The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-23
REPUBLICAN SENATE.
A Safe Majority Is Promised After
49,. March 4. .s
Popuiists Will Probably Lose the
Balance OF Power. =


Will hold over next March 4. There is
one vacancy (Deleware), and thirty va
cancies are to be or already have been
filled. or the thirty Senators whose
terms expire, thirteen are Republicans,
fourteen Democrats and three Populists.
The states which the retiring Repu Bill
cans represent arc Iowa, Utah, Pennsyl-
vsnia, Idaho, New Hampshire, North
Dakota, Oregon, Vermont, North Caroli-
ma, California, Connecticut, Washington
and Colorado.
The Colorado Senator whose term is to
expire Is Henry nj. Teller, who is certain
of reelection. The North Carolina Sena-
tor is another silverite Kepu blican, Jeter
Pritchard, who was chosen to I'LL the va
cancy left by the death of Zebulon 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 Repu blicans have nominat-
ed free-silver man for governor, and
while they have not this year, as they
had in 1894, thorough-going union with
the Populists, they are expectinga large
measure Of Populist support. The Dem
ocratic party in North Carolina appears
to be irretreviably committed to the free
silver cause. 1t will make no particular
difference In the silverite ranks whether
North Carolina is lost again to the De-
mocracy or the control OF its Legisla-
ture it's wrested from the foes of Democ-
racy, who at the last session had 116 votes
TO 81 Democratic ones. The Idaho Senator
whose term Is to expire Is Dubois "a radi-
cal silverite. The recent election In Ore
gon leaves uncertain the result OF the
fight in the Legislature over a successor
TO the present silverite Republics MEM
ber, John III. Mitchell. The Republicans
have majority In the Legislature elect
aA hac 70 xxrfn nf fAa ~ v
in Oregon Ia in control. Either Senator
Mitchell will succeed himself or another
silverite Republican will be- chosen TO
take his place after March 4, 1897.
OF the 13 Republicans whose successors
are to be elected, II probably will remain
In the Republican column, North Caro-
lima being the one exception. The hard
money Republicans Will have hard-mon-
ey Repu blican SUCCESSORS in Pennsyl-
yania, IowL, Connecticut, New Hamp-
shire, and Vermont; the silverite Repub-
licans will have silverjte successors in
the States OF Colorado, Utah, Oregon, and
California.
Fourteen Democats, unless reelected 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
Gibson of Maryland and Brice OF Ohio,
the question of succession has been set
tied already by the choice of Wellington,
a Repu blican, in the Diamond Back State,
a nd Foraker, Repu jean in the Buck
eye State. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, (where Speaker. Crisp is practi-
cally certain of succeeding General Cor
dom, and South Carolina are all certain
10 re-elect Democrats, and in louisiana,
Ia place OF Newton Blanchard, Democrat,
Ex-Governor McEnery,a silverite Demo
crat, already has been elected. This
leaves with vacancies six States now
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suits 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 (Vests),
Indiana (Voorhees), and Kentucky
(Blackburn). The Republicans in their
present condition of exuberaDt confidence,
are hopeful OF capturing all six and send
ing from each hard money Repu Dlican
Senator who would reduce TO that ex-
tent the silverite representation. In
Indisna they have slated as the successor
to Dan Voorhees,, z. W. Fairbanks, at
present expected TO be temporary chair
man of the st. Louis convention. In
Missouri they have slated General Will
liam Warner OF Kansas City,. who was
the Republican candidate for Governor
in 1892. Present indications point 20 sue
cess for the Republicans in Wisconsin,
which the Republicans carried in the last
State election by a majority of 54, 600
breaking all previous records since the
admission of Wisconsin into the Union.
The last Legislature consisted of i0I
Republicans and ~ Democrats, and IL is
agreed pretty generally that the Republi
cans have good lead in the Badger
State, which 1t win be difficult to take
from them.
In New York the State Senate, which
holds over, has Republican majority of
%: but an Assembly is to be elected this
year to participate in the Senate contest.
10 re-elect Hill or TO choose Democratic
successor to Hill, Democratic majority
in the Assembly large enough to Offset
the Repu blican legd In the Senate is re-
quisite, ana such majority, under the
existing Repn blican apporlionment of
the Legislature, will be hard. II not i'm
possible, to get. New York, therefore
put down generally along with Mis-
souri,, Wisconsin, and Indiana, as likely
to be represented by Republican in
place OF the Democratic Senator whose
term will expire. The prospects of Re-
pu blic success in Kentucky and illinois
are much less bright. In Kentucky there
was a deadlock last winter for the con-
tinuance OF which the Carlisle group OF
Democrats were held responsible by the
friends of Senator Rlckburn. The last
Leg islature was divided equally between
the two parties, with the balance of
power held by the Populists and as, at the
recent State convention in Kentucky the
radical silverite wing got full control OF
the party machinery, and as the Repub BIZ
can party in the Bourbon and Blue Grass
State is divided into the Bradley
and the anti-Bradley factions, wit h
the estrangemcnt between the two on the
increase, present indications point 10 the
reelection of Senator Black burn. In
Illinois, whore the silverites are also in
control OF the Democratic machine under
Governor Altgeld's lead, they are verv
hopeful OF breaking down the Repu blican
fences with Populist and Socialist sup
port. The PopulIsts of Illinois polled
90, 600 votes at the last general election.
Altgeld Is candidate for the United
~ tates Sen ate TO succeed Senator Palmer.
lie expects TO be nominated at the Peoria
convention OF June % for Governor, and
will make the race for Governor in the
expectation OF winning Democratic
Populist majority OF pro-silverites in the
Spr fngheld Legislature. Although there
Is no certainty about this, IL may he as
sumed that the hopes OF the Democrats in
Kentucky and Illinois are as likely to be