The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-21
SIX REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
Says q. O. 7. Can't Carry Either
Branch-Predicts Fifty Thou
sand Majority for Parker
in Missouri.

live districts.
MS year. Mr. McGrath sees no reason
10 believe that there is q possibility o. the
i'epuhlicans carrying either branch Of the
/. General Assembly. He believes thlt there
viii be only six Republicans in the mex.
Senate.
The possibility OF tie Republican par
tys carrying the legislative branch OF
Missouri this year" he said Yesterday
IS about as Remote and improbable as
ever. Not since the State election OF 1894
when the Republicans carried the lower
branch OF the IcSislatur. by reason or
s.'"y' Democrats not voting that wear.
has the Democratic ma iority in the IIegis-
lature been as large as IL is sure to be in
IsI5
In the State there are thirty-four sena-
ioriai districts. each eiectins one Senator.
and l3e Representative districts. electinS
lie Tembers-In all. u, members. The
Representative districts are identical with
the counti.s- except that Greene County
has two districts. 81 i.p-i= County two.
Jasper three. Buchanan four. Jackson six
each electins one Representative. The citv
OF ~. Louis has six Representative LIS
IIlcis- The first elects three Representa-
tives. tn. second three. the third three.
the fourth three. the fifth two. the sixth
-
jority OF the Legislature.
Tho Senators arc elected. one-haif ev-
cry two years The odd-numbered dis
tricts elect this year Tho Senators servo
four years. the Representatives two years.
OF the seventeen hold-oy.E Senators four
teen are Democrats and three Republic
ans. Two OF the holi-oy@r Republican SEN
:itors represent Democratic districts and
wer. elected I'm 1872 in the Twenty-.ighth.
or Joplin District. and in the Twenty
second, or Orchard. District, through bick-
Il.rngs-rafs
These districts are Democratic. then and
now
in the seventeen senatorial districts in
which elections are held this year thir-
teen are reliably Democratic and viii elect
Democrats to the Senate. Three of the
seventeen districts are Republican. name
Twenty-ninth. and sure 10 elect Repub-
Icans this yed-- The Thirty-third Dis
Gict. in St Louis. owing 70 the gerry
mander Of tn. Republican Circuit Court
in reGistrictinS the city for members OF
the Legislature In 1.ol- may be placed in
the doubtful column for the time being
This makes tho Senate of 1876: Demo-
Gratis, 2: Republicans. 9. with the Thirty
third District not placed
SURE To ELECT DEMOCRATS
THE following siXty-seren districts
electinS seyent=-two Representatives, are
as sure to elect Democrats this year as
that the election is held on the eighth cay
Of November next:
'Audrain. Knox. Rails. Greene rFiyS- Dis
t pi.trie,t b'f gcoh W. ie, hesEc. a'sa
second Distr.c,,. Calaway. Lincoln Rardolph.
RssAbae ss Baehansa atf Sfs 5 piiei aS Garter Mad
i.on, Saline. Iac,,on tFIrst District. cass
esssriion. Marion. sco,iand Jackson Third
psticu. CIay. Mississippi scott. Jackson
visvs tFifth District. DENT. Mcdonald. Dunk
LIN. Negn.nn. Shannon Jaekson sixth DIS.
st loui- second DISTRICT. De kalb. PtIaiscoi.
shelby. c1y o.s Louis Third Di;srict,. Hen
B..,ries. 81 HoSsfd. ' Pike' re1a.. @ Iroa. ' Pias,e
vernon. jefferson. Pulaski. Worth.
Macon. Madison and Dent counties
elected Republicans 10 the last Lsgisla-
ture. They never did this before. and
are sure not to do SO again, at least
not this year.
These seventy-two Democratic Repre-
sentativss and IN. twenty-siN Democratic
Senator's sure to be elected this year
give the Democrats ninety-eight men,
ity OF nine ON joint ballot. this without
Vote from the so-called close doubt
full and unclsssed counties and districts.
There are Democratic counties and dis
tricts in the State, DESIGNATED by Re
pubicans and others as close and doubt
ful. which are not So Those are counties
and districts in which the vote Is not
large. and the Democratic majority, Of
course. correspondingly small: but IL is
about as difficult TO change the political
complexion OF these small counties and
districts with a large vote and COR
respondin2ly large maJorities.
ties and districts in the State, eIecting
thlrty-four members. as sure to elect Re-
pubilcanS this year as the siXty-seven
are sure to elect Democrats. These are:
,Adair. Douglas. Holt. ST Louis County
,tirst,. Andrew. Dallas. Jasper 6rirSD. ST.
Louis County fS.oondD. Benton. Frsnilin. Mer-
Ter, Warren. Caldwell CirtInty. Osacs. Wri-ht-
Camden Harrison: Ozark. CITY 81. Louis G'irsiD,
St Louis Fourth. Dade. Polk.
The Following counties. normally Demo-
;ure in 49,, by sluralities only: Butler BIZ
p, Clark. 81: Howell. 81; lawrence. ,5:
Livingston. l9l; Moniteau. 4: Montgomery.
): Pettis. ). and WAYNE IL Tnese cour,-
ces are Su.e to elect Democrats this year
TO the legislature as will also Morgan.
Perry and Webster. which elected Repub-
iicans in 1892
Should the Republican. carry all the So
called doubtful and close Representative
districts, which elect about thirty-fys
members. they would still be in n minority
OF not less than fifteen on joint ballot in
the Legislature.
PARkER'S MAJORITY Go65o.
The last Legislature was composed o:
3 Democrats and Republicans in the
Senate and 81 Democrats and IS Republic
ans in the House. Majority on joint ballot
II. OF the Republican Senators four OF them
represented Democratic districts elected
through disSensions and local differences
among leaders in the party. One of the
Democratic members Of the House rep
resented Cape Girardeau a Republican
district. and five OF the Republican MEM
hers OF the House were from Barton Dent
Macon. Madison and one of the JASPER
County districts-all five Democratic dis
tricts.
In the Legislature OF 1891 there were in
the Senate Democrats, .: Republicans
= ana ~ Democrats and 81 Republicans in
4, \ u .nfr
ballot. u. The Democratic majority in
the Legislature Of 1855 on Joint ballot will
be less than that OF lsg1 and may reach Co.
Not one OF the outgoing Senators IS
renomirated- All except the St Louis dis
trtcts have made their nominations, Two
OF the St Louis districts TO nominate will
likely elect Republicans. one surely will
do so; the Thirty-first District, TO nomi-
nate, Will elect a Democrat
SO far only twenty OF the outgoing Rep
resentatives are renominated- They are
Buchanan: Conkiing. Carroll: Davisson.
Davies; Wells. Dungton: Steele. New
Madrid: Grove. Ray: Atkinson. Ripley;
Dunklin. St Francis: Hams Saline: Witty
Scotland: Weaver, Jefferson: Dawson.
Lincoln: Lee. Mississippi: whitecotton,
Gratis, and Speer OF Usage. QuigG OF Cooper
and Smith OF Franklin Republicans. This
Is an unusual small number renominated
to the Legislature. as compared with pre-
ceding elections. Judge Edwin Silver
CDernD. nominated In Cole and Doctor
Tubbs RepD. nominated in GasconaGe.
have served in the Legislature All these.
with the possible exception OF ouiss, VIII
be reelected.
I'm 1876 the great commoncrs. TiIden.
by majority mot a plurality Of si.sG.
IN ,fsa twenty Xeara thereafter. BrYan