The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-30
Interests States That Have Sena-
tOrial Vacancies.
GEO. 0. CANNON'S CHANCES
BELIEF THAT GOVERNOR WELLS
WOULD NAME HIM.
Deadlocks In Different Legislatures
May Work to the Advantage of
the Democrats - Bryan Gaining
Strength In the East-Harrison
Will Not Be a Candidate.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
Washington, D. c., April 26.-Th
people Of Utah are naturally much in
terested in the attempt TO be made b.
; the friends OF ex-senator Quay 10 sea
him in the senate as a gubernatoria
appointee. If the attempt is success
full it will, of course, give Governo
II. NJ. Wells the privilege of naming ;
senator for two years. The impression
is general here that, in such an event
be would certainly name George .
Cannon, and thus crafty the dizzy
ambition of the first presidents life.
Among public men here there are bu
Few who think Quay has any chance O
success in contesting a seat on the GOV
ernor's commission. 1t is, of course
within the power of a majority of tn,
senate to reverse the precedent, but
as there would be little to gain in
partisan sense-it is Doubtful if the
senate viii seat the Pennsylvania boss
The keystone state now, for the frs
time in her history, has a senatorial
vacancy not caused by either death OF
resignation. Quay is at last out Of Tho
senate, but it is doubtful if his prestige
and power in the state are in any ma
terial respect diminished. He Will cas-
fly remain in the saddle and the future
senators and state officers from thai
commonwealth will be Quay men OF
Democrats. To judge by the bitter eX-
pressions of Pennsylvania public me1
and newspapers, the Republican feud
VIII easily result in the election OF i
Democratic Legislature in 1900
Chance For the Democrats.
The Quay men are particularly bitter
The anti-Quay men took the position
anybody but Quay" TO which the
Quay men replied Quay or nobody, =
and persisted to the end in their posi-
ton
The Democrats held nobly out to the
close of the fight in the honorabIy in
dependent attitude Of "a plague on both
their houses" They made no attempt
TO NEEDLE in the affairs of the other
political party. in this respect offering
a fine example TO the Republican legis-
lators of Montana and Utah, who con-
CeiVed ii 10 be their special duty 10
settle differences i'll the Democratic
party.
The highly honorable course taken by
keystone Democrats is very likely 10
result in the return Of Democratic
senator from Pennsylvania. This state
has, in times past, sent some eXcep-
tiorally strong Democrats to the SEN
ate including Charles Il. Buckalew and
ject Tor congratulation if as good 3
man as either of these can be sent to
Washington in 1901.
The extreme bitterness of the Repub-
lican factions in the state renders such
a result very probable. There will be
red-hot fights over legislative nominal
lions in ali districts. and "razors will
be a-fyin' through the air" in every
district. no matter which side IS sue
cessful.
Solid For Chicago Platform.
From the standpoint of Democratic
contemplation, one of the pleasantest
features of the Pennsylvania sit-tion
is the Soldity of the Democratic organ
iZation for the Chicago platform. and.
incidentally for Bryan. The man for
whom the Democratic members OF the
legislature voted SO long and loyalty
was George y. jerks, who was the
Silver Democratic candidate for gov
ernor last fall. The state Democratic
committee has just been reorganized.
and is fully controlled by the Chicago
platform Democracy, led by James i.
Guffey of Pittsburg, who was a heavy
contributor to the Bryan campaign
fund and an earnest supporter of the
regular Democratic candidate in 1886.
1t Is plain that the Pennsylvania
Democracy viii send practically solid
Chicago platform delegation 10 the con-
Vention of next year This. of itself
viii dissipate all the much-Vaunted
hopes some gold men have of sending
4 solid east to the convention against
Bryan.
The result in Pennsylvania is sure TO
be OF far-reaching importance upon the
control Of the senate. After the cleo
tons of 1898 it was boastfully asserted
by Republican leaders that there was
n rpCEf1ef1ffx- IN Ia
silver men could regain control of the
body within six years. Yet the over
confident Republicans, who think that
even if frce-silver president should
be- elected in 1909. he would be helpless
10 accomplish financial legislation be
cause the senate would be for sound
money during the entire four years of
his term, would do well to remember
that the senate has changed its COM
pleNion very Suddenly and unexpected
ly in the past. In 1879 the Democrats
had such q majority in the senate that
it was reckoned to be impossible TO
overcome them within six or eight
years. Two years later they lost the
body. The Republicans in 1891 had a
vast majority N the senate. Yet two
years afterward they were compelled
10 transfer its control to their oppo-
nents.
Complexion OF the Senate.
Since the Pennsylvania failure the
senate stands: Fifty-one Republicans, |
twenty-siX Democrats, nine Populists |
and silver Republicans. and four va |
cancies-Utah. California. Delaware |
and Pennsylvania. 1t is decidedly with |
in the possibilities, even the probabili- !
ties. that all the four vacancies win (
be filed by Democrats or silver men. !
1t is considered certain that Utah and |
Delaware viii return Democrats. so /
that there is no reasonable probability /
that the elections to fiji these vacancies I
VIII result in a net Democratic less
Even Republican politicians conccde !
that Carter. Shoup and Wolcott have /
The slimmest sort OF a chance, either |
of returning TO Washington or of be-
ing succeeded by Mckinley Republi- |
cans. Warren Of Wyoming win also
have d very tight squeeze If he gets
through at all. With the four vacarNies
filled by Democrats and the four noun
tain states Of Montana, Idaho. Wyo.
ming and Colorado returning senator's
whose views are in full accord with
the popular sentiment in those states.
the senate would stand in 1901 as fol-
lows: Republicans, Al; Democrats and
silver men, SO. Three more seats
would give the silver forces a majority.
and these are looked for with certainty
from seine three of the following
states: Kansas, West Virginia. Oregon
and Nebraska. There is also some