The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-24

wasAsuetoa, Nov. 1.-0pec4al. Senator
Squire 10 oaiy ore Of shsrgy-cne senator's
whose ssrms empire o. the Eth AZ March
nexr a vacancy Also ex-s<a Ii DelA ware.
whose leg-s.Agare failed 70 satisfactorily
elect . senator two years aga. Henry A
Dupont, who cams here claiming 10 rep
resent Delaware. SaA refused . seat IN
the senate BY = street party vote II the
Republicans had azd orc more vote On
their side during the famous election con-
test Of last session. DUPONT would have
been seated The rivalry between DuPoas
and Gas Add1cka. notorious Al over tho
United states because Of he nagrAnt ecr-
rurs.cn Employed At elections IN ias ut-
tie state. has cost the Republicans .
United States senator for another four
years At least. ~ Q time when AZ was
badly needed Now the legislature 10
Democratic. and II Is NOT Likely they viii
follow the bad example set by the Repuo-
lc4ns and quarrel among themselves to
the extent Of losing one Of their repre-
seRtaE1voD n the upper house
Among the senators who VIII have
trouble il getting back 20 washington
when the Legislatures IN their states meet
next winter are Squire. Of Washington:
Dubois. Of Idaho. and Cali. OF Florida.
Squire and Dubois are boilers from the
A~SHt1ss<8a RWAA$r Aika 83S<~0s ~ 80 So
ting very little sympathy from the fusion
lists IN their states. VINO. when the bena-
tors offered their services. wholly as
interested. Of course. simply thanked them
for nothing. In . recent article on the
senatorial question. Senator Squire Is thus
spoken OF by the Washington Post:
Senator Squire id not bolt unit. fusion
between the Democrats and Popultsts and
free silver Republicans Ia his state was
n txx.~x
letter to one OF their number prominent
In the fusion movement, stating that he
was with them 10 the last and would be at
their joint convention 10 help the good
work along. II 10 said he received but
cold comfort from many a the fusionist
leaders. and came away month or more
before the campaign was over. A gentle
man who talked with him in this city just
after his return from the state. however.
says me senator feels very confident that
his new-found friends VII accept his can
d.dacy and send him back to represents
them in the senate. The legislature Just
chosen has very strong fusion majority.
and there will BE- many candidates from
the three partiss-"
When Dubois bolteA the Republican
party At st. Louis he expected to be able
to take his place al the head OF silver
organization In Idaho that would stand
aloof from oil the old parties In the state.
and practically Absorb all the free silver
votes. But the Democratic and PopuIist
leaders In the state did not Ike Senator
Dubois 6or past political reasons. too nu-
merous to mention. and brought about q
fusion which left out Dubois and his fol-
lowers altogether. Dubois appealed TO the
national committee Of the two parties 70
straighten things out for him. and did
succseu in having an agent sent out there
to M things 10. but he accomplished very
little. The answer of the fusionists was
that they had fixed things so that ..ryan
would certainly carry the state. and they
had no time TO look out for boiling Re-
pub.icans with whom seH-lnterest APP
peared to be paramount The result was
. division OF the silver forces on state
issues.
Dubois has . considerable following In
the new legislature, but not enough TO
elect him unless he can get the votes or
q score or more Of Democrats and Popu-
Lists. His principal hope Of success lies
in tho fact that neither the Democrats nor
the Popufists have any good. strong man
whom they can put up as his successor.
The Republicans lave gained senator
IN each Of seven states, but they will have
lost. upon q strict party vote. the senator's
from Washington. Idaho, Colorado. Utah
and Nevada, owing 10 the new alignment
besides a possibility Of losing the next SEN
ator chosen from North Carolina 10 sue
eeed Peter c. Pritehar3. The Republican
gain "a Ia Maryland. New York, Ohio, In-
diana. Illinois. Kentucky and Wisconsin.
which shows exactly the Democratic loss
as the result OF the campaign for free sli-
yer in those states.
The senator who win be chosen TO sue
coed Pritchard In North Carolina may be
Al hnr
lisg. according 10 the fusion which may
be brought about IN the state legislature.
where neither party has majority, but
where either two may combine and eleck,
In the event of Pritchard being chosen
his own successor. IL IL asserted he VII
be pledged In advance to vote for free s.l-
yer, wa.ch would class him as an inde-
pendent silver man.
Florida VIII return a Democrat, but IL
Is no; likely TO be Senator Call, who has
not been popular. even In his own state,
since be took OF h.s boots. elevated IS
stockinged feet upon his desk and took
nap Ii the senate chamber one drowsy
day N summer year ago. he senator
hiss undertaken 10 deny this mild inn
parchment. but every correspondent in
the press gallery al the time saw the
scene. which IL Is believed has put an end
10 the senatorial ambition OF Mr.. Cali.
March 4. 1857, are: Alison, OF Iowa:
Blackburn. Of Kentucky: Blanchard. OF
louisiana. Brice, of Ohio. Brown, OF
Utah; Call. OF Florida; Cameron. Of Penn
sylvania. Dubois. OF Idaho. GalIinger. OF
New Hampshire. Gibson, OF MARYLAND;
Gordon, Of Georgia. Hansbrough. OF
North Dakota: Hill, OF New York: Irhy,
OF South Carolina. Jones. OF Arkansas;
Jones, Of Nevada; Kyle. % South Dakota.
Mitchell. OF Oregon. Morr!.l. % Vermont:
Palmer. Of Hines; PETER. OF Kansas:
Perkins. Of California; f.asr. OF Connectt-
eaii Pr.teaard. Of North Carolina. Pugh.
OF Alabama: Squire. OF Washington: Tel
Ter. Of Colorado: Vest. o. Missouri: Villas.
az N.ss.sslppf. ard Voorhees,, OF Indians
These were eiassed IN the last session OF
the present congress as fourteen Repub-
acaas. fourteen Democrats. ore Inaepsnd-
eut. and one Farmers Alliance. Senator
Kyle Il the Independent. and Senator Pef-
Ter the Farmers As.4aTlce representative,
Neither one OF these gentlemen is Partial
10 5ae term Popu4ass- cusfonarIly applied
70 them.
Five ~ tasse vacancies have already
bean aige6. Senator ALISON. OF Iowa has
oeen chosen 20 succeed himself. a. has
Senator Merrill. OF Vermont Hon. i III.
FORAKER, O. Oh3a. has been chosen as SEM
sser Hrsce's successor. Maryland "a. SCI
lActea Hon. George l. Wellington 10 suc-
coed Senator Giasoa. and LOUISIANA aas
c@osea ex~Csov. afcEnery n pace os Seua-
ter Elaac hard Senators Csl.nrer %
Asw Hampshire. EsnsoroGga. OF North
pskoSs. Mitchell. Of Oregon: Perkins. Of
California. plafE. OF Coznecfseut. Jones.
!. AFkansas, jones, 81 Nevada, Vest, OF
A-ss9urs. Puga. os Alabama, Teller. Of
C2.erAdo, Peuer. OF Kansas. and Kv.e. 81
s2uta Dakota. are aimoSt certain 10 sue
eeec themselves NJ. schsl nay have 10
maze MS peace With about naEf ~ the
Republicans = the Oregon legislature. wac