties is shown by the following
comparison:
51st Senate. SD Senate.
Democrats ...........3I 81
Republicans ..........6l AZ
independents. .......-
Republican majorities.14
Should Illinois elect Republican the
majority will be increased to six. The
ultimate selection of Democrat would
reduce it to four.
Changes in the personnel of the Senate
have been made at times so widely at
variance with each other that few APP
preciate their extent. A compilation
shows that, if the opinions and reputa-
tons of the men be considered, never
before has the shifting about so nearly
approached political revolution. Here
are the more important changes:
Flfty-hrst Fitty-second
state. Senate. Senate.
Georgia. ....... j. E. Brown. j. B. Gordon.
Kansas. John ]. Ingalls,. W. r. Paffer.
Louisiana. ..-.J. b. Bustis. e. ID. White.
n. Hampshire. II. ". Blair. J.H. Galllnger
New York. wv NJ. Eyarts. David B. Hill.
Ohio. ........H II. B. Payne. Calvin $. Brice.
South Carolina. Wade Hampton. ]. L. Irby.
Wisconsin. I'D. c. Spooner. W. F. Villas.
Idaho and North Dakota also have
elected new men, but as neither they
nor their predecessors are in any degree
conspicuous, they need not be consid-
cred. 1t is apparent at a glance that the
Democratic party's gain in number, I'M
expected and gratifying as it was, is far
exceeded by its gain in general ability,
and more especially in political sagacity.
OF the outgoing Democratic Senators,
Brown and Payne have long since
passed their period Of usefulness, and
Hampton and Eustis, though capable,
have been too indolent in recent years
to render appreciable service. Gov.
Gordon will bring to the Senate an ac-
tive and progressive mind, nurtured in
wide and varied experience and a
thorough understanding of the needs
of the new south Of the greatest
value. Col. Brice, though objection
able for like reason but to no greater
extent than his predecessor, is an ener-
getic man of affairs and young enough
to make the most of his position at the
head of the national committee OF the
successors of Hampton and Eustis, little
is known except that one is tarred with
the Alliance stick and both are aggres-
sive and ambitious.
The discrimination thus exercised by
Ohio and three southern states has re-
suited in a distinct improvement in
Democratic material, and the advantage
is strengthened still further by the action
of New York and Wisconsin. Mr.. Hill
and Mr.. Villas are just the kind of men
needed in the Senate. Shrewd, resolute,
honest, successful and full of informa-
ton regarding the highways and by
ways of politics, they will be notable
addition to the tactical skill of their
party, and in the case Of Mr. Hill at
least, to the wider ranges and possibili-
ties of craftsmanship.
The Republicans, on the other hand,
lose some of their strongest men-In-
gals, Evarts and Spooner in the first
class and Blair and Moody in the Sec
ond. To fill the void caused by the de-
feat of these shining lights they have
only New Hampshire physician, whose
best efforts will be given to the task of
making life miserable to his Republican
colleague.
Of the Independents, PETER and Kyle,
little is known except that they will act
with the Democrats on questions per-
tanning to the tariff. Personally they
seem likely to find themselves outclassed
even in body whose deliberations in
recent years have been characterized by
little wisdom and less ability.
Taken all in all, the Democracy may
rest content that while its star will shine
with peculiar lustre in the next House it
will by no means be dim in the Senate.
A Bishops Daughter Divorced.
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