Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-18
Will the Republicans Recapture the
House

THE OUTLOOK IN THAT DIRECTION.
The chances Of the republicans carrying the
House of Representatives In the Forty seventh
Congress are looming up. 1t Is considered that
they have good deal more than fightiag
chance, and under the excitement and pressure
Of the Presidential campaign may indeed not
only succeed in turning the democratic ma
jority but getting possession, with majority
ranging all the way from twenty to thirty.
Take, for instance, Ohio: The Congressional
delegation now stands republicans g. democrats
II. Undoubtedly the first act of the newly
chosen legislature will be to redistrict the state
for congressional purposes, and the republicans
can do this Without sadly destroying the syme-
tly of the map, and give themselves Is repre-
sentatives, allowing the democrats only s, aud
at the same time make them fight hard for one
of these. This Will be gain of SIX to start with
The result in Iowa, too, indicates that both of
the districts now represented by the greenback-
ers can be regained by the republicans. This
is W almost M gan certainty % that the stn De Ella La
Martyr's) district can be carried by the re-
publicans, and that the chances are even
Ma 99n parties 0r es
that the republicans have very good prospect
for carrying two of the districts in that state,
and strong effort will be made to get three;
for gain of two for the republicans, and the
same number In PENNSYLVANIA. A gain is also
expected in the Sd Wisconsin district. With
the effort which the republicans will put forth
in the 4th and 5th Maine districts, now repre-
seIted by Ladd and Murch, will also be re.
claimed. The revival Of business which is now
sweeping over tie country, may also have the
effect of giving to the republicans the I'd Con-
necttcut district, and especially 80 If Tilden is
not the Presidential nominee and Senator Bar
mum is apathet1c. The 18th Illinois district is
one which the republicans feel sure they can
reclaim with the s'rag baby" out of the issue,
as 1t probably will be. 1t was carried last year
by Stevenson, democratic greenbacker, by
only few hundred majority. oregon will
probably also send q republican representative
In place of Whitaker, the present incumbent,
who at the last election did not receive plu-
rality or majority OF all the votes cast There
is also Sighting chance for the republicans in
the 1st Tennessee district, and in the 10Th, (the
Memphis district,) If the greenbackers, who
numbered 1857 votes, return to the republican
party, from which the bulk was largely re-
Will be probably succeeded by q republican, but
iDasmuch as on all party divisions Barlow has
voted with the republicans this cannot be set
down as gain.
The present outlook indicates that the repub-
licans will have q gain OF twelve members sure
to start with, and with excellent prospects In
as many more districts. The present demo-
cratic majority, on strict division Of party
lines, Is not OVernice, although the replublt-
can opposition, including the votes Of the green
hackers, aggregates fourteen or fifteen. In q
PRESIDENTIAL year the vote Is always the heav-
lest, and thoughtful democrats are quite ready
10 concede that, with the gTeenOack parry no
longer disturbing element, the republicans
have good show for regainfng control of the
lower house OF Congress.