Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-30
NEW JERSEY AFFAIRS
KEEP WILSON BUSY
WILL RETAIN PRESENT OFFICE
TILL MARCH 3-PROBABLY BE
LATE IN ANNOUNCEMENT OF
PRESIDENTIAL PLANS.
EXCEPTIONAL NUMBER OF SENA-
TORS SERVING ON APPOINT
MENTS OF GOVERNORS-DEA
RATE UNUSUALLY LARGE.
(HcraId STAFF Corrcspondentl

lcuerdI capital Stlll at TrcItOn y. j.
washington is ut disadvantage.
Everybody at Washington wants to know
what Presidentclcct Wilson is thinking
about or what he is going to do. But
the president elect. as ever. is holding his
counsel and busying himself chiefly with
MS duties as governor of New Jersey.
These are oner0us at this uncturc. suf
hcIent to occupy his time and exhaust
HIS energies, so that ne is going away to
New York city for week ends Of recrea
ton.
AS the governor intends to hold his Of
nee III New Jersey right up to March 3.
the day before he becomes president
most of his decisions about high federal
Offices and about legislative programmes
VIII apparently be announced quite late
1t will be recalled that there has vet
been practically no announcement from
Trenton regarding federal affairs and,
as the days pass and the governor is dis
playing his interest i'll obtaining legisla-
ton from the New Jersey legislature, the
probabilities seem to be that there will
be none of Importance for at least a
couple of weeks and, perhaps, not till
late III February. Although Washington
democrats are chatting under such a con.
dition, it is recognized that the president
elect is probably acting wisely. He will
know what he wants to say by the time
he is ready to say it and that is alto
gether desirable status for a president
elect.
The democrats continue to be little
nervous over their control of the next
senate. For weeks they were fusSing
to have the single vote, which would as
sure AZ republicans and 49 democrats III
the senate after March f. There was q
fusion with republicans in Tennessee and
until a democrat was actually elected
no one could gainSav the possibility of a
republican slipping into the senate
again from that state.
Thereupon democratic big men in CON
greSs breathed a sigh of relief. 1t seemed
that they were at last out of the woods
A democratic senator from Illinois or
one from New Hampshire would be Just
that much to the good. Both lcgiSla-
lures, however. were remaining in dead
lock and no one could tell whether there
would be any senator at all. But to add
to democratic troubles the Delaware leg
islaturc, following an old time custom.
proceeded to get itself into a senatorial
deadlock. There have been so many sen
atorial deadlOckS in Delaware that it
seems an old story to the Delaware pcO
pie but every day it continues democrats
Of the senate are having cold chills.
However, gradually the roll of the sen
ate is being made uD for the next two
years. There are hardly half Il dozen
seats now to be filled and if Illinois. New
Hampshire and Delaware break their
dcadlOckS the senate should be able to
start March 4 with complete member
ship of 96 senator's
An exceptional number of senator's are
serving on the appointment of governors
which fact emphasizes the large mortal
| ity rate in the senate during the last
year John y. Heiskell, newspaper
editor. is sitting az senator from Arkan
sas. filling the vacancy caused by the
death of jeff Davis. He will retire short
| lv to make place for u senator chosen bv
the legislature. Newell Sanders rcpubli
can, of Tennessee, has Just stepped ont
after over year of service on appoint
ment from the republican governor OF
that state. Ricnz NJ Johnston was
serving as senator from Texas on the ap
pOintment of the governor of that state
filling the vacancy caused by the reSigna
tiCn of Senator BAILEY. but the election Of
Norris Sheppard ut Austin Tuesday will
relieve him from further duty Kirkland
J. Perky of Idaho. is Just closing out a:
a democratic senator by gnbcrnatOria
appointment from Idaho. His prcdcccs
sor was the late Senator w b. Hcyburn
who died during the autumn. The legiS
lature has just elected republican t.
take the seat held bv Perky.
But there is also William 7. Jackson
serving as senator from MARYLAND an6
named by republican governor to th'
vacancy caused by the death of IsadOI
Ravner. democrat. From all of which i
will be seen that governors of states ha'
had large part i'll making up the list
senators in the last year or two.