Show 1 1 11 as BBNATOKIAL ELECrIONS I 1 j II t t t It is not often that so many Sena J I l j tonal 1 contests are on the tapir as are to fr r be decided this month In California l they will begin voting for Senator next I hl t 1 I Tues lay when it is probable that Uncle I p I George Hearst will ncie the plum i which he < > o much covet > aid for which t I 8H t II I he is willing to pay o candomely Her He-r i has two or three competitors and either I II I of hem is better qualified for the place ftr than ne Colonel Irish the talented I 1 editor of the AltaCallfomia is a candidate lu4 I 9 can-didate and has a large following in the I i State he is able is a stAunch Demons I I crat and would be a credit to a State I so long represented by moneybags 1 I But he is poor while Hearst id rich i and wealth wIns in California I I brains and statesmanship were counted I I I in tile contest if Hearst had no more I money than Irish the former would I t net be heard f in the race It is said that a formidable cjuipetiior has lately come into time field in the person Df a millionaire requiem of Los Angeles who is willing to spend 50003 for the the Senatorsmp If he has not entered Xo lute and Hearst has nut already i I lostd the bargain with a majority i Uncle George mar Jet lose the prize t Due thing teems pretty well settled j IN namely the Democrats in the California LegllI lUre are all noiig home com ortably fix d financially e Geaeral Hawley of Comiecticutwmts t J mother tei rul and will probanly get it Ii Is t mortgage on the Republican I arty in thb Nutmeg State Of l lOUse Delaware will return Gray who lj las been serving since Cal and went into t 1 he Cabinet He is regarded as merely s eepmg the seat warm for the Secretary f f State whenever tae latter cnooes to I j iccupy it One of the reuiarkaole I hings of the ago is the appearance oft of-t E enator Jonei of Florida with a claim 14 I iJr r = Iectiou Jones has not been in I is seat during the present Congress fJi ° ut has lived in Detroit allthe time here he has persecuted the daughter 4 a f the late mild nll1rc Palms luas + h luch as the people of Florida almost 5 a man have been requesting Jones D resign it is hardly uecessary to re i i 6 lark that his present candidacy will 3Bult successfully Much interest now 3utres in Illinois where there is to be t j I freeforall scramble for Logans lace Half a dozen candidates j arc already appeared with Million z I irce Farwell apparently in the lead j y the time the L gslature meets lis month it is probable a round I d ozen of candidates will be clamoring f r ir the fun of rattling about in the I lair titled by the late General Logan successor to Benjamin Harrison is to rL I c a chosen this mouth in Indiana ex enator Joseph E McDonu I 3 returned and as he is the n u I a r rominent if not the ablest Democrat t i the State it is probable he will hav 3lis ambi ion gratified although R pre t ° 3 pntativu Holman is looming up for I 1 Iddably Maine seuds back Senator alp a l ale Who will succeed Dawes from lassachiibetts is a question which is t cerciiinK the Old Commonwealth butt but-t i seems to bo pretty well understood I lat Dawes will close his senatorial ireer in March next Michigan does et self credit by retiring Conger ana I i riding to the Senate F B Stockbridgo I i Minnesota McMillan is having a t t 1 y ard fight with the chances running Ii jaiiist him Missouri will return Coct 11 In Nebraska the struggle is be 1 g rem Van Wyck and Paddock with h I 10 probabilities largely in favor of a i 1 f i ik horse winning the race Ex tI anator Stewart is booked for the j I evada Senatorship in place of Fair i Democrat will be chosen in New to Ii t rsey but who he will be the local l Dliticians cannot say nil seem glad 4 owever to know that Sewell will bet be-t j ll red Miller wants to go back from ow York but there is not much I lance for him it GonkIing will consent i i i run he will be chosen because 46 lough Democrats will vote for him r I i elect Quay succseds Mitchell from j eansylvania In Texas there is an I irnest contest between Maxey the in Imbent and Representative Reagan 1 + ho is on tho ground conducting his r I + I I jrn campaign Camden has a sure I i i ling on succeeding himself from West 4 I i 4 irginia and Sawyer has no rival in isconsin r i Elections are to take place in all the > a sates named this month I |