The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-11

| effect next month and CrounSe, who ran
as the Repub. lean candidate for govcr-
nor OF Nebraska, has likewise resigned
from the Treasury.
In the department OF justice there
will be a vacancy at the very head, At
torney General Miller having signified
his intention Of resigning, but it is not
yet known whether this action will be
| taken as to require tho President to
| mako Cabinet appointment before tho
4th OF March. The President will also
have four vacancies on the bench to fill
between now and the 4th of March.
These are the United States judgeships
caused by the retirement of Judge
| Blodgctt OF the Chicago district; by the
resignation of Judge Montgomery, of
the Supreme Court of District of Column
bia; by the r. tirement of Judge James,
of the same court on tho first proximo,
and by the resignation of Judge Dixon,
of the Utah district These arc life
positions and are really the most allur-
ing prizes remaining within the gift of
| the administration.
Colonel Hepburn, who has just been
elected to Congress from the Eighth dis
trict OF Iowa, will probably retain his
present Office as solicitor OF the Treasury
until March 4. To.day's analysis of
Congressional elect returns shows
| that with tho returns missing from
twen'y districts, in which the result is
eithor entirely unknown or is very close,
tho Democrats have elected to seats in
the House of Representatives for tho
Fifty first CONGRESS eighty eight more
| representatives. than the Republicans.
This majority does not include nine
mem bers-elect who are classified as
either Fusionists or Third patty men.
nearly every ono of whom will act with
the Democrats in any proposed reduc-
ton of the tariff taxes.
Their support, with the additional
strength the Democrats are certain to
derive from securing some of tho twenty
districts put in the unknown" column,
make it cons ervative to estimate that
the Democrats Will have majority of
! 100 members or more on the most i'm
portant question likely to come before
tho noxt House of representatives
namely, tho revision Of the Mckinley
! tariff law
A number OF fusionists are thoroughly
In accord with the Democratic policy, as
far as it gees, on all other questions.
For instance, McLaurin, of South Caro-
lima, and Renee and Bell, Of Colorado
who are classified with tho Third party
men, are in 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 out Of five of the fusionists
elected in Kansas are also simply Dem
ocrats of what way be called the radical
wing of the party. Leaving out the
twenty unknown districts the House
will consist of GOT Democrats, 100 Re-
publicans and 9fusionists or Third party
| mon.
| An analysis by sections of the vote
Tuesday for Congressman shows that
the Southern States, Maryland, Mis-
souri, and kentucky being included in
this category, will send lit Democrats,
only four Republicans and one Alliance
Democrat, Nc Laurin, of South Carolina,
to the next House, with four districts,
two in West Virginia and one each in
Kentucky and Missouri. in doubt. OF
the four Republican Congressman re-
| turned two come from Tennessee and
one each from kentucky and Missouri
The only apparent result of the fight
made against the Democ tacy in the
South was to strengthen it's hold on
public affairs.
In North Carolina, Cheatham, colored
Republican, is defeated after surviving
the landslide of two years and in Ala
bama solid Democratic delegation is
returned Notwithstanding the efforts of
Magee and others to splitit.
! OF Now England's 81 votes in the
next House, the Republicans got IS and
the Democrats six, three coming from
Massachusetts and three from Connecti-
cut. The second New Hampshire dis
trict is placed in the doubtful column
| Four Middle States. New York, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Delaware,
have T3 votes in the Ii ouse, of which
number the Republicans will cast 80 and
the Democrats 81.
| Fifty six congressman will be returned
from the Middle and Western States of
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. According
to the returns the Democrats will repre-
sent thirty-two Of the districts, the Re.
publicans twentythree, and one, the
Sixteenth Ono, at present represented
by Pearson, Democrat, is said to be rx-
ceedingly close. Although this is the
only doubtful district named in tho
press dispatches from these States
| experience warrants tho belief Ln.5
other districts will be found to 90 douot-
full as the official count progresses, Sow
eral districts being always nip and tuck
between the t&o parties.
The States Of the Northwest and the
agricultural West, beyond tho Missis-
| sippi, will send twenty .nine Republi-
cans, fourteen Democrats and five
fusionists TO represenG it in tho next
House with two districts from Nebraska
in doubt and the entire sevt from Min
nesota placed in the same column for
lack OF inform alton as TO the successful
candidates. Tho Repu stand the
best chance for securing majority
from nine unknown districts. Five
fusionists come fron Kansas. It is said
that with the exception OF Davis and
| Baker tho tusionists are inclined to-
| ward tho Dem ocracy.