The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-12-17

RESULT IN THREE UNCERTAIN
Progressivas May Defeat RepubIi-
cans in AT Least Two

| '"No,i' A'"o9', itt' li.--N llllln tue
next few weeks four New England
5tatcs-Mane, New Hampshire. Mas
sachusetts aud Rhode lsland-will be
called upon TO elect United States
senators. In at least three of the
states the situation is uncertain, and
the question as TO whether the elec
lions viii change the makeup of the
New Englaud delegation IN the upper
lhousc, which now stands ten Rcpub-
leans and two Democrats is pecOtn-
/ Ing a matter Of increasing interest
When the Maine Legislature meets
the first Of next month former Con
gressman Edwin G. Bureigh who
| represented the Third Maine district
IN the House for fourteen years. will
have the support OF the Republican
members for the seat in the United
states Senate. now held by Obadiah
Gardner Democrat. Mr. Burleigh won
the senatorial preference primary Hast
June, and when the September election
gave the Republicans sixteen majorit.
in the legislature on a joint ballot. his
success seemed assured. But % thorn
appeared i'm Mr., Burlcigh's path as a
result of the presidential election In
November when President TAFT car
ried only nine representative districts
| i'm Maine, while Colonel Roosevelt car
ried go. II is now admitted that the
| Progressives hold the balance of power
! i'm the legislature. As they are not
over enthusiastic about electing a
standpat Republican 10 the Senate it
IS difficult to foretell just how the
contest may end
y similar condition of affairs cxlsts
! in New Hampshire. In the next legis
lature in the Granite State the Repub-
lican party will have a margin of only
one or two members. The Progress
sies claim 10 hold the balance OF
power, leaving the result in doubt. Tho |
Progressves. who claim to hold forty
one Of the Republican members, are |
pledged to act Independently on the |
senatorship The avowed Republican !
candidates for the toga now worn by |
senator Burnham are former Cover
nor Henry Il. Quinby and X. w. Pills |
bury publisher of tho Manchester |
Union, ard the Democratic candidates. |
Henry T.. Molls and Clarence Il. Carr. |
Governor Robert =, Bass is a recep
tive Progressive candidate
In Massachusetts the Republicans |
will have a majority of about 40 on !
Joint ballot and presumably only - |
Republican Will be chosen TO succeed |
Senator Murray Crane But Just who
that Republican will be nobody seems
TO know at the present time With
half a dozen candidates i'm the race,
representing a wide range of political
views, the ultimate choice naturally
becomes q matter of great uncertain
IS. The active candidates are former
Governor Eben s. Draper. Represen-
tatives Samuel w. McCaull and John
W. Weeks and William Plunkett, the
latter representing himself as the
choice of western Massachusetts. In
addition TO these. the names Of Curtis
Guild. .Ir, former governor and at
present United states ambassador To-
Russia, Robert Luce, the present
lieutenant governor. and Joseph Walk
er, former speaker of the general as
sCmbly aud recently the unsuccessful
Republican candidate for the COVER
uorship, are mentioned in connection
with the scnatorship. Ambassador
Guild especially, is regarded as a
strong possibility and it is the opinion
of MANY well informed politicians that
he stands an excellent chance of sue
cess in the event of n prolonged con.
test
The senatorial contest in Rhode ISL
and is the least complex The Repub-
licans will have a substantial majority
on a joint ballot. and the selection of
y Republican Ia succeed George L
Wctmorc is assured. Senator Wctmoro
more than q year ago that
he would not be - candidate FOR an
other term. Virtually the only cand
date mentioned to succeed him is
Judge lie Baron r.. Colt OF Bristol. who
contested the last senatorial election
with Henry F. Lippitt Judge Colt
belongs to one of the oldest and most
prominent families of Rhode Island
and has record of more than thirty
years service on the bench. He Is a
brother Of Col. Samuel Pomerey Colt,
the millionaire president of the Unit
ed States Rubber company who was
one of the three principals in the great
senatorial deadlock In Rhode Island
five years ago, when eighty-one ball
lots were taken i'm an unsuccessful eff
fort to elect a United States sena.
tor.