River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-11-13
The Seutate.


The next United States senate will
be republican by at least 16 majority
against the present majority of 20.
The present senate contains "a re-
publicans and "a democrats, in a total
of 80 seats, there being two vacancies
from Delaware, where the republican
legislature failed to elect. The terms
of 80 senator's expire with the present
congress. There is also a vacancy
from Michigan, caused by the death
of Senator Mcmillan. Seven states
have already elected senator's to take
their seats March 4, 1903. These are
Maryland, Kentucky, Iowa, Ohio, Lou
isiana, Vermont and Georgia. Ore
gon has already elected a republican
legislature which will choose a sue
cessor to Senator Simon. twenty-five
senators will be elected by legislatures
chosen at Tuesdays elections, as fol
lows: Indiana, Delaware 1.-TWO seats),
New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ne
vada, South Dakota, Illinois, Pennsyl-
vania, California, Connecticut, New
York, North Carolina, Wisconsin,
AduSds, hlCHISdn, 1OdAO, AAhdASdS,
South Carolina, Florida, Alabama,
Utah, Colorado, Washington and Mis-
souri,. Of these the republicans have
surely carried IS. This insures SO re-
publicans and "a democrats in the next
senate.
Illinois.
Chicago, Nov. --latest official fig
uroc from Tl1ionic chow Rucca,C MIN
rality for treasurer to be $4,000, while
Manners plurality is $4,000. The es-
timated total vote on state can
didates is 100000. The house stands
Republicans, IS; democrats, So; public
ownership, 1; prohibitionist, 1; repub-
lican majority, %. Senate-Republic-
ans, SO; democrats, Is; republican ma
iority, 21; republican majority on
Joint ballot, Al. The congressional
delegation stands: Republicans, 49,;
democrats, 9. Returns on the public
policy questions submitted on the cit
tie ballot"-initiativ and referendum
in local and state affairs, election of
United States senator's by the people
are very meager. In many counties
those ballots have not yet been count
ed. 1t is certain, however, that there
is an overwhelmin majority, proba-
bly, m ore than athreefourths majority
for the affirmative on all three ques-
tons.
Des Moines, Ia, Nov. z. = Unofficial
returns by counties show the repub-
lican plurality in Iowa to be 74,37S.
Eleven counties were carried for the
state ticket by the democrats-name-
ly: Bremen, Carroll, Clinton, Craw-
ford, Davis, Des Moines, Dubuque,
Fremont, lola, Johnson and Lee.
wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Wis, Nov. 6.-Belated
returns increase Gov. LaFoIlette's
plurality in the state. The latest es-
innate brings his figures up to 10000
AS near as can be figured out the next
legislature will be made up about as
follows: Assembly, Is republicans
and 25 democrats; senate, 81 repub-
hcans and two democrats.
Michigan.
Detroit, Mich, Nov. --latest re-
turns indicate that the plurality of
Gov. Bliss will run up to 36,975, his
vote being 51,693, as against 14,71s for
L. I. Durand, the democratic candi-
date for governor. The state legisla-
ture will have exactly the same COM
plexion as its predecessor, one demo
crat among the 80 senators and ten
democrats out of 100 members of the
house of representatives.
Indiana.
Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 7.-Of1cial
and unofficial returns thus far show
that the republican plurality in the