The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-07
Determined Largely BY Elections
On Tuesday.
THIRTY TERMS EXPIRE
ELEMENTS OF DOUBT FOR MANY
REFLECTIONS.
Senate officials Profess to ( Believe
That Existing Anomalous Condi-
ton of Upper House Without Ma
jority VIII End With Coming
Election-Retiring Members.

Washington. Nov. 6.-The control OF
the United States senate will be deter
mined very largely by the result of the
elections next Tuesday, when p states
elect legislatures which win in turn
elect senators. The present party
strength in the senate is as follows:
Republicans. 43; Democrats, "a; Pop
ulists, 8; silver Republicans, s. This
gives a. majority to no one party, and
it has been proven a. fruitful source Of
doubt in legislation influenced by party
lines.
The terms Of 80 of the present SEN
ators are about to expire. and in most
of these cases the legislatures chosen
next Tuesday will elect successors. In
seven cases, however, legislatures have
already been chosen and senator's
elected, viz: AIdrich of Rhode Island,
Daniel of Virginia, McComas to sue
coed German in Maryland, Hanna Of
| Ohio, Money of Mississippi, Proctor Of
Vermont, and the legislature of Maine.
which has been elected, but which has
not yet chosen a. senator. In Oregon,
also, Simon has been elected to fill a
vacancy. These changes, already
made, give a net gain of two in the Re-
publican vote-McComas of Maryland
and Simon of Oregon. The remaining
% senators are yet to be chosen. Those
! who are about to retire-Allen, Popu-
| list, Of Nebraska; Bate, Democrat, Of
Tennessee; Burrows, Republican, OF
Michigan; Cannon, silver Republican,
of Utah; Clark, Republican. of Wyo-
/ ming; Cockrell, Democrat, of Missouri;
| David, Republican, of Minnesota;
| 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, Demo
GRAFT, of Wisconsin,; Murphy, Democrat,
Of New York; Pasco, Democrat, OF
Florida; Quay, Republican, of Pennsyl-
vania; Roach, Democrat, of North Da-
kota; Smith, Democrat, of New Jer-
sey; Stewart, silver Republican, OF Ne
vada; TUrpie, Democrat, of Indiana
/ White, Democrat, of California, and
| Wilson, Republican, of Washington.
! In several of these cases the election
I of the present incUmbents is expected,
| but in quite a large number of them
doubt exists. The Republican managers
are placing reliance on the fact that
they need only a few votes to secure
them clear majority, while the DEM
|, ocrats, Populists and silver Repub-
/ Iicans 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 state. Among senate officials
( the opinion prevails that the anom-
/ aloUS condition now prevailing of a.
senate without a majority will end with
the coming election and that the legis-
lators then chosen will give assurance
of majority rule in the upper branch Of
/ cOngreSS after March 4 next