Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-27

ILLINOIS,, says tHe oprlnSntlu neSis-
ter, is not, the only state which will
effect a. change in the federal senate
This state expects to perform a service
for the country, sand incidentally for
itself, by defeating United States Sen
ator Albert ]. Hopkins for reelection.
OF course, it cannot be guessed what
the 'deadlocked" state legislature Will
do about the election of Hopkins sue
cessor, but it seems to be pretty well
settled that Hopkins can command no
more votes than his already high mark
of 80. His vote was reduced to min
imum of 80. and in the balloting Tues
day next it is expected to drop even
lower than that mark. 1t is only a
question of time until his forces must
disintegrate, as the supporters of no
other candidate are inclined to swing
to Hopkins, whose successor will be
probably one of the several other can
didates now in the field, or possibly a
dark horse"
So change seems most likely to be
made by the state of Illinois in its rep
|resentation in the national senate.
Thirty-one seats are to- become va
cant in the United States senate March
4 next Five of the vacancies were
has reelected Joseph H. Johnston; Lou
isiana, Samuel d. McEnery; Maryland,
John Walter Smith, and Vermont, Will
liam p Dillingham;. Kentucky had
chosen William o. Bradley, republican,
to succeed James B. McCreary, demo
crat. OF 10 senators elected in the
past two weeks, II are reelected, as
follows: From Arkansas, James p.
Clarke; California, George c. Perkins !;
Connecticut, Frank b. Brandegee; Ida
no, Weldon B. Hepburn; Iowa. Albert
|B. Cummins; Missouri, William j.
Stone; New Hampshire, Jacob H. Gal
linger; North Carolina, Lee s. Over
man; Oklahoma, Thomas P. Gore i;
Pennsylvania, Boies Penrose; Utah,
Reed Smoot. Nevada will reflect
Francis G. Newlands; Georgia, Alex
ander S. Clay, and Wisconsin,, Isaac
N. Stephenson.
. The other senators elected, or GER
tain to be elected, are:
Charles J. Hughes. Jr.. of Colorado;
Benjamin F. Snively of Indiana, N. B.
Broward of Florida, w. o. Bradley OF
Kentucky, Joseph L. Bristow of Kan
sas. Elihu Root of New York, M. N
johnson of North Dakota, Theodore E
Burton of Ohio, George E. Chamber
lain of Oregon, Coe l. Crawford OF
South Dakota, E. ID. Smith of South
Carolina, and Wesley L. Jones OF
Washington.
| Among the veterans not returned is
ttion of brief period from 1882 tc
1885, has represented Colorado in the
senate since 1876. He is the senior
senator in actual, but not in continu
Gus service. Since entering the sen
! ate he has been a democrat, republi
can, and Independent. His usefulness
is conceded by men of all parties.
Another of the prominent figures il
the senate who steps down and out i.
Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio, incidents
relative to whose retirement are tot
reccnt history to necessitate repetition
The democrats have won in the cleo
ton of two senators from states which
have been sending republicans to tn,
senate = Indiana and Oregon. B.
Shively of Indiana and George E
chamberlain of Oregon are democrats
The democratic gain, however, is onl.
lone vote, as the democrats failed t.
lelect senator from Kentucky, w. @
Bradley. a republican, being electe,
from that state.
Intense national interest is beini
taken in the Illinois deadlock" be
Icause of the great uncertainty as t
the identity of the successor of HoI
lkins. The concensus of unprejudice
lopinion, however, is that Hopkins dc
lseryes defeat, and that his remova
from the senate will be a marked i'm
lprovement in that body.
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