Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-26
THIRTEEN new
men IN SENATE
EIGHTEEN OF THE THiRTY-oNE
WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE WILL
BE RETURNED.

| Washington, d. c., Dec. "a. ire
terms of thirty-one United States
senators will expire on March 4, but
this does not mean that there Will be
that many new faces in the upper
house when the special session of
congress meets in the middle of
March to revise the tariff. There will
be thirteen new senators on the roll
| call, as eighteen of the thirty-one have
been reelected or assured of re-elec-
ton, either through successes in pri-
mary contests Or pledge OF a majority
| of the membership OF the several leg
lslatures charged with the duty of
| electing senators before the beginning
F., of the next congress.
In addition to the vacancies occur
| ring in the regular way, there will be
o vacancy in Pennsylvania on account
OF the forthcoming resignation of
Senator Knox to accept the portfolio
of secretary of state in the Taft cab
| met There will be a scramble be-
tween prominent Republicans of Penn
| sylvania for Mr.. KnoX's seat, which
will occasion public interest equal to
the contest going on now in Ohio for
the seat of Senator Foraker, and in
| Connecticut for the seat Of Senator
Brandegee. That Secretary Root will
| be given the New York senatorship
now held by Senator Platt, is conced-
| ed, and a contest is not expected
Nine Republicans Reasonably Sure.
The Republican senators whose
terms expire at the end of the pres
| l,,li VIII 1,GoS Id
| sure of being returned, are Cummins
| primary Dillingham;, Gallinger, Hey
burn, Hopkins primary Penrose, Per
kins. Smoot and Stephenson, Demo-
cratic senators who will be returned
are Clarke (of Arkansas Clay, Gore,
Johnston, McEnery of Louisiana, New
lands, Overman, Smith and Stone.
BY reason Of defeat in primary
contests Senator Ankeny of Washing
ton will be succeeded by Representa-
tive Wesley A. Jones, Senator Hans
brough of North Dakota by M. N.
Johnson, Kittredge Of South Dakota
| by Governor Coe I. Crawford and
Long Of Kansas by Joseph E. Bristow,
former fourth assistant postmaster
general All of these men are Republi-
cans and i'll addition Fulton of Oregon
probably will be succeeded by Cover
nor Chamberlain, Democrat, who was
victorious in what is popularity known
as the double primary system of the
state
Change In South Carolina.
OF the Democratic senators whose
terms expire on March 4, Gary of
South Carolina will be succeeded by
E. D. Smith, and Milton Of FLORIDA by
Duncan U. Fletcher. Offsetting the
Oregon situation is that Of Kentucky
former Governor w. Q. Bradley, Re.
publican, having been elected to sue.
! coed McCreary. Democrat, by reason
of the failure of the Democratic ma
jority in the Kentucky legislature to
agree. Teller Of Colorado will be sue
ceeded by Charles Z. Hughes of Den
yer, who was indorsed by the Demo
cratic state convention after Teller
had declined to be candidate for re
election The legislature is Demo
cratic
/ Already there have appeared in the
I field as probable candidates to succeed
Senator KICK, Repres" natives James
francis Burke and John Da'zell and
George t. Oliver, all of Plttsburg.
/ Indiana Has Struggle.
Not the least interesting of the
senatorial fights that will be settled IN
the next two months will occur in IN
diana. The change of the complexion
of the Legislature from Republican tc
Democratic has brought out as candi
dates John w. Kern, candidate fol-
vice president on the Democratic
ticket; John 7. Lamb, Benjamin F
Shively ana l.. Ert Slack OF Fran Kiln