The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-12-22


out the Farmers Alliance men in the
Legislature of either Kansas or Ne
braska, Senator PETER will vote with
the Democrats, There is not the
shadow OF doubt that he intends to
pursue that course. The Democrats
will have control of the Senate when
it meets before any of the new Sen
ators are sworn in, for, should both
Kyle and Peffer vote with the Repub'
licans, which is not slI likely, the vote
would stand 80 to 80, aud Vice.Presi'
dent Stevenson would decide 1t.
The Importance of this can not be
ovtre-timated, for upon this fact may
depend the political, complexion OF
the next Senate, II the Republicans
steal the Legislature of the disputed
States, and by the commission OF their
crime send fraudlent Senators here to
Washington, it will be in the power Of
the Democrats of the Senate to refuse
them their seats until the mode oil
their election is investigated. Even
Senator Sherman or Senator Aldrich
can not be sworn for their new term il
objection is made and sustained by
the Senate, as the Vice President ad-
ministers the oath Of Office. The
Democrats, however, will not be forced
to that extreme. OF the thirty Sena-
tors, counting Perkins, of Kansas
whose terms OF service expire with this
session OF the Senate, there are nine
teen Republicans and eleven Demo
Gratis. The following are the nineteen
States represented in the Senate by
Republicans; Rhode Island, Wash
ington, North Dakota, Minnesota
Massachusetts,, California, Maine, Con
necticut, New York, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Montana
Wisconsin, Ohio, Nevada, Michigan
and Wyoming. The eleven States
represented by Democrats are: New
Jersey Missouri, Virginia, West Vir
ginia, Delaware, Maryland, Florida
Texas, Tennessee. Mississippi ant
Texas
In the nineteen States heretofore
classed Republican that party losel
without any dispute New York and
Wisconsin. The Democrats retain al
their eleven States and gain two, New
York and Winconsin. This gives thu
Republican seventeen and the Demo
Gratis thirteen. But to take from thu
Republicans the five States in dispute
viz, California, Montana, Kansas, Ne
braska and Wyoming, but twelve o
their men can be seated in the mex
Senate until their legal rights are
established, while the Democrats will
seat thirteen Senators, there being NJ
dispute as to their right to their seat
Add these thirteen new DemocatiC
Senators to the twenty-eight hold
over Democrats, and it gives tn,
Democrats forty-one to the Republi
cans forty. Mr.. Kyle's v)te will Civ
the Democrats forty-two. II Mr.. Pei
fer votes with the Republicans they
will still have but forty-one.
This is the way the Senate viii
stand when the controversy com
mences over the disputed seats in tn
five contested States of Wyoming
Montana, California, Nebraska ant
Kansas. The Democrats in spite G
Stanford's money are almost sure t
get the Senator from California. Ii
Kansas and Montana and Wyomin
it is most probable that dual Legiss
lures will be organized, and each Leg
islature will elect Senator. 1t wi
be the duty OF the United States Sen
ate as constituted above to decid
what Senators have been legally elec
ed by the State Assemblies. I'm th
meantime the Democrats will hav
organized the Senate without the al
of the five contesting States, and tn
organization OF a legislative body, liE
possession, as nine points in law
From the above it will be seen thi
the Democrats have but little to fes
of not get ing the next Senate if the
hold their grip, make no mistakes Ar
keep cool. AS the matter now stant
they have got all the advantages {
their side, and If they thnnld lose ol
tanning control of the Senate il VI
be on account OF their own stnpidi
and Encouragement II the meq
time Sanders, of Montana who ho
8 his seat ia the Senah ',e HE perpe'r
!. ton of the M Il irfanus fau
& should be expelled
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