Arizona republican., 1898-11-02
TO SUCCEED MURPHY.
Prominent New York roiitiGjans Have
 an Eye on Sena9orship.

Naw York, Nov. 1.-The New Ycl k state legislature, 1t is believed, will show republican lC=ses and democratic gains, but the best informed politicians are positive that it will show repub- 1ican majority on joint balIo5 and send to the United Sta t5s senate a republi- can to succeed MT. Edward Murphy. | is most too early to do any definite fig uring. There are nc, hoIdOvsrs in either branch of the legIsistu- Q, and al entirely new membership is 10 be elected.
 The present senate consist cf thirty five republicans, fou9tcsn democrats and one independs nt republican. Th S gives republican majority Of twenty This majority the democrats expect, and the republicans practically con ceda, will be reduced. The democrats dc not expect to overcome 1t entirely for the reason that majority Of the senators come from the country dis tricts and democratic gains this year in a city against country fight will nat urally be confined to the larga cities. Democrats generally cCnccde tC the republicans a fair working majority in the senate. This would effsctIa Iy kill any radical democratic I5gis.ation, such as, for instance. 9 bill to TSpeaI the Raines law in the i1prob ble event of the elevation of Judge Van Wyck to the governors chair.
 The pres5nt assembly CT Ic.Ecr house consists of seyenty-nina republicans, two independent republicans, sixty eight demOcI ats and one a i3naI demo- crat. This giyes the republicans ma jority of eight. The democrats are straining every nerve to capJu~e the assembly. There are conservative pol itfclans, however, who insist that while the republican majority in th9 senate may be decreased, the republican ma jority in the assembly will nc. be ma terially altered, if it does not show republican gain. The best estimates obtainable give the republicans 9 ma jority of about four in the 5snste, and not less than eight in the asssmbly-a majority of twelve cn joint ballet
 In the event of a democratic majority on joint ballot it is expected that Sen ator Murphy will be elected to succeed hims1lf. In this connection it is well to say that there has bsen considerable inside" gossip to the effect th25 fer meT Senator David 3. Iil is not loyal to Senator Murphy, and that in case Q democrat is to be selected to succeed Murphy certain Hill men from up the state will refuse to participate in the democratic caucuses. This would give them a balance Of power, and would allow them to name Hill CT sons demo- crat friendly to- the Sage Of Wolfsrt's Roost But all this is counting chick ems before they are matched, as tine chances are a dozen to one tha- the democrats will not control the state legislature on joint ballet.
 Perhaps the mos prominent candi- date for the senatorship on the Te9ub- iican side is Chauncey N. Depew. That he is anxious to make th5 race is be- lieved to be demonstrated by the fact that he is making an active canvass e the state for Colonel Roosevelt. Joseph Choate is believed by some to be en- titled to the nomination On account Of his brilliant fight at the head Cf the bar association for the reelection Of Justice Daly. Ina5much as Chcate