Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-05-14
H NEXT CONGRESS.

Calculations Which the Party Com
mittees Are Now Making on the
Chances.
Washington Special Dlspatsh to Philadelphia
Tilnes,
Both Congressional committees for
the campaign of 1886 are now organ
lied and will soon be prepared to COM
hence operations. the Democrats
have the prestige Of success in the
campaign of 1884. While there may
be some disagreelnents as to methods
they do not propose TO lose their van
tage ground by quarreling with the
Administration on technicalities. They
propose to hold on to what they have
and take the chances for 1855. The
Republican committee, which have al.
ways had the office holders to draw
upon, find themselves cut off from that
source of revenue and are somewhat
perplexed as to where to get their
funds, particularly in the face of an off
year and doubtful prospects of any
substantial gain from a large outlay.
The Democratic COMMITTEES, the first
in the field, have made a very careful
canvass of the situation and claim
that their chances of holding the next
House by as large or ever larger MA
jority are infinitely better than the
chances of the Republicans making
substantial gains owe their present
numbers. The present Democratic
majority in the House is forty-three.
The Republicans will not only be COM
PEELED not only to hold all they now
have, but to carry twenty-five add.
tional districts in order to overcome
the present majority against them
This the Democrats claim they cannot
DO, for the following reasons: In the
present Congress there are twenty.
three Republican districts, held by ma
j%orities ranging from fifty to one thou,
sand. There are alo twenty-five dis
tricts held by the Democrats by ma
j%orities ranging from ffty-four to nint
hundred and seVenty-one. Therefore
if such an improbable thing as saving
all of the twenty-three small majority
Republican districts and carrying al
of the twenty-five simultaneously Dem
Ocratic districts were possible, the Re
publicans would come out ahead; bu
as the chances of holding their owl
are just as good for the Democrats a
the Republicans the former have /;
margin of forty.three districts to draw
from
The Democratic committee have n
fear of d~issensions growing out O
local issees and claim that their force
are In excellent order for campaigI
wark. On the issue of protection the
claim that in their strongest district
they find the most staunch supporter
of the protective principles and Their,
fore they fear no losses in the indus
trial districts. They also claim tina
the ultra free trade views of Franz
Hurd had lost them the Toledo dis
trict that the action of the Democrat
ic House in making no compromis
with Eurd, but rejected him complete
ly, was ample notification to the voter
Of the tenth Ohio that the voice of tn
people would be respected, Franz
Hurd to the contrary Notwithstanding
The Democratic nominee this year, /
is understood, will be made with refer
ence to the interests of the district au,
the party, which will insure the cleo
ton Of a Democrat by the usual ma
jority.
There are a number of other district
held by Republicans by a somewha
similar tenor, which are being locke
after in the way of selecting candi
dates with a view to success on geners
issues, and which will be SO much gal
to the Democrats. There will be som
gains doubtless, by the Republican,
which would preserve the present rt
lation of parties, but which would no
change the aggregate result in tn
! House.