The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-11-14
SENATE ORGANIZATION
Tho Republicans May Not Desire
to Secure Control.
EYERSE TO BEING RESPONSIBLE
In the Absence of a sfaJOrIty-Re-
sponsIbIIities Would Outweigh the
Adyautages-Po pulist Concessions
Would be Necessary to Secure Their
AssIstance-RepubIIcans Lack Two
of a Majority

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-The declara'
tIous Of Senators Stewart and PETER rem.
der /. somewhat uncertain whether the
populist senators or any of thei. num-
bar will unite with the Republicans for
the purpose of securing control of the
senate after the 4th of March. With
ont this assistance it will, according to
present appearances, be impossible for
tho Republicans TO regain control before
1897, or after the next election. Giving
them one Of the senators to DO elected
in the places Of Senators Ransom and
Jarvis, of North Carolina, and not
counting Senator Jones, of Nevada, as a
Republican, they cannot hope for more
than forty.three Republicans in the sem
ale, and this is two less than will DO re-
ouired for either organization or for the
Transaction OF business.
The question has also been raised as
10 whether the Republican senators
will really desire TO organize, and some
Of the older and more experienced poll
tIcjans about Washington contend that
they will not so desire when they come
10 look the ground over and weigh the
various considerations involved.
The principal reason for this view is
the belief that the older and more ex-
perienced Republican members will DO
ayerse 10 assuming n responsibility in
the absence OF real power to transact
business, which they would, OF course,
not have unless there were majority
OF senators pledged to act with them on
questions Of party policy as well as
upon organization. They call attention
TO the fact that the house will be COM
uosed in large measure OF untried mem
bers and that it Is possible that many
OF these new men may bo disposed TO
commit the party to legislative policy
which might prove to be unwise on the
eve Of a presidential election, or, II not
unwise, at least unavailing in the face
Of the fact that the presidential chair
will still DO in hands OF the Democrats.
"What then," they ask, "is tho sense OF
Republicans assuming the RESPONSE
billy OF power withou. being able 10
exercise it7"
To do this, they continue, they must
necessarily make some concessions to
the Popuists, which are liable TO prove
embarrassing. Continuing the argu-
ment in this line, they say that the fact
that the Republicans have not the SEN
ate, will prove check upon the house
in case one is needed and enable tho
cooler members OF that body to hold
the more radical in by simply holding
up the impossibility OF accomplishing
anything in that body and pointing out
the unTisdom OF fruitless efforts. On
the other hand, the organization Of the
senate would give the Republicans no
advantage except that to DO derived
from the acquisition OF the ofices and
the control OF committee action.
II Utah elects Republican senators
and tho senatorial elections in other
states go as the returns from tho late
election indicate they will, this will
give the Republican party an absolute
majority and thus definitely settle the
question. Or, il either New Mexico or
Arizona should elect Republican sena-
tors, assuming that there will be no
change OF programme on the part OF the
Democrats as to the policy of their Rd-
mission as states at tho short session,
the etfecs~will BIO the same. The two
senator's from either OF these proposed
states would be sufficient to give tho
senate to the Republicans, whereas, il
the Democrats should secure the sena.
tors IRON all OF them they would still
DO one short of majority.