The Portland daily press., 1892-11-11
oNE HUNDRED MAJORITY.
Democrats Will Have 1t Ready for
Their Tariff Schemes.
THAT is INDICATED WITH TWEN-
TY DISTRICTS LACKING.

The Democrats Have Elected Eighty
eight More Representatives Than the
Republicans, and on Tariff Legislation
Their Vote Will Be Increased by the
Alliance Members-STany Third Party
Men Are Practically Democrats ON All
Questions.
WASHINGTON, November 10-An anal
ysis of the congressional election returns
shows that with returns missing from 20
districts, in which the result is either en-
tirely unknown or very close, the Demo-
Gratis have elected to the SOD Congress So
more representatives than the Republi-
cans. This majority does not include
the nine members elect classified as fu-
sionists or the third party men, nearly
every one of whom will act with the
Democrats in any proposed reduction of
tariff taxes. Their support with the adj
ditional strength the Democrats are GER
tain to derive from securing some of the
20 districts put in the unknown column,
make it conservative to estimate that the
Democrats will have a majority of 100
members or more, on the most import
ant question likely to come before the \
next House of Representatives; viz, the
revision of the Mckinley tariff law. A
number of the fusionists are thoroughly
in accord with Democratic policy, as far
as it goes, on all other questions.
Leaving out the
Twenty Unknown Districts
the next House will consist of POT Demo-
Gratis, 120 Republicans, and Fusionists
or third party men. An analysis, by sec
tions, of the vote Tuesday, for congress-
men shows that the Southern States, with
Maryland, Missouri and Kentucky in
cluded, will send III Democrats, only
four Republicans and one Alliance Dem
ocrat, to the next House, with two dis
tricts in West Virginia and one each in
Kentucky and Missouri in doubt. OF
the four Republican congressman re-
turned, two come from Tennessee, and
one each from Kentucky and Missouri.
Of New England's 27 votes in the next
House, the Republicans get 18 and the
Democrats 6, three from Massachusetts
and three from Connecticut. The sec
ond New Hampshire district is placed
in the doubtful column In Rhode
Island there was no election. New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey aud Delaware,
have 73 votes in the House, of which the
Republicans will have 50, and the Demo-
Gratis "a. Fifty-six congressman are re-
turned.
From Ohio. Indiana and Illinois
and, according to the returns, Democrats
will represent 80 districts and Republi.
cans %. One in Ohio is said to be ex.
ceeding close. The states of the North
west and the agricultural West, beyond
the Mississippi river, will send 20 Re.
pnblicans, IA Democrats and five Fusion
lists. with two districts from Nebraska in
doubt and the entire seven from Mime
sofa in the same column for lack of in-
formation as to the successful candi-
dates. The Republicans stand the best
chance of securing a majority from the
nine unknown districts. The five Fus-
ionists come from Kansas. The silver
states of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming,
Nevada and Colorado split even on the
congressional election, three Republi-
cans coming from the three states first
named and three Fusionists from the
two latter states. The Pacific coast is
entitled to IL Congressman. Washing
ton and Oregon each will send two Re-
publicans, California four Democrats
and perhaps more, three districts being
close between the two old parties.