Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-01-02
County Official Paper
WASHINGTON LETTER.
(From Our Regular Correspondent

Twenty-eight Senatorial seats be-
come vacant from and after the 3rd of
March, next, and 30 far, Senators
Pugh, of Alabama, Allison, of Iowa,
Wilson, of Maryland, and Morrill,, of
Vermont, have been reelected as their
own SUCCESSORS, while Gen. Gordon, of
Georgia, has been chosen to succeed
Senator Brown, Edward Douglas
White, of Louisiana, to succeed SEN
ator Eustis, Calvin S. Btice, of Ohio,
to succeed Senator Payne, and Col.
Irby, Of South Carolina, to succeed
Senator Hampton. Elections by the
Legislatures are to follow in the States
of Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wash
ington and Wisconsin.
So 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 that Senator Jones, OF Arkan-
sas, Call, of Florida, and Pierce, of
North Dakota, may secure reelection,
but in all the other States not above
mentioned, changes will surely follow,
unless, by 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
and New Hampshire in doubt. Ger
tain, it is, that the Republicans will
lose four Senators, while the Demo
Gratis have lost none. A curious fea-
ture Of the situation is the fact that at
this juncture of affairs-political, it 80
happens that the two largest Eastern
States, New York and Pennsylvania,
and the three great Western States,
Ohio: Indiana and Illinois, all chose
now Senators. A classification of
these twenty eight States shows that
five are Eastern, ten are Southern and
thirteen Western.
The notable figures who have been
or are likely to be retired are Senators
Evarts, Ingalls,, Blair and Hampton,
three Republicans and one Democrat.
Nevertheless, it is conceded that
Messrs. Payne, Of Ohio, Eustis, of
Louisiana, and Brown, of Georgia, all
retiring Democrats, were prominent
in tho councils of the Senate, while
Messrs. Farwell, Of Illinois, and Spoon
or, Of Wisconsin, were equally in
fluential on the Republican side. The
withdrawal from the Senate OF Mr..
Eyarts is source Of regret to his COL
leagues of both political parties, since
he is universally recognized as pub.
licist, statesman and lawyer of marked
prominence Of the present epoch.
Senator Blair, during his twelve
years OF Senatorial and for years of
Representative service, hos cut
pretty wide swath in public affairs,
and is yet comparatively a young man,
being only fjfty-six years of age.
However much people may differ in
respect 10 the ACCESSIBILITY Of afford
ing federal aid to advance education
in the States and Territories, Mr..
Blair is the only man who, by logged
persistence, forced the Senate to adopt
II measure looking to that end. In