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FOR THE SENATE
TwENTY-SIx SENATORS TO
BE CHOSEN.
Some Interesting Scenes VIII Be
Enacted When Congress
Convfnes

Washington, ID. O., Nov. l9. Some
interesting contests for seats in the
United States Senate will be witness
ed q little over q month hence when
the new legislatures assemble. Twenty
six Senators will be chosen by twenty
four states Indiana will elect two
Senators, one to succeed Senator Fair
banks, who will resign March next
to become Vice President of the Uni
ted States. Massachusetts will elect
two Senators, one for the unexpired
term of the late Senator Hoar, which
does not end until March 8, 1907.
The Pennsylvania legislature has
the election of one Senator for two
terms-the unexpired term of the late
Senator Quay. ending March 8 next.
and the term of six years from that
date. OF the twenty-six Senators to
be designated by various states large
majority will come in without contro-
versy. This is because an increasing
number of states has adopted the pol
ICY of re-electing useful Senators, and
because q few others have indicated
in advance the men of their choice.
In the latter class comes Nebraska,
whose state convention indorsed Rep
resentative Elmer j. Burkett; also
Utah and Nevada, where the election
of former Representative George Sun
derland and Mr.. George Nixon, re-
spectively, has been foreshadowed by
the general consent of the party
leaders.
Vigorous contests are looked for in
eight states One of them will be In
diana While Senator Beveridge will
be reelected without opposition from
his party, the strive for the seat of
Senator Fairbanks is very keen.
Colonel Harry New and several of the
Indiana delegation in the House are
eontesting for the place. The winter
will witness a continuation of the bit.
ter senatorial fight which has marked
the political history of the Blue Hen
state for the greater part of a decade.
]. Edward Addicks is still desirous
of coming to the Senate, but apparent
ly lacks two or three votes. 1t seems
TO be taken for granted that Senator
John Kean, of New Jersey, will be
given another term without opposition,
but in New York it is not yet quite
clear whether there will be opposition
10 Senator Depew.
Connecticut will have an interest
ing Senatorial fight. AS the election
there practically means an election
for life, the strife to attain the honor
will be all the more spirited. There
are now two leading candidates, one
of them Samuel Fassenden, long ma
tional committeeman, but it is not
improbable that others will enter the
contest before the legislature meets.
The Republican elected from Connec-
ticut will succeed Gen. Joseph r.
Hawley, who has been in the Senate
nearly twenty-four years In Wis
consin, the La Toilette control will
probably result in the turning down
of Senator Quarles. Sentiment has
not crystalized on his successor. Mis-
souri, will be the scene of another in
terasting contest, in this case for the
toga of Senator Ocokrell. Cyrus z.
Walbridge, the defeated candidate for
Governor, Secretary of the Interior
Hitchcock and Richard Kerens are
among those whose names are men,
toned as possible candidates.
In California. it is regarded as quite
probable that Senator Bard will sue
oeed himself, but he has not yet clear
ed away all opposition. Washington
state will see a warm fight for the
seat of Senator Foster. The Republl-
can legislature in Montana, it is ex-
pected, will elect Thomas II. Carter,
who is already a familiar figure in the
Senate. Altogether. there will be
scarcely half dozen new men on the
Senate floor after March 3 next. Two
of the newcomers will be Senator Knox,
of Pennsylvania, and Senator w.
Murray Crane, of Massachusetts.
though both men are we'll known in
Washington.