The National tribune., 1910-12-29

! ignated under defective primary law,
shall be elected. Gov.-elect Woodrow
Wilson has already attracted the at
1 tention of the country in his demand
that Farmer" James e. MARITIME, who
had the majority of primary votes, shall
be elected. Florida is still holding pri-
maries for the choice of Senator, and
l it will probably be some weeks before
the name of James P. Taliaferro's sue
cesSor will be determined.
Mississippi's new Senator, eX-Repre-
sentative John Sharp Williams. has al
ready been formally elected The Mis-
sissippi Legislature is one of the very
! few that convenes only once in four
years. The Senatorial primary there
was held two years ago, and Mr.. VIII
liams was elected a year ago. The
Maryland Legislature reelected Sena-
tor Isador Rayner q year ago, it being
one of the few Southern States which
does not conduct a Senatorial primary,
Virginia last year reelected the late
John W. Daniel, but his death last
summer brought his successor, eX-Gov.
Claude A. Swanson, into the Senate on
a GubernatOrial appointment.
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Montana,
Wyoming, New York, Ohio, Delaware
Tennessee. Massachusetts, Pennsylva-
mia, West Virginia. Maine and Utah are
the States where Senatorial interest will
center during next month. In Della
ware, Pennsylvania and Utah, certainly,
the results are foregone conclusion.
Senators du Pont, Oliver and Suther-
land, respectively, will be reelected
without opposition. Senator Page was
reelected in Vermont last october.
TrOub,Ous Times for Some.
Senator Aldrich went to Rhode Island
several days ago i'll an attempt to COM
pose the strife before the Legislature
for the choice of his successor. Senator
Morgan c.. Buckley has been in Con-
necticut for a week, taking personal
charge of his campaign for another
term as against eX-Gov. George p. Me-
Lean. Senator Carter is keeping in
close touch with the efforts of Montana
Democrats in the forlorn hope that he
a Republican, may be able to slip back
if the Democratic deadlock becomes
sufficiently bitter and prolonged
Senator Clarence d. Clark is having
trouble getting back from Wyoming
where there is a Democratic Governor
and a strong insurgent element in the
Legislature. Senator f. f. Warren the
biggest Republican in Wyoming, has
recently hurried there in the hope of
saving his colleague from defeat New
York and Ohio4-are Democratic Sena-
torial problems, as are Tennessee, West
Virginia and Maine. AS Senator S. B.
Elkins. Notwithstanding reports to the
contrary, is desperately i'll at his home
in this city. it may be that the West
Virginia Democrats will have to elect
two United States Senators during the
session of their Legislature this Winter.
The balloting will begin generally
about the middle of Jafluary. State
Constitutions have divergent provisions
as to the date. Most of the elections
will be over by the Goth of the month.
There will be deadlock here and
there, so that 1t may be well into Feb
ruary before the last Of the new class
Of 30 is chosen. Unless there Is an ex-
ira session Of Congress, which now
seems unlikely, the new Senators will
not march up the center aisle in front
Of the Vice Presidents desk and take
the oath of Office till early next Decem-
Der. But they will draw their salaries
and be United States Senators from
March next