The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-07
The DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY ia.
Bynnm. Springer and Hatch Fighting
fur Speakership.
senator Insalla 70 BE Retirsd-Dsne-
crsta Garry New York and Iltinois
Lesisiatares. winning ssnators-Rs-
publicans Retain Kansas, AIinnssota,
niinois and Connectieat - rarnsrs
Garry South Dakota

WAsHrNcToN CRY, Nov. 6.-fspecial 1.-The
Democratic majority in he Hcu at the next
congress is 134. Not content with thak IL IL said
the Dem cratic leaders propose 10 make cOutesss
Ia those districts ia which the Republicans are
given certificates where the figures are any way
close. and where there u the al.gntess ground
for contest They will do this TO get venge
for the ten Democrats who were unseated In the
present cOngresa The talk Of revenge 10 very
loud Just low.
One Of the Republicans who has been men,
toned - pro able to be unseated IL Wilson Of
Washington. II is said hers that word Las been
telegraphed to tnat state to the Democratic
leaders to institute contest for Carroll Just
what the grounds of the contest Wlll Be II this
Is done do not appear.
tia hinted that Henry Cabot Lodg in Mas
sachusetts r. marked to be unseated A dis-
patch was published here tonight limiting st q
contest In Washington. Il u said thsr the sug-
gestion for the action came from this city.
In the great change that will come in the
next congress the seyerest loss the Republicans
will ieel is not In the number of men, but in the
quality OF men. BY defeat or failure Of nomi-
nation the party loses majority Of its very best
men, Over halt Of its committee chairmen are
gone. Besides Mckinley, Of the ways and means,
and Cannon, Of the appropriations. the Repub-
iicans will miss Baker, OF the commerce COM
raittee, Conger. OF the coinage. weights and
measure, Farquahar. of the merchant marine
anu fisheries Perkins. OF Indian affairs, 8truble,
OF territories, Mccormick. Of railways and
canals. Butterworth, Of patents. Morrill, Of in
valid pensions, Broune. Of revision Of the laws,
Delano. Of pensions, Laidlaw. OF claims, Can.
dier. OF the Worlds fair, Mason, OF the ballot
box forgery. and Dunnen. Of the eleventh cen-
sus
Itmust be remembered that in some Of these
cases the members declined denomination. q,
for Instance, Butterworth, while In Others they
failed OF renominarion. The sevare loss to the
party il that in these men Il loses many Of its
Oldest and most experieL ced debaters and par
liamentarisns, who are succeeded by new men
OF their own party, who. being inexperienced,
are OF little use 70 oppose the Dem0crsta Mr.
Reed will bitterly miss Cannon, n, Kinley, Nc
Cesmr .. Gear. Bayne, Butterworsn, Grosvenor
and Greenhalge from the galaxy OF bright
SPEAKERS and sharp parliamsntafians shat were
at all times ready and able to take up I'll the
Democratic attacks. The brunt OF the work
will fall on Read, Burrows, Bousele, Dinesay
and Henderson, whie in hno, skiiifng pArllar
mentAry tactics Mr.. Reed will stand Ano olusely
aone.
To fight Mr. Reed and his little force there
will be ali the old Democratic lead ers, Mills,
Crisp, McMillin. the Breextnridges, Blount,
Doekery. Oates, Holman, Bynum, OF~rrell,
springer, Herbert, Hempbiil, Turner, Outhwaite
Stone, Hatch. wilson, Flower and NcCresry--
In word. Ill the old wsr-honsea while 20 these
there viii be added = brilliant group Of new
men like Raynor. Fellow& Wise, Compton,
lockwood, of Buffalo, and many Others. The
Democrats have sent back all their men.
Il can be seen what difieult task xr Reed
will have in leading the small minority against
majority of twice his own force, comprised Of
men tried and trained.
Esti mates made yesterday and last night for
the next Honse are Of little or no value today.
The news OF the early noun heaught many
changes, and where the Democratic majority
seemed to be yesterday at fifty, it today swslls
70 over 100. The news this morning II 90 ~
ton shing that Washington City seems da5ed,
and can hardly take in the situation. Every
hour last night brought more disc ,urasing It'd.
ings, and as the Democratic majority swelled
on toward the hundred mark, the few remain
lug men who hoped against hope that lot 4
news was always good for the Republicans,
gave up and went home. Kansas had
"sumped." and Minnesota and Miehigan had
followed Massachusetts, New Hampshire Penn
sylvania and Wisconsin. The latest figures
given arc a. follows: Democrats z2S, Repubii.
cans SO, Farmers Alliance (Kansas and Me-
~ ska 4. Independents Hennessee) !, vacant
Rhode Island l. Total. 3S2