The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-08
No Longer Any Doubt
of Majority in Up
per Branch.
COUNT rs CLOSE,
BUT SUFFICIENT
Further Strength May Be Won
a Doubtful States Are Heard
From-Aid in Tariff Reform
May Also Be Expected
From Progress
sives.

"83oAUB bVus S~VVCuAVVs
Of the Senate In the Sixty-t third Con.
grsss now 10 practically assured to the
Democrats. coneeding to the Repubii-
cans the Legislatures Of all States still
IN the doubtful column tonight. the
Democrats will have . vote Of forty
eight oe one-half Of the entire men,
bsrShip Of the entire Senate: with q
Democrat1e vice-President In the chair
20 east the Deciding ballot In ease Of .
tie. Seven States are yet to be heard
from dsanite1y.
A Senator from any OF these would
give the Democrats Q clear majority.
aud Il u possible their strength will
Do even furthsS Increased by winning
In several
Kansas has been added to the Demo
cratic column IN the past twenty-four
houra the States In which the COM
plexion Of the Legislatures IL yet to
be decided are: Illinois, Michigan.
New HAMPSHIRE. OFsgoA. South Da-
kota. Tennessee and Wyoming.
Ordinarily. Tennessee could be re-
lied upon to help the Democratic party.
but the 1aetjonal light there may pre-
vent In this crisis In Illinois there
are complications growing out Of the
multiplicity Of parties, rendsetnG II
uncertain whether there will BE- sen
atoral election. In that State there
should be chosen . successor 20 the
deposed Senator Lorimer. - well - 10
Senator Cullom. Whs'ss term expires
On the 9Th Of next March II there
should be no election the effect would
be to favor the Democratic by reducing
the membership @ the Senate to ninety
four. Of which number the forty-eight
already chosen would b = working
majority.
In new Hampshirs the dispatches I'm
dicate . possible eombinstion Of Dem
ocrafs and Republicans -anA- In thai
event prediction - 60 the course al the
man selected would De more guess
work
whatever the outcome In any Of the
states mentioned. there can be no
doubt ~ to Democratic control Of the
Senate.
Al FFoa Progresseves.
In addition to the aid Of the Vice
President In m emergency. they viii
find willing cooperation among the
Progressive Senators. Three or four
Of the Progressives are almost AZ lib
er1l IucJ k6itH N1c~S $50 va ~sesS~
questions a. the Democrats them
selves. Senators Clapp. La Toilette.
Cummfns. Gronna, Bristow and Poin-
dexter are all avowed tariff reformers.
They also favor advanced legislation
on other subjects. SeAatoT Works an
nounced his intention Of voting for
the Democratic presidential candidate
some time before the election. This
determination was due. however. to .
peculiar combination Of circumstances.
and the California Senator probably
would not wish to have Il construed
AZ binding him to q Democratic legfs-
Iative policy. He 10 chased rs pro-
tectionist-
OF the thirty-one hold-over Repub-
leans. eight have been classed as Pro-
xressives in the past They are Sena-
tors Bristow, Of Kansas: Crawford, OF
south Dakota: Cummtns. Of Iowa;
Gronna, Of North Dakota: C1aDp. Of
Minnesota; La Follette. Of Wisconsin:
Polndexter. OF washington, and Works.
OF California Mr.. Norris has been one
of the leaders Of the Progressive ele-
ment In the House. and will continue
70 cooperate with that element In the
Senate. as IL II expected thai Senator
Kenyon. Of Iowa, WILL and possibly
Senator Borah. Of Idaho. In such meas
ures as may appeal to them
Much interest 10 manifested in the
political affiliations Of the Progress
sives. Heretofore they have been con-
ten. to be known - Progressive-Re-
publicans. Whether any number OF
them will withdraw from the Repub-
ncan party 10 . problem Senator's
Briseow, Clapp and Poindexter are
understood to have supported MI.
Roosevelt. and II they should decline
TO cooperate Win the Republicans Of
the senate the change would mate