The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-02-25
CONTROL OF THE Z. $. sen
ATE.

The Legislature Of North Dakota
yesterday, after several weeks wTaLg-
lirg. elected Mr.. ". y. Roach, Demo
Graz. to represent the State along
with Mr.. Hansborougll in the United
States Senate.
This was II of the unexpected
things. which, according to the para
doXicaI saying. generally ifuot always
do happen. The Democrats were not
in any way entitled to the Senator.
For not only had the Republican leg
islators a plur .lity as compared with
them in the North Dakotan Assembly.
they had a majority over Democrats
and POpulites combined. If the CUES
ton were asked, therefore, how it has
come about that the Republicans hay-
ing a~..clear majority Eel all, have lost
the Senator, the answer TO the ques-
ton would have to be-''cantanker-
BUSINESS" All these weeks, while the
Assembly has been in session in Bis
mark, and going through the routine
of a daily ballot, the Republican mem-
bers have not been able to pull togetIl-
er. They have been just like the
Democrats in Wyoming, whose chief
characteristic was that they were thor
oughly undemOcratic from beginning
TO end of the session.
The Republican leg.slstors Of North
Dakota We're not split up into so many
factions, to be sure, as the Wyoming
Democrats. They ranged thems elves,
roughly speaking, under the heads of
cold Republicans" and "yOung Repub-
LEANS" The cold Republicans" were
impressed with the idea that it was the
duty of their more youthful brethren to
yield to their superior wisdom and ex-
perience. The younger sort repudia-
ted this idea, and fercely resented
what they saw was the intention of the
old stagers to carry things all their
W way. Thirteen, therefore, of the
younger men banded themselves to-
sether and pie, ged each other that,
unless the ''ancients" took down their
candidate aud otherwise gave them
1.-THE juniOrs) the consideration to
which they held themselves to he en-
titled, they would as a dernier resscrt
throw their votes to a Democratic can
didate. And it would seem as if they
lad carried ont their threat. ANY
way, a Democrat in the person of Mr..
Roach has been elected, and the Dem
Ocrats not only in North Dakota but
everywhere may pardonably raise an
10 TIiumpe!
With this windtall to the Democrats,
when GOV. Osborne, of Wyoming,
shall have appointed a Democratic
United States Senator in succession to
Mr.. Warren, whose term will expire
ten days hence, the Democrats will
have forty-four of their W stripe in
the upper house, and. with Adlai Ste
vensOn behind, will absolutely con-
troll that body. for the first time in a
long spell of years. In this number
of forty four we do not include Judge
Martin, who was recently elected by
the Assembly of Kansas; for it is quite
or the cards that that Assembly will
be unconstitutional itself, and of
course Judge Martin would be involv-
ed in its unconstitutionality, as the
creature could hardly expect to fare
better than the creator. Nor in the for
ty-four are counted the three Populites,
Stewart of Nevada. PETER of Kansas
and Kyle of South Dakota, all of
whom nave announced their Infection
of work. G with the Democrats, The
~forty-four are oul and out DEMOCRATS
and a tt ere are only lightweight
Senators all told, it is easily seen that,
with the Vice President casting ii
tie vote, the Democrats control of the
Senate will be absolute.
in ten days from now the Democra-
cy will be in possession OF every
bran cn of the government and tie
power and the responsibility alike
will be theirs. The Fifty thine Com
gress will, therefore. thy what the
Democrats are made ot-Whether tItv
have the courage of their convictions
or not. Ii they fail fc give Ike coun-
try a course Of beniticent Ie4islatiou.
they might as well quit for ilie!e
will be nothing to impede 81 titNaft
their Legislative intent.-Tnnes Dean
0crat.