The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-13
4 DEADLOCK YEAR
Some Unusually Interesting Sena-
torial Elections Are Looked
For.
Bitter Fights in Delaware, Colorado,
Oregon and Idaho May Be
Made.

Building, Washington.
Washington, Nov. 13.-This winter
promises to see an unusually interesting
lot Of senatorial elections, with the pros
pect Of several deadlocks. Delaware, the
first state in the union to ratify the con-
stitution, whose unamendable feature was
the equality of the states in the senate,
has been wholly without senators in the
present congress, and for some years with
only one. The republicans have again
carried the legislature, but apparently
with enough anti-Addicks men to pre-
vent an election. Had the democrats car
ried the legislature, they had arranged
upon a compromise for giving each dem
ocratic faction one place; but the names
presented, Kenny and Willard Salisbury,
were not such to strengthen the party
in its legislative fights. The deadlock
will probably continue. There ought to
be some way of providing Delaware with
representation in the senate. The fact;
that the present system does not do so,
through a series of years. must be &C
knowledged as one of it's distinct defects.
Colorado will witness bitter fight, and
probably a deadlock: The fusionists, or
democrats, clearly Z. control the upper
branch, eighteen Of whose members are
hold lovers from the presidential ballot Of
two years ago. This chamber Will stand
for the return of Senator Teller. The re-
ton, have majority of the lower mouse,
but one not large enough on the face of
the returns to give. them majority on
joint ballot. There were however, GER
tain democrats elected in Denver whose
seats will be contested on the ground of
fraud. If the republican house turns these
men out, it would bring about majority
large enough to control the joint session
at which senator is, to be chosen. But
the democrats have 7apnounced that they
will not permit the execution of any such
program. They insist that the senate will
refuse to meet the house in joint session.
If these democrats are unseated, and thus
prevent any election. Politics are always
warm in Colorado, and the coming ses
sion will be exceptionally SO. If the re-
publicans should control the joint ses-
sion they would doubtless return Edward
o. Wolcott to the United States senate.
This would be one Of the most extraor-
binary vindications of which there is any
recent record. He was almost mobbed In
1896 for supporting Mckinley, and went
out of office with hardly support enough
to bid him a respectable farewell Teller,
who walked out of the st. Louis conven-
ton in 1896, was the hero of the state
and had it's almost unanimous support.
To-day Colorado Is once more republican.
Oregon may witness another senatorial
fight of the sort which has in the past
kept it half unrepresented in the senate
The republicans have an Overwhelming
majority in both houses, but the prelinl-
mary poll shows that their vote is about
equally divided between the two factions
which have long fought for supremacy
The democrats have just enough votes tc
prevent the election Of a republican unless
the two wings agree to come together, OF
| which there is at present some uncer-
| tainty.
| The idaho legislature may be upset in
| its efforts to choose a successor to Heit-
| field. The unfortunate phase of all these
| contests is the adverse affect which they
| have OH the regular business of the legis-
| lative sessions; that becomes involved ir
| bargains and trades over the senatorshir
in way that is extremely costly to the
Taxpayer, and prejudicial to ordinary
| work.
/ An Idea on Mayor.
It is somewhat extraordinary, in these