The Washington times., 1907-12-01
SENATORS SEATS
WILL Be CHANGED
AND ASSIGNED
Democrats Will B e
Flanked on Both Sides
By Republicans.

when the Senate meets at noon to-
morrow. there will be noticeable
changes in the seating of the Senate
Chamber, both On the left Of the pre-
siding officer. the Republican side. and
on the right. the Democratic side.
The change that will attract most no
tee will be the occupancy OF Senator
spooner's old seat by Senator Beveridge
OF Indiana. Senator SpOoner had No.
81. on the Republican side. a seat on
the center aisle. and an extremely de-
sirable one, and it has been the good
fortune CT Senator Beverage to get
It Senator Allison is Senator Bev-
eridge's nearest neighbor.
Senator Knox has hitherto been com
PEELED to occupy a seat on the Demo
cratic side. He VIII be shifted TO the
Republican side, and will occupy No.
81. a desirable seat, between Senators
Hopkins and Perkins. Senator Bulke-
ley Of Connecticut has also been changed
from the Democratic TO the Republican
side.
Senator Kittredge in No. %.
The seat having the fateful number Of
%. about central Of the Republican side,
will be occupied by Senator Kittredge
Of South Dakota 1t has been occupied
BY Senator Wetmore OF Rhode Island,
whose term has expired, and who has
not been reelected but expects to be
when the Rhode Island Legislature
meets. Senator Dick OF Ohio, who has
been hitherto seated well back on the
Republican side, will have No. 1 in
the front row, formerly occupied BY
Alice Of Delaware.
Senator Ia Toilette will have to re-
main on the Democratic side, but he
VIII have plenty o. company. In fact, a
new arrangement has been made IN the
seating that will result in completely
nlnking the Democrats on the right
with Republicans. They have been
fianked by the main Republican force
on the left, and now a solid array Of
Republicans viii be placed on the other
side. They will be all but surrounded
by Republicans. Ten seats on the ex-
treme right Of the chamber, in the
region called the Cherokee strip, will
be occupied by Senator'S Brown Of Ne
brasl-a, Dixon Of Montana. Richards or
Delaware, La Toilette Of Wisconsin,
Borah OF Idaho, Burkett Of Nebraska,
Bourne Of Oregon, Guggenheim Of Colo
RADIO, Briggs of New Jersey. and
Stephenson of Wisconsin Seat No %.
on the extreme right and on the back
row, viii be left vacant for Senator
Wetmore when he returns
McLaurin Gets Desirable Seat.
Senator Morgan Of Alabama had tho
most desirable seat on the Democratic
side. No. 10. This viii 40 to McLaurln
OF Mississippi. Senator Pottus seat,
rear by, goes to McCreary Of Kentucky.
Senator Newlands has been seated IN
the extreme rear on the Democratic
side, but will now be in the front row.
Jeff Davis Of Arkansas, the new and
fiery Senator from that State. viii get
Carmack'S old seat in the back row on
the aisle. de Will be seated right back
of Tillman. Some one said yesterday
that this particular corner Of the Sen
ate threatened TO be a cyclone center.
1t seems likely It viii be the point Of
origin for more OF less oratoricaI dis
turbauce.
Senator Gore. the blind Senator from
Oklahoma, and his colleague, Senator
Owen, have been allotted seats 81 and So
in the back row on the Democratic
side. In fact. the entire back row on
this side Will be occupied by new men,
bers OF the Senate. with the exception
Of Senator Whyte Of Maryland. who
VIII keep his old seat there. The seat
formerly occupied by Berry Of Arkansas
viii go to Senator Clarke. also Of Ar
kansas.