The Detroit times., 1911-03-08
new US. SENATE IS
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PR0GREss|vEs
ellison Gardner shows How Special
Privilege Still Dominates, Althsugh
Insurgents Have Made Net Gain
Of Eight Votes. !.
Bailey and His Followers How Dul-
wark Of System Changes
In Personnel.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March SIN.
the new senate the progressives have
made net gain OF eight votes.
In the senate whose life ended
March 4, the progressive votes were
IA, as follows: Clapp, Beveridee. L.
Foilette, Gronna. Borah, Bourne, Brfs-
TOW, Cummins, Rayner, Owen, Cham
Derlain Gore. Newlands and Shively.
TO these will be added nine votes.
as follows. Tondsend, Of Mfchiean
Works, Of California; Poindexter. Of
Washington: Republicans; and Kern.
OF Indiana; Hitchcock, of Nebraska:
Pomerene, OF Ohio; Lea OF Tennessee.
MARITIME, OF New Jersey, and Williams.
OF Mississippi, Democrats.
With the loss Of Beveridge. the To-
tai progressive vote In the senate -
20.
Six years ago. when Robert M. u.
Toilette entered the senate, there was
not o single senator who could Justly
be called a progressive.
Party lines are rapidly disappearing.
The cause OF their disappearance Il
the fact that Special Privilege disre-
CARDS party lines and secures its pur-
poses by bipartisan corruption. The
case OF William Lorimer IL q good
illustration. The vote to seat Lorimer
IL the normal vote Of theb bipartisan
combination In support of Special
Privilege.
On purely party measures the new
senate is more Democratic than the
old senate by 10 votes. At the be-
ginning Of the late session the senate
consisted OF 80 Republicans ana 81
Democrats. The Democrats have lost
one and gained IL members, 30 In the
new senate the party vote will be l3
Democrats to 49 Republicans. This
is assuming that Colorado and New
York send Democratic members)
The Republican progressive vote,
added TO the Democracy party vote
without New York and 7ColoradO), (,
would give q total OF 81, as against
80 standpat Republicans. majority
Of IL.
Thus IL Will be seen that II all the
Democrats were genuine Democrats.
II would be easy to form q combfna-
tion with the progressive Republicans
and to take command Of legislation
In the senate. But there ID q small.
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In the senate. led by Bailey, who are
for Special Privilege always, and A.
sist Republicans when needed.
These Bailey Democrats are: Ball
ey, of Texas; Bsnwhead, OF Alabama: ::
Fletcher, or Florida: Foster, of Louis
lana; Jackson, of Alabama; Paynter,
OF Kentucky; Simmons, OF North Car
olina; Smith. OF Maryland, Thornton,
OF Louisiana; Tilman, OF South Caro-
lima. and Watson, OF West Virginia.
The above-named Democrats saved
Lorimer In his purchased seat.
Subtract the Bailey Democrats from
the total Democratic strength and the
Democratic Democrats are left 81
votes. Add to. these the 10 progress
sive Republicans and the total n a.
still four votes short Of o majority.
Thus Special Privilege, In q com.
bination which ignores party lines.
still dominates the senate, but the
domination is less tyrannous than In
former years. IL Is threatened con-
stant by the aggressive and independ-
ent Republican progressives, support
ed by dozen almost equally militant
Democratic progressives, who are
backed up by 20 Democrats who are
not completely under the domination
OF the Bailey-Smoot combination for
Special Privilege.