The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-11-18
ABOUTSTATEPOLITICS
Agitation for a New State Capt.
tai Will Begin.
Some of the late u. :. Senatorship
Talk About Frankfort Dave
Smith May Run.
ABOUT THE NEXT ASSEMBLY

Complete returns from the legisla
tive races in Kentucky show that the
next General Assembly will contain
107 Democrats and thirty one kepub.
lcans.
OF the new Senators-elect fourteen
are Democrats and five arc Republi-
cans. In the list of hold-over Sena-
tors are seventeen Democrats and two
Republicans, and this next Senate,
therefore, will have q membership of
thirty one Democrats and seven Re.
publioans.
The lower house will have seventy
six Democrats and twenty -four Repub-
licsns. In the last Legislature the
House stood: Democrats, seventy
three; Republicans. twenty-seven.
The Senate stood: Democrats, twenty
sig; Republicans. sixteen. On joint
ballot the last Assembly stood: DEM
ocrats, ninety-nine; Republicans,
thirty nins, a Democratic majority Of
sixty on joint ballot. In the next Leg.
lslature the Democratic majority on
Joint ballot will be seventy six.
Representative Jones, Of Caldwell
county. will be the only Republican
member from the First Congressional
district.
There are two vacancies in the list
Of hold-over Senators to be filled by
special elections before January 1.
Med. Ferguson, of Paducah, repre-
senting the Second Senatorial district.
and Will d. Weller, Jr.. representing
the Thirty eighth. in the city of
louisville. have both resigned. Mr..
Weller to become Circuit Clerk of
Jefferson county, and Med. Ferguson
to become Railroad Comm ssioner.
While Gov. Beckham is considered
the logical candidate of large follow
ing in his party for the U. 8. Senate,
it is stated by some of his most init
mate friends that he is loath to an
nounoe his candidacy in view of the
fact that "Dsve" Smith, of Hodgen-
vile. Congressman from the Fourth
District, is q candidate TO- succeed Sem
ator Blackburn. Gov Beckham has
Anown for the past two years Uon- J
gresham Smiths ambition to land
in the Senate. for both have discussed
Il.
Col. Henry Weissinger, the retired
millionaire tobacco merchant, is also o
receptive candidate for the United
States Senate. His chief strength, to
use the expression often heard made !,
by the politicians here. is his barrel.
Senator Black burns friends are not
idie. On the contrary. they are at
work arranging their fences and
planting political "mines" with which
they propose to stsrtle the opposition
Will Allie W. Young resign from
the Craftsmanship OF the State Com
mittee? This is a q uestion now being
discussed by the politicians Of Frank
fort. majority of whom are skeptical
that such action is contemplated The
theory is advanced and it is worthy Of
consideration that Chairman Young
will not resign for the reason that he
desires to see Joseph Clay Stiles Black
burn returned to the United States
Senate, and will labor to bring about
his election. This can be accomplish
cd in no better manner than by re-
manning at the head of the party's
organization.
Frankfort, Nov. i7.-Representa-
tive l.. II. johnson, Of Frank lin
county, who is working to secure the
erection of a new Capitol for Ken
lucky, has recently received letter