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Show MARSHALL MAY GUST DECIDING VQTEJNSENATE Democrats Still Lack One of Having Majority in Upper House, With Six Legislatures Legisla-tures in Doubt TENNESSEE FIGHT I IS COMPLICATED Talk' of Combinations in Illinois Illi-nois and New Hampshire; Progressives May Take j Hand in Tariff. WASHINGTON. Xov. 7. Control of the senate in the Sixty-third Sixty-third congress is now prae-' prae-' tically assured to thc Dem ocrat. Concedinjr to thc Republicans the legislntures of all states still in donbi, tho Democrats will have a. vote of fortj'-eight. or just ono-half 0f tho entire membership of the senate, -with a Democratic vice president in the chair to cast thc deciding ballot in eaee of n tie. Six states arc yet to be heard from definite-. A senator from one of these -would give thc Democrats a clear majorit', and it is possible that their strength will be even further increased. in-creased. Kansas has been added to the Democratic Dem-ocratic column in tho last twenty-four hours. Tho states in which tho complexion com-plexion of the legislatures "b yet to be decided are: Illinois, Michigan, 2ew Hampshire, Oregon, Tennessee and "Wyoming. Fight in Tennessee. Ordinarily Tcnnessco could be relied on to help I he Democratic' parly, but the factional fight- there may prevent in this crisis. In Illinois thero arc complications growing out of the mul tiplicity of parties, rendering it uncertain un-certain whether there will be a senatorial sena-torial election. In that state a successor suc-cessor to tho deposed Senator Lorimer should bo chosen, as well as to Senator Sena-tor Cullom, whose term expires. If there should be no election, the effect would favor the Democrats ay reducing tho membership of the senate to ninety-four, of which numbor the forty-eight already al-ready assured would be a working majority. ma-jority. In Now Hampshire, the dispatches indicate a possible combination of Democrats ?.nd Kcpnblicnns, and in that evont predictions 33 to tho course of the "man selected would be mere guesswork. guess-work. Control Certain. Whatever the outcome in any of the states mentioned there can he no donbt as to Democratic control of the senate. In addition to the aid of the vice president, presi-dent, in an emorgoncy they will find willing co-operation among the Progressive Progres-sive senators. Three or four of the Progressives Pro-gressives are almost as liberal in their tariT views and on other questions as the Democrats themselves. Senators Clapp, Ij.t Follctte, Cummins. Gronnn, Bristow and Poindexter are all avowed tariff reformers. Thy also favor advanced ad-vanced legislation on other subjects. Senator "Works announced his intention of voting for tho Democratic presidential presiden-tial candidate soma time before tho oloc. lion. This determination was due, how ever, to a peculiar combination of circumstances cir-cumstances :uid the California senator probably would not wish to havo it construed con-strued as binding him to a Democratic legislative policy. He is classed at a protectionist. Interest Excited. Of the thirty-one hold-over '.Republicans; '.Republic-ans; eight havo "been classed as Pro-gressivps Pro-gressivps in tho past. They aro Bristow Bris-tow of Kansas. Crawford of South Dakota. Da-kota. Cuuimius of Iowa, Gronnn of North Dakota. Clapp of Minnesota, La Follettc of Wisconsin, Poindexter of Washington and Works of California. -Mr. Morris of Nebraska has been ono of tho lenders of tho Progressive clement cle-ment in the house and will continue to cooperate with that elemont in tho senate sen-ate as it i expected that Senator Ken-yon Ken-yon of Towa will, and possibly Senator Borah of Idaho, in such measure as may appeal to them. Much interest is manifested in the political affiliation of tho Progressive?. Heretofore they havo been content to bo known as Progressive Republicans, Whcthor any number of them will withdraw with-draw from tho Republican party is a problem. Senators Jl'ristow, Clapp and Poindexter are understood to hnvc sup-ported sup-ported Mr. Roosevelt and if thoy should decline to co-opernto with tho Repub- (Continued on Pago Tour.) IE PRESIDENT TO CIST DEC1DII VOTE (Continued from Page One) licnnsa of the senate tho chance would materially weaken the old party. Situation in Illinois. CHICAGO. Nov. 7.- With the Progressives Progres-sives holding the balancft of power In the house oi the Illinois legislature and mnndltig a chance of ruling the senate by virtue of lh Progressive tendencies of tvo Republicans who have been elected. Democrats and Republicans today to-day discussed the common ground on which they might unite In ordur to defeat de-feat tho new party members. That fome inuloistaudlmr has boon reached, tentatively at Imst. was Indicated Indi-cated when Edward I). Shurtleff. former speaker, said after a conference with several Republican leaders that the Democrats, Dem-ocrats, with the backing of Governor Dunne, would have Utile trouble In electing elect-ing the next flpeuftctl It was also reported that the leaders were considering Lawrence Y. Sherman, the Republican .Nenatorlal nominee for the short term In tho ITnlled Stutes senate, sen-ate, and JumcH Hamilton Lewis for the long torm. mid a Dunne Democrat for speaker of tlio house. - State Senator Funk, who was tho Progressive Pro-gressive nominee for govornnu. today announced his candidacy for tho United Stales senate. |
