Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-11-03
POLITICAL.
circuit.
THE SUGAR TRUST DECISION.

| THE SUGAR TRUST DECISION.
New YORK, Nov. 3.-Judge Prat
handed down the decision In IT,,
sugar trust case, Ia which he says tha
the receivership Is necessary. anC
that two receivers should he appOiut
ed. 1t is understood that no person
identified directly with the trus,
should be appointed.
FORECAST OF THE GENERAL ELEC
TIONs TOMORROW.
| WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-OregOn
ian special: Both the cOngressiOna
committees have ciused their head
quarters and the campaign, So far II.
they are concerned, IL ended. Gen
eral Clarkson, who has been the
"cting head of the republican organ
ization for three weeks, has gone t.
Iowa to vote. The dem c,cratic man
ayers are also gone. The republican
leaders believe the party will carry
enough congressional districts t,
give them majority of from five to
ten on the organization of the neXI
house. Acting Secretary O'Brien,
of the campaign committee, believes
that the republican majority will be
nine.
At democratic headquarters they
also profess to be Confident of having
a majority. 1t is likely that neither
Committee is as confident as it pro-
fesses to be. 1t is going to be very
close.
Republican advices lead them to
claim ten districts in Ohio and six
in Indiana. The republicans claim
but one Maryland district for sure
thing, two in Virginia, three in
West Virginia, three in Missouri,
one in Louisiana aud two in North
Carolina. These, with two repub-
licau Kentucky districts, are about
all that the republicans have ground
to believe they will pull out Of the
South. There are possibilities OF
four o. five more.
TIE democrats, in figuring ma
jority for themselves, assume fifteen
democratic districts iu Ohio, aud
will corcede but three to the repub-
Iicans Of Indiana. They claim Que
in New Hampshire, three in Con.
necticut and all in New Jersey.
They concede none in the Carolinas,
aud expect to gain one In California,
and they claim all but the one rep
reseuted by Mr.. Frank in Mo.
The democratic claims are not as
sound as those Of the republicans.
They will gain four or five in OHIO.
but iu order to keep their figures up
to the majority mark they must
more districts than the repub.
leans. If the republicans carry the
districts they carried two years ago,
outside of Ohio, and those in Ohio
which the democrats cOncede they
have "a niajOri y. They are pretty
To gain one in Michigan,
possibly two, and in several Southern
districts there are Farmers Alliance
which are more than
likely to give them one here and
there.
A great deal has been head Of
The fight has had
national interest, because the demo-
cratic campaign has been made
against Chairman Quay, of the re-
publican committee. The democrat
&c managers hoped to kill him of
This year, while he is backing the re-
publican gubernatOrial candidate, for
he simple reason that they do not
want him to bot her them two years
hence. Advices received from re-
publicans in Pennsylvania to-day
are that Delamater will be elected
ny not less than 10000 majority.
That Is about the avera 90 repubIi-
San majority in AN off year.
MoDEsrY OF REPUBLICAN CLAIMS
WASHINGTON, ID. g., Nov. s.
The National Congressional commit
ees have about completed Their
work and have figure
,ut the possible results Of to-lnor
'ow's election. The democratic
estimates the democratic
In the next house at 80
The republican committee conced,s
% the democrats 1853 districts, MI.
claims l59 districts, leaving 20 dir
ricts doubtful, of the latter the.
'laim enough TO give the republican
lUuse majority of seven.