The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-11
THEY SEEK REELECTION.
SENATOR'S MUST MAKE THE BATTLE
TO RETAIN THEIR SEATS.
There Are Twenty-Eight of Then In
AIi-shour, of Idaho, Announces
Candidacy-Berry Active In Ar
kansas, Butler in south Carolina


to tho senate" said Senator Shoup. OF
Idaho. yesterday. You can make the
statement as positive as you like
Especial interest attaches to this deciar-
alton. because OF the dispatch printed In
the Post a day or two ago, saying that
the Democrats, Silver Republicans and
popil!sts had combined In Idaho. ana
would fiRht together in the approaching
campaign. This means that ex-senator
Fred Dubois Is at work and hopes TO sue
coed Shoup. Under the conditions wnien
have prevailed in idaho. the combination
which has now been agreed upon ought
10 be successful II Is understood that
tho agreement includes the allotment OF
the governor to the Democrats, OF the
minor state officers to Democrats and
Populisis. and the senatorsh.p TO the sii-
yer Republicans represented by DUBOIS.
Senator Shoup said yesterday that the
fight would be an earnest one. and whiie
he would not venture prediction' ne
hoped 10 be successful 1t IL said that
the President n quite anxious to make
inroads next fall into the states In the
west hitherto controlled by the combined
silver forces, and that the assistance
given 70 Mr.. Shoup viii be OF the most
substantial kind.
ehoup's determination to enter into the
Idaho contest recalls the fact that he IS
only one Of twenty-eight senator's who
viii have to run the gauntlet OF re-
election next fall There would be thirty
n Martin OF virginia, and Gear. OF Iowa,
had not already secured their credentials.
They are tho only senators who nave
passed the Rubicon, and from the safe
side Of credentials already signed, can
watch the struggles OF their colleagues
Some OF the contests are sure to attract
wide attention, notably the one in which
Senator woIcott win be engaged He Is
confronted by practically the same situa-
tIon as exists In Idaho, and there Is said
10 be doubt whether his sliver-loving state
will pardon his vote for the single gold
standard law even with Its saving ref
erencc 10 indefinite and impossible bimet-
aiiism.
Some of tho senatorial lights have al
ready commenced. Senator Berry IL now
stamping Arkansas, and talking anti-ex-
pansion, while Gov. Jones, his opponent.
Is taking the other tack. In Alabama
many OF tho counties have held their pri-
maries and the friends OF both Senator
Morgan and Gov. Johnston are claiming
victory. The issue in Alabama Is more
personal than otherwise. both candidates
having an army of followers. and the
main charge against Morgan being that
he has held the senatorial office long
enough. In Tennessee the announcement
OF Senator Turiey that he will not be a
candidate for reelection, has led to the
. W
McMillin. formerly a member OF congress.
being among the number Mr.. Caffery Is
another senator who has no idea OF re-
turning. He In at odds with the people
Of his state through his devotion to the
gold standard. and II IL expected that he
will be succeeded by ex-Gov. Foster.
Senator Lindsay with whom the financial
issue has also played havoc. n to give
way TO Mr. Blackburn who has already
been elected. while Gov. McIAurin viii
succeed Senator Sullivan. of Mississippi.
Tho fight In North Carolina promises TO
W interesting. with Senator Butler as a
candidate FOR reelection. He was sent
TO tho senate by a combination of Re
publicans and Populiats, and hopes to be
returned by the uniting OF the Same
forces. The campaign Is 70 be fought on
the proposed constitutional amendment
respecting suffrage. and II the Democrats
win State Chairman simmons viii I'M
doubtcdly come 10 the senate. In Texas
Senator ChiIton's pathway to reelection
II now ana has been for some time on
posed by Representative Bailey, who has
hopes OF success. while Senator Cnllsms
struggle with Gov. Tanner In Illinois Is
already being watched with deep inter-
est Senator Eikins viii have a nght on
his hands in West Virginia. and he is
handicapped by the fact that the state
may elect Republican presidential electors
owing 10 the legislative districting OF the
state by the pemncrats-a g.rrymander
which cannot be changed until after the
census of tho state has been COMPLETED
and announced the legislature may con-
tain majority hostile 20 him.
Senator Chandler, who has already
served eighteen years Ia the senate.
stands IN receptive attitude lie IL not
disposed. II is said. Ca enter into a scram-
bic for tho place. believing that u his peo-
pie want TO retain him as their senator
they VIII 30 80. How far his vote AGAINST
the gold standard hni VIII affect his
chances IL at present an uusolved prob
lem.
Two senators from Nebraska wf, he
chosen by the legislature 20 b. elected
next fail, Senator Thurston's term *.
plrrs and ha announced sone time ann
that he would not be a candidate for re-
election, Assistant Secretary of war
Metkieiohn IL anxious ta sacccea him
Tho vacancy caused hy the death % Sen.
ator HAYWARD, now temporarily Hled 6v
the appointment % Mr.. Allen. viii also
como tefose the legislature and n thr
Democrats carry tho state through fusion
with tho roRalssss a. now seems rfoh-
able. the fesalt w,n ne a not loss 20 the
Republicans There = already some ens-
sin 70 the ~fec, that the pemoerat-if ths
Democrats win VIII ~ William J pryan
Trio picturesque rllman viii 80 before
the seuth Carolina p~on's for reelection
next fAii and a. hts hold npan the state
seems In no wlse diminished he Is likely
60 he returned. Bacon. re Georgia also
counts on carrying his state again, az
though Fleming pu fieunn talented
ana hgiiiiaHf lawycr ana orator aaa az.
tered the lists against BIN, knutc Nsisou.
~ Minnesota, seems also certain OK re-
turn. hia popularity being universal wht,e
Senator wArreh. ~ Wyemoe. has the
tide usnning his way, tits state ha~ en-
soyed an anuspal share ~ tho prevalent
rFsssperlty. owing 60 the advance in tho
price % woci Senator FRYE ~ Maine.
ana Senator Ssvau ~ Nav Jersey. wiil
h. returned without opposition.
Tho ease % senator Hear. who viii also
es a candidate Tor rc~eloction. presents a
curious phase 81 Poiitics Tie - ska .usg
the administration on ts Philippine policy.
ans when the Phipqlns question comes
before the senate VIII eriticise tho pees,-
dent with anspariug hand He has al
ready places himself on record. bat xiii
not Yield an iuch nntn the battle has been
lost Notwithstanding this. the pFt3e OK