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Show UTAH SENATE WILL BE UNANIMOUSLY DEMOCRATIC Review of election returns as checked check-ed by the state board of canvassers shows that the senate of the 1919 legislature leg-islature will be unanimouslly Democratic, Demo-cratic, assuming that the two Progressives Pro-gressives elected this fall are considered consid-ered as practically of the Democratic persuasion. Another fact which becomes apparent appar-ent in this situation is that the upper house of the 1921 legislature will be either Democratic or a tie in vote asj between the Republican and Demo-1 cratic membership provided no other party shall succeed in electing a member mem-ber or more. There are always nlno holdover members of the senate out of a total membership of eighteen, under un-der the present districting of the state, a revision of which it always opposed by legislators from the rural political subdivisions. For this rea-1 son it is assumed by state officials that the 1921 senate will be at least a tie, if not dominated by the Demo-j crats I Following is a roster of the 1919 i senate: Holdover senators C. L. Olson, Archibald Ar-chibald Bevan, Richard Stringham, W. J. Parker, James W. Clydo, Quince, Kimball, Daniel Stevens. In (his In-1 'stance there are but seven holdovers.' because of the death of Wesley K. j Walton and the resignation of W. W. Armstrong. ! Newlv elected senators Joseph , " Chez. j. W. Funk. Allan T. Sanford.! I Mrs. H. J. Hayward, J. W. McKinney, j I George Dern, J. Will Knight, Edward i ISouthwick, Orlando Bradley. Uriah T. Jones. W. T. Lam ph. Eleven senators! ,were elected this year in place of the) I usual nine, bocause of the death and ! the resignation to which reference Is already made. ! nn. |