New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-04
FIGURING ON THE SENATE.
REPUBLICAN SUPREMACY AFTER MARCH
STILL IN DOUBT.
CONDITIONS WHICH MAY CONFRONT THE NEW
ADMINISTRATION WHEN IT COMES INTO
PowER-THE SITUATION - THE
STATES WHICH ARE To
ELECT SENATORS.

PowER-THE SITUATION O.; THE
STATES WHICH ARE To
ELECT SENATORS.
fpY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRiBUSE.1
Washington. Jan. 3.-The partisan complex
Ion Of the Senate after March will probably re-
main as unsettled as ever until the very las.
seat Is filled OF the thirty-one which Will be
made vacant on the day the Mckinley Admins
tration comes into power For the last two
years. as is we'll known the Senate has legs-
lated or attempted to legisate. under, wholly
anomalous political conditions No party has
been able to muster majority In the body. or
TO assume either legislative authority or rcspon-
sbty. a Republican plurality has been In
vested with purely nominal power. but has been
prevented from enforcing any feature OF It's eau
Gus programme by constant combination OF the
hostile elements in the chamber. which. though
utterly at variance among themselves on all
questions Of positive policy. nave uniformly CO.
operated in the wor. of opposition pure and
simple In the Senate. as at present constituted,
the anti-Republican elements have clear ma
FORTY of eleven votes although no one factloi'
can muster strength enough to dispute with the
Republicans the coatrol of the committees and
the nominal conduct of the business Of the
Senate.
II is already clear from the result OF the NO
vember elections that the Republican pluraiity
in the Senate after March 4 will be substantially
increased, and that the strength OF the antl-he-
publican opposition will be reduced to perhaps
bare half Of the full membership OF the body.
There are CONTINGENCIES however which max"
absolute party supremacy in the new Senate an
extremely doubtful prospect and even threaten
to involve legislation in the upper branch OF
Congress for two years more in all the embar-
easements and uncertainties Of partisan IRE
sponsibility and political chaos
PRESENT PARTISAN DIVISIONS.
Partisan divisions in the Senate have beer
greatly complicated during the last t"e'Ne
months nv the breaks In the lines OF the two
ereat no,itical organizations. forced by the ac-
t,on of the St Louis and Chicago conventions.
Tbora are now in the upper house OF Congress
e.o lifetime. noIiti.al groups-Republicans. Sound
Money or Administration Democrats. Democrats
Silverites and Populists The present strength
Of zach group Is as follows Repupncahs' Co.
Sound Money Democrats. 8; Dem ocrats. d. OIL
verites. q; Populists. g. One seat In the pouS
from Delaware-has been vacant since March -
1Saj Thirty Senator's are to retire on Ma'on l.
and the loss will be divided evenly among 'ne
five groups Ten Republicans are 10 go ou'' ~
Democrats. Sound Money Democrats d ""Ne'~
ties and 3 Populists
The fifty-nine holdOver Senator's VIII 'ne" 'e
divided politically as follows: Repupi'cahs'
no. Do,,oorats u. Sound Money Democrats. !;
Silverites. 3; Populists :" Inc iu'
of each group is appended:
RepublicaEs-Aldrich. Rhode lsland' DaNe''
xonsas. Burrows. Michigan: Carter, Montana;
chandler Hampshire; Clark. Wyomins'
c,,,oro Illinois: Davis Minnesota; Elkins. West
VIRGINIA. FRYE. Maine: Gear. Iowa; Hale, Name
t1ow,ev Connecticut: Hoar. Massachusetts
odqe Massachusetts,; Mcbride. Oregon; McAlii-
ian Michigan: Nelson. Minnesota; Proctor YER
rort. ouay. Pennsylvania; Sewel New-Jersey;
cberman Ohio: Shoup. Idaho Thurston. Ne
hraska. Warren Wyoming; Wetmore' fhooe
Island: Wilson. Washington; Wolcott, COLORADO
Total. %.
Democrats-Bacon Georgia; Bate tennessee
Berry. Arkansas; Chiffon. Texas; CocKrei'' MIS-
souri Daniel. Virginia; Faulkner. West virginia.
George, Mississippi; German. Maryiahu' nan 80
Tennessee: Martin. Virginia; Mis- TEXAS 'ii'o"
oil Wisconsin; Morgan. Alabama: Murphy New
vrx. pasco Florida: Roach. North Dakota
T,lIman. South Carolina; Turpie Indiana; wal"
hail. Mississippi; White. California Total ~
sound Money Democrats-Caffery. Louisiana;
GRAY Delaware: Lindsay, Kentucky; smith,
New-Jersey. Total. 4.
siIverites-Cannon, Utah. Mantle, Montana
Pett,grew. South Dakota. Total, d
ponuIists-Allen, Nebraska; Butler, North
Carolina: Stewart. Nevada Total. B.
THIRTY ONE SEATS TO BE FILLED.
Tbirtv-one seats in the Senate remain to be
filled after March 4. from the following STATES
Alabama. Arkansas. California, Colorado Con-
necticut. Delaware. Florida, Georgia, ldaho' III
nois Indiana Iowa, Kansas. Kentucky LOUISE
ana. Maryland. Missouri. Nevada New-Hamp-
.,,ra Nev-York North Carolina North Dakota
Ohio Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Caroi'hs'
South Dakota Utah. Vermont. washington anu
Wisconsin, In seven OF these States the Leeis-
,.,ros have already met and chosen Senators
,o- ,ho tern, beginning March T. 1897 and end
inc March 4. 1908 Mr.. Pugh has been~super-
seded in Alabama by General Pettus' to"hs-
man and an intimate friend OF Senator Morgan
and like him a roo.ed anti-Administratioh
Democrat and friend Of silver. General Goroon
has retired In Georgia and Colonel cay the
chairman of the Democratic state central COM
mittee a moderate silver man. has been CHOSEN
as his successor
Senator Allison has been reelected In Iowa tof
The fourth time, and will begin on Marcn next
| his twenty-fifth year OF service IN the upper
branch Of Congress IN Louis'a"" "a nv
| McEnery displaces Newton H. Blanchard. Inc
now Senator like his predecessor is an outspok-
on Silver Democrat. George l.. Wellington the
Republican State chairman and National Com
mitteeman, will help to represent the state OF
MARYLAND in the Senate after March H. dispiac'
ING Charles H. Gibson. a moderate silver Demo-
era. In Ohio. ex- Governor Foraker was choser
nearly a year ago to succeed Calvin B. brce
while the Vermont Legislature last summer non
ored Justin S. Morrill,. the father OF the Senate
with a unanimous reelection for sixth sue
cessive term Adding these seven senators al
ready chosen to the two holdover classes th'
strength Of the various groups in the senate
would be as follows: Republicans o. Demo
Gratis. "a: Sound Money Democrats 4; silvertes
3; Populists. 3.
u,urpC REPUBLICANS WILL BE CHOSEN