Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-04
FAST AND FURIOUS
Isthe Legislative Fun in a Num-
Der Of States.
DEMOCRATS SURE WINNERS
IN Most Cases and the Next Senate viii
Be All Right
TO Work with the House and Democratic
President in Carrying Out tho Policies
Of the Party Kansas, Nebraska
and Montana Cases.
DEMOCRATS SURE WINNERS

St Louis, Mo, Jan. 3.--The legislatures
Of nearly every state im the Union begin
session this week or uext. many Of them
opening the work OF the year today. The
most important business that coufronts
the lawmakers In twenty common.
wealths is the election Of United States
senator's. The work IL made doubly im-
portant because of the result Of selection
In some of the states, where the political
status Of the legislature Is still unknown,
depends the political control Of the next
United States senate.
The legislatures which will this winter
choose United States senators are the
following: Connecticut. Delaware. Indi-
ana Kansas Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska.
New Jersey. New York, North Dakota,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Wash
ington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyom-
ing
Present Indications are the Fifty-third
cor gress will stand. Democrats, -; RE
publicans, 80; Populists, D. giving the
Democrats "a majority over all opposition
of one, counting the vote of the presiding
officer, Nice-President Stevenson.
KANSAS.
Topeka. Kan, Jan. 3.The supreme
court toduy heard arguments in the
cuses brought against the state board
of canynsscrs hy the Populist state teu-
trail committee involving four seats In
the Legislature. it is not generally an-
ticipatcd the findings of the court will
change the situation m the legislature
except 10 give kOscnthnl tDcml from
Haskell county the certificate OF election
issued 10 Stubs licpl hy am uudigputpd
clerical error. This will leave the Rcpub-
licans one majority, with which 10 organ
ize the house. On Joint ballot lhc Dem
ocrats win hold the balance of power,
providing no action Is taken by the SUI
preme court in the contested eases
brought before that court. Twenty -iOur
contests have been hlcd against Rcpuh.
Leans aud seven against Populsts The
legislature will convene next week.
The Coiey county case ~ that In which
| the canvassing board decided tie by
! drawing lots. Since then Is hns boon AZ
certnincd that there was mistake In
the footing, and that the correct foOtinp
gives the POpulists one majority There
would seem no doubt hut the court vii
! decide this ease also Ia favor Of the POpu
| lists The other two cascB result irOm the
| failure OF the legislature In rcdistiictinr
the state 20 name the town of Holton u'
| constituting part OF Jackson county
| the district and town OF Nickorson a,
constituting II part Of the Reno district
/ No one has any opinion tO offer as 20 th,
| decision OF the court In these cases.
The court took the cases nudor advise
| mcut and announced decisions viii b,
! handed down tomorrow n the populist,
win all four cases they will have
! majority In the lower house aud be ahl,
20 organize that body II they win one
| two or three of them the Democrats vii
| hold the balance power, while II they los,
| all, the Republicans will have a minority
| over all of one
Upon the decision Of these cases rest
| the selection Of Uuitcd States senator
and much of the legislation of the com
| ing session. IL the Populists secure con
| troll of the lower house they will no
only be able to name Senator Perkins
successor but win have IN their hands
! oil branches of the state government
! both legislative and executive