Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-11-01

| for the last six months, and from all az
counts he will not meet with any oppose
| tier when his Legislature meets in Jan
I uarY He is one OF the most persuasive
as well one of the richest men in pub
| lie life. Between elections his cons;itu-
elrs become unr,ily, but somehow he has
| the knack of getting them in line when
| their votes are needed. The democrats
have ceased to hope to carry the state.
| Elkins and natural gas have made It
safely republican.
| Foster of Louisiana, Frye of Maine,
Gamble of South Dakota, Gearin of Ore
gon, McIaurin OF Mississippi and Martin
of Virginia are all slated TO come back.
| Willard Of Nebrask may be left at home.
! Opposition to him has arisen among the
! people. and it is said that the railroad IN
| iluenVe which was at ct,a time behind him
| is not disposed to support him for re
| election. Nebraska has not been in the
habit OF keeping its senator's here for long
periods, and so it is not surprising to hear
that someone else Is likely to occupy the
seat Mr.. Willard now claims.
| Alabama has done the gracious thing by
Senator Morgan, who will have served 80
years the third OF March. 1t proposes to
re-elect him and keep him in the Senate as
| IuHS us ne lives. lteailNnE mat ne can
hardly live the term out, 1t has designat cd
Mr.. Bankhead. now a member of the
House of Representatives. as a substitute
candidate, with the understanding that
when Mr.. Morgan dies Banlhead will lie
appointed to the vacancy by the governor.
Minnesota will return Senator Nelson. and
1t will honor itself by doing it. He is one
of the most valuable mon ia. the body.
NJ Do o,.11 1,oe
| back by Colorado. Apparently the only
| chance for him to get back Is to turn re-
publican-and persons who know him hes.
would not be surprised to hear that he is
seeking re-electiou as a Roosevelt repub
lican. He was elected in 1901 as a demo-
| crat, but during the last session he was
half disposed to desert his party. He
frankly admits that he has run the gaun,-
let Of political parties in his time. When
popuism was rampant he was on the
front seat of the band wagon. All The adj
vices from Colorado indicate that the uaXt
Legislature will be republican. The re-
pubicans have majority of four on Joint
Rather one glance at him in his
| native wilds, in all of his pride and
beauty. than q whole hour in viewing
his Inangled carcass. and member
of the original club that first introduced
these noble animals to our forests. de-
sire to enter a protest against this UNI
manly slaughter There Is plenty Of room
for several times their present number,
without causing any material damage
that would to any appreciable extent off
set the charms and peculiar attractions
which their presence gives our regions"
ballot IN the present body. and Roosevelt
carried the State by nearly 5000 two
years ago
The four remaining senators In the list
OF 30-Simmons of North Carolina. Till
man OF South Carolina, Warren of Wyom-
ing, and Wetmore OF Rhode sland-are all
booked for return, although Wetmore is
meeting some strong opposition. There
was a little uprising against Tillman, bu.
he went into his State after Congress al
iourned and in less than 30 days had his
fences in such good condition that he was
able to go on the Chautauqua platform III
the North at 500 night
1t may be that there will be some vacan-
cies in addition to those caused by the ex-
pirauon of the terms of 30 senators.
Many New York republicans expect Sea-