Show LKGISLATIVK FIGHTS I The Bitter Contests Being Wazed for Senatorial Sena-torial Supremacy i NEW YORK Nov 6I is now possible to view the political situation with some degree de-gree of satisfaction i not of certainty The satisfaction lies in the enthusiasm I which is constantly growing as the campaign i I cam-paign nears its bud and in the cleanliness which has thus far marked the work o f all I the parties I has been in fact more distinctly dis-tinctly a campaign of education than was that of four years ago into which it will ba remembered personal animosities entered en-tered with some degree of inexcusable bitterness bit-terness But it is in Now York state where the battle royal on tho hustings is in progress Hero it is tho legislative fight which has now assumed proportions of a nature to frighten tho national leaders on both sides Tie question is are the party leaders in tho state going to sanction a trade for the assembly at the imminent risk of losing the national ticket 1 A margin of two or throe votes in the assembly on the Democratic side is all that need bo overcome by the Republicans Re-publicans What will tho Democrats of I the state not do to save It Looking at the I situati from a thoroughly independent standpoint at this juncture it looks as I though tho fight for the New York Sena torship bad exceeded in interest that for the presidency of tie United States But New York is not the only state in which the flght for tho federal senatorahlp has assumed proportions dangerous to the interests of both parties In California Senator Feltons friends are taking desperate desper-ate chances to insure his return to the senate In Connecticut it is a bitter strug I glo for Hawleys seat Delewares legislative legisla-tive fight ia not attracting much attention and Gray is certain t succeed himself Indiana is of course the scene of the I bitterest of legislative fights and tho KO publicans are using every effort to avoid a slauubter of the national ticket in the effort to recapture TurpiesJ seat In Massachusetts the loyalty to tie national candidates is most marked and the Democrats Demo-crats aro making no strong flght for tho scat which Senator Dawes will give up II In Michigan the fight for the legislature is r p 1 the most desperate known It Is a struggle on the part of the Republicans to retain the seat held by Senator Stockbridge and on the part of tno Democrats to make a place for Judge Morse should ho be defeated de-feated for governor In Minnesotta even the national contest is being subordinated to that for for governor gov-ernor and the legislature to choose Davis successor is larpelyconceded to the Republicans lurgeiYJ publicans MissourPSvill return Senator Cuckrell and the interest there centers in tie gubernatlonal struggle between Warner War-ner and Stone Montana Nebraska New Jersey North Dakota Pennsylvania Tennessee Vermont Virgina Washington Washing-ton West Virginia Wisconsin and Wyoming Wyom-ing all have senators to elect but in Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania alone the fiht is of a rather bitter bit-ter charactef as it is Senator Quays seat the Democrats are after |