Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-30

nprsms court, to b affected by q pop
ular movement. Yet that It II 20 AZ
fected in time = proved by the chang
ing character Of the body during the
past few years. The insurgency and
progEessivism that overturned the
house and revoisttonised politics IN the
last ppssiAsn41Al.s iectaoA have also. had
thar scAoss IN the senate. Indeed.
.4echoess = too mia word for Il
Toilette. Cummins, Bristow. Capp,
Poindsxtef and others who made the
senate insurEe TIL the older heads rub
bed their eyes ana wondered Just when
the world was coming 10 an end. La
Toilette and tie rest arc anything but
echoes. They are original voices 9ying
IN the wilderness.
Democrats In Control.
The new senate win be still more
progressive. In politics It will DO
Democratic By IN uncomfortably mar
row margin. That In itself will be a
revolution. but more significant still
IL the prospect that the progressive
element Of the Democracy will control
II they need any help La Toilette and
his bunch are still there.
All the new senators are not yet
elected. On Jan. q there were some
thing Nike seven deadlocks in an many
state legislatures, involving eight or
nine senatorshipA The situation In the
deadlockod states In brieS n a. fol.
lows:
In Illinois there arc two senators to
elect. No party has q majority in the
legislature, the progressives holding
the balance OF power. The Democrats
have moro VOTES than the regular Re
pubiicans and lack but few OF ma
1ority on joint ballot The deadlock at
this writing II on the election Of a
speaker ana the organization Of the
house. Ono consequence Of the mud
die fl the delay Of inaugurating Gov
ernor Elect Dunno and the new ad-
ministradon. Lawrence 7. Sherman
was Endorsed in the Republican pri-
mary for senator and James Hamilton
Lewis in the Democratic.
The New Hampshire deadlock resem.
bies TINT In Illinois. In 80 far as party
divisions are concerned. The Demo
Gratis lack a majority, but are more
numerous than the Republicans. The
Progressives hold the balance Of power.
The Democrats and Progressives Joined
forces In electing the speaker. and
there has been q persistent rumor that
they would eventually do the same in
choosing Z senator. The last ballot at
this writing resulted as follows: Hol-
HI (Dem.,. 1ae: Pearson Rep). 1S7;
Bass ProgJ. q.
!, A Bunch Of Deadlocks.
In wyoming senator Francis e. War.
rem Is Q candidate for reelection and
on the face Of the returns seems to
have . fragile margin OF one or two
In the Legislature. Enough Of the Re
psblicans Joined the Democrats, how
ever. to enable the coalition to organise
he house. A riotous scene ensued when
the speaker ana speaker pro tenn. both
tried to preside at once. An effort Is
being made to unseat some OF the Re.
npblicans. and II the coalition holds to
npther this may be done, which would
bean WaFrsn's defeat
The Republicans control the Idaho
Ayislature and have already reelected
enator Bosah. but are deadlocked
lver successor 10 Senator x. I. Perky,
appointed to All the vacancy caused by
lee death Of Senator Hepburn. On one
II the last bail0ts former Governor
James 81. Brady came within three
vokes az election
srAa Democrats have slln majority