The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-27
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POLITICIANS sPECULATIN6 AS TO HAJORITIEs IN THE 5sTH CONGRESS

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 tFrom our Washington Corrcspondent)
 Washington. Sept. 26.-The Owens Breekinridge fight being over ana the course of virtue and justice upheld. the few remaining politicians are driven to speculating on the complexion of the next house and senate. At the repub- iican headquarters are found men who are willing to wager good American dollars that the next house will be re- publican by a majority of at least ff- teen and some are even rash enough to state that the republicans will pre- dominate by a majority of forty At the democratic headquarters they are just as certain that they will not only hold the majority of the present, but increase 1t in several districts which this time sent populists to the house.
 As regards the senate, the figuring is on closer basis. and the politicians of both parties are much worried over the possibility of the populist element holding the balance of power. It cer- tainly looks now as- If Peffer of Kan sas, Allen of Nebraska, Stewart and Jones of Nevada, Kyle of South Dako- tta and Irby and Tillman would hold down seats in the senate, and give that body seven populists. This number may be increased by another populist from Wyoming and a populist-demo- crat from Nebraska in the person of Representative Bryan, as the race in the latter state will no doubt result in the election of a republican or Bryan. The next senate will be composed of eighty-eight members and two repub- licans will probably be elected to the vacancies in the delegations from Washington and Montana, with the chances lin favor of a republican from Wyoming to fill the existing vacancy on account of the free wool legisla- tion by the present congress. The re- publicans also have a fighting chance in New Jersey and in West Virginia for Senator Camden's seat, and possibly in Kansas in Martins place.
 To have a majority the democrats must have forty-four senators with the vice president, and the republicans with only thirty-eight senators must gain seven in order to have majority, and consequently must elect their can didates from Wyoming, Neraska, Kan sas New Jersey and one other or pos sibly two others, as the defeat of Sena- tor Higgins of Delaware looks more than probable. ,,r
 The democrats may lose New Jersey and North Carolina, but may gain Del aware, cutting their representation down to forty-three. If the populists should vote with their former party as- sociates the republicans would have the support of Peffer, Stewart and Jones, and the democrats that of Allen, Kyle, Irby and Tillman, but if which is most likely, the populist would form an independent faction, and thus hold the, balance of power and become an important faction fin the organization oh gress What the pops would do if they came into power is hard to tell but with such a solid man as Jones, who would lead the faction, nothing serious would probably happen to the interests of the country, no matter how foolish their ideas may be. i'H
 In talk with MT. Mckee at the re- publican headquarters yesterday he said that the work of organization throughout the country was never more carefully worked out than it.had been this time, and that he looked for large republican majorities all over the coun- try. "The committed" said MT. Me- Kee, "have distributed over a million documents already and over five hun dred thousand copies of MT. Reeds speech, and still the demand for more is constant. The organization is as per- feet as possible, and we are not relying on work done at long range, but in every state, county, precinct and school district We are effecting solid working organization, so as to deal with the voters face to face by word of mouth. We are making no effort to proselyte democrats but will take all who come with open arms. but are making de- termined effort to reach republicans and get them out to vote, as their are enough of the latter to carry the cleo tion. The voting population of the | United States is 15,199,S56, and the vote | cast in '92 was only little over twelve | million, or to be exact 12,164, 4S7, which l means that nearly three and one-half | millions failed to vote. Half of that l number it is safe to say are republi- | cans, and if we can bring. these. out | republican success is assured, and I | think we shall do it." "~
 "Is it true that you are working more | for majority of the states in the next l house than for a majority of the mem bers?" was asked MT. Mckee. "No." he replied. while it is of course de- sirable to have a majority of the states in the event of the presidential election being thrown into the house for settle- ment, 1t is greatly of more importance that the republicans should have a majority of the members and thus prevent any more tinkering with the tariff by the democrats in the shape l, of pop gun bills"
 At the democratic headquarters Sec retary Gardner, who had just returned from North Carolina, expressed himself as we'll satisfied with his committee, which has and still is flooding the coun- try with literature from democratic standpoint. and was sanguine that the