Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-03-09
SENATORS seLEcrisa SEARS.
How They Discount Death, Dofeat or lie.
signation in Casting About For BETTER
lOCnfiaua.

How They Discount Death, Defeat or Re-
siEnation In Casting About For Better
Locations.
Washington Cor. \ y. sun yesterday.
The Senators had shifted about 81 that
It was difficult to those unacquanted with
the new faces to locate them. ID has long
been "A custom of the Senate for the sena-
tors to speak III advance for desired seats
which may be vacated hy death, resigna-
ton, or the accident 81 politics. The
whirligig Of time makes many changes IN
the United States Senate, and men who a
few years ago were tinheard of were to-day
seen sitting in the places long occupied by
Republicans aud Democrats of renown.
Old Captain Bassett keeps locked up in
his private desk little book in which the
Senators record their applications for de.
sired seats when vacant, and these apnli-
cations are hnnured according to priority.
a study of TINS little book shows that GER
tain Senators discounted the defeat, and
even in some cases the death. Of their col.
leagues. 1t also shows that few of them
had tips of the retirement Of those who
voluntarily left the Senate. and they
benefited BY this knowledge.
For instance, the little book shows that
Senator DOlph, who tried to look import
ant to-day in the very prominent seat of
Mr.. Dawes, spoke for that char more than
two years ago. In 1891, when WiscOn IN
showed signs Of becoming afflicted with
the Democratic fever senator Carey of
Wyoming spoke for the seat Of senator
sawyer, and got it. A few wears ago MI.
Carey never dreamed of being Senator,
but now he looms up in TnClc SawyCrs
seat, and the latter has retired to Oshkosh.
Senator Higgins of Delaware took adyan-
tage of his knowledge Of politics in New
York state n tho same way, and in April,
ls3l spoke for Frank lliscOck's seat, and
there he sat this morning.
In December last MIR. Mills must have
had the information that Mr.. Carlisle was
slated for the Treasury, for On the 3lst Of
the month he put his name down for the
kentucky senator's seat, which is onu of
the best IN the chamber, and he sat in il
to-day While Mr.. Carlisle was being con.
tirmcd. Mr. Gibson Of Maryland, in Jan.
llary last, Thought he had some cabinet in
formation also, 50 lie put his name down
for the chair occupied by Mr., Gray of Del
aware. The young Maryland Senator got
fooled. however, and is still sitting IN the
back row, Senator Squire Of Washington
has IN idea apparently that the health OF
the venerable Senator Morrill, OF Vermont,
who is now So years old, and who has
been Senator for nearly plIurter Of n
century Is not very robust, for two years
ago lie put his name down for the Yer
mont senator's seat, bat he is not apt to
get 1t just vet.
senator Davis of Minnesota has asked
for Senator IIoars seat, thinking perhaps,
that as Mr.. Lodge has broken into the
Senate some other young man may also
take Mr.. Hoars seat. illinois and Ne.
braska having been lost to the Republicans.
MI Chandler has put his name down for
Mr. Cullan's scat, aud Mr.. Pettgrew for
that of Mr.. Henderson. such little insin-
uations as these do not please the Senators
from states rapidly becoming Democratic
very much, but even Senatorial courtesy
does not avail to protect them The seats
OF Senators Gibson and Kenna, who re-
Gently died, were occupied to-day BY
Messrs, Villas and Brice.