Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-11-16
THE SENATE is DEMOCRATIC,
Republicans Lose Control of the Upper
House by Three Votes.

House by Three Votes.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 12.-The 18th
Of March. 1898, twenty-five seats in the
United States Senate become vacant.
The control Of these senatorial vacan-
cies was at stake in the recent presiden-
tial election, and it is now evident that
the Democratic party has captured
enough of these vacancies to ensure it's
supremacy in the Senate regardless Of
almost any possible combinations be-
tween the Republicans and Popu-
lists. Assuming that Montana, Cali
fOrnia and Wyoming will send Dem
ocratic senators here, the Democrats at
the beginning of the Fifty-third Con-
gress would have as many senators as
the Republicans and Populists COM
bined, and thus would be able to or
ganize the Senate by the casting vote of
Vice President-elect Stevenson. 1t is
reasonably certain, however, that the
Democrats can rely on the support of
some of the Populist senators in any
other projects, whether for the re-
moval of the present force of Repub-
l1can employees or the revision Of the
tariff.
OF the twenty-five senatorial seats
vacant March 4, 1898, the Democrats
the Republicans OF nine and the Popu-
lists of three, one being Senator Stew
art, of Nevada, who has gone from the
Republican party. The Democrats lose
no seats they now hold and gain five
from the Republicans-one each in Cal
ifOrnia, Montana, New York, Wisconsin
and Wyoming. The Populists gain sem
ators from the Republicans in Kansas
and Nebraska, besides Senator Stewart,
of Nevada, who will succeed himself.
Some doubt still surrounds the COM
plexion of the legislatures in California,
Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska, but
late returns all say that the Democrats
have gained the legislatures in the first
three named states and the Populists in
the last. The elections just held will
also have an important bearing on the
control of the Senate during the last
two years of President-elect Cleve-
lands administration, for number of
those persons elected last Tuesday will
hold over to vote for senators two years
hence.
The terms of twenty-seven senators
expire March f. 1895. They come from
the states Of Alabama, Arkansas, Colo
RADIO, Delaware. Georgia, Idaho, Hi
nois, Iowa. Kentucky. Louisiana,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mn
uOSOtd, IiOuldll<s, NOUI d5hd, NCW
Hampshire, New jersey, North Caro-
lima, Oregon, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.
The Democrats appear also to have
the advantage as respects these vacan-
cies AS disclosed by last Tues
days election, the states Of Colorado,
Delaware, Illinois, Montana, Nebraska
and Wyoming at least are doubtful, and
any additions at this time to the doubt-
full list would be Of Republican states.
All Of the six states named as doubtful
are at present represented by Repub-
Iican senators, so that all of them must
be retained for the Republicans to re-
main as strong two years hence as
now, providing, Of course, that the
whirligig of politics does not bring
about change IN their favor that will
knock to pieces all ordinary political
calculations,
The following is a table giving the po-
litical composition of the Senate in the
next Congress: