Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-11-05

Tuesday night. In this city and town stereopticons and illuminated black boards vii give the news to the throngs. To those politicians i'll this state who entertain the belief that they guide the desunies of their par ties, there are other features of the election.
 The exceedingly warm contest which had been waged in most of the republican caucuses, both for dele gates to senatorial conventions and in the nomination of representatives, has called attention, in an exceptional way, to the importance of the impend ing legislative session. In the first place the senate will elect B senators, an increase of Il members, making the largest upper body in the history of the state. This increase is said by some we'll qualified students of leg1s- lative history to be the entering wedge of the movement which for so many years has been fought over, for repre- sentation according to population The complexion of the lower branch is like ly to be slightly changed by this cleo tion, the republicans being inclined to admit that the democrats will make gains of a number of seats so that the ratio will be two to one republican, instead of two and one-half to one, or to be exact, 187 to 68 as in the last session. The factors entering into the expected increase of democratic representation are the senatorship fight and the unknown position of or ganized labor toward the tickets of both the leading parties.
 First and foremost of the problems which will be presented to the incom- ing legislature is the election of sue cessor to United States Senator Joseph R. Hawley. With ex-Governor Bulk eley and Samuel Fessenden as the pre- election candidates for that high honor, the interest today is in the prospects each man has in the election of senators and representa- tives of their own party. All the sena- tors have been nominated and the few representative who have not yet been named will be picked at caucuses called for this evening in number of the smaller towns of the state. 1t is claimed that if announced preferences on the part of the would-be representa- lives amount to anything MrSBulkeley has a considerable lead over his op- ponent. Caucuses held on the past three nights of this week have in most instances been won by the Bulkeley men. It Is further claimed that as warm as the contest has been in tho #caucuses 1t is eIlly an indication of the lively time that is coming in tho legislative caucuses.
 The incoming legislature is likely to be asked to consider number of la- bor matters which will be introduced by organized labor under instruction of their state body. Tn this connection Charles +. Donahue of Ansonia, pres1- dent of the State Federation of Labor, is candidate for the senate. The in- dicated plurality for the republican party in this new district, based on fig ures cast for various offices in the last election, is only BOA. As most of the labor men in that district, which in cludes Ansonia. Seymour, Beacon Falls and Derby, are working earnestly for his success, it does not seem to be a hard proposition for him to win out Tuesday, and in doing so become the labor leader in the next legislature The fishing interests along the Sound shore are also anxious for some Iegis- lation for their own particular benefit