The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-04

f0seoWan8 me cto00 Of the presidential
slection. the compiex10u OF she United
States senate VII attract attention: and
the campaign vii immediately be renewed
In diAerent form IA those ssases wbcss
a*g~istures VIII elect next year. The ssn-
ate consists Of eighty-nine members, Ds,a-
ware having but one ssnxsor At present,
forsy-four Of whom are chased a. Repub-
licans. thirsy-nina ~ Democrats and stx
a. Popuiists. The Republicans can b
asaia divided Into sound money and free
silver nen- OF The latter. Clark. Carter.
wilson and woiestt have declared thssr
allegiance 20 che Republican party. and no
doubt Cannon. OF Utah. and Mantle, Of
Montana. may be considered /as Repub-
AcAns on Nil other masssrn except the
money question.
OF ne entire eighsy-nine. thirty 90 out
Of ollscs on March e. Fourteen OF them
are Democrats. eight are strict Repub-
iicans and three are PopusfstA Four
Teller. Dubois. Mitchell and Squire, are
silver men and w~e Republicans. Mitchell
- stAt . silver man. but nss not ief, the
Republican party. Squire and Teller have
gone over 10 the Peoples party for good
Pritchard. OF North Carolina. was elected
n Republican through the fusion ia his
state with the PopuiisfA
The hold-overs In the senate include
thirty-oae Republicans. without Dupont Of
Dcsaware. In addition there are Cannon
OF Utah. Clark OF Wyoming and Mantle
Of Montana. who may be included In any
policy 20 which the party Ii now commit
ted. Against shese th.rty-four arc twenty
two Democrats aud three Popuysis.
II the present Indications hold out Con.
necticu: VIII send hack o. II. Plart. and
New Hampshire VIII no doubt reflect
Gsliinger. Vermont has reelected Nor
rtli and Iowa has paid . similar compli-
ment TO Allison. Ohio replaces Q Demo
crat, Brice. with Foraker. and Gibson.
Democrat. OF Maryland. will be succeeded
by Wellington. . Republican. II caifor-
MIA elects a Republican legislature, Perk-
ms. the present senator. who stands by
the 81. Louis platform. win no doubt sue
coed himself, although = powerful effort
viii be made by a faction Of the party to
replace him. Senator Palmer. Of Illinois
lilll. Of New York. and Villas. OF wlscon-
SIN. ar. among those who viii have to
retire In favor of Republicans. voorhees,.
OF Indiana, viii give place 10 . Repub-
liesn. and renusyivania viii elect . sound
money Republican In place OF Cameron.
Washington Viii be called upon to nams
successor 10 Senator Squire. Colorado.
Idaho and Nevada viii probably re-elec,
Teller. Dubois and Jones. although Dubois
will have 10 face . contest.
Democratic senators VIII. with little
doubt. be sent from Alabama. Arkansas.
Florida. Georgia. Louisiana ana South Car.
DINA North Carolina. Utah. Kentucky,
Missouri. Delaware. South Dakota and
North Dakota are sufficiently In doubt to
make II hazardous to predict the exact
proportion
Coming ~ the figures are II th,,
hour. II Is not safe 10 say where the posi-
asls<ses may atop OF senatorial results, but
Missouri. Kansas and sous@ Dakota VIII
| probably join The triumphant ranka
Hsasercugh. Of North DAKOTA, VIII prob
aely be reelected. Ths Kentucky lexts.
saiure. which Aosds over. failed 10 elect q
| successor 10 Senator Blackburn. bun there
| ars enough vacancies 80 be filed 20 srtns
| Il within the range OF possibilities that ne
may be followed by Republican. II q
Democrat. ne VIII be . sound money man.
| Ths unfor%uns.s ssetional axht IA pes~-
ware has kept that state partly unreprs-
scnsed. bat the probabilities are that q
Republican viii - e.ecsed this winter.
| The Republicans can hardly have Tess
than forty-six senator's. rhsca Is . dear
| majority. Even rAcss senators who have
teen ~avertns ~'ll csel eispcsee to or via
have the excuse fer failing sn,o Yns With
TIRE sentiment - n. country. ard there
/ vii % no fear % ~ost~nssous action IN
reference 10 shs rosscy .. re a.-asn.ssra-
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