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Show SENATE DEMOCRATIC NEARLY UHOUSLY Upper House of 1919 Has But Two Members of Other Party. ' Review of election returns as checked by the state board of canvassers shows that the senate of the-,1913 legislature will be unanimously Democratic, -assuming that the two Progressives elected this fall are considered as practically of the Democratic persuasion. 1 Another fact which becomes apparent ;inth!s situation Is that the upper house j of the 1 921 legislature will bo either I Democratic or a tie in vote as between ! the Republican and Democratic member-j member-j shipprovided no other parly shall succeed suc-ceed in electing a member or more. There I are always nine holdover members of the senate out of a total membership of eighteen, under the present districting of the state, a revision of which It always opposed by legislators from the rural political politi-cal subdivisions. For this reason it is assumed by state officials that the l'J2 L senate will be at least a tie, if not dominated domi-nated hv the Democrats. Following is a roster of the 1919 senate: Holdover senators C. L. Olson, Archibald Archi-bald Bevnn, Richard Stringham, W. J. Parker, James W. Clyde. Quince Kimball, Daniel Stevens. In this instance there are but seven holdovers, because of the death oF Wesley K, Walton and the resignation resig-nation of W. W. Armstrong. Newlv elected senators Joseph Chez, J. W. Funk, Allan T. San ford, Mrs. H. J. Ilavward. J. W. McKinney. George Dern, J. Will Knight, Kdward Southwick, Orlando Or-lando Bradley, Uriah T. Jones, W. T. Lamph. Eleven senators were elected thlsyear in place of the usual nine, because be-cause of the death and the resignation to which reference is j already made. |