Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-01-04
wAsnlScroN LETTER.
.tyroa our Resal.. coIrs.pondea.,

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T~wenty-eisbt Senatorial sen.s DO,
come vacant from aud after Tho 3rdot
March, next, and 80 far, Senators
Push. OF Alabama, Allison; Of Iowa,
Wilson, OF Maryland, and Morrill,, OF.
Vermont, have been collected ~ their
own successors, whilo Gon. Gordon, OF
Georgia, has boon chosen to succeed
Senator Brown, Edward Douglas
Mhito. Of Louisiana, to succsed Sen
ator Enstis, Calvin S. u ice, OF Ohio,
to succeed Senator Payne, and Col,
Irby, OF South Carolina, to succeed
Senator Hampton. Elections by the
Legislatures arc to follow in tho States
OF Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Florida. Illinois, Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada;
New Hampshire, New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon.
Penpsylvaniu South Dakota, Wush-
inSton and Wisconsin.
50 far, indications point TO the re-
election OF Senators Stanford, of Cali.
fornia, Teller, Of Colorado, Platt, OF
Connecticut, Voorhees,, Of Indiana,
blackburn, Of Kentucky, Vest, of
Missouri. Jones, OF Nevada, Vance, OF
North Carolina, Mitchell, Of Oregon,
and Cameron, OF Pennsylvania:
Should this representation prove
correct, there will have been fourteen
Senators reelected out Of the twenty
eight, or Just one: half. 1t is quite
possible thpt Senator Jones, OF Arkan-
GAS, Call, OF Florida, and Pierce, OF
North Dakota, may secure reelection,
but in all the other States not above
mentioned, changes will surely foil wv,
unless, by a miracle, Senator ingalls,,
the most prominent OF all the retiring
Senators, manages to pull through
over the Farmers Alliance opposition.
Political changes follow in the
States OF Illinois, New York South
Dakota and Wisconsin,, with Kansas
aud New Hampshire in doubt. Ger
tain, it is, that the Republicans vii!
lose four Senator's, whilo tho Demo
Gratis have lost none a curious fea-
ture Of tho situation is tho fact that al
this juncture OF arairs.political, it SO
happens that-tho two largest Eastern
States, New York and Pennsylvania.
and the three great Western States,
Ohio. Indiana and Illinois, all chose
nsw Senators. a classification OF
these !u."Hty; .igi:t States shows that.
five are Eastern, ten are Southorn and
thirteen Western. .
The notable figures who have been
or arc likely to bs retired are Senators
Eyarts, ingalls,, Blair and Hampton,
three Republicans and one Democrat.
Nevertheless, it is conceded that
Messrs. Payne, of Ohio, Eustis, Of.
Louisiana, aud Brown, OF Georgia, all
retiring Democrats, were prominent
in tho councils Of the Senate, while
Mossrs. Farwell, Of Illinois, and Spoon
or, OF Wisconsin, wore equally in
nuentialoI the Republican side. The
withdrawal from the Senate or Ms.
Ev6rts 10 a sourceo of regret to his col.
leagues Of both political parties, since
no is universally recognized as a pub
licist, statesman and lawyer of marked
prominence of the present epoch.
Senator Blair, during his twelve
years OF Senatorial aud four years OF
Representative service, has cat n
pretty wide swath in public affairs,
ind 10 yot comparatively ayoung man,
boiuG only ffty.six years OF agc
However much people may di;Ter in
respect to the advisability of afford
ing federal aid to advance education
in tho States anil Territories, Mr..
Blair is the only man who, by logged
persistence, forced tho Senate to adopt
IL moasure looking to that end. In
fact, he has boon q thorn in tho side
OF his colleagues on the questions OF
raprosSing tho alcoholic liquor traffic,
wonIl's right and labor issues.
H.