The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-09-25
SEATS IN SENATE.
Importance OF Next State Legisia-
tive Elections.
Fate of Thirty United states senators
Doubtful some Democratic
Losses PossIbIe-Next Batch
OF Statesmen.

At this years elections legislators are
TO be chosen in many Of the states who
will participate in the choice OF United
States senators 10 fill the vacancies aris-
ing ON March 4, 1899. There will be |
80 vacancies. Thirty senators go out OF |
Office on that day, 80 go out Of Office |
OH March a. 1901, and 30 on March 4,
1903, the total number of states now |
being As, and the total number OF SEN
ators. with full complement, being 20.
OF the 30 senator's who will go out OF
office inwhat has sometimes been called
"the next batch" IS are democrats, IL
are republicans, three are silver repub-
| Leans and one is q populist. The loss
TO the democratic side probably Will be
more serious than to the republicans,
not merely In numbers, but in respect
OF the men who go out. Among the
! democrats whose terms expire are Ar
thur T.. German, Of Maryland; Charles
J. Faulkner, OF West Virginia; John l.
Mitchell. OF Wisconsin, and David Tur-
pie, OF Indiana. Turpie has already an
nounced himself as a candidate for re-
election two years hence, but he, like
Faulkner. German and Mitchell, is by
no means sure OF reelection, for the
three states from which these senator's
come were carried by the republicans
by large majorities in November last
West Virginia gave 10000 republican
majority and has now a republican gov
ernor in office. The present legislature
has n republican majority of 2l on
Joint ballot. Maryland was carried for
Mckinley by a majority OF more than
10000. 1t also has republican gov
ernor. and the present legislature is
republican by more than two 20 one.
Wisconsin was carried for Mckinley by
n majority OF more than 100000. y re-
publican governor was elected by near
IL 100000, and the republicans control
the legislature nearly five to one. What
ever chance Of democratic success there
may be in Indiana, there is less in the
other three states named. Senator Cor
man has been i'm the senate since 1851.
Senator Faulkner became United
States senator I'm 1887
The terms of some OF the best-lnown
republicans, active and influential ms
leaders OF the senate, expire on March
4. 1890, but these senators happen TO
hail from the states in which the SUI
premacy OF the republicans is 50 well
established that the possibility OF demo
, cratic success is hardly TO be considered
In the list of these senators are Nelson
: w. Aldrich, OF Rhode Island; Matthew
S. Quay, OF Pennsylvania, now more
than ever republican, state; Henry
Cabot Lodge, Of Massachusetts,; Cush
man X. Davis, of Minnesota; Eugene
Hale. Of Maine, and Redfeld Proctor, o
Vermont. In no one of these six over
whelmingly republican states is Their
any prospect OF democratic success.
New England is now without demo
cratic senator. The four middle states
New York, New Jersey. Pennsylyani
and Delaware have three democrats
all OF whose terms end with the mex
change i'm the senate. One of thos
whose terms expire is Edward Murphy
OF New York; another is James Smith
Jr. Of New Jersey; the third is Georg
GRAY. OF Delaware. In the south an
southwest there are several democrat
senators whose terms expire on Marc
A. 1899. and who have, at least, SON
prospect OF return 10 Washington, {
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similar political notions. These m
Roger Q. Mills, OF Texas; John '
Daniel. OF Virginia, Senator Pasco,
Florida, and senator Bate, of Tennessee
There will be one democratic vacancy
California and another I'm North Dakot
The term of Senator Hawley, repu
Iican. I'm Connecticut, expires ON u
same day.
,s The three silver republicans who
40 terms expire i'm 1899 are Cannon,
10 Utah: Mantle, of Montana, and Stewai
n OF Nevada, three representatives,
a. states Of minor political importanc
,n senator Stewart, however. though q
stalwart representative OF a state p
ID luicallv insignificant lis a notable tigu
"a I'm Washington. lie was elected 20 q
no senate away back I'm 1864, i'm advance
ed any of Ills colleagues ard before even q
he venerable Morrill,. OF Vermont, who TOT
his seat three years later Senat
Stewart has not been senator conscc
lively since 1864, but he has been lo
enough IN Washington 20 know what
g" poing on and occasionally 20 have son
' thing 10 say about it. Cannon and Ma
- tie are generally listeners. The pof
~ list senator whose term expires is "
~, -, liam v. Allen, Of Nebraska. In additi
~ TO being populist from the Bryan sta
- Mr. Allen Is an Ohio man, and IL he
~ the proverhial luck Of Ohio men
American politics he may continue
(, represent Nebraska ropulism at Wa
> ington, privilege which would 7
have been bis solely II Thurston hod
beaten William J Bryan for senator
January. 1896,
LII. LINN IN Trnde.