Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-01
SELECTION q
SALISBURY cLlNcHEs MA
JoRiTY IN SENATE.
FOUR VACANCIES.
The Party Of WIIson and MarshA
Has Forty-nine Senators with
Three States TO Select Sen
ators; Need No Alliances.

election OF Willard Salisbury Al
United States senator from Delaware
the democratic strength In the next
senate swung from the precarious No
ure of forty-eight, or exactly one-had
of the senate to the safer total q
forty-nine, q majority of two.
Mr. Saulsbury's election added to
the victory recently gained In Ten
nessee. assures the democratic party
absolute control of the senate after
March 4. The vote Of Vice President
Marshall would have been tho decid-
ing factor in any event, but the addi.
ton of another democratic vote to the
column gives the party leaders what
they believe to be safe margin for
tariff and other legislative action.
Four Senators In Doubt. +
Contests still exist in the legisla
lures of New Hampshire and Wea
Virginia. Illinois has made no selec-
ton. A total Of four senators remain
to be elected, about whose political
af1liations doubt now exists. A VIC
tory in any one Of these states would
so materially strengthen the demo
cratic party that the senate would be
completely removed from the element
of uncertainty. The attitude OF the
progressives and the progressive 70
pubIicans upon tariff matters Is as yet
unknown, but the margin Of strength
promised to the democrats makes 1t
Unnecessary, it is believed, to count
upon any Combination with the pro-
gressives.
or the entire membership of ninety
six senator's sixty-three will hold over
beyond March 1. OF these th1Ety-two
are republicans and thirty-one demo-
Gratis.
90 Terms End In March
The terms of thirty-two senators
expire in March, and there 10 In add
ton one vacancy in Illinois. Thus
far seventeen democratic members
have been elected and the election OF
Senator Bacon In Georgia 10 certain
making eighteen democrats to take
the oath of office March 4. The op-
position forces, including both the re1
publicans and the progressives, havd
elected eleven new senators. Tho
senate after March 4 will stand - fofl
lows if the selections are not mado1
in Illinois. New Hampshire and Wes
Democrats. 40; republicans and PR
gressives, 43; vacancies, 4.
: The Democrat Senators.
Following is list Of the newly ele
ted and hold-over democratic semi
tors. making total of forty-nine, wit
Illinois yet to hear from:
state. Name. Term expire
Alabama-Joseph F. Johnston ...191
John H. Bankhead ........-...1 91
Arizona-Marcu A. Smith .-.....1o
Henry F. Ashurst .......--....19l
Arkansas-James p. Clarke 80. 10
Joseph J. Robinson ...........19l
Colorado s. Thomas -. 10
John F. Safroth .191
Delaware-Willard Salisbury -. .191
Florida-Duncan q. Fletcher. ....191
Nathan P. Byran ........... .191
Georgia-Hoke Smith ......... .191
Augustus o. Bacon .....191
MISUNDERSTANDING F. Shivefy. .191
John Worth Kern ............191
Kansas-William H. Thompson. .191
Kentucky-Ollie M. James .......191
Louisiana-John r. Thornton. .19l
Joseph E.. Ransdell ...........1S1
Maine-Charles F. Johston 10
Maryland-John Walter Smith. 10
Mississippi-John Sharp Williams 10
James X. Vardaman ..19
Missouri-William ]. Stone. lis
James A. Reed ~
Montana-Henry L.. Myers ......19
Thomas J. Walsh ............19
Nebraska-Gilbert M. Hitchcock 1s
Nevada-Francis G. Newlands. II
Key Pittman .................l
New Jersey-James =. MARITIME. II
William Hughes ............1!
New York-James A. O'Gorman. II
North Carolina-Lee 8. overman.
F. M. Simmons ..............1
Ohio-Atlee Pomerene ..........1
Oklahoma-Thomas P. Gore. ....1
Robert l.. Owen ..............IS
Oregon-Geo. E. Chamberlain -
Harry Lane .IJ
South Carolina-E. D. Smith. -. II
Benjamin r. Tillman ......... .19l
Tennessee-Luke Lea ........... 1S1
John X Shields ...........-. ID
Texas-Chas. A. Culberson. ......191
Morris Sheppard .............14l
Virginia-Claude A. Swanson. .191
Thomas s. Martin .!..........19
West Virginia-Wm. E. Chiffon. ID
The New Hampshire legislature
still deadlocked, with the republican
in a majority, but badly split. III
West Virginia Legislature, which
republican. will not ballot until Feb.