Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-27

good candidate, can safely carry this
district, as was done by them without
effort in 1882. The other eleven DIS
tricts have heavy democratic MAORI
ties and are ~invulnerable. The next
| senate will therefore stand: Democrats,
%; republicans, z; greenback- demo-
Gratis, |; neutrality-suspicious., 1. The
same majority of three to one, which
| has existed without any material change
In this body the last fifteen years.
REPRESENTATIVES.
The representative districts, which
the democrats are sure to carry at the
coming election, and only through the
grossest carelessness and mismange-
ment can II of them be carried by
the opposition, are: Audrain, Benton,
Bates, Bollinger, Boone, Buchanan,
first, second and third; Butler, Gala
way, Carter, Cass, Cedar, Charlton,
Clay, Clinton, Cooper, Dent, Dunklin,
Gentry, Henry, Howard, Howell, Iron,
Jackson, first and second; Jefferson,
johnson, Knox, Lafayette, Lewis, Lin
coin, Mcdonald, Macon, Madison,
Maries, Marion, Mississippi, Monroe,
Montgomery, Morgan, New Madrid,
Newton, Oregon, Pemiscot, Perry,
Pettis, first aud second; Phelps, Pike,
Platte, Pulaski, Rails, Randolph, Ray,
Reynolds, Ripley, St. Francois, st.
Genevieve, Saline, first and second;
Schuyler, Scotland, Scott, Shannon.
Shelby, Stoddard, Texas, Vernon
Washington, Wayne and City of St
Louis, second, third and f~ourth,--S2
On the vote of 1884 for president i'll
these districts, the democrats having
major1ties over all opposition ranging
from $50, the lowest, to thousands, ex-
cept Barton which has a majority of
121, Cedar LOG, Iron 1876, Morgan 1875,
Newton 1O1, and Buchanan, first dis
trict, 10.
The following districts may be con-
coded to the opposition: Adair, An
drew, Caldwell, Camden, Christian,
Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Gasconade,
Greene W:), Grundy, Harrison, HEX
DRY, Holt, Jackson third and fourth,
Mercer, Miller, Nodaway (second).
Polk, Putnam, St. Louis county
(second), Stone, fancy, Warren,
Wright and three members in the city
of st. Louis-in all 20. These are all
Republican districts except Dallas,
Polk and Nodaway ~(second), now rep
resented by Greenbackers. In 1882
Polk sent a democrat t the legislature
and may do so again this year, the
present greenback member had only a
majority of six. Dallas is represented
by a greenback democrat, who will be
returned again this year. Nodaway,
second district, is represented by a
greenback republican, but in any event
this is a republican district.
The following democratic districts,
now represented by republicans, are as
certain to elect democrats this year as
that the election will be held. Cole,
St. Clair, johnson and Cape Girardeau
These districts gave the democratic
ticket, in 1884, majorities respectively
of 8, 21, 81 and Z, and are democratic
nearly all the time, and especially so in
the off years. In 1884 mistakes were
made in nominations for the legislature
in these districts by the democrats.
The districts carried by the opposi-
ton in 1884 on the presidential vote,
and represented in the present legis-
lature by democrats are, with their Op-
position majorities on the presidential
vote of 1884, as follows: Barry, II;
Carroll, 26; Clark, so; Crawford, AZ;
Daviess, 1856; Franklin, GAL; Greene
(E.) 1924; Jasper E., 59S: Jasper, w.,
235; Lawrence, PIG ; Moniteau,
81; Ozark, 290; Usage, 1874; Worth,
ISL; NOdaway, first, 50. OF
these fifteen districts Barry, Carroll,
Clark, Crawford, Daviess, Greene e.,
Monlteau, Worth and NOdaway, first,
have in late years been electing demo-
to the legislature, and there is no
apparent reason why they should not
do so this year; and the election
of democrats again this year in
Jasper, w., Usage and Lawrence is
the probabilities.
PROBABILITIES.
The following districts now repre-
scented by Observation-Disclosures
sented by democrats aud are more like
ly to be again this year by democrats
than by republicans. They
e carried by the opposition in 1885,
and their majOrities on the Blaine and
Butler Fusion ticket are as follows:
Atchison, 175; Benton, 254; DeKalb,
1871; Laclede, 1O5; Linn 1872; Sullivan,
1922; st. Louis county, first, 205. Linn
and Sullivan will certainly elect demo-
Gratis this year.
st. Charles county may in the future
be classed with the opposition counties.
In it the democrats in 1884 nominated a
very strong and competent man for the
legislature; he was defeated by a ma
jority OF $50 and the majority against
Cleveland in the county was 211. The
democrats of Livingston county haye
unsuccessfully tried to carry the coun-
ty in the last two elections for the leg
.islature. 1t is represented in the
present house bya greenback radical,
and in 1884 the county was carried
against Cleveland by 1877 votes. 1t may
be clsssed this year with the opposition,
unless in the election for county officers
a different result may follow.
OF the 81 democrats in the present
house, ten were elected on majOrities
between 100 and 200, and 8 on MAORI
ties less than 100; and of the 43 oppOsi-
ton members in the house, Z were
elected by the following majorities: 127,
141, 161. 179, 1856 land Is by the follow
ing majorities: 6, Is, %, 81, 81, AZ, Al,
Sc, 81, 81, SO, 81, SO.
TTOtu lucSc ldCtS duu COulpuIdllOIS
the house of representatives in 1887
will stand about as follows: democrats,
lO3 opposition, 81; and the legislature
joint ballot, democrats, 12S; repub-
licans and %greenback republicans, A;
greenback democrats. 2; democratic
majority not less than SO.
The facts and figures here presented
do not show that there is any deca-
dence in the democratic party of Mis-
souri,, Dr. is there likely to be in the
present century, o that the next leg
islature is in doubt or the party split
or otherwise MANNED or crippled. On
the contrary the party never was more
solid and united. 1t goes into the can
a this year with a crystalized MAORI
ty of $4,000, backed by an influence
and patronage hitherto in the hands
and under the control of its enemies,
and by a safe, careful and honest state
administration. With these advanta-
ges and the return of the 10, 900 green
ack-demOcratsW who were deceived in