Show T WASHINGTON Washington 6 The positions taken by Senators Sherman and Bayard in their elaborate speeches today have brought into bold relief the fact which had previously been less apparent that the present contest con-test in the Senate is practically a contest between the two great poli tical parties for the election of the next United States senator from Virginia People of that state will next fall elect not only governor judges of the court of appeals and other state officers but also the legislature which is to elect Senator Sena-tor Johnstons successor to take his seat in March 83 It is generally believed by both parties in the Senate that the success of the movement to make Riddleberger sergeantatarms involving an extension ex-tension in behalf of the republican party of the nation of both matrinl and moral influence and the proposed coalition of the readjusters and republicans republi-cans in Virginia would almost certainlv insure the success of the coalition and result in a complete overthrow of the regular democrats in their Old Dominion A rumor is afloat and is credited in some quarters that if the deadlock continues con-tinues much longer the President will convene the Fortyseventh Congress in extra session The report re-port is probably intended to frighten the democrats into yielding the Senate Sen-ate for fear of losing the House patronage which unless an extra session be called they will continue to enjoy until next December It is now pretty definitely known that president Garfield approves the stand taken by the republicans of the Senate and this belief strongly corroborated not only by the fact that his closest friends in the Senate Sen-ate have openly advised the present programme but also by the l > residents resi-dents own utterances this morning when he expressed himself warmly in favor of the proposed alliance of Virginia republicans with the party of Senator Mahone |