Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-14
POWER NOT WANTED
Republican Senator's Adverse 10 R.
Sumlns R'spOns billy
OF ORGANIZING rng SENATE,
In the Absence " "a sufficient Mainrily
% lransac, Busines,-figuring
on Utah.

WAsuSGroN, Nov. 1.-THE decla'
ration OF Senators Stewart aud Pensr
render IL somewbat uncertain wheiner
the Populist senator's Or any u thcir
number will unitp with the Bspuullc.
an senators for the purposr OF securing
control OF tue Senate alter the fourth Of
March. Without this assistance ~
Will, according to prOfcnt appcaiHncrs,
te impossible Tor the Republicans 10
regain control before 1897 % alter the
next election. Giving thtm onc Of tue
senatula to be elected IA place OF Sen.
ut N Rnslm anu Jarvis, Of Norm
Carolina, gnd not counting Senator
Joute, OF N,va q, No a Republican,
they cannot h,ps TOT more than lofty
tnfeu Rel ubiicans IN The Senate, aul
thAti two ltts than will be- required
for either urgRulzauOn Tor tho tfuusac-
ton VI buuiness.
Tho question han also been raised no
20 whether the kypub lean uulutJfs
viii really desire 10 organic, anu come
o. tue Older aud more Experienced
politicians ABOUT Washington uOuieuu
inat they Will not no uttiir, whom they
c0mu ~ look the Rrould over anu
weigh tbs various considerations In.
vuivcd.
The principal reason TOT this view L.
the belief thnt the older aud moe "a.
prriuucrI Repu bllcan unrmUtts viii be
adverse 10 assuming io.poLH,biity In
the guseuce Of real lover TO transact
business, which thoy would OF cOuise
A.. - N#a
Of tunaiOfs pledged ~ act Win them
on questions ot pafty policy a. Well as
UNA organization. Tnuy call dtten.
tion 10 tue itct that the House will be
Composed In large measure VI untfiud
members anu II ~ possible that many
OF tho new men may be disposed to
commit tho party 10 Il legislative policy
when milht prove 70 be- unwisv, Mt
least unavailing IA the face vi tue fact
that the pfrstuentisl chair will still be
la the hands u the Democrats.
"Whgt tneu2" they ask, sis the
sense OF Republicans assuming tins re-
bpUnsihility VI power without being
hLle 10 exercise il2"
70 do tba they contend they
must necessarily make some con.
urssionn 10 the POIullsts who are
liable to prove embarrassing. Con
tinuing tho argument Ia this limo they
ray that tue fact that the Republicans
have not the Senate Will prove n
check upon tbs House In ease ono IL
needed hnd enable tbs cooler members
OF that body To hold the more radical
In, by simply holding up the impotsl.
bility Of accomplishing anything ~
that body and pointing out the unwis.
dom Oi iruitleHs effort. Gu the other
hand, the organisation Ui the Senate
would give the Republicans no alyant-
ure except that IN be derived from thu
acquisition VI the offices and tue con-
tfOi " committee action.
II Utah elects Republican senators
and tue senatorial elections IA other
states now 70 rs the returns from the
late election indicate they will, TINS
will give the Republican party an alb
Fulute majority anu thus definitely
telile the question, Or, II either New
Mexico or Arizona SHOULD elect Re.
publican SENATOR, assuming that there
would DO no cnaugo Of program on tho
part OF the Democrats as 10 tho policy
~ states NJ the short sestiOn, the eileC
would be tue same. The two senators
from either Of tLess proposed state,
would be sufficient 10 give the Senate
70 the Republicans, whereas ~ tht
Democrats should secure senators
from all Of them, they would still bl
short one Of maiurl y.