The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-05-11
Demoeracy's Overwhelming and Unjust Ma.
jority and How 1t May Be Used to Elect q
President Under Certain Contingencies.
Efforts of German and Others to Create
a Schism in the Republican Party.
Bureau for the Dissemination of Falsehoods
About Harrison, Blaine and Alger-Trying
to Make Tools of Northern Farmers.


Interesting Analysis of Its Political Com
plexion-How It May Elect . President.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. May 10.-Some inter6sting
figures n deductions are furnished by the
printed lists of members-elect of the next
House of Representatives. The list is un-
official but it is accurate. Of the So men,
bers there are 2S7 Democrats, 81 Republic
ans and 8 member of the Farmers ALI
ance. who will not go into either party
caucus. There are other membersin South
ern States who were elected on the Alliance
platform. but they will vote on party ques-
tions with the Democrats.
CHANGING over the list. by States. it ap-
pears hat there are, of the forty-four
States, no less than sixteen with solid
Democratic delegations, and thirteen more
where the majority of the delegation is
Democratic. There are ten States with
solid Republican delegations, and two with
Republican majorities. OF the remaining
three States two have Alliance majorities.
while in the one remaining State. Mime
sofa, there are three Democrats, one epub-
lican and one Alliance man. 50
that the delegation, on q vote,
is Democratic. Summing up. the
Democrats control the vote of thirty
States, the Republicans twelve, the Alli-
ance two, q total of forty-four.
There are, then, sixteen solid Democratic
delegations and ten Republican. The six
teen solid Democratic delegations include
Republican delegations number q total
membership of fifteen. The ~frightful dis
parity lies In the fact that of the ten solid
Republican delegations seven OF them
Colorado. Idaho. Nevada. North Dakota.
Oregon. Washington and Wyomlng..,con-
sist of one member each. who Is . solid Re-
publican. There remain three solid States,
of which two. South Dakota and Vermont.
have two members each, and the State OF
Maine, with Messrs. Reed, Boutelle, Ding
ley and Milliken, form q very solid dele
cation of four.
The solid Democratic States are almost
appalling. Missouri alone has II, nearly as
many as the entire force Of the solid Re-
publicans. The others are Alabama. 8;
Georgia, 10: Louisiana. g; Maryland. 6;
Mississippi. q; South Carolina, 2; Texas. IL:
Virginia, 10; West Virginia, 4, besides such
odds and ends as two each from Florida.
New Hampshire and Rhode Island, and one
each from Delaware and Montana. where
the spirit IS willing but the flesh is evil
IDENTIFY weak.
In the thirteen States where the Demo
Gratis have majorltles In the delegations
there are in all lis Democrats and ~ Re-
publicans. q net majority of SO. In the two
Republican States there are % Republicans
and IL Democrats, a net majority Of 10.
Here again the Democrats control, with the
exception of Pennsylvania, all of the large
delegations. the States standing: Illinois.
IA to 6; Indiana, II to 2: Kentucky. 10 to /;
Massachusetts,, z to 5; Michigan. s to 3; New
York, % to IL; North Carolina, 8 to /; Ohio;
IA to z; Tennessee, 8 to 2; Wisconsin, 8 TO /;
Connecticut, 8 to 1; Iowa. 6 to 5; New Jer-
sey, 8 to 2.
The Republican delegations are Pennsyl-
vania, Is to 10; California. 4 to 2. OF the
remaining States there are In Kansas 5 Al
lance men to 2 Republicans, and in Ne
braska 2 Alliance men to J Democrat, Civ
ing the Alliance these two States; while in
Minnesota, as already stated, there being
3 Dem ocrats, 1 Republican and ] Alliance
man, the control of the delegation is with
the Democrats. This, then is the summary:
Solid Majority
delegations. delegations. Total
Democrats..-. Is ii 80
Republicans 10 IL
AllaQce q y