Show THE DEMOCRATS WILL CONTROL A republican senator being replaced by a democrat in an unlocked fop place settles the status of the next upper house of congress beyond all cavil this occurred in kansas aa ana the winner tears bears the rather common place cognomen of john martin he is in a lawyer of topeka and will be leaa known when he takes his bis seat perhaps than any other man in the body he was nominated by the Pop ulista listis and elected by them with the aid of a few democratic votes and is edly a democrat himself one of the straight outi out variety at that or mrs mra lease would not have been so perturbed dand and insisted so strongly on an other organization of the populist party the rather lengthy struggle in wig coasin terminated yest yesterday erds Y in them the choice of john 1 I mitchell Mito hell democrat be will succeed philetus sawyer v whose term expires on the ath of march 21 next the most prominent or at least IOWA the best known of the candida candidates tim from this state general edward 8 bragg was waa looked upon as the most likely man to gain the prize but as to is often seen senatorial elections are apt to be as uncertain as to their outcome as any others mr mitchell Mito hell la its not however unknown unten ownby by any means mean he is quite a prominent man bhoge who qualities a and nd standing are known throughout his state and in many placa outside of it the democrats have now retired four republicans in favor of an beqai number of their own meo men thus making a change of eight in the relative voting strength off of themselves and the republicans and making the necee aary forty four to secure control with this the aid of the vice president it if montana and wyoming shall elect democrats democrate they would then have forty six elv against forty one republicans a plurality of five and a majority of four but whether they do this or not an aa shown the democrats will have complete control for a while at least leas in ilk very every branch of the government after mr cleveland a inauguration |