St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-11
THE Next HOUSE.
An Analysis of the Congressional
Returns.

An Analysis of the Congressional
Returns.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-An analysis
of the congressional election returns
shows that with returns missing from
twelve districts in which the result is
either unknown entirely or very close,
the Democrats have elected to seats in
the house Of representatives for the
Fiftv-third congress eighty-Seven more
representa- YES than the Republicans.
This majority does not Include nine
membeTS-elect, who are CLASSIFIED as
either fuSiunlstS or third party men.
nearly every one of whom Will act with
the Democrats IN any proposed reduc-
ton of tariff taxes.
Their support, with the additional
strength the Democrats are certain to
derive from securing some of the twelve
districts put in the unknown column.
make it conservative to estimate that
the Democrats will have majority of
100 members or more on the most i'm
portant question likely to come before
the next house of representatives. viz:
A revision of the Mckinley tariff law.
A number of the fuSiOniSts are
also thoroughly in accord with the
Democratic policy as far as it goes Oh
all other questions. For instance, Nc
Laurlin, OF South Carolina, and Pence
and Bell, of Colorado, who are classified
with the third party men, are III general
accord with the Democratic platform,
save that on the currency question the
first named has Alliance ideas and the
TWO last named are radical free coinage
men. Three ont of five Of the fusionists
elected in Kansas are also simply Dem
ocratS of what may be termed the rad
zeal wing of the party.
Leaving out the twelve unknown dis
tricts the next house will consist Of 207
Democrats, 120 Republicans and 9fusion-
lists, or third party men. An analysis
by sections of the vote Tuesday for con-
gress shows that the Southern states,
MARYLAND, Missouri and Kentucky be
ing included in this category, will send
III Democrats. only Republicans and
l acknowledgements. McLaurin, of
South Carolina, to the next house, with
four districts, to i'll West Virginia.
one each in Kentucky and
Missouri, i'll doubt. Of the
four Republican congressman returned
two come from Tennessee, enc 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 col
cred Republican, is defeated, after sur
viving the landslide TWO years ago, and
in Alabama solid Democratic delega-
ton is returned Notwithstanding the
efforts of Mr.. Magee and others to
split 1t.
OF New Engand's 81 votes in the next
house the Republicans get II and the
Democrats 6, ; coming from MasSachu-
sets and from Connecticut. The sec
ond New Hampshire district is placed
in the doubtful column. The four Mid
die states, New York, Pennsylvania.
New Jersey and Delaware. have rs
votes in the house, Of which number
the Republicans will cast 50 and the
Democrats 81.
Fifty-six congressman will be re-
turned from the Middle Western states
of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Accord
ing to the returns, Democrats VIII rep
resent thirty-two of the districts, Re-
DublicanS tWenty-three, and one, the
Sixteenth ONO, at 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 that other districts
will be found to be doubtful as the ofh-
cal count progresses, several districts
being always nip and tuck between the
two parties.
States of the Northwest and agrcult-
ural West beyond the Mississippi will
send 90 Republicans, II Democrats and
5fusionists to represent it in the next
house, with two districts from Nebraska
in doubt 1t is said that, with the ex-
ception of Davis and Baker, the
fusionists from Kansas are in