The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-11-07
THE NEXT CONGRESS.
Probable Size of the Nal orIty In the
house-The Senate,

WASHINGTON, November After March
4th next, when the Fifty-second Congress is
sworn in, there will be a Democratic Farm
ers' Alliance majority in the House Of Rep
resentatives of not less than so out of to-
tai of 312 members. This revolution has
been wrought by the Farmers Alliance and
Democratic fusion in Kansas, Minnesota,
Iowa and several Southern States, and by
heavy Democratic gains in Massachusetts,
dered), Virginia, Michigan. Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin, Kansas, Maryland (gerryman-
dered(, Missouri and Kentucky (gerryman-
dered) In Kansas the Farmers Alliance
was powerful enough to defeat both the reg
ularly nominated Democratic and Republi-
can candidates. The majority of the Alli-
ance candidates were. however, indorsed by
the Democrats solely to beat Republican.
1t Is not known how united the victorious
Alliance candidates will be with the Demo-
crats after taking their oaths as members of
the House OF Representatives. Thirteen
districts are still in doubt. They are
situated in California, Montana, North Da-
kota, Rhode Island and West Virginia. If
half OF these go Democratic the majority in
the House will be little larger than the
The United States Senate will be Republi
can by 10 majority unit March A. but If
Democratic legislatures have been elected in
New ork, New Hampshire. Wisconsin and
Illinois. the majority may be reduced to six
in 1912.
The Republicans suffer severely by the de-
Feat OF some Of their conspicuous men either
at the polls or by their failure of renomina
tion. Some of its best committee ehairmen
are gone. Besides Mckinley of the ways
and means and Cannon Of the an
preparations, the Republicans will especially
suffer by the absence of Chairman Baker Of
the commerce committee, Conger of coinage,
weights and measures, Farquhar of merchant
marine and fisheries, Perkins of Indian af-
fairs, Struble Of territories, Mccormick, Pa.
OF railways and canals, Butterworth, of
patents, Morrill, of invalid pensions, Browne
OF revision of the laws, Delano of pensions.
haidlaw Of claims, Gambler of the Worlds
Fair ana Dunnell of the eleventh census.
The closeness of the legislatures in sew
eral states makes the succession to the same
number OF seats in the Senate in some doubt.
The Republicans have clear majority of
ten in the present Senate, and with the seat
ing OF the Senators from Wyoming and Ida
no the Senate will stand 81 Republicans and
% democrats. lt is evident that the Repub-
llcans can stand rather severe loss in the
Senate without iInpairing their working ma
Jorlty. wisconsin is one of the Republican
states in which the Democrats are claiming
majority OF the Legislature. Spooner's re-
tlrement would be loss to the Republicans
and the country.
NEW YORK, November 6.-Tonight's des
patches announce that James I'll. Blount of
Georgia, William ID. Bynum of Indiana and
benton McMillen Of Tennessee will be can
dldates for Speaker of the next House.
Crisp is also mentioned.
ST: LOUIS, November 6-Congressman
William FL. Hatch, just reelected in the first
Missouri district, is candidate for Speaker
OF the next House.