The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-28
THINNING
SENATORIAL
COMBINE
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DEFEAT STARES MANY
WHOSE TERMS
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INDIANA SLAUGHTER
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Burrows May Possibly Lose
and Western Senators
Face Oblivion
Special to Daily Leader.

Special to Daily Leader.
Washington, ID. c., April 2S.-Cal-
culations made today by New Eng
land senator and presented to the Re
publican congressional committee are
that the next senate viii either oe
democratic or so evenly divided that
half a dozen insurgents will hold the
balance of power
Prophecies as to Democratic sue
cess in 1911 have up TO this time
been confined almost exclusively TO
the house OF representatives II has
been taken for granted that the stolld
old Republican senate would stand
like rock against the onslaughts OF
the progressives and check any and
all legislation Of a progressive.
1T makes little difference what the
house proposes, the senate will take
care Of it..
Havenss Defeat SCARED Market
This has been the reliance uf con
servatives for some time. 1t has been
discovered, however, that the senate
old guard has been doing d little ig
uring lately with results so surprising
that they are somewhat startled with
the prospects OF a Democratic senate
to work in harmony with Demo
cratic house, which now seems prac-
tically certain.
One Of the most prominent of the
Republican senators in admitting the
possibility OF a Democratic senate in
1911, pointed To the fact that the
stock market went off several points
on learning that James S. Hayens had
been elected in the rock-ribbed Re
publican Thirty-second congressional
district In New York.
Terms Of Thirty Senators Expire.
The terms of thirty senators OF
both parties will expire on March 3,
1911, at which time the third session
of the Sixty-first congress Will end.
No less than twenty-four of these are
Republicans and only six are Demo-
Gratis. OF these Republicans, care.
full estimate made by leading Repub-
1ican senators Indicate that sixteen
are likely to be returned in person or
will be succeeded by other Republic.
ans.
Republicans Reasonably Certain.
The Republicans who are reason
ably certain to come back are Buck
ley of Connecticut, Clapp of Mime
sofa, Clark of Wyoming, Depew OF
New York, Kean of New Jersey,
Lodge OF Massachusetts,, Nixon OF
Nevada, Oliver of Pennsylvania
Page OF Vermont, Scott of West Vir-
glnia, and Sutherland OF Utah
eleven.
Senators Aldrich OF Rhode Island
Hale of Maine. Flint of California
and Piles OF Washington will retire
at the end OF the present congress
but 1t is expected that each VIII be
succeeded by Republican. Ohio, tho
major chances are, will return a Re
publican. although there seems to be
considerable doubt whether Senator
Dick will be reelected and Represen
tatiye Lloyd, chairman OF the Demo
cratic congressional committee, be
lieves that Demoorat is sure to sue
ceed Dick.
Predict Beveridge Will Be Defeated.
The present senate consists o
ffty-nine Republicans and thirty
three Democrats, with no vacancies
II takes forty-seven to make a major
ity. Figures already made indicate
that enough Republicans viii be los
to the senate between now and mex
spring TO cut the Republican list from
fifty-nine to fifty-one. The regular
fimly believe that Beveridge OF IN
diana, will be defeated. The Hoosie
legislature is now Democratic and TO
the purposes OF the next two or three
years Republicans here persist In re
garding Indiana as a Democratic
state.
Burrows Is in Danger.
Senator Julius Caesar Burrows, o
Michigan, is believed TO be in grave
danger through the opposition of ReP
resentatiye Charles W. Townsend
Burrows Is decidedly regular, whl'
Townsend on many occasions ha'
shown tendency 10 be progressive
which fact, it is believed, viii hell
him In senatorial campaign.
II is conceded that Senator ThoDai
Carter OF Montana is being threat
ened as never before by Democratic
opposition for reelection, Represen
tatiye Lloyd believes that he, too, vii
bo retired.
The senate regulars are iDcludinl
In their list Of men Who are withll
the danger zone Senator La Toilette
Of Wisconsin, and they are willing L
admit that there is ground to belieyi
that Senators Dupont of Delaware
McCumber OF North Dakota ant
Warner OF Missouri will not be in tn
next senate. In their places three
Democrats are expected by the sen
ators who figured all this out ans
handed II to the Republican congress