The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-11-18
THE - coNeEEss.
Forecast a. TO How ths Next senate .at
House win stand


WASHINGTON. Nov 1L--Au analysis
Of the congregational election returnz
shows that with returns missing from
twenty districts i'm which the result Is
either unknown entirely or is very
close, the democrats have elected to
/ seats ia the house of representatives for
the Eifty-third congress eightF-eight
more Representa- tives than the republic
ans This majority does not include
nine mem lerz-elgct who are classified
as either lusionists or third party
men, nearly every one OF whom VIII
act with the democrats iu amy pro
posed reduction of tariff taxes Their
support, with the additional strength
the democrats ura certain TO derive
from securing some OF the twenty dis
-Tlcts put i'm the unknown column
make lt conservative 90 estimate that
the democrats viii have a majority u4
( 100 members or more on the most iln-
portuut quest tiou35Izaly to 1oEna-llsfurs
the next house of represent tlveH1 vlz-s
q revision OF the Mckinley tarilE law.
A number of the fualonists are rnisu
thoroughly iu accord with the demo
cratic policy as fan as it goes on all
other questions
For instance. McLaurIiu- of South
Carolina. and Pence and Bell, Of Color
ado, who are classified with the third
party men, are I'm general accord with
the democratic platform, save that on
the currency question the first has
alliance ideas and the two last named
are radical free coinage men Three
ont of four of the fusionists elected in
Kansas are simply democrats. OF what
may be called the radical wing of the
Leaving out the twenty unknown
districts, the next house viii consist of
[ 2OT democrats, 100 republicans and o
fuziouistz OF third partym men.
An analysis by sections OF the vote
I cast Tuesday for cougressmeu shows
/ that the southern states. Maryland.
/ Missouri and Kentucky being included
[ in this category, viii send IIT demo
Gratis, only tour republicans and one
| alliance democrat, AlcLuurlin, of
I South Carolina, to the next house, with
[ four districts, two iu West Virginia. one
each i'm Kentucky and Missouri I'm
doubt. OF the four republican congress
men returned two come from Tennessee
. one each from Kentucky and Missouri
I The only apparent result OF the hEht
made against democracy in the south
/ was to strengthen its hold ou public
affairs I'm North Carolina, Cheatham.
/ the colored republican, is defeated after
surviving the landslide two years ago,
/ and In Alabama "a solid democratic del
] eEutiou is returned withstauding
/ the efforts of Mr. MagCe aud others to
I split it.
OF New EuElaud's twenty seven votes
[ In the next house, the republicans get
/ seventeen and the democrats six, three
coming from EIasslclusetts and three
[ from Connecticut The Second New
I Hampshire district is placed iu the
. doubtful column The foEr middle
/ states, New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Delaware, have seventy
t three votes i'm the house, of which NUM-
f baT the republicans will cast thirty
/ nine and the democrats thirtv-four.
tlttT--Iz- cong gressmeu viii be re-
I turned from the middle western states
/ of Ohio Indiana and Illinois Accord
/ ing TO the returns democrats viii rep
resent thirtV-two of the districts, re-
/ pubEcaus tEventv-threes and one, the
/ Sixteenth Ohio at present represented
[ by Pearson, democrat, IS said 70 be eE-
/ ceediuEly close. Although this is the
. only doubtful district named in press
dispatches from these states, experience
+ warrants the belief that other districts
win be found 10 be doubtful as the 0El-
cial count progresses, several districts
being always nip and tuck between the
two parties.
The states OF the northwest and uEri-
cultural west beyond the Mississippi
river viii send twenty y-niue republicans,
fourteen democrats and fusiCuists to rep
( resent it, In the nest house. with two
districts In Nebraska In doubt and the
entire seven from Minnesota placed lu
the same column for lack o. iuforma-
. tion as TO the successful candidate.
/ The silver states of Idaho, Montnug,
/ Wyoming, Nevada and Colorado split
[ even on the Congressional election.
/ three republicans coming from the three
/ states first named and three fEsiouists
from the latter states- NcwIa-sds, 'of
i Nevada. however. is inclined toward re-
/ publcuuisn-
/ The Pacific coast is entitled to eleven
. courressmeu, Washington and Oregon
each viii send two republicans and
. California VIII send four democrats and
r perhaps more three districts being close
f between the two old parties
] The returns of members of various
P state legislatures which win elect
United State5 senators at present iudi-
/ cate that the democrats viii control the
/ seuute, the estimate standing forty
. three democrats, forty republicans aud
. i've peoples party. The demoerats viii
/ gain senators from New York, Wisg1n-
/ sin and Wyoming and possibly Catfor-
. mia giving them forty y-three. Nevada ". 81
- return Senator Stewart who has separ-
| ated from the republican party and
/ who viii represent first of all free coin
. age of silver North Dakota VIII prob
+ ably send Farmers Alliance senator
. aud the managers Of the party also
I claim senators from Nebraska aud Huu-
+ sas. The balance of power seems to zoe
. firmly held in the grasp of Lle third
. party