The morning times., 1897-03-07
THE SENATE UNFR|ENDLY
Republicans in a Minority in
That Body.
THE SITUATION SUMMED UP
There Are Enough Votes to Pass
a Tariff Bill, But on All Other
Measures the Members of the
Opposition VIII Stand Firm and
United.

The exact political stat1s Of the new
Senate seems TO tie little understood even
by the best-informed politicians That
body now has a large Republican plurality,
but it has an opposition majority, which
is small but is certain to continue On all
matters of organization. There are at
prescnG fortytwo Republican Senator's
and forty-five members of the opposi-
ton. There are three vacancies, Oregon,
Kentucky and Florida.
The appointee To succeed Senator Call,
Col. Henderson, will be seated on Monday.
Major Wood, the nominee to succeed
Blackburn, will present his credentials on
Monday, but he will have difficulty in
being seated. The best advices are that
he Will he denied admission. There is,
however little doubt that the Kentucky
legislature, which meets ON the 18th
inst, viii be able to choose Senator.
There is a Republican majority of only
one in the legislature, and there are
bitter factional fights, but Hanna's per-
sonal activity ana the presence of the
federal pie wagon should be sufficient TO
secure the selection OF a Republican.
not appoint, and a re -convening of the
legislature Will only result in another dead
lock.
1t is, therefore, probaDle that Dy the
time the special session meets the present
| opposition ma Jority OF three VIII remain,
| and that the Senate will then stand: Re
puhlicans, AZ; opposition, 40; vacancy, 1.
The opposition is divided into several
| ala tr,t STRONGLY n
herent on all partisan divisions, notwith-
| standing the diversity of its membership.
There are five silver Republicans Tel
| Ter, Cannon, Mantle, Pettigrew and Jones
! Of Nevada; seven Populsts ALLEN, Butler,
Harris, Kyle, Turner, Heitfeld, and stew
| art of Nevadal, and three gold Democrats
) (Gray, Caffery, and Lindsay, in the OPP
/ position, but all these men are hostile to
| the incoming administration, and are le-
! lied on to act generally in harmony in the
| Senate.
| The tariff bill will not be impeded in
the Senate Senator Kyle and Senator
Heitfeld are both under pledge not TO en-
barrass it with riders, but the latest in
formation is that neither of them Will sup
port it, The only other votes for the
tariff bill the Republicans have any hopes
OF SCOUTING are liiOSt ol NdIAcis anu SHN-
| Emery, Of Louisiana, and for these they
must pay the high and dangerous price OF
a sugar tariff Undoubtedly the Senate
Republicans will be weaker on any other
| proposition that on the tariff.
The opposition have the votes to re-
! organize the Senate if they so desire, but
thus far there has been little discussion
of the matter.
The exact status Of the Senate at present
is as follows:
Republicans-Erye, Hale, Chandler, Gal
nnger, Proct or, Morrill,, Lodge, Hoar,
Aldrich, Wetmore, Hawley, Platt Conn.
Platt New York; Sewell, Quay, Penrose
wellington, Elkins, Pritchard, Foraker,
Hanna, Fairbanks, Cullom, Mason, Bur.
rows, Mcmillan, Spooner, Davis, Nelson,
Allison, Gear, Baker, Thurst on, Hans
brough, Carter, Clark, Warren, Shoup,
Mcbride, Perkins, Wolcott, and Wilson-i2
ppositon-Murphy, Smith, Kennedy,
Gray, German, Daniel, Martin, Faulkner
Butler, Tillnan, Earle, Bacon, Clay, Pasco
Morgan, Pettus, George, Walthall, Bate
Harris of Tennessee, Lindsay, Turpie
Mitchell, Cocckrell, Vest, Jones OF Arkan
sas, Berry, Caffrey, McEnery. Chiffon,
Mills, Harris Of Kansas, Allen, Kyle,
Pettigrew, Roach Mantel, Teller, Cannon
Rawlins, Jones of Nevada, Stewart, Heit
field, Turner and White-46.
Vacancies-K entucky, Florida, Oregon
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