Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-06
THE NEXT HOUSE
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bill was accorded them only as a temporary
expedient. What the majority of those who
do or have formed a part of the democratic
party are seeking more than anything else
Is the election OF a majority of the House
who Will stand together In favor Of free
silver, regardless of what may be their
differences Of opinion on other questions
The free silver man who disagrees with the
democratic platform on the tariff question
Is more acceptable r large class OF the
voters In the southern and western states
than is the free trader who stands with the
administration on silver. With this state
OF feeling In mind, the silver republicans
OF the west are playing for recast Of
parties which Will make silver the para
mount issue. leaving freedom of con-
science on all other questions.
POpulist Probabilities.
The present Indications are that the pop
ulists will make gains from the democrats
in the south, but will be unable to hold
their own In the west, where they draw
from the republicans. While the election in
Georgia encourages the hope heretofore
held by the popuiists that they will elect
several men there from districts heretofore
Eeld to be solidly democratic reports from
Kansas and Minnesota indicate that there
the republicans will win back nearly all
that they lost to the populists at the '92
slump. The position of the administration
on the silver question appears to be what Is
driving many southern democrats to the
populists. The southern conventions have
Senerally indorsed the administration, after
u hlru tSnt between the administration and
anti-administration People at the primaries
While this Endorsement gives external in
dications OF harmony between the southern
democrats and the administration the in
dorsement has been accomplished only at
the sacriiice OF very large number of the
democratic vote. These may get their re-
vense by voting with the populists. In
Ohio the free silver plank which was
adopted by the democratic convention was
forced upon them Us necessary not for the
purpose or gaining votes, but to save them
selves from the loss of a great many demo-
Gratis. who threatened to vote against the
party II free silver was not indorsed
In Some States.
In Alabama hard fight Is being made
by the populists In the second, seventh and
eighth districts. AMI the reports Indicate
possibility that two or perhaps all three
or those districts may be lost by the dem
ocrats. In Arkansas tho republicans are
confident OF electing their men In the SEQ
ond and fifth districts. In California re-
publlcans will be returned in the places of
English and Cannon (the latter q populist)
and 1t is regarded as probable that Geary
may be defeated, while the republicans are
hopeful OF gaining tie two representatives
from Colorado. Reports indicate the election
or at least one of the populists. The re-
cent election in Connecticut gives strong
col0ring to the claim that the republicans
will carry all four of The districts The
democrats will be very well sat!fied If they
succeed In carrying one. In Georgia the
chances are in favor OF the election of Tom
watson, the populist, in the place Of Black
In the tenth district. On account Of the
senatorial complication, of the silver uues-
ton and some dissentions In the republican
ranks. the democrats are expecting to elect
a man in the place of Sweet of Idaho Re-
ports from Illinois are extremely conflict
ing. The democrats concede to the repub-
ncan9 rlDrhCpnfn he
publicans claim from that state. From
present Information 1t seems probable that
the state will be very closely diyided, prob
ably equally between the two parties Re-
so as to give that party thirteen of the
twenty-five districts, but conditions there
are such as TO indicate the-loss to the DEM
ocrats of two or three Of the gerryma miered
districts.
The A. p. A. Organization.
The A. P. A. organization is expected to
cut a considerable figure in this state. In
Chicago the democrats have tried the plan
of side-tracking the A. P. AS onto an
Independent movement, and keeping their
vote from going to the republicans The OBJ
ject OF the movement Is SO apparent how
ever. that 1t Is hardly likely to prove eff
fective. The greatest strength of the move
ment Is In the district represented by AL
drich, republican, and 1t is generally con-
coded that he will be reelected. The issue
which gave rois and Wisconsin to the
democrats In '92 that of freedom of
conscience, growing out of the school fight
where the Germans were offended at re-
strictions aimed to be placed on the method
of educating their children in the public
schools: The democrats are attempting to
maintain this issue in the present cam
paign, and while 1t no longer arises prop
erly. 1t Is held that thu A. p. A., who are
friendly to the republican interests. is the
same anti-foreign movement which aroused
FL Mill
affect the election Is uncertain, but demo-
Gratis claim that 1t will be sufficiently DO
tent to hold the thirteen districts, which
were mapped out in the gerrymander to
will probably gain two districts and have
strong fighting chance in two others
Reports from this state a few weeks ago
Indicate much apathy and dissatisfaction
among the democrats and general de-
preston very threatening to that party.
Recently, however, they have been putting
more life into the campaign and claim that
no more than two of the districts will be
lost.
Republican Probabilities.
1t is not believed probable that the re-
publicans will lose any district In Iowa,
though the democrats are making a fight
there for two districts; and the only demo-
crat from that state will probably be Hayes
Reports from Kansas indicate a decidedly
favorable outlook for the republicans 1t
Is said that Simpson. populst, is almost
certain of election in the seventh and that
one other populist will be elected. but that
the republicans will carry the other dis
tricts. In Kentucky the republicans have a
good fighting chance in both the fifth and
seventh districts which have always been
strongly democratic. 1t is not improba Bile
that they may win one of these. In the
seventh district the Breckenridge scandal
will operate to the benefit Of the republi-
cans. and the factional fight In the fifth.