The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-08
AMERICAN POLITICS
Their Mutations Furnish Very
Interesting Study.
DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL GAINS
Republican Majority Reduced from Fourteen
to Six-Further Reductions Probable
Utah Bills introduced in the House.
HERALD BUREAU.

I1EhAlD 1OOhbAIs
Corner Fifteenth and Streets, n. w.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. THE muta-
tons of American politics, as they find ex-
preston in the United States Senate, fur
nish an interesting study. Two years ago
at the beginning of the Fifty first Con-
gress the Republicans controlled the upper
branch of the national legislature by ma
jority of ten. Six months later this major
ity was increased to fourteen, through the
admission of the new states of Wyoming |
and Idaho. At that time the Republicans
boasted that this large relative majority |
would leave them in possession of the Sen |
ate for the next ten years, if not longer. |
So general was this belief that the
DEMOCRATS THEMSELVES WERE INFLUENCED
BY IT,
and he would have been bold man indeed,
who would have predicted that within the
five years following, it would be overcome.
Within the past year it has been materially
reduced, and there is an even chance that
the two years hence when the Fifty third
Congress shall convene, the Senate may
be tie, with Democratic Vice President
! to cast the deciding vote.
REVIEW OF THE CHANGES
past and prospective that may lead to this
event is both timely and instructive.
Within the past twelve months the Demo
Gratis have made a net gain of three.
Palmer. of Illinois, succeeds Farwell; Hill,
! of New York, succeeds Evarts, and Villas,
of Wisconsin, succeeds Spooner. AS a
matter of fact this trio of Democratic sue
cesses is increased to four by the election
of Mr.. Kyle, of South Dakota, to succeed
Moody of that state. Mr.. Kyle, it will be
remembered, represents the Farmers Ali
ance, but the Democrats of the South Da-
kota legislature also gave him their sup
port. They did this consistently, because
on all
TIE GREAT ISSUES WHICH DIVIDE THE TWO
PARTIES
they found Mr. Kyle to be in hearty SYM
pathy with them Moreover, Mr. Kyle has
allowed himself to be classed as a Demo
crat in the Senate, as Mr.. PETER, the sue
cessor of Mr.. ingalls,, of Kansas, is allow
ing himself to be classed as a Republican.
Color was given to this belief by the action
of the Republican Senatorial caucus COM
mittee in giving Mr.. PETER his committee
assignments the same as the Republican
L Senators were, while the Democratic eau
Gus committee performed similar service
for MIR. Kyle. This, then, gives the Demo
Gratis net gain of four, which reduces the
Republican majority
FROM FOURTEEN TO SIX.
] The recent decision of the New Yorl
court of appeals which gives the Demo
. Gratis of that state majority of the legis
lature on Joint ballot, and which when tht
n ehon no 6ictri cd will h,
s next year, will give them further contro
. of that body, will enable them year henc
d to elect a Democratic successor to MIR
= Hiscock. This will
= = INCREASE THE DEMOCRATIC GAIN
to five, and reduce the Republican
majority from six to four. More than this
the seats of Senator Aldrich of Rhod
lie Island: Sawyer of Wisconsin, and San
,e ders, of Montana, will become vacant i
j, 1898 and their successors will be electe
n next winter. Montana is, if anything,
" Democratic state, and with fair effort o
~ the part of the Democracy a representativ
- of that faith ought to succeed Mr.. Sander:
a. This would reduce the rapidly dlminishin
Republican majority to two, leaving th
Democrats an opportunity completely I
extinguish it by carrying the legislator
/ of Rhode Island or Wisconsin. Rhod
- Island especially is
y BECOMING DEBATABLE GROUND.
N Since the repeal of the property qualities
., ton clause in the state constitution u
" Democratic vote has been materially il
ar creased, and there is now fair prooabilit
- that it will in 1892 not only elect legisl
ture that will be Democratic on joint ba
let, but cast its electoral vote for the Den
$50 ocratic presidential nominee. With t
10 in the Senate and Democratic Vice-Pres
to dent to cast the deciding vote, in 1898, I'll
to Democrats, it will be seen, will be in prat
e. teal control of that body and all within Il
he brief space of four years. l assume in tn
he that
o. THE DEMOCRATS WILL MAINTAIN THEIR PRE-
10 ENT ASCENDENCY
at in all the southern states and in New Je
ry sey and Indiana. They could, if necessar
he lose one of the NUN Der in 1895 without a
ut fecting their prestige inasmuch as M
ng Higgins, of Delaware, is very certain to
I'd. succeeded by a Democrat when his ter
expires in little more than three years.
is not improbable that Mr.. Power, of Mo
nv tana, whose term also expires at the sar
e time, may be succeeded by Democrat al
"a similar gains may be expected in Michig
II! IN and Illinois.