The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-11-06
COMPLEXION OF CONGRESS-.
All the Indications Point to Control by
the Democrats.

the Democrats.
The Republicans Give Out a Statement
Claiming $50 Members Certain, With
23I Probable-Senator Faulkner Goes
Over the Claim and Fails to Find ANY
Good Foundation for it to Rest On.
He Figures on a Safe Majority for the
Democrats.
Washington, Nov. 5.-The great fight for
supremacy of the lower house of the nifty
fourth congress is at an end so far as the
national congressional headquarters in
this city are concerned. Tomorrow will
come the battle of ballots. The managers
at the democratic, republican and populist
headquarters tonight appear to be as con-
fdent of victory for their party as they
ever have been at any stage of the con-
test. The republicans claim an easy work
ing majority in the next house and the
democratic managers put up a claim of
similar nature, while the populists content
themselves by asserting that they will
hold the balance of power.
The republican committee GENES to the
front tonight with a detailed statement
by states virtually claiming everything in
sight The democratic managers pro-
nounce this estimate absurd on the face
of it,
Senator Faulkner left at o'clock this
afternoon for West Virginia where he
win vote. The Morning News CORE
spondent saw him just as he was leaving
the committe room. He said: Il will not
give out any estimate of the states or
the number of congressional districts in
which we will win. / am absolutely GER
tain, however, that we will control the
next House. For once in my life ] have
imagined myself a republican, and figured
on republican gains. Even here i nave ut
terly failed to give the republicans a
majority, or to throw the balance of power
into the hands of the pOpuis1s. You can
say to your democratic leaders that l
predict democratic House for the Fifty
fourth congress.
Late advices from New York and
I West Virginia are extremely gratifying
to the democratic cup bearers. Senator
| Faulkner who is personally acquainted
with every voter in the Second West Nir-
ginia district, makes the unqualified pre-
diction that Chairman Wilson VIII be
elected.
The latest dispatches from New York
tonight to the democratic headquarters
are to the effect that Senator Hill will
/ beyond peradventure carry the state, al
though the possibility that Strong will
| defeat Grant for mayor of New York city
is admitted. Great reliance is placed in the
| opposition which has developed 10 the
new constitution. 1t is estimated that in
/ New York state there are approximately
/ 100000 voters interested directly or indi-
rectly in horse breeding and racing. These
| are compelled by the desire for self preser-
walton to oppose the proposed changes in
the organic law.
A Gpvni-nfTirtal statement Uiyan
by the republicans claiming 200 members
| of the House, with good probability of
231, is subject to a material modification.
| The 200 include twenty-seven members
from the south, as follows: Alabama 1,
| Kentucky 2, Louisiana l. Maryland g.,
Missouri 6, North Carolina 2 South Caro-
lima !, Tennessee ), Texas /, Virginia 4
and West Virginia 3. Allowing in the
south two members from Tennessee, two
from Missouri, one each from North
| and South Carolina and one from Ken
lucky, the republican certainty is reduced
to 1SO, or one more than a quorum. At
the same time estimates of eight re-
publcans from Indiana, twenty-five from
New York and fourteen from Illinois are
| generally considered as deficient in con-
servatism
While making no tabulated statement,
the democrats expect to have at least
/ 1876 members in the House. OF course, III
of these will come from the south and
the republicans concede the democrats
forty-si1 members in the north, as fol-
lows: California, 2; Illinois, s; Indiana, 6;
Iowa, /; Kansas, 2; Massachusetts,, 2;
Minnesota /; Nebraska, i New York, 10;
New Jersey 2; Ohio. 5; Pennsylvania, 4.
and Wisconsin, 2. This would only bring
the total up to 100, leaving seven more
members necessary to effect an organiza-
ton. The democrats feel confident they
can easily pick up not only the ninteen
additional members. but dozen or flften
/ in excess of the requisite number 1t must
of course, be borne in mind that these
! figures represent only the lowest esti-
mate The democratic managers feel
confident that this aggregate viii be ex-
! ceeded considerably. This statement is
the latest and the most conservative
which is formulated here. Every indica-
ton points to q fulfllment of the promise