Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-11-13
NEXT FEDERAL SENATE.
The Democratic Party VIII Control Re-
gardIess of Opposition Combination.
rRv tclegranh IN the Dlspatch.1

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eardIess of Opposition Combination.
rBy telegraph to the DIspstch.l
! WASHINGTON, Noyember lion tho 4th Of
March, 1893, twenty-five sents in the United
States Senate become vacant. The control Of
| these senatorial vacancies was at stake In the
recent presidential election, and II IL now evil
| dent that the Democratic party has captured
enough Of the vacancies 20 insure It's supremacy
| In the Senate, regardless Of almost any possible
| combination between tho Republicans ana
| Populists. Assuming that Montana, CALI
| fornia, and Wyoming Will send Demo
cratic senators hero, rs indicated by tho
| Associated Press dispatches, the Democrats at
| the beginning Of the FiIty-third Congress would
| have az many senators as the Republicans and
POpulists com bined. and thus would DO aDle to
organize the Senate by the casting vote OF Vice
Prasldent-elect stevenson. II is reasonably cer-
| tam, however, that the Democrats can rely on
the support oil some of the Popust senators IN
| any Of their projects, whether Tor the removal
| Of the present force OF Republican en-
ployees or tho revision OF the term. VI
| the twenty-five senatorial seats vacant March
| 4. 1898, the Democrats Will name the occu-
pants OF thirteen. the Republicans OF nine. and
| the POpulists Of three, one being senator NteN-
| art, OF Nevada, who has Topped from the i,e-
| publican party into tho silver party. The De-
mocrats lose seat they now hold and gam nYo
| from the Repubicans-one each IN california,
Montana, New York, Visions II, and Wyoming
Tho POpulists gain senators from tho hcpubi-
cans In Kansas and Nebraska, besides senator
| Stewart, IN Nevada, who Will succeed himself
Some doubt still surrounds the complexion OF
| the legislatures In California, Montana, WyO-
ming ana Nebraska, but lato returns all say
that tho DemOci ats have gained the legislatures
in the first three named States and the fopulists
| in the last one.
Tho elections Just held will also hnYo an I'M
pOrtant bearing on the control OF the Senate
during the last two years Of Presi1ent-elect
Cleveland's administration, for n number OF
those persons elected last Tuesday VIII hold over
to vote for senators two yeare hence.
TWO YEARS HENCE.
The terms of twenty-sevcn Senators expire
March 4, 1895, they coming from the states Of
Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware
Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky Louisiana,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Montana, Nebraska, New hampshire, New
Jersey, North Carolina. Oregon, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, South Dakota, tennessee, Texas,
West Virginia, aud Wyoming.
The Democrats also appear 70 have the adyan-
tage as respects these vacancies. A. cis'los ii
by last Tuesdays election, the States OF Colo
rado. Delaware, Illinois, Montana, Nebraska,
ana Wyoming AZ least are doubtful, aud IN any
additions az this time to tho doubtful
column would 10 Republican states.
Al Of the six States named rs
doubtful are az present represented by Re
retained for the Republicans 10 remain as strong
two years hence as now, provided. OF course, that
the Nhirligig Of politics does not bring about
change in their favor that viii KNOCK 10 pieces
al ordinary political calculations.