Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1901 — MANY SENATORS CHOSEN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MANY SENATORS CHOSEN.

Lon* and Bitter Struggles Precede Election in Some i- fates. Federal Senators have been elected in elevon States and fights for togas are in progress in several other States. Most

of those named and to be named will succeed themselves. Long and bitter struggles "preceded the triumph of Quay in Pennsylvania and Clark in .\Fo nta na. For years battles within their own respective parties were waged agai n« t

them, but their enemies' victories were only temporary'. After having deadlock-’ od the last precedinfg session of the Pennsylvania Legislature, M. S. Quay was appointed by Gov, Stone as his own successor. The United States Senate by a majority of one rejected the appointment as unconstitutional. Quay, they say, is a man who never forgets, and he has been sworn in again in the Senate, where he was always a power. Clark’s principal enemy in Montana, Marcus Daly, is now dead, and he had little opposition in

t h e Legislature, which elected him to succeed Senator Carter, Republican, who got hiA office through Daly’s, aid. After the bribery charges had been heard and a majority report against Clark filed by a Senate committee last winter, Clark

resigned before a vote could be taken on the report. To till the vaftmey he was .appointed by Acting (Governor-Spriggs, a Clark partisan, while Gov. Smith of Montana was out of the State. When Smith returned he at once revoked Clark's appointment and named Martin Maginnls in his stead. The Clark-Magin-nis credentials were referred to a committee and pigeon-holed, Clark only waiting for the Legislature to conveneagain. Three new Senators who have been named are E. W. Carmack of Tennessee,

T. M. Patterson of Colorado, Democrats, and Henry E. Burnham of New Hampshire, Republican. Th e first two have been in the lower house of 'Congress. Patterson is editor of a Denver newspaper and Carmack was formerly editor of a Memphis paper.

Patterson succeeds Edward O. Wolcott, Republican, and Carmack is the successor of Thomas IL Turley, Democrat. Burnham will occupy the seat now held by W. E. Chandler. Benjamin R. Tillman was once more elected in South Carolina by the Democrats, and George Frisbee Hoar was chosen as his own successor by the Massachusetts Legislature, while James McMillan was chosen without opposition to succeed himself. The Senate and House of the Maine Legislature in joint session confirmed and announced the re-election of William P. Frye. Fred T. Dubois, fusionist, defeated G.

L. Shoup, Republican, in Idaho by a vote of 41 to 27. He announced that he. would henceforth be a Democrat. He was once before sent to the Uiiitwl,. Statefl Senate ng, a Republican,'but voted .with the “DenMx'rhtfc oil monetary and other legislation. ; Attention h a s been foctfacd dfi the Nebraska 'legisla-

tive body, wjtpre there has been a deadlock over tlie choice of two Senators. One will Wifeeed John M. Thurston, Stundard OH nftorliey, the other, Thomas Allen, fusioijiat.. Delaware has its usual senatorial deadlock. The Republican strength is divided between Addi<4ts and anti-Addicks men. There seems little likelihood of a choice.

HOAR.

TILLMAN.

FRYE.

CULLOM.