The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-19
IT Will BIZ QUITE ENOUGH
i Claim That the Democrats wan AAvs
100 Less In che Next House.

4 Claim That the Dsmocrats wall AAvs
lOO Less In she Next House.
WAsH1NofoN. Sept 1.-THE correspond
ent Of the Minneapolis journal tKep.l
ssnds the following TO that pApsr from
hsre. While tho presidential contest over
shadows everything slss In politics A. ths
present time, the battle for The csntrol q
the lower houss in the next conRreas 10 very
interesting. The hQht il being practically
managed from the New York headquarters
Of both the republican aud democratic par
ties, but 4 great deal Of information IN con
| nection with the situation In thc various
sections Of the country and in close con-
eressional districts ID bsing received a. tns
tees Of the capital city. In view q tns
fact that this il ths presidential year, nov
20 much money 10 being put into she cen.
grsasional campaign ~ IL the case In wnat
10 termed an "of year" In politics. me
candidates Of the various parties are being
given little assistance by the national com
m,ttee, and very little money y being con,
aspirants. Each man 10 allowed 70 so into
the Aght and make the beat possible oon-
test, and IL he wins the victory the party
that ha 10 connected with will OF course be
very we'll satishsd; II he loses, very little
attention will BE- paid to his defeat.
The congressional campaign has pro-
crossed 30 far now that 4 little insight 70
Rarding the outcome 10 being secured a. the
congregational headquarters in this city. A
very good idea Of ths standing Of the next
congress- ID available. II will be recalled
that ths present 4. congress :. as ennor. os
republican BY only six majority when thai
session opened. After the c~ontests pend
ing were settled in the various districts the
republican majority was increased to TWEEN
ty-six. The landslide which followed the
Reed congress and the Mckinley bill PAS
that they have had hard work TO recover
lost ground in the congressional districts
that were surely republican In the past
years. It will be remembered, too, thar
many Of the democrats elected to succeed
two years ago only had majors
ties ranging from nineteen to 600. The
democrats are always lucky in oil years In
distriots.
Political prophets, who figure from q
neutral standpoint, are now asserting that
the democratic majority Of the present
congress will be reduced at least 100 in the
next congress. The democratic campaign
managers would probably be very we'll sat
is ~ high AZ fifty, and they will not weep
very much if they have enough votes to
spare to control the deliberations of that
body whom . p~artiaanship contest arises
during the session. II can be said. too,
that the republicans are hardly prepared to
LAY that that party will be able to overcome
The LAG votes that the democrats have to
spare in this congress. but are satisfied that
hey can ont it down SO that, if In the mi
they will have a very good fighting
chance, at any rate, in checking some of the
of the democrats. The republic
ms will gain in several districts in Ohio,
four or i've for q certainty in Wiscon-
lin; about the same number in Minnesota;
six in Iowa and our in Nebraska.
The states of Colorado and Washington
will add two to the republican column, for
he one additional congressman given these
,tatss will give this increase, and that these
states will elect republican candidates
10 beyond question. 1t il also claimed that
the next congressman from Montana
will be a republican. The democrats will
lurely suffer some loss in the southern
'tates. and the gains made from the demo-
ranks made in the south will be
ldded to the peoples party votes in the
congress-.
The conservative estimate az to the out
OF the conRressional fight will give
he democrats control of the lower house
BY a small majority. With the chances
most favorable to them they can not hope
70 have a majority exceeding fifty.