Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-11-17
Saint Maru's Beacon
The Elections.
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THE NEXT HOUSE.

An analysis Of the congressional
election returns shows that with
returns missing from twenty dis
tricts, In which the result 10 either
entirely unknown or is very close,
the democrats have elected to seats
in the House Of Representatives for
the Fifty-third Congress eighty
eight more Representatives than the
republicans. This majority does
not include nine members-elect who
are classified as either fusionists or
third party men, nearly every one
of whom will act with the democrats
in any proposed reduction Of tariff
taxes. Their support, with the
additional strength the democrats
are certain to derive from securing
some Of the twenty districts put in
the unknown cloumn, make it con-
sentative to estimate that the DEM
ocrats will have . majority Of 100
members or more on the most i'm
portant question likely to come be-
fore the next House of Representa-
tives, viz, q revision of the Nc
Kinley tariff law. A number Of the
fusionists are also thoroughly in
accord with the democratic policy,
as far as it goes, on all other ques-
tions. For instance, McLaurin, of
South Caroline, and Pence and Bell,
of Colorado, who are classified with
the third party men, are in general
accord with the democratic plat
form, save that on the currency
question the first named has alli-
ance ideas and the. two last. named
are radical free coinage men. Three
out Of FIVE of the fnsionists elected
in Kansas are also simply demo-
Gratis of what may be called the
radical wing Of the party.
Leaving out the twenty unknown
districts the next House will con-
sist Of 207 democrats, 100 republi-
cans and fusionists or third party
men. Analysis by sections of the
vote of Tuesday for Congressman
shows that the Southern States,
Maryland, Missouri and Kentucky
being included in this category,
will send III democrats, only four
republicans and one alliance demo-
crat, McLaurin, of South Carolina,
to the next House, with four dis
tricts, two in West Virginia, one
each in Kentucky and Missouri in
doubt. Ofthe four republican Con.
gressmen returned, two come from
Tennessee and one each from Ken
lucky and Missouri. The only ap-
parent result of the fight made
against the democracy in the south
was to strengthen its hold on public
affairs. In North Carolina, Cheat
ham, tie colored republican, is de-
feated after surviving the landslide
two yearsago, and in Alabama a
solid democrat delegation is return
ed, notwithstanding the efforts Of
Magee and others to split it.
OF New England's ~ votes in
the next House the republicans get
Is and the democrats 6, coming
from Massachusetts, and 8 from
Connecticut. The second New
Hampshire district is placed in the
doubtful column. The fsur Mid
die States-New York, Pennsyl-
vania, New Jersey and Delaware
have seventy-three votes in the
House, Of which number the rspub-
licans will cast thirty-nine and the
democrats thirty-four. Fifty-six
Congressman will be returned from
the Middle Western States of Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois. According to
the returns democrats will represent
thirty-two of tho districts, republic
cans twenty-three and one-the six
teenth Ohio, at present represented
by Pierson, denis said to be ex-
ceedingly close.
Although this is the only doubt
full district named in press dis
patches from these States exper-
fence warrants the belief that other
districts will be found to be doubt
ful as the official count progresses,
several districts being always nip
and tuck between the two parties.
The States Of the Northwest and
agricultural West, beyond the Mis-
sissippi river, will send 90 republi-
cans, Il democrats and 5 fusionists
torepresent them in the next House,
with two districts from Nebraska in
doubt, and the entire seven from
Minnesota placed in the same COL