The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-06
WILL Be ELECTED
BY DIRECT VOTE
Thirty-thrce United States Scna-
tors Must Be Chosen
This Year.
TEST OF NEW AMENDMENT
Political Pots Already Boiling in
Sections Where There Are
Contests.
TEST OF NEW AMENDMENT

Washington. April b.-Thirty-thr.e
United States Senators will no elected
this year by direct vote OF tho people
In the hrst general tcsts OF the scvan-
,eenth amendment TO the Constitu-
ton.
Terms OF thirty-onc Senator's expire
on March B. next. and In addition to
these. successors must be chosen 10
inc late Senator Johnston, OF Alabama
ana tho late Senator Bacon. OF Georgia
In each State. two Senator'S wili be
elected. In Georgia, besides sue
cessor to Senator Bacon. there Viii he
contest over tho seat OF Senator Iok o
smith. who Is candidate to retain
his seat In Alabama besides the
election or u successor to Senator
Johnston for the regular term begin
ming March 4. next, there VIII be a
Senator chosen TO nll his unexpired
term. who viii SIT until March 3. 1915
only. In Louisiana. although Senator
Thornton's term expires, there Will be
no election because Representative
Broussard already has been elected
10 tho Louisiana seat
Or the sitting members or the Senate
whose terms expire. seventeen ara Re-.
puoiicans and nineteen Democratic In
me Alabama and the Georgia elections
democrats arc certain TO DO chosen.
Terms Tx piro.
senators whose terms expire ara.
Democrats: George 4 ChamberInin.
oregon; James Clarke, Arkansas:
duncan U. Fletcher. Florida; Thoma,
2. Gore, Oklahoma; Francis @ Nav.
iehos, Nevada. Leo 9. Overman. North
carolina; Benjamin +. Shiyoly. In
diana: Ellison d. Smith, South Caro-.
me; Hoke Smith. Georgia; John Wal.
yer smith Maryland: Marcus A. Smith
arizona. William ]. stone. Missouri.
Charles S. Thomas. Colorado; John p
Thornton. Louisiana
"publicans-Willlam O. Rr,d,o,
hehtucky; James IL Brady. Idaho.
RANK Is. Brandegee, Connecticut. 10.
S,cph L. Briatow. Kansas: Thcodor. r
Hurton, Ohio: Coo |. Crawford soutt,
Dakota; Albert d. Curnmlns iov.a"
William r, Dillingham;. Vermont. Ia'.oh
- Haiilnger. New Hampshire; Asle I
.Fo'ina- North Dakota; Wesley
Zones. Washington; Boies Penros.
n.syiVania; George c. Perkins, Cali
ao!Hia, Eiihu Root. New York: Law
irnce sherman, Illinois: Reed Smoot
Otah; Isaac Stephenson Wisrons,r
Most of the Republicans who's. ier,
cApire are candidates to succeed tb,.r,
selves. Senator Crawford. south Dn
Au'u, mas just been defeated In tho nri.
LILY LIZ hGht for nomination, losing TO
OF South Dakota
VI the Democrats whose farm, ~
pre-, all except Senator Thornton. ara
e@Huiuates TO succeed themselves
Alabama Primaries Io-Dny
senator Shiveiy, OF Indiana, already
~ "eeh nominated In convention. and
III me recent Arkansas primaries ,c
cording to uncanvassed returrs
cor Ciarke was nominated by a small
'"JoTity. There yet is some contrn
veFsS over this nomination. In Ala
pam" inc senatorial primaries will be
neiu 70 -morrow, Representative Under
WOOD and Representative Ricbuon.
Pearson Hobson being The candin.,,a.
LOT the long term. The result of that
contest is being awaited with interest
hot only In Washington. but through,
out the country
nVeiy contest already is under wav
III Kansas, where Representative Vi,
tor Murdoch seeks tho senatorial ro,,
ination at the hands OF tho progrcssi,o
party 10 enter tho lists against Senator
brlstoW. and where Former Senntor
Curt's seeks TO win tho Republican
nomination from Senator Bristow.
rue hsht In Pennsylvania already is
booming. The outlook is that Senator
fentose VII! be nominated by the Re-
puDilcanS; Representative Mitchell
rainier by the Democrats, and Clifford
Pinchot as tho candidate of tho pro.
gressivo party element
In tact. political pots are boiling IN
iearly all or tho Statcs where semitic
rial elections viii be held. and that ia
one or the reasons why members OF
congress hope that the canal tolls is
sue. the trust legislative program and
other pressing matters before Congress-
can he wound UP In time for early ad-
journment.
The present prospecx. however. ia
that tn" session wil not adjourn he
fore. July l. If then.
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