Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-04-08


and there Is no Democratic governor.
Conditions in the Empire state are
complicated by the candidacy Of Sem
ator Depew for reelection, against
whom there Is strong opposition; also
by the Aids bribery charges I'm the
state senate and by the refusal Of
Governor Hughes to be a candidate
for reelection. 1t is generally believ-
ed in New York that Democratic
chances would be bright this year
were 1t not for the fact that the mi
nority party is torn by factional
fights and that in some other ways 1t
is not in the best condition to take
advantage of the situation. At pres
ent the atmosphere is not sufficient
y clarified to make prediction.
Senator Beyeridge Is fighting for
his political life in Indiana, where the
governor, the legislature and nearly
all the congressman are at present
Democratic. Practically the same
situation confronts Senator Burkett
In Nebraska. Burkett himself be-
lieves that William ]. Bryan Is re-
ceptive candidate for his seat. The
situation Of Senator Thomas H. Car
ter in Montana is a little better, al
though the state has a Democratic
governor and there are but two Repub-
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legislature. Another state with a
Democratic governor and in which
not only one but two senator's are at
stake Is North Dakota. The present
North Dakota legislature Is over
whelmingly Republican. In Nevada,
where the seat of Senator Nixon Gre
publican) Is at stake, the governor
and legislature are Democratic.
One Of the hottest fights of the
year will be made in Missouri, where
the Democrats will try to regain the
seat now held by Senator Warner
(Republican). Ex-Governor Francis
has announced himself as a candidate
for the Democrats, and 1t Is possible
that Ex-Governor Folk, who ran in
the primaries against Senator Stone,
may also enter the lists. Governor
Hadley has recently charged that
Stone beat Folk in the primaries by
fraud.
The situation in little Delaware,
where Senator Du Pont is candi-
date for reelection, is unsettled.
There Is opposition to Du Pont in his
own party, it being charged that he
used too much money in his last
election.
Fighting the Senate Machine.
One of the marked signs Of the
year is the appearance of insurgent
aspirants against the old stand pat
leaders in the senate. No one has yet
entered the lists against Senator AL
drich in Rhode Island, but Judge
Frederick A. Powers is in the field to
beat Eugene Hale Of Maine; Repre-
sentative Butler Ames Is looking for
Massachusetts,, Representative w. p.
Hubbard is after the scalp Of Nathan
Bay Scott in West Virginia, and Rep
resentative Charles E. Townsend has
thrown down the glove to Julius Cae-
sar Burrows Of Michigan.
Aside from Senator Beveridge, two
insurgent senator's are up for re-elec-
tion-La Toilette Of Wisconsin, who
will doubtless meet the usual opposi-
ton. and Clapp Of Minnesota, against
whom Frank B. Kellogg, the anti
trust attorney, has announced him.
self a candidate.
One Of the peculiarities Of the sem
atorial situation is that out Of the
twenty-seven members Of the
upper house yet to be elected, or
twenty-eight including the successor
to Purcell of North Dakota, only four
Of those to be replaced are Demo-
Gratis, and all Of these, excepting Pur-
cell, are certain to be replaced by men
of their own political faith. There Is
a rumor that one Of the number, Fra
zier Of Tennessee, may give way to
Secretary Of War Dickinson; but, al
though a member Of the Taft cabinet,
Dickinson classes himself as a Demo-
crat
The present Republican majority
in the senate Is twenty-four. A change
Of thirteen would therefore make the
body Democratic, or, granting the
loss Of Purcell, fourteen. Is there any
chance Of Democrats defeating four
teen of the twenty four Republicans
who are up for election? AS already
pointed out, Indiana, Nebraska, Mon
tana, New York, Ohio, Delaware, Ne
vada and Missouri are uncertain
lican senator whose seat will be to
fill. Even If the Democrats carried
all of them, however, they would still
be six short of enough. The proba-
bility therefore, Is that the Republi-
cans will control the next senate, but
by a reduced majority, which may give
the insurgents the balance Of power.
Cannon Out Of II.
AS for the house, the present Re-
publican majority Is fifty-six. At least
twenty-nine Democratic gains would
be necessary to control the body. 1t
is impossible to make a house fore
cast by states and equally hopeless to
do 1t at this time by Individual dis
tricts. The only way of judging Of
the future political complexion of the
house must be on the basis Of the
general drift of the country. The one
significant fact Is that the Democrats
make confident claims and at least
some Of the Republicans are pessi-
mistic. This Is hardly a safe critic
rion, however, as past elections, have
shown. Sometimes the man who Is
scared is the one who puts up the
best fight and wins out. The only
prediction that can be made with con-
fidence at this time is that Joseph G..
Cannon will not be the speaker Of the
next house.
Taken all in all this will be one of
the most important off year elections
the United States has known. The
tariff, high prices, the Taft admins
tration, the Ballinger-Pinchot contro-
versy, the insurgent movement, AL
drichism and Cannonism and, In
some states, graft exposures will en-
ter into the canvass. Party lines will
be faint in spots, but popular interest
will not be less because Of that well
come fact.-James A. Edgerton for
American Press Association.