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Show DEMOCRAT ! for u. i SENATE i , Republicans Pledged to Gov. Chamberlain; Opposition Will Suffer Defeat. Salem, Ore., Jan. 10. The probable election of a democrat to the United States senate by the republicans pledged to such a course will .be the chief feature of the Oregon legislature legisla-ture which convenes In this city tomorrow. to-morrow. There Is' but one candidate for United States senator, George E. Chamberlain, the present governor of Oregon, who was selected as the choice of the people last June, defeating de-feating the republican party choice, H. M. Cnke, the victor over United States Senator Fulton, In the primaries. prima-ries. While the people do not actually elect the senator, they Indicate their preference, and in the last election they elected a sufficient number of members of the legislature to carry out their desire. Those pledged to elect Chamberlain are designated as "statement number one" men, and those opposing him as "antls." The "antls" probably will control both branches of the legislature, notwithstanding not-withstanding the fact that they are in the minority. Jay Bowerman, "anti," probably will be elected president pres-ident of the senate, and C. N. McAr-thur, McAr-thur, "anti," speaker. Senator Fulton's Ful-ton's friends have been working for months to find some plan to accomplish accom-plish the defeat of Chamberlain, and bring about the election of some republican. re-publican. It is the general belief, however, that the opposition to Chamberlain will suffer defeat after a warm political fight. |