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THREE DIVISIONS IN SENATE.


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THREE DIVISIONS IN SENATE.
The senator's may be classified into
three almost equal divisions First, those
representing the solid South" and three
other states Greatly favoring the Roose-
welt policy. each having one democratic
senator. which. with the twenty-four sem
ators from the SOLID SOUTH make, in
all twenty-nine. In the second division
| have placed the Roosevelt policy"
statcs-namcly. Iowa. Kansas, Michigan,
Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska Idaho
North Dakota. South Dakota. Utah, Wis
consin Washington. and Wyoming, rep
resented by twenty-six senators, all of
whom. If not personally in accord with
the President, must have represented his
policies or they could not have been
elected, To these, have added the
three republican senators who have dem
ocratic colleagues from the states Of Mis-
souri,, Nevada, and Colorado, and Knox
Of PENNSYLVANIA. and MBeveridge of In
diana. both strong advocates of the Pres
idents policies. which makes in all thirty
one senator's in this class
In the third division, I have classed
tho six New England States-Mane. New
! Hampshire. Vermont. MASSACHUSETTS
| Connecticut, and Rhode Island, together
with New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer-
| sey Illinois. Indiana, Ohio. Delaware,
West Nirslnia--arc absolutely controlled
japanese difficulty. california and Ore
gon. As I have divided the Indiana and
| Pennsylvania delegations. this division
makes thirty conservative republican SEN
! ators from states whose interests have
been ht-though in view of the great
prosperity Of the country. hardly injured
by tho Roosevelt reform measures
| The politics Of some Of these states
like Maine. Vermont. Rhode Island, and
West Virginia-are absolutely controlled
by the senators, notably Senators Hale
and FRYE IN Maine. Senators Aldrich and
Wetmore in Rhode Island, Senators FL
kins and Scott in West Virginia Proctor
! and Dillingham; in Vermont, and Foraker
/ and Dick in Ohio. Not one of these gen
t!emen is suspected for any great friend
ship for the President. They are. IN
fact. with some OF their elderly confrores
the nucleus of the little Coterie I'm the
Senate who have engineered nearly all
the uneuccessful combinations 10 defeat
the reforms which tho President has
forced through that body. They are all
good enough politicians to recognize that
public opinion Is with the President, or
have outwardlY at any rate, retired from
the contest as veterans in good order Il
not graciously.
Whatever public opinion in the state OF
Massachusetts my be(and I think II Is
strongly in favor Of the President and
his policies) the vested interests of that
state keep a sharp watch on their sem
atOrs-LOdge and Crane--who both, to q
large extent, represent the wealth and
culture rather than the popular senti-
ments of the State. New York, Will
Mr.. Depew and Mr.. Plat, has no infu-
ence whatever In the Senate. beyond theil
two votes. but had these gentlemen any
influence It would be eXerted against re-
form measures. though the State itsel
has elected n reform governor.
In Illinois the large packing interest.
still feel resentful toward the President
The venerable Senator Cullom, now near
~ eighty years OF age, has Just been re-
elected and Is a fair minded man, bu
, not warm supporter of the President
though his colleague. Mr. Hopkins, /!
more or less inbued with the spirit o
the times. Indiana I have divided. part
ly on account of the manufacturing in
terests, and partly because It Is the hom'
Of Vice President Fairbanks, whose pres
dental aspiration have taken yer,
active form, 1t is also the home OF Sen
ator Beveridge who has recently beer
selected spokesman for Roosevelt policie
in the forthcoming discussion with Mr.
3 Bryan,
SITUATION IN OHIO.
: Tho only other state requiring specia
I mention Is Ohio. and there we not onl,