The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-07-14
AFTER THE FOURTH.
A Republican Majority Likely in the
Senate Next March.
Changes That Will Probably Take Place
In the National Legislature.

ruty-ninc OF tne w Unitea States Scna-
tors Will hold over next March T. There
IL one vacancy-Delaware-- 80 vacan-
cies are TO DO or already have been filled
or the 30 senator's whose terms expire Is
are Republicans, IA Democrats and Pop
ulists The states which the retiring Re-
publicans represent are Iowa, Utah, Penn
sylvania, Idaho, New Hampshire, North
Dakota, Oregon, Vermont, North Carolina,
California, Connecticut Washington and
Colorado.
The Colorado senator whose term is to
expire Is Henry M. Teller, who is certain
of reelection. The North Carolina senator
Is another silverito Republican--Jetcr G.
Pritcharsl--who was chosen to fiji the va
cancy left by the death of Zcbulon b.
Vance, Democrat, In April, 1894 1t Is
not at all certain what the outcome of this
years controversy In North Carolina will
be. The Republicans have nominated a
free silver man for governor, and while
they have not this year, as they had in
1894, thorough going union with tho
Populists they are expecting large meas
urc of Populist support. The Democratic
party In North Carolina appears to be ire
trievably committed to the free silver
cause. 1t will make no particular differ
ence In the silverite ranks whether North
Carolina Is lost again to the Democracy or
the control of Its legislature Is wrestcd
from tho foes OF Democracy, who at tho
last session had l16 votes to "a Democratic
ones The Idaho senator whose term is to
expire Is Dubois, a radical silvcrite. The
recent election in Oregon leaves uncertain
the result OF tho fight In the legislature
over successor TO the present silvcrite
Republican member, John II. Mitchell.
The Republicans have a majority in the
Legislature elected, and tho silverite wing
of the party In Oregon Is in control
Either Senator Mitchell will succeed him
self or another silverito Republican will
be chosen to take his place after March 4,
1897
OF the 10 Republicans whose SUCCESSORS
nre TO be elected, IL probably will remain
In the Republican column, North Carolina
being the one exception. The hard money
Republicans will have hard money Rcpub-
lican successors In Pennsylvania, Iowa,
Connecticut, New Hampshire and Yer
mont; the silvcrite Republicans will have
silverite SUCCESSORS In the states of Colo
RADIO, Utah, Oregon and California.
Fourteen Democrats, unless elected by
their states, will go out of Office on March
4, 1897, by the expiration of their terms
IN the cases Of two OF them, Senators Glib
son of Maryland and Brioe of Ohio the
question of succession has been settled al
ready by the choice of Wellington, a Repub-
lican, In the Diamond Back State, and
Foraker, Republican, In the Buckeye
State. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia (where ex-Speaker Crisp is prac-
tically certain OF succeeding General Cor
dom and South Carolina are all certain to
e-elect Democrats, and In Louisiana, In
place of Newton Blanchard, Democrat, ex-
Governor McEnery, silverite Democrat,
already has been elected. This leaves with
vacancies six states now represented by
Democrats where the results are by no
means certain. Three of these states, New
York, Wisconsin and Illinois, have hard
money Democratic senators, Hill, Villas
and Palmer. Three have silverite senator's,
Missouri (Vest), Indiana (Voorhees) and
Kentucky (Blackburn) The Republicans
In their present condition Of exuberant con-
1dcnce, are hopeful of capturing all six and
sending from each hard money Republic
IN senator who would reduce TO that ex-
tent the silvcrite representation. In In
diana they have slated as the successor to
Dan Voorhees, G. w. Fairbanks at present
expected TO be temporary chairman of the
have slated General William Warner Of
Kansas City, who was tho Republican can
didatc for governor in 1892. Present indi-
cations point to success for the Republic
ans In Wisconsin, which the Republicans
carried in the last state election by n ma
jority of "a 900, breaking all previous rec
ords since the admission of Wisconsin into
the Union. The last legislature consisted
of 101 Republicans and 32 Democrats, and
II Is agreed pretty generally that the Re-
publicans have good lead In the Badger
State, which il will be difficult to take
from them.
In New York the state senate, which
holds over, has a Republican majority Of
90, but an assembly is TO be elected this
year 10 participate in the senate contest.
To rc-elect Hill or TO choose u Democratic
successor to Hill Democratic majority in
the assembly largo enough to offset the
Republican lead in tho senate Is requisite
and such majority under tho existing
Republican apportionment Of the leglsla-
turo VIII bo hard, If not impossible, to get.
New York, therefore, Is put down gencr-
ally, along with Missouri, Wisconsin and
Indiana as likely to be represented by n
Republican in place OF tho Democratic sem
ator whose term will expire, The prospects
of Republican success In Kentucky and
Illinois are much less bright. In Ken
tucly thero was q deadlock last winter, for
the continuance of which the Carlisle
group Of Democrats were held responsible
by tho friends of Senator Blackburn. The
last legislature WINS divided equally be-
tween tho two parties, with the balance Of
power held by the Populists, and rs ut the
recent state convention in Kentucky the
radical silvcritc wing got full control OF
the party machinery and as the Republican
party in thc Bourbon and Blue Grass State
is divided into the Bradley and the anti
Bradley factions, with tho ostrangement
between the two on the increase, present
indications point to tho reelection OF Sen
ator Blackburn. In Illinois, where the
silycritcs arc also in control of the Dcmo-
cratic machine under Governor Altgcld's
lead, they arc very hopeful Of breaking
down the Republican fences with Populist
and Socialist support Tho Populists Of
Illinois pol!cd 60, 900 votes at the last gen
eral election.
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