St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-15

Rep., Wash), Teller (kepr Cool Nees
Oem, MOI Villas CDemp WIS., anu
Voorhees, (Dem.. Ind.
In this class are 20 senators-l3 Repup-
leans, "A Democrats and Populists'
or the 20 the following ara rapld silver
men: Blackburn, Banch>rd, Call, cam
el on, Dubois, Gibson, lrby. Jones (Ark'l'
Jones New, Kyle, PETER Prtchard
Pdgh, Squire, Teller, Vest ana Voor-
hees, while Messrs. Gordon, Hansbrough'
Mitchell and Perkins though friendly
to the white metal, are not strenuously
so, making a total Of q silver men whose
terms expire, and gold men.
OF these q silver men, 10 are Demo-
Gratis, Republicans ard Populists; OF
the gold men, 4 are Republlcans ana
Democrats. OF these S gold men, ALL
son, Brice, Galllnger, Hill, Morrill,, Pal
ner, Plat and Villas Messrs. Allison and
Morrill, have been reelected, while Fora
ker has been chosen as a Republican to
succeed Brice, Democrat; Galllnger
will in all probability be reelected; Hi
Oem.) will be succeeded by I. c. Plat
tRep.); Palmer Dem) will be succeeded
by Republican; Plat Of Connecticut
will be reelected, and Villas Dem.) will
give way to Republican,
Now as to the q silver men whose
terms expire, there are 10 Democrats,
Messrs. Blackburn. Blanchard, Call,
Gibson, Gordon, Irby, Jones (Ark)
Pugh, Vest and Voorhees, nine Repubi-
cans, Messrs. Cameron, DUBOIS, Hans
brough, Jones New, Mitchell, Perkins,
Pritchard, Squire and Teller; two Popu-
lists, PETER and Kyle.
In Blackburn's place, the Kentucky
legislature can elect a Republican on
joint ballot, but the prospect now is that
this place will be vacant at least during
the first part of the Fifty-fifth congress,
so that while the Republicans will not
gain a man, the free silver Democrats
will lose one in Blackburn, whose term
expires with the closing of the present
congress.
In Blanchard's case Judge McEnery, Il
prOtectioniSt Democrat, aho has already
announced that he will vote for pro-
tective tariff measure, has been elected.
Here the free silver, free trade Demo-
Gratis, lose man, while the protection
Republicans gain one. Although Mr..
McEnery is not considered as dyed-in-
the-wool gold man, he leans that way
rather than to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver
In Calls state, Florida, IL he is not re-
elected, free silver Democrat will be, so
his case does not affect the matter under
discussion.
In Pennsylvania Boies Penrose, a gold
standard protective tariff man, will be
elected to succeed Cameron, free silver
protective tariff advocate, so here the
gold men gain one.
Dubois of Idaho will be reelected, or
some one chosen in his stead who is as
earnest friend Of silver as he is.
Gibson of Maryland free silver Demo-
crat, has already been succeeded by We'll
lington, gold standard Republican;
Gordon's successor will be a silver man
from Georgia, the same applies to Irbys
from South Carolina; Jones Of Arkansas
has been reelected as a free silver man,
and Jones of Nevada will be.
Hansbrough of North Dakota will be
reelected, his state having elected
Republican legislature and given Nc
Kinley the largest majority, in proper
ton to her population, of any state in the
Union.
Mitchell of Oregon although a silver
man, is for protective tariff, and car
ried Oregon in the last election for Nc
Kinley on that issue.
PETER Of Kansas may get back as a
Farmers Alliance Populist, but if he
does not a silver man will take his place.
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and so will Pritchard of North Carolina.
Both Of these gentlemen, although silver
men, are protectionsts, and will waive
any claim for silver if they see that they
are going to delay action of a Republican
tariff hill.
Pugh of Alabama, Democrat, will be
succeeded by General Pettus of Mobile,
a silver man.
Squire of Washington, one of the st.
Louis boilers, will be reelected; so will
Teller of Colorado, and probably Vest of
Missouri, all silver men, the first two Re-
publcans and the last a Democrat.
Voorhees,, Indiana, free silver Demo-
crat, will be succeeded by Mr. Fairbanks,
gold standard Republican.
In other words, to summarize, it looks
very much as if the Republicans would
have larger protective tariff majority
in the Fiftyffth congress than they
have today. In the present congress,
when the late Dingley bill was up for
consideration, 1t will be remembered
that the free silver Republicans and
| Democrats alike held up the measure
lacking free silver rider on to it and
sending 1t back to the house, where, of
course, it was killed, and that was the
end of it.
Since all this occurred, however, a ma
tional eection has been held and the
silver issue was defeated overwhelming
ly, and it is, therefore, believed here that
the silver men, who held up last years
tariff bill, will be reluctant to take a
similar course at the extra session of the
Fifty-fifth congress. If they do, there
will, in all probability be enough Re-
publican senators to pass 1t, anyway.
Although 1t is, OF course, rather difficult
to predict with positive accuracy Just
what the Republican protective tariff
majority will be in the next senate, it Is
possible to say that the outlook is good,
as will be seen by brief resume of the
senatorial fights now on in the various
states
Senator Morrill, of Vermont, chairman
of the committee on finance in the sen
ate, thinks the prospects for Republi-
can protective tariff majority in the
next congress are excellent. He has
made an especial study of the matter
for his committee will have the handling
Of the new tariff bill when it gets to the
senate. Other Republican senator's are
also very much elated over the outlook