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HEED TEN SEATS
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WASHINGTON, July 18.—The re
publicans, to recapture control of the
United States senate, must, at the fall
election this year capture ten seats
now filled by democrats, but in order
to be absolutely sure of passing
strictly republican legislation after
the 4th of March, 1917, they must
make even greater gains, unless the
primaries in Wisconsin and Washing
ton result in the elimination of two
so-called republican senators, whose
terms are about to expire.
Prior to the death of Senator Bur
leigh, of Maine, there were 40 repub
licans and 56 democrats in the senate,
a democratic majority of 16. Had
this ratio been maintained, the re
publicans, on the face of things,
could have controlled the senate by
gaining nine seats. But Maine hav
ing a democratic governor, the repub
licans temporarily lose one seat, so
that until the election next fall, the
senate will stand 39 republicans and
57 democrats, or a democratic major
ity of 18.
The death of Senator Shively, of
Indiana, and the death of Senator
Burleigh mean that two senators
will have to be elected in those two
states this fall, for the terms of Sen
ator Kern of Indiana, and of Senator
Johnson, of Maine, expire on the 4th
of March, and those two democrats
are up for re-election. This situation
means that the campaign in both In
diana and in Maine will be carried on
with great intensity, because of the
grave importance of the senatorial
result.
v Twelve Good Contests.
The terms of 32 senators expire co
incident with the expiration of the
term of President Wilson. Of the 32,
17 are democrats and. 15 are republi
cans. And of the democrats, five are
from sure democratic states of the
solid south, leaving 12 senators whose
seats may be contested by republicans
with some chance of success. This
does not take into account the two ad
ditional senators to be elected in In
diana and Maine. Counting them,
there are 34 senators to be elected. 11
of them from states where democrat
ic success is by no means assured.
But getting back to the contingen
cy, Senator Poindexter, of Washing
ton, is a candidate 'for renomination,
as is Senator LaFollette, of Wiscon
sin. Both are running as republicans,
but both have a record in the senate
which shows them voting more fre
quently with the democrats than with
the republicans. Both these senators,
for instance, voted for the passage of
the Underwood tariff law on Septem
ber 9, 1913, as shown by the congres
sional Record of that date. But this
was only one of many votes cast by
these two senators for strictly demo
cratic measures.
In view of their record, there is no
assurance that Poindexter and LaFol
lette, if renominated and re-elected,
would vote with the republicans in the
next senate; no assurance that they
would vote for the repeal of the Un
derwood law, and the substitution of
a republican tariff act. Therefore, an
interesting situation would be pre
sented, if the republicans should con
trol the next senate by an apparent
majority of one, and both Poindexter
and LaFollette should be members of
that senate and listed as republicans.
Hold Power Balance.
In such an event, these two sena
tors would actually hold the balance
of power in the senate, and if they
should vote in the next senate as they
have voted for the past three years,
they would be a source of strength to
the democrats, rather than to repub
licans, and holding the balance of
power, they could, and no doubt
would, defeat every republican meas
ure that did not appeal to them per
sonally. Neither are men who care
a rap about party ties.
The task of capturing the next sen
ate is no small one at best, but the
republican problem will be greatly
simplified if Senator Poindexter and
Senator LaFollette are defeated at
their respective primaries next Sep
tember and good staunch republicans
are nominated to succeed them. The
republicans then will have to make a
gain of but ten votes to be sure of the
next senate, and they could, manage
to control with nine, as the vice pres
ident could cast the deciding vote, in
the event of a tie.
The defeat in the recent Minnesota
primaries of. Senator Clapp by Frank
Kellogg removes from the senate
race the only other republican who
has had the habit of late years of
voting with the democrats. Senator
Clapp was not as consistent a demo
crat as Poindexter and LaFollette,
but he was one republican who could
MILITIA BRINGS GUNS INTO POSITION ON BORDER
Photo by American Press Association.
Roswell butter}’ of the New Mexican militia at Columbus, N. M., swinging its field. guns into position to repel
any sudden attack from the south.
never be counted on in a pinch. How
ever, the nomination of Kellogg has
eliminated Clapp from further consid
eration, and Kellogg’s election is re
garded as assured.
VISCOUNTESS SAYS NEW AUTOS
MORE WELCOME THAN BABIES
LONDON, July 19.—Babies re
fuse to come into a world full or
automobiles, for the simple reason
that new automobiles usually are
more welcome than new babies.
Babies and autos don’t go together.
Muriel Viscountess Helmley gives
this explanation for the falling birth
rate in England.
Autos, according to the viscount
ess, create an appetite for amuse
ment and, as babies furnish little
amusement, in the twentieth century
way of thinking, they are considered
an interference with the pleasure
that the automobile affords.
Viscountess Helmsley says furth
er:
* The lamentable decline in the
birth rate is due to the selfishness
of women. They fell that with in
creasing family ties they may be un
able to maintain their social status,
while at the same time they might
find their outdoors activities crip
i pled.
“The craze for amusement has
been growing deterrent to family
life, but with the limitation of gas
oline supplies by the military and
the partial suppression of automo
biles, the problem ought to adjust
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THREE TEARS IN PEN
FOR BEING A TRAMP
COLUMBUS, 0., July 19.—-With
no other charge than “being a
tramp” against him, Owen Hadley
is serving a sentence from one to
three years at the Ohio penitentiary
here. He is the only convict in the
pen under that charge.
A bulldog proved his undoing.
He entered a house at Wapakoneta
where the housewife was alone.
The dog backed him up against a
wall and kept him there until the
sheriff came..
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MARTEN TRAPPERS MUST
PROTECT THEMSELVES
Secretary of Commerce W. C. Red
field has issued a circular which says
that in view of the prohibition upon
the killing of martens in Alaska prior
to November 15, 1921, the department
of commerce requires that all persons
having marten pelts on hand in that
territory which they propose to re
tain after November 15, 1916, shall
before November 15, 1916, furnish the
commissioner of fisheries, Washing
ton, D. C., an affidavit setting forth
the number of skins and other perti
nent facts, in the following form:
I, the undersigned, being
duly sworn, depose and say that I
have in my possession
marten pelts, every one of which
is prime and was taken legally in
open season, which I propose to
retain in the territory of Alaska
until after November 15, 1916.
(Signature and address must
follow, and the same sworn to.)
All marten pelts found in the pos
session of any person or which may
be shipped from Alaska, after No
vember 16, 1916, will be checked
against the affidavits in the posses
sion of the commissioner of fisheries
and all such pelts not so accounted
for will be held as prima facie evi
dence of illegal killing of marten.
BISHOP KOI TO
VISIT ANCHORAGE
J The Right Reverend Peter Trimble
| Rowe, Bishop of Alaska, who is visit
ing Juneau for several days, is with
out doubt one of the best known and
most popular men in Alaska. After
an experience of some years in mis
sionary work among the Indians in
northern Michigan, the bishop was
appointed missionary bishop of Alas
ka twenty years ago last November,
and has thus seen Alaska develop
from an almost unknown land, and, in
his earlier journeys traveled on foot
and by dog team for thousands of
miles before there were the present
trails and steamboat routes. Often
among the first to get into a new
camp, he planted missions or hospi
tals to succor and minister to the
newcomers and their families,
j From southeastern Alaska to and
beyond the Arctic Circle and along
the Yukon the bishop has planted the
ensign of the cross, and, with his
band of faithful women and men, has
had no little part in holding up the
higher standards of life and minister
ing to the souls and bodies of those
I who have flocked to the northland in
search of fortune, as well as to the
native population which, in many
I cases look to him as friend and father
in God.
The bishop has three times refused
I the offer to be transferred to other
' less arduous missionary fields, and he
| would indeed be missed by a host of
I friends.
The bishop expressed himself as
surprised and most interested in the
wonderful changes and development
in and around Juneau during the last
few years, and also pleased with the
interest shown by the people in the
church’s work.
The bishop will shortly leave for
the Tanana and expects to come out
via Cordova and visit Anchorage.—
Juneau Dispatch.
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