Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-18

lures which Will name their successors
are chosen ut the coming election. The
thirty senators whose terms expire
with this congress are as follows: Aid
rich, B~everidge. Bulkeley, Burkett, Bur
rows, Carter, Clapp. Clark (WyoJ, Cul-
berson. Daniel, Depew, Dick, Du Pont.
Flint, Frazier. Hale. Kean. La Fol
iette, Lodge. McCumber, Money, Nix
on, Oliver. Page. Piles. Rayner. Scott,
Sutherland. Taliaferro and Warner.
As to the chances of these senators
for reelection, 1t is now announced
that Aldrich will be a candidate to sue
coed himself, and there Is every pros
pect that he will do SO. In the case OF
Beveridge, the present legislature OF
Indiana is Democratic, and 1t is ad-
mitted on all hands that the fight In
that state In the fall will be a hard one,
and no confident prediction of the out
come is yet possible. 1t is generally
conceded, | believe. that II the Repub-
lIcans win Beveridge will be reelected.
Buckley will probably succeed him.
self, although Connecticut In the old
days was one of the doubtful states.
Burkett is in the same boat with Bev-
eridge In that the state Legislature is
now Democratic. Burkett himself
thinks that Bryan Is a receptive candi-
date for senator. Another Democrat
mentioned is Representative Hitchcock.
Burrows is fairly sure of reelection.
Carter of Montana and Clark of Wy
oming will perhaps succeed them
selves, although Montana in Populist
days went against the Republicans.
Clapp may have opposition in his own
party, but as Minnesota has shown
strong leanings toward the insurgent
cause and as Clapp belongs to the in
surgents his chances seem at least
favorable. Culberson of Texas will al
most certainly succeed himself. and
Daniel of Virginia has been reelected.
Eugene Hale, the titular Republican
senate leader. Is to be opposed in his
own party, Judge Frederick A. Powers
having announced himself as a candi-
date. La Toilette. the insurgent leader
from Wisconsin, will certainly be a
candidate to succeed himself and will
doubtless win. Money of Missis-
sippi will be succeeded by John
Sharp Williams, who has already been
elected. Nevada is an uncertain state
politically, frequently going Democrat
ic, which makes Nixon's reelection
debatable. Washington has generally
been Republican of late years. which
makes 1t probable that Piles success
sor will be of his own political faith.
Maryland is a battle-ground, but IL
the Democrats win Rayner will try
for 1t again, but may have opposition
In his own party. A Republican oppo-
nent to Nathan Bey Scott has already
appeared i'll West Virginia. In Mis-
souri, the Democrats will make a de-
termined fight to regain the seat held
by William Warner, Republican.
A rather remarkable fact is that Of
these thirty senators whose terms ex-
nire only siv are Democrats- 1t is
frequently said That by no possibility
can the Democrats capture b next
senate. but a little study shows that
they might do SO In a landslide. The
present complexion of the senate is
thirty-four Democrats to fifty-eight
Republicans. or thirty-three to fifty
nine without Thompson of North Da-
kota. who will shortly be succeeded
by a Republican. Thus a change of
fourteen would give the Democrats a
majority of two.
One of the new features of the Gla-
Wis testimony before the Ballinger in
v~estigating committee brought in the
names of Representatives McLachlan
of California and Kinkaid of Nebras-
ka. 1t appears that after Ballinger
left the land office he became attorney
for Kinkaid in an Alaskan coal claim.
In response to a question CLAWS said
there was nothing improper in this
unless there had been some previous
agreement. The writer remembers
Kinkaid very we'll when he was a dis
trict judge. He represents the sand