The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-27
NEW YORK SENATE
MAYBE DIFFERENT
Very Few Old-time Members VIII
Return to Next Term OF
Legislature.

The New York state senate which
has stood so long as sort OF bulwark
of reaction and defense of the liquor
interests. is depleted this fall by
veritable political cataslysm. AS the
result of designations already made
for the primary. that body will not
elect MANY of its old time members
and others. If they return at all will
know they have been through the fire
is a statement made by the Ani-Sa-
loon league in discussing the prohihi-
ton situation in that state. The
statement continues, while all the
changes to come in the senate are not
due TO public resentment, a consider
able part Of them are Fifteen OF the
senate membership of ffty-one WY
not be candidates for reelection; half
n dozen others have contests for re-
nomination. and the New York Her
aid estimates that. with the usual cas-
ualties on election day at least haf
Of the seats in - new state senate
Will be occupied ay new members.
The prize victory for progress, SO
far as the senate is concerned, is of
course tho h,,i'd{r,e- nm Of such n hos
-ila organization in the district Of Sen
ator Elon r Brown as 70 cause him
TO decide not 10 seek recollection. The
Efforts ~ newspa pers friendly 20 Sen
Iaror Brown TO smother and heUttie
the part Of the Anti-Saloon league in
helping create he conditions which
lea the senator to his excise "f Lls-
,.ret;a,, arc ouita amusing Said The
! Nv vork Herald Of August p.
I afonsidera bic orposihor to Senator
erav1 had developed - own cour-
Jt,. If Jefferson and in Oswpgo. y hich
- io.ned with Jefferson in the Thir-
t,-hftb senate district The women
,,o4ars ~ tho district we're also reuo-t-
'ca - "a onnosea to Senator Brown "
--na Anti saloon league knows CON
'si4erarle with respect u that "oppo-
S}+{or. n the senator. since II has had
.r,,rial orranizars in the district eve~
since +ha close Of the last legislative
sessson and knows thoroughly all tho
efforts NIT forth hy the Brown ma
chino evoc - the extent of ATTEMPTING.
va intin,tdate women voters hv thre4rs
of arrest 70 prevent the enrolment
~ uyorr,nr in the Republican party and
hat+e, down the matches on the politi-
lca1 fires that had been set going
Iarai7x+ the senator
Senator Robert J. Wagner. leader
Of the Democratic forces of the SEN
ate has heen nominated hv Tamma ny
for Justice Of the supreme court. and it
&c reported that that is a consumnate
I specimen Of Tammanv representation
at its worst senator James J. Walker
NAV he the Democratic leader in the
upper body. Those who have attend
I'd sessions Of the senate when votes
were taken on prohibition measures
will recall the rather wandering and
srtff1ciaIfy-irspired rhetoric Of Senator
Walker on the wet side.
Senator Slator. Of westcheste r
county is not running again. and Sen
fator Charles n Newton. of Iivingst on
county. whose district has been
squeezed out by the reapportionr1ent
lis candidate for attorney-general
Senator George r Argetsiuger. Of
Rochester. active lieutenant for Flor
Brown. probably recognizing the i'm
possibility Of his being made the sue,
cessor Of his late chief as ajority
Header. and not willing to become
again a mere private in the senate
ranks after having been second in
command. has gone to Washington
to take up work for the Red Cross