The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-11-19
UNITED STATES SENATE.
Democratic Supremacy Assured.


Press. On the 4th OF March, 1898,
twenty-five seats in the United States
Senate will become vacant. The con-
troll of these Senatorial vacancies was
at stake in the recent presidential
election and it is now evident that the
Democratic party has captul ed enough
OF the vacancies to insnre it's supre-
macy in the Senate regardless of
almost any possible combinations be-
tween the Republicans and Populists.
Assuming that Montana. California
and Wyoming will send Democratic
Senators here the Democrats at the be-
ginning of the Fifty Third Congress
would have as many Senators as the
publicans and Populites combined,
aud thus wonld be able to organize
the Senate by the casting vote of Vice
Presidrnt-elect Stevensnn. 1t il
reasonably certain. however, that the
Democrats can rely on the support of
some of the Populist Senators in any
of their projec's $, whether for the re-
moval of the present force Of Repub
lican employees or the revision of the
tariff.
Of the Twenty-Five Senatorial seats
vacant March 4. 1893, the Democrats
will name the occupants of thirteen.
the Republicans of nine and the Popu
lists OF three, one being Senator Ste.
wart of Nevada, who has gone from
the Republican party. The Demo-
Gratis lose no seats; they now hold and
gain five from the Republicans, one
each in California, Montana, New
York, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The
Populists gain senators from the Re-
publicans in Kansas and Nebraska.
besides Senator Stewart in Nevada,
who will succeed himself.
Some doubts still surrounds the
complexion of the legislatures in Cali
to'nia, Montana, Wyoming and Ne
braska, but late re uIns all say that
the Democrats have gained the legis-
latures in the three first named States
and the pOpullsts 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 Cleveland's admin
istratiOn, for number of those per-
sons elected last Tuesday will hold
over to vote for Senators two wears
hence.
The terms of twenty seven Senators
expire March 4, 1895. They come
flO u the States of Alabama, Arkansas,
Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho,
Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maine. Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New
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 asrespects these vacan-
cies.
As disclosed by last Tuesdays cleo
tion the States of Colorado. Della
ware, Illinois, Montana, Nebraska and
Wyoming at least, are doubtful and
additions at this time to the doubtful
list would be of Republican States.
All Of the six States named as doubt
ful are at present represented by Re-
publican senators, so that all of them
must be retained for the Republicans
to remain 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 20 pieces all ordinary political
calculations. The political compost
ton of the Senate in the next congress
will be Democrats A, Republicans 10,
POpulist 4,