The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-12
Democrats Are Preparing to In
wade Republican Strongholds
in the Northern States.
WILL CUT INTO ITS MAJORITY
Twenty Six Legislatures 10 Have
the Choice of Selecting
Senators Will BE
Elected in 1904.
The Ea-ublIc Bureau.
IL. 81 N. ..uu.H.ua NJ. Ave

Washington. Oct IL-Sot the least i'm
/ Portant feature by any means 0f the 1904
| campaign will be the election % twenty
/ six legislatures in as many States. 20
have the choice OF Federal Senators.
There is little probability OF ovCrturninE
the present Republican majority OF twen-
ty-fOur votes. but it misht come about
that that majority would be materially
reduced.
That element Of doubt already concerns
some Republican Senators. The fights FOR
SIX or eight OF those seats from Northern
I States in fact. have begun in the pre-
limiuaries. and will be waged right up 70
election day.
OHe-lhird os the United States Senate
is elected. 90 bsEin new terms every two
years. Accordingly. when the President IS
iuaugurated March I. 1915. thirty Senators
Will be sworn In for siN-year terms. be-
shining with that date. OF these. four
have been elected. or viii be elected this
coming winter. one year in advance. Il
being the custom OF Legislatures in a few
States 20 elect before the presidential and
biennial campaigns.
Senator Money has been designated for
reelection b. primary Ia Mississippi,
ans Senator Daniels has been renom-
mated in Virginia Rora are Democrats.
The legislatures In Ohio and Maryland
will choose men 10 succeed Senators
Hanna and MgC0mas respectively. both
Republicans al their sessions this win
ter. The Republicans have 10 doubt OF
HauuHs reelection. buL the issue inI
Maryland is uncertain. a Democrat prob
ably VIII g-t NcComas's seat.
DEMOCRATS SAFE.
It. therefore. will be seen that the MI
nurity party has almost nothing TO lose In
the senatorial cauuaign. Toe five other
votes they have in the 1896 class Of SEN
surely Democratic.
mn. present iuC lmbsut- and thaIr States
are. Taiaferro o. Florida. COckrell Of
Missouri Gibson OF Montana. Late OF
Tennessee .snd Culberson OF TeNas.
Possibly two or three of these gentle
men viii have difficulty in settilE hack.
but. excepting Senator Gibson Of Montana.
.li wiIl b" followed by Democrats. Mon
tauI has been showing q slight Republican /
tr-ud and there j. said 90 De a sort of uu-
UsrStaUGinE OF ll sides by which cN-
Senator Carter. Republican. may be- re- Z
turned. n the tHTIu il anything ~ an is |
sue In 1884. the great wool interests OF /
that state viii throw their influence with |
IN" Republicans. and might become the de- ]
turwininE factor
But Montana Democrats are trying 10 I
harmonic their differences with the view 1
of controlling the next Legislature. II Is /
worth noting that the Legislature of lsll /
had Republican majority OF Iweuty-One /
on joint ballot. Looking at the other side. /
the Republicans certainly viii slip up IN i
some state. ana might lose four or five or /
even more vOses ia the Senate
MASON AND DIXON'S LINE.
Just now every Northern State. save 4
Montana, Colorado. Idaho and Nevada. +
hsS two Republican Senator's. Every 4
Southern State. save Maryland. unless one
counts Delaware and West virginia in
that category. has two Democratic Sen b
aturS- Thus politics Iu the Senate is very
closely marked Uy Mason ana DiNuL's lire
Any change is bound 20 break UP this sec
,ionallsm To- some extent. and b. "a step
toward the restoration Of Democracy To D
its old-tiue prestige in that body
tn. Republican Senators. other than
those already mentioned. whose terms eN-
rire March : lssT. are included iu this
list ~ tweuty-uCe- Bard Of California I
BsyeridEe uf Indiana. Ball OF Delaware
Hale Of Maine Hawiey of Connecticut
Lodge Of Massachusetts. Burrows Of Mich
ICau. clapu OF Minnesota. Dietrich OF Ne
bras ska. stewart Of Nevada. keau ~ New
jersey. DeuaH ~ New York. Mot t'uuhsr Z
OF North bakJtl. QUAY uf Pennsylvania ]
AlgrlCL uf Rhode Island. kearns OF Utah
Proctor of Vermont. Foster OF Washing
ton, Scott 0i West Virginia Quarles OF
Wisconsin. clark OF wyoming
All except California. Nebraska. Nevada /
New jersey. New York. Utah Delaware I
ana " est hfF-iTi9 can b. placed lu the
grOhahl- Republican column. Should
there uc anything like a Democratic trend I
next year. safe signs OF which have ap-
peaIcd- Connecticut is counted To- ioiu I
W',E New YORK and New Jersey against
- Rvpu'iiculs. Hs happened In lisa and