Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-07
SWAY IN THE SENATE.
important Thing To Be Decided
by the elimination of the
Present Campaign.
BALLOTS WILL MAKE A MAJORITY
Either for One Party or the Other in the
Upper House." Where There Is Now No
Party Majority-States in Which Sena-
torships Are Involved. and Those Most
in Doubt-Claims of Party Managers on
the House Representatives.


in Doubt-CIaims of Party Managers on
the House Representatives.
Washington, Nov. THE control of
the United States senate will be de-
termined very largely by the result of
the elections tomorrow, when twenty
three states elect legislatures which
will in turn elect senators. The present
party strength in the senate is as fol-
lows: Republicans, 43; Democrats. "a;
Populists. 6; Silver Republicans; 6. This
gives majority to no one party, and it
has proved a fruitful source of doubt
in legislation influenced by party lines.
The terms of thirty of the present sem
ators are about to expire, and in most
of these cases the legislatures chosen
on tomorrow will elect successors. In
seven cases. however, legislatures al
ready have been chosen and senators
elected, viz: Aldrich, Rhode Island;
Daniel, Virginia; McComas, to succeed
German in Maryland; Hanna, Ohio,
Money, Mississippi; Proctor Vermont,
and the Legislature of Maine, which has
been elected but has not yet chosena SEN
ator. In Oregon, also, Simon has been
elected to fill a vacancy. The changes
already made give net gain of two in
the fepuDllcan vote - McCOmaS or
Maryland and Simon of Oregon. The
remaining twenty-three senator's are
yet to be chosen.
Senators About to Retire.
Those who are about to retire are:
Allen, Populist, of Nebraska; Bate,
Democrat, of Tennessee; Burrows, Re
publican, of Michigan; Cannon, Silver
Republican, of Utah; Clark, Republi-
can. of Wyoming; Cockrell, Democrat,
of Missouri; Davis. Republican, of Min
nesota; Faulkner Democrat. of West
Virginia; Gray. Democrat. of Delaware;
Hawley, Republican. of Connecticut;
Lodge, Republican of Massachusetts;
Mantle, Silver Republican, of Montana;
Mills, Democrat, of Texas; Mitchell,
Democrat, of Wisconsin; Murphy, Demo-
crat, of New York; Pasco, Democrat,
of Florida; Quay, Republican, of Penn
sylvania; Roach. Democrat, of North
Dakota; Smith, Democrat, of New Jer-
sey; Stewart, Silver Republican, OF
Nevada; Turpie. Democrat, of Indiana:
White. Democrat, of California. and
Wilson. Republican, of Washington.
Hope of the Republicans.
In several of these cases the election
of the present incumbents is expected,
but in quite a large number of them
much doubt exists. The Republican
managers are placing reliance on the
fact that they need only a few votes to
assure them a clear majority, while the
Democrats. Populists and Silver Re
publicans would have TO carry most all
of the doubtful legislatures in order to
prevent a Republican majority. The
states considered most in doubt are
West Virginia. New York, Pennsyl-
vania, North Dakota, New Jersey, In
diana. California, Washington and Ne
braska. conflicting claims being made
in each case. Among senate officials
the opinion prevails that the anomalous
condition now prevailing of a senate
without a majority will end with the
coming election, and that the leGisla-
lures then chosen will give assurance
of majority rule in the upper branch of
congress after March next.