The Red Cloud chief., 1892-11-18
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Forecast - to How the Next Senate ana
House Will stand.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 11.-Au analysis
of the congressional election returns
shows that with returns missing from
twenty districts, in which the result IL
either unknown entirely or Is very
close, the democrats have elected to
seats in the house Of representatives for
the Fifty-third congress lightweight
more representatives than the republic
ans. This majority does not include
nine members-elcct who are classified
as either ~fusionists or third party
men, nearly every one of whom will
act with the democrats in any pro-
posed reduction Of tariff taxes. Their
support, with the additional strength
the democrats are certain to derive
from securing some Of the twenty dis
tricts put in the unknown column,
make 1t conservative TO estimate that
the democrats will have q majority of
100 members or more on the most i'm
portant question likely to come before
the next house Of representatives, VIZ:
q revision of the Mckinley tariff law.
A number Of the fusionists are also
thoroughly In accord with the demo-
cratic policy IA far as IL goes on all
other questions
For instance, McLaurlin, of South
Carolina. and Pence and Bell, Of Color
ado, who are classified with the third
party men, are In 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
out Of four OF the ~fusionists elected in
Kansas are simply democrats, of what
may be called the radical wing OF the
party.
Leaving out the twenty unknown
districts, the next house will consist of
POI democrats, 100 republicans and 9
~fusionists or third party men.
An analysis by sections Of the vote
cast Tuesday for congressman shows
that the southern states, Maryland.
Missouri and Kentucky being included
In this category, will send 1T demo-
Gratis, only four republicans and one
alliance democrat, McLaurlin, OF
South Carolina, to the next house, with
four districts, two in West Virginia, one
each in Kentucky and Missouri in
doubt OF the four republican congress-
men returned, two come from Tennessee,
one each from Kentucky and Missouri.
The only apparent result Of the fight
made against democracy in the south
was to strengthen its hold on public
affairs. In North Carolina, Cheatham,
the colored republican, is defeated after
surviving the landslide two years q
n in Alabama u solid democratic del
cgation Is returned, Notwithstanding
the efforts of Mr.. Magee and others to
split it
OF New England's twenty. seven votes
In the next house, the republicans get
seventeen and the democrats six, three
coming from Massachusetts, and three
from Connecticut The Second New
Hampshire district is placed in the
doubtful column. The four middle
states, New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Delaware, have seventy.
three votes in the house, of which mum.
Der the republicans will cast thirty.
nine and the democrats thirty-four.
Fifty-six congressman will be re.
turned from the middle western states
Of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Accord.
ing to the returns, democrats will rep.
resent ~thirty-two of the districts, re.
publicans twenty.three. and one, the
Sixteenth Ohio, ut present represented
by Pearson, democrat, is said to be ex-
ceedingly close. Although this is the
only doubtful district named in press
dispatches from these states, experience
warrants the belief hat other districts
will be found TO be doubtful as the off,
cial count progresses, several districts
being always nip and tuck between the
two parties
The states Of the northwest and agri-
cultural west beyond the Mississippi
river will send twenty-nine republicans,
fourteen democrats and fusionists to rep
resent II. In the next house, with two
districts in Nebraska in doubt, and the
entire seven from Minnesota placed in
the same column for lack Of informa-
ton rs to the successful candidate.
The silver states of Idaho, Montana,
Wyoming, Nevada and Colorado split
even on the congressional election,
three republicans coming from the three
states first named and three f~usionists
from the latter statea Newlands, of
Nevada, however, is inclined toward re-
publicanism.
The Pacific coast is entitled to eleven
congressman, Washington and Oregon
each will send two republicans and
California will send four democrats and
perhaps more, three districts being close
between the two old parties.
The returns OF members Of various
state legislatures which will elect
United States senators ut present indi-
cate that the democrats will control the
senate. the estimate standing forty
three democrats, forty republicans and
FIVE peoples party. The democrats will
gain senators from New York, Wiscon-
sin and Wyoming and possibly Califor-
mia, giving them forty three. Nevada W i'll
return Senator Stewart, who has separ-
ated from the republican party and
who will represent first Of all free coin
age OF silver. North Dakota will prob
ably send a Farmers Alliance senator
and the managers of the party also
claim senators from Nebraska and Kan
sas. The balance of power seems To be
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