The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-11-17
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS,
POLITICAL COMPLEXION OF REPRE-
sENTATIvEs CHOSEN.
The House Will be Overwhelmingly Demo-
cratic, With Assistance From the Third
Party on Tariff Reduction - Re-
view Of the Situation.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-An an
alysis of the congressional election re.
turns shows with returns missing
from twenty districts in which results
are either unknown entirely or very
close, show that the Democrats have
elected to seats in the house of re.
personalities for the Fifty-third con-
gress lightweight more representa-
lives than the Republicans. This
majority does not include nine men,
bers elect classified as either Fusion
ist or Third party men, nearly every
one OF whom will act with the Demo-
Gratis in any proposed reduction Of
tariff taxes. Their support with the
additional strength which the Demo-
Gratis are certain to derive from secur.
ing some of the twenty districts put in
the unknown column make it conser-
vative to estimate that the Democrats
will have q majority OF 100 members
on the most important question likely
to come before the next house of re-
representatives., viz, revision of the
Mckinley tariff law.
A nupiOer of Fusionists are also
thorous lilly in accord with the Demo.
cratic policy so far as it goes on all
other questions. For instance Nc
Laurlin of South Carolina and Bell of
Colorado, classified with the Third
party men, are in general accord with
kthe Dem 1cratic platform save that on
the currency question. The first
named has Alliance ideas and the two
last named are radical free coinage
men. Three out of five Fuslonlsts
elected in Kansas are also simply
Democrats of what may be called the
radical wing of the party. Leaving
out twenty unknown districts the
next house will consist of 2O7 Demo-
crats, 120 Republicans and 8 FusioA-
lists or Third party men.
An analysis by sections of the vote
Tuesday for congressman shows the
southern states of Maryland, Missouri
and Kentucky being included in this
category will send III Democrats, four
Republicans and one Alliance
Democrat, McLuren of South Caro-
lima, to the next house with two dis
tricts in West Virginia, and one each
(. in Kentucky and Missouri in doubt.
fOf four Republican congressman re-
turned. two came from Tennessee, one
each from Kentucky AMI Missouri.
An apparent result of the fight MADE
against the Democracy in the South
was to strengthen the hold ON pubic
affairs. In North Carolina Cheatham,
.colored Republican, was defeated al
Ter surviving Landslide two years
ago. and from Alabama solid Demo-
cratic delegation was returned nof-
withstanding the efforts of Magee
and others to split it. OF New Eng
lands twenty-seven votes lin
the next house, the Republicans get
seyenteen and the Democrats SIX,
three coming from Massachusetts, and
three from Connecticut. The second
5 New Ham pshire district is placed in
the doubtful column. The four
Middle states, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey and Delaware
Nave seventy three votes in the house,
~ which mum Der the Republicans will
cast thirty-nine and the Democrats
thirtv-four. Fifty-six congressman
will be returned from the Middle
Western states of Ohio, Indiana ana
Illinois. According to returns me
Democrats will represent thirty-two
Of the districts, the Republicans
ltwenty-three, and one, the sixteenth
Aof Ohio, at present represented by
Pearson, Democrat, is said to be ex-
ceedingly close. Although this is the
only doubtful district named in the
press dispatches, from these states
exnerience warrants the belief that
other districts will be found t. De
doubtful as the official count pro-
presses, several districts being always
5iD and tuck between the parties
'rl3e states of the northwest and the
AGRICULTURAL west beyond the MISSES
.fppi river will send twenty-nine Re.
publicans, fourteen Democrats ana
i've fusionists to represent 1t in the
next house, with two districts from
%Febraska in doubt and the entire
seven from Minnesota placed in the
same column for lack of information
a to the success of can.
didates. The Republicans stand
the best chance OF securing