The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05
Seats of Thirty one Members of Upper House to Be Filled by Respective State
 Legislatures.
CUMMINS A NEW FIGURE
Washington Surprised by Retirement of Lands, Oyerstrcct and Es- pccially Hepburn, of Com
 merce Commission.

Washington, Nov. i-The present indications are that the republicans will have about a two-thirds majority in the United States senate as the re- suit of yesterdays elections. or prac- tically the same as at present. Of the 92 members of that body 61 hold ovcr leaving only Fl places tn till Of these 70 arc republicans and F dem ncrats. Alabama, Arkansas, Louis jana and Maryland already have ehos en democrats, and Kentucky and Yer mont republicans The other sena- tors to whom successors are to be elected are: epublicans-A Allison, Iowa. who will he succeeded hy a re- 1 publican; Ankeny. Washington; Brandeeee. Connections; Gallin ger New Hampshire; IIansbrough, North Dakota; Hepburn, Idaho; l Hopkins, Illinois, Kittridge South Da- kota; Long, Kansas; Penrose, Penn; ! Perkins, California; Platt, New York; i Shoot. Utah Stephenson, Wisconsin,; | all of whom will be succeeded either by themselves or other republicans.
 i Democrats Clay, Georgia; Gary 1 South Carolina Gore, Okla; Milton, l Florida, Overman, North Caroian, all of whom will be succeeded by demo- crats The only senatorships remain ing in doubt are those of Ohio, Indiana and Oregon which are now represented by Senators Foraker, Hemenway and Fulton, republicans, and Colorado, Mis- sour and Nevada, represented by Sem ators Teller, Stone and Newlands, dem ocrats.
 Governor Cummins of Iowa is about to realize his ambition of be- coming a senator from that state. If l Indiana should send a democrat in place of Hemenway. it is supposed i here that John W. Kern, the defeated ! vice presidential candidate, would he 1 chosen.
 The final figures regarding the re- suit in the house probably will show 4 little change in numbers on the re- spcctivc sides but tnere will be con siderahle shifting in the personnel of that body A number of surprises al- ready have been recorded ana prob ably the most pronounced was the defeat of Representative Hepburn of
 the Eighth Iowa district MT. Hep
 burn as chairman of the interstate commerce commission had been SC
 prominent that he had come to he
 regarded as a fixture in Washington
 He was 9 strong supporter of Presi-
 dent Roosnvelt's policies
 Washington was quite unprepared
 for the retirement of C, B. Lands and
 Jesse Overstrect of Indiana, That
 General Sherwood, the Independent democra from the Ninth Ohio district
 who sprung Into notice during his one term through his sharp differences with
 his older colleague, General Keller
 should be retired is not go surprising
 as he was elected in 1906 by the small
 majority of forty votes i'm district
 which had hitherto been overwhelm
 lngly republican The second defeat of J. T. McClary by Mr. Hammond in the second Minnesota district brings td
 mind the fact that he resigned his po-
 sltion as second assistant postma stcr general to make the recent race Re.
 publicans generally are delighted with their gain o' two members in Inc stat, of Oklahoma, The change will give the republicans three of the five mem bers of the house from that state.