Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-07
JUST BEFORE THE FIGHT
Claims and Estimates from
Leaders of the Hosts
About to Join Issue.
SPECULATION REGARDING THE NEXT
UNITED STATES SENATE.

Fmrmers' Alliance Hope to Hold the Bal
ance of POwer-FederAI Onicsrs and
What They Are to Do Mt the Polls
Democrats and Republicans ManIFsstinE
the Greatest Confidence Both in Regard
to the General Result and the Outcome
in Doubtful States-
NEW YORK, Nov. THE Legislatures
of twenty-five States, whose members
will be chosen o-morrow, will have the
selection of successors to fourteen Repub-
lican and eight Democratic United
States Senators, whose terms expire on
March 3, 1898.
The Republican Senators whose terms
expire then are: FELTON,, CAL. Hawley,
Conn; Dawes, Mass; Stock bridge, Mich. /;
Davis, Mimi. Sanders, Mont; Paddock,
Neb.; Stewart, New; Hiscock, N. Y;
Casey, N. D.; Quay, Pa; Allen, Wash. !;
Sawyer. Wis; Warren, Wyo.
The Democrats are: Gray, Del; Pasco,
Fla; Turpie, Ind; Cockrell, Mo-; Blod-
Rett, N, j.; Bate, Tenn; Faulkner, w.
Va; Mills, Texas.
OF the Republican Senators whose terms
expire, Hawley, Stockbridge, Paddock,
Stewart, Hiscock, Allen, and Sawyer
represent OCaIeS winch are Claimed Dy DOM
sides.
Of the Democratic Senators, Gray,
Turpie and Faulkner are from States
similarly situated.
The expectations of the Farmers ALI
ance, if they are well founded, place the
seats of several other Senators in jeopardy
and the complexion of the next Senate
may undergo u considerable change as q
result of to-morrow's election. The Re-
publicans look to retaining the Senate,
whatever the presidential result may be-
The Democrats are planning to increase
their representation in the upper House;
and the Farmers Alliance are scheminR
to secure the balance of power.
The Democrats claim that they will
elect legislatures which will return Demo-
Gratis in place of all Democratic Senators
whose terms expire and also in in place
of the Republican incumbent in New
York, Connecticut, Michigan and Wis
consin, and the Farmers Alliance expect
to capture SenatorshipS in Nevada, Ne
braska and Washington.
This would mean loss to the Repub-
licaus of seven United States Senators,
and would make the upper House stand:
Democrats, 43; Republicans, 40; Farmers
Alliance, 8.
This would practically give the Farm
ers' Alliance the balance of power in the
Senate, as they could, by voting with The
Democrats, give them a working major
ity, or, by working with the Republicans,
give them a majority of one.
The Republican leaders, however, do
not concede the loss of any of the seven
Scholarships. They admit that these
States will be close, 80 far as the legis-
lative vote is concerned, but claim that
their chance of winning in these States
is better than that of the Democrats.
They are confident of the result in Con,
necticut, Nebraska, Michigan and Wis
consIn, and they are reaching out in
other States after the Democratic Senator
ships.
This is particularly true of Delaware
and w est Virginia. In the former State
Senator Higgins is confident of the
election of II Republican colleague in
place of Senator Gray.
In West Virginia Stephen B. Elkins
has made personal canvass, upon which
| he predicts the election of a Republican
| Legislature, as we'll as of the Harrison
electors. This would result in Repub
lican stepping into the shoes of Senator
Faulkner. The RepublicansI are also
confident of gaining Senatorship in
Indiana.
The Republicans admit that the Farm
ers' Alliance will gain the Nevada Sen
atorship, but say they are chasing rain
bows W hen they claim Nebraska, Wash
| nLtun. Wyoming and Montana
taken altogether, there will be som,
| lively figuring on the status of the three
| parties i'll the Senate when the votes are
| counted.