The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-04
READY FOR THE Fight.
Farmers Alliance Makes the
Result Very Uncertain.
DEMOCRATS TALKING VERY LOUD
Prospects That the Republicans Nay
Lose the Southern Congressman.

Mckinley Has Fighting Chance, but
Cannon Will win-Prohibitiopisss A.
tacking Their Frisnds-Ingalis Hotly
Opposed-ssnator Voorhees, safe.
WAsHINGroH Crrx. Nov. 3-lSpecial. +
II any one point has been made more
prominent than others today by those
who were discussing the chances of Repub-
iican or Democratic supremacy in the
next House, 1t is that the Democrats pro-
pose at all hazards to take every Southern
congressional district Those who see the
inside OF the Democratic position affirm
almost with defiance that no Southern
district shall issue credentials to Repub-
hcan. If the Democrats carry out this
scheme, then the nineteen districts now
held by the Republicans will be reversed
and the former party will have majority
in the next congress. The Republican
leaders do not believe that this will work
in all the districts. They believe they will
win some of them, and that certificates
will be issued to Republicans.
The claims of the Republicans tonight
are conservative. They believe they will
have seven majority at the least, the same
figures as yesterday. The Democrats are
louder in their claims today, and more
confident than ever. Some have been wild
enough to place the majority at forty odd.
Conservative Democrats say from fifteen to
twenty. The Democratic committee gives
out no figures. The Republicans believe
that 159 districts are surely Republican.
They concede 152 as being surely Demo-
cratic. That leaves twenty doubtful. The
Republicans expect q gain of three IN
Indiana, and the Democrats concede two.
The Democrats believe they will gain in
Alabama, Kansas, California, New Hamp-
shire, North Carolina, Illinois and Wiscon-
sin one each. in Connecticut, Massa-
chusetts, Maryland, Missouri, New York
and Pennsylvania two each, and seven or
eight in Ohio.
Stories are afoat of trading in Pennsyl-
vania. It is said that Quay's friends are
trading congressional for gubernat0rial
votes in an effort to roll up big figure tor
Delamater. and thereby vindicate Quay.
It is doubtful, according to the best re-
ports, it Major Mckinley il reelected in
Ohio. The Republicans win not concede
him beaten. Conservative Democrats ad-
NIT that he has bare fighting chance.
Most OF the Democrats concede the cleo
ton of Cannon from Illinois. The Demo-
Gratis profess to believe they win get some
Western districts. in Colorado. Kansas and
Minnesota The Republican leaders say
that whatever fears they had in those
states two weeks ago have been dispeIled
by recent reports. They believe that
whatever sentiment may have been stirred
against the new tariff bill by the Demo
cratic conspiracy Of increased prices was
soon dispelled. and that = reaction set in
that more than counterbalanced this senti-
ment.
Few or no bets are laid either way on the
complexion of the next House. If the
Democrats carry out their scheme of TAX
ing the Southern districts they will have it
by good majority. II they fail the ques-
tion is an open one. with both sides MAX
ing show Of confidence.
The chairman of the Farmers Alliance
committee makes an estimate that there
viii be twenty-four congressman elected
from the Southern states who will owe no
allegiance to any party except the Farmers
Alliance, and he is confident that these
congressman will constitute the balance of
power in the election Of the speaker in the
next House.
A Democrat. who occupies q very high
position in the government, Southern
man and one of the appointees of Grover
Cleveland, says, on the other hand, that
the congressional nominees who represent
the Farmers Alliance are probably more
ultra in their bourbonism than any
of the present congressman from
that section, and that if they
should venture to enter upon policy in
the House Of Representatives independent
of the Democratic party their political
career would end with the first term for
which they were elected. "They will drop
out of sight," said this eminent Demo-
crat, las rapidly and as ANONYMOUSLY as
did the most corrupt of the carpet
baggers."
The same gentleman says:
81 do not think, however. that the Farmers
Alliance congrossmen win constitute very i'm
portant or controlling factor in the next House
of Representative On the contrary, it is my
nrm belief that the Republicans win retain con-
troll OF the House OF Representatives of
the Fifty-second congress. The Democratic
managers have not lived up TO their opportunity
in this campaign They have shown poor gen.
eralship: they have not succeeded in infusing
any enthusiasm into the masseA It will be
found that they are mistaken in their estimate
OF Republican strength in the West and North
west, Just Is they were two and four years ago.
We .are promised the electoral votes
of the Northwest to say nothing
Of congressman At that dime we
did not get them On the contrary, IL wss the
Republicans of the Northwest and West who
defeated Mr.. Cleveland and do not see why
the Democratic party can entertain any greater
hopes of success now than 1t did then. Its polit.
cal management il in the same hands. and these
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ment look to see Republican gains In the