Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-31


Democratic Senators from Arizona
and New Mexico.
Possible Republican losses in
1917.
Possible total of Insurgents and
Democrats-52.
Regular Republican senators-51.
Washington, March 28.-Mathemati.
cally inclined Republican politicians
have discovered that statehood for Ari-
iona and New Mexico should not pass
the Senate. There's a reason
1t is more than a probability that
on becoming states the two territories
would send four Democratic senators
to congress. This, with possibilities
Of defeat for Republicans who must
fight for reelection next fall, en-
dangers the Republican regulars con-
troll Of the senate
At present the Republican strength
in the senate is 80 From this there
must be taken Insurgent Republi-
cans WHO cannot be controlled by the
Republican leaders, Senators Aldrich
and Crane. This leaves the regular
RapubI can strength in the sonata
only 81
Insurgent Republ cans have on biz
party questions voted with the Demo-
Gratis. This would add their strength
on many ques ions to the Democratic
minority Of 80. Four Democrats from
Arizona and New Mexico would make
this combined nsurgent-Democrati
strength As. Seven Republican sena-
tors lost to the Democrats in coming
elections would place the senate N
the power of the Democrats and In
surgents. There are at least Re-
publican senators who must make 4
hard fight for reelection.
This is the reason that statehood
for tie two remaining territories out
side of Alaska is likely TO wait until
Senator AIdrich and Senator Crane
can keep the senate lid on. There has
been a tremendous bubbling. but up to
this time the statehood bill has not
made further progress than a favora-
Bile report from the Committee on Ter
ritories.
Keeping the statehood bill from
O9ssing The senate is likely TO be n
harder job than passing the admins
trat.on's railroad bill, and that is not
an easy task. President Taft has been
through tie two territories and has
pledged his support to the statehood.
But the president had not then, and
has not now, seen the mathematical
demonstration of what may happen 10
the senate. If he keeps on urging
s atelDod upon the senate the situa-
ton will be laid before him. When 4
president of The United States, with
three years to serve and a strong
probability that the house of repre-
-atives will be Democratic after March
4. 1911, is confronted with the further
possibility that he may have added to
his burden a Democratic senate, there
is likely to be a slump in the state
hood enthusiasm.
Statehood has been urged by the
president because it was promised in
the Republican platform adopted at
Chicago. This is his argument for if.
Republicans are more than ever con-
vinced that platforms are hastily and
sometimes careIessIy builded
Democrats are, naturally, for the
statehood bill. They believe that it
can be passed in the senate, and the
Republicans fear that this is true.
Some of the senators who now vote
with the Republican majority who
have hard battles before them are
Chauncey NJ. Depew, of New York;
Elmer J. Burkett, of Nebraska; john
Kean, of New Jersey; Charles Dick, of
Ohio; George S. Nixon, of Nevada;
Nathan B. Scott, of West Virginia, and
William Warner, of Missouri.