Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19
The Next Senate,

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The election of Dupont as United
States Senator from Delaware and the
| appointment of Benson of Kansas ana
| Whyte of Maryland to fill vacancies
caused by resignation in one instance
| and death In the other brings the
| membership Of the Senate up to the
| full legal limit of 30 for the first time
i'm more than a year. Politically the
body now stands 81 Republicans ana
SO Democrats. AS large as is this Re
publican majority there is every pros
pect that it will be increased In the
next Congress, the New York Tribune
making the prediction that there will
be at least so Republicans in its mem
bership and not more than ~ Demo-
Gratis. 1t bases this belief on care
fuI study of the situation in the various
states from which there are senators
whose terms expire in March, 1907
There are 80 such senators, and just
half of them are Republicans and half
Democrats Some of these seats have
already been. filled. Murphy ]. Foster.
Democrat. of Louisiana. and Anselm j.
McLaurin. of Mississippi. Demo-
crat. have been elected to sue
coed themselves for the term ending
March 5. 1913. In Kentucky J. c. S.
Blackburn. Democrat has been dis
placed by Thomas Fl. Paynter. Demo-
chat. In Virginia Thomas S.
Martin has been reelected.
James H. Berry. of Arkansas, one of
the veterans of the Senate. has been
endorsed i'm Arkansas by Governor
Jeff Davis, and in Tennessee a Demo-
cratic primary has designated ex-
Governor Bob Taylor to succeed Ed
ward w Carmack. There can be lit
tie doubt that Benjamin F. Tillman
will secure a reelection in South Car
DINA. Joseph W. Bailey will have lit
tie or no opposition for reelection in
Texas. and in Georgia and Alabama
there is a clear field open for Augustus
o. Bacon and John T. Morgan. North
Carolina can also be counted on to re-
turn a Democratic Senator.
But Of the four other seats now filed
by Democrats one-that in Oregon
is already lost and three others are in
danger Jonathan Bourne. jr.. Repub-
lican, will be elected by the Oregon
Legislature to secceed John NJ. Gearin.
Democrat. and ad interim appointee of
Governor Chamberlain. Frederic T.
Dubois has little chance of reelection
In Idaho. and Thomas NJ. Paterson can
hardly hope to recover the ground lost
by the Democracy in Colorado. In
Montana William A. Clark, Democrat.
has declined to stand for recollection,
and his successor will probably be a
Republican.
On the Republican side vacancies
will occur in Maine. New Hampshire.
Massachusetts. Rhode Island. New Jer-
sey. Delaware. West Virginia, Michi-
gan. Illinois. Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas.
Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming.
OF the retiring senators, Robert J.
Gamble. of South Dakota. has been
renominated. There is little doubt
that William P. Frye in Maine. w.
Murray Crane in Massachusetts. Shell
by NJ Cullom i'm Illinois. knute Nelson
in Minnesota and Francis f. Warren
in Wyoming will be returned with
slight opposition. In Iowa. New Jer-
sey. West Virginia. Rhode Island and
Kansas there may be interesting con-
tests but Republican control in none
of the Is commemorative is seriously
imperiled. There may be another
deadlock in Delaware. But. with one
gain assured in Oregon and three more
seats within easy grasp in Idaho. Colo
RADIO and Montana. the Republican
strength in the Senate will be aug
mented rather than diminished after
March 4. 1907.