The morning times., 1897-01-10
FUTURE OF THE "BOLTERs"
Senators of Beth Parties Who
Made History at st. Louis.
ACTION OF THEIR STATES
Four Of the Republicans Will Hold
Their Seats in the Senate-Of the
Six Democrats Four VIII Be Sue
ceeded by Republicans and the
Other Two VIII Pass Out Soon.

Senator Teller is the only one OF the
six Republican Senatorial boilers from the
the st. Louis nomination whose future is
yet determined.
Senator Cannon, of Utah, has five, and
Senator Pettigrew, OF South Dakota, has
four years yet TO serve, So that 1T VIII be
some time before it can be determined
whether their new political alignment was,
personally, Il good investment.
Just at present it looks as though 1T
might prove to be. Utah indorsed Senator
Cannon by going for Bryan bys50, 900 ma
jority, and Sout Dakota mckedup Senator
Pettigrew by yeering roInherancientmoor-
ings and going Democratic.
Senator Mantle, OF Montana, stayed in
the Republican convention when the fiery
Hartman followed the white plume OF
Henry of Colorado out Of the hall-but he
afterward became ID full-fledt:ed bolter and
spoke in many parts of the Vest for Bryan.
He has two years yet To serve in the
Senate, but in his case, also, all signs are
indicative that his Investment was good
one, for Montana went for the silver com
bination by crushing majority.
Tom Carter's Future.
The Montana Senator, who shouldghaye
delirium tremens whenever he reads the
election returns, is Thomas II. Carter,
whose term expires in 1901. He sup
ported Mckinley throughout the campaign
and WILDE Lord High Distributor OF NJ oun
tain State patronage for the next four
years.
There is nothing in the present situation
to warrant him in imagining that he can
frpr HR-
Charles S. Hartman, who is already after
his seat, backed by a vote OF confidence
of the people of NJ ont0Da.
Senators Dubois and Squire are engaged
at the present time in desperate struggles
for reelection before legislat lures that
are in entire harmony with their course in
the campaign, but which show a tendency
to turn them down.
The chances OF both gentlemen are de
cidedly better than they were q week
ago, but neither can be yet said to be out
of the woods Dubois is putting up one
of the strongest fights ever made in the
West. The. conditions DOW existing in
Idaho are novel, even in this year of strange
political alliances.
There is practically no Mckinley party
in Idaho The Republican party there.
led by Dubois, shared in the Bryan organ
ization, and now control more than a
third OF the legislature. The Democratic
national committee is fighting with des-
peration to help him, and he seems To
need all the help he can get. -A
Their Energies Exhausted.
The rival Populist candidates, w. H.
Clagett and Texas Angel, are his most
ni,1 ,I hut t,.i
are being exhausted In an uncommonly
fierce struggle with each other.
1t is Dubois against the field, with the
chances about even.
Senator Squire was supposed Ito. have
little chance of success when the legisla-
ture was first known to be fusion but he
has been steadily gaining since. and his
chances are now deemed exceedingly good
He is not embarrassed by any such i'm
piled pledge between Democrats andPop-
ulsts as that which hampers Dubois in
Idaho, but he is without the help OF two
elements that have been powerful aids to
Dubois in his candidacy.
The national Democratic committee,
though not unfricndly to Squire, is rot en-
listed in his behalf, and Senator Teller,
who has thrown all his powerful personal
iiliueHCe iOE buDolS, ndS Decn passive IN
Squire's case. Teller's superior interest
in the Idaho case is explained by the fact
that Dubois and himself departed from st.
Louis together, while Squire came into the
Bryan fold later on.
4 Unanimous Vote.
Meantime, the grim, gray Senator from
Colorado awaits for himself one of the
most splendid personal vindications known
to the history of American politics He is
about to be reelected United States Sen
ator by a unanimous vote, although there
are five distinct parties which share be-
tween themselves the membership Of the
Colorado legislature. 4"
In the Senate of the Fifty-fifth Con-
gress, therefore, at least four of the Re
publican boilers, and perhaps all OF them,
will continue to hold thelb seats. Far
different viii be the fate of the six Dem
ocratic boilers who left their party during
the campaign.
Senator's Brice, Villas and Palmer dis
ceeded by Republicans
Gray OF Delaware has two, Caffrey of
Louisiana has four years, and Lindsay
OF Kentucky has the same period yet tn
serve But Gray is the only one of these
who has any reason to hope that he may
return to the Senate, and his only chance
is that he may be the joint candidate. 5f