The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-26
COUNTING NOSES.
Estimates of the Next Con-
gress by Republican
and Democratic
Leaders.
BOTH SIDES COCK SURE
Democrats Expect 1870 to 1856;
Republicans. 200 to 147;
PopuIists About 10.

managers of the Republican Congression-
| al Campaign Committee count on se-
4 curing two hundred members of the next
! House. The Democrats, more conserva-
| tive, estimate their membership at one
| hundred and ninety. The Republicans
/ assert that so far from the Democrats
| securing so large a membership, they will
not elect more than one hundred and
| forty-seven members to the next House.
| The Democrats, on the other hand, con-
| cede the Republicans 1856 members The
| House of Representatives consists of 356
! members, of which 179 is quorum. If
| the Republicans carry two hundred dis
| tricts they will have working majority
| of 21. while the Democrats wills If sue
| cessful according to their calculations,
| control the House by majority of II.
| Neither the Democrats nor the Repub-
| licans believe that the Populists will cut
much of figure in the pending cam
| paign The Republican managers, for
| instance, do not believe that a single
| Populst will be elected north of Mason
| count for only a total of 10 in the United
| States.
| BOTH AGREE.
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| difference of opinion between the Repub-
| lican and Democratic experts SO far as
| the great majority of the Congressional
| districts are concerned. In nearly all
| the Southern States solid Democratic
| delegations are conceded to the Demo-
| Gratis. Texas is regarded by the Repub-
| licans as debateable ground, their in
| formation being that the Populists in
| that State will make serious inroads into
| the Democrats. In Missouri, too, the
| Republicans expect, with the aid of the
| Populists, to unseat at least four
| Democrats, in addition to carrying the
| three city districts of st. Louis and three
| others in the country.
! The Democrats concede to the Republi-
| cans the entire delegation from Iowa,
with the exception of Mr. Hayes district,
and some forty more Congressman in
| Maine, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, New
Hampshire, North and South Dakota,
Washington, Vermont and Pennsylvania.
The Democrats do not anticipate electing
a Congressman in Kansas, but their es-
| Inmates provide for the election of four
Populists while the Republicans claim
| the entire State.
ATLANTIC COAST STATES.
Five members are all the Democrats
anticipate electing in the six New Eng
| land States. These are Fitzgerald and
| McEttrick in Massachusetts, Piggott and
Deforest in Connecticut and Page in
Rhode Island. The Republicans reduce
| this estimate to two, one in Massachu-
setts and one in Connecticut. In New
York the Democratic Committee are GER
| tain of carrying sixteen districts, with
| two doubtful. The Republicans claim
nineteen and concede the Democrats the
| districts south of the Harlem. The Re
publicans concede the election of three
Democrats from New Jersey. while the
Democrats expect a representation of
| four.
The Republicans concede the Demo-
| Gratis five districts in Ohio, while the
Democrats claim six. In Illinois the
Democrats estimate is nine while the
Republicans, rather curiously, credit
| them with eleven.
The Democrats concede the Republi-
cans seven districts in Indiana, while
the latter are confident of securing nine.
Among the Democrats who it is believed
| will be reelected in Indiana are the
veteran "objector' Holman; Bynum of
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Ways and Means Committee. and Mr..
Cooper who had a hard struggle to
secure a denomination as result of his
vote for the repeal of the Purchasing
clause OF the Sherman Silver bill and who
was successful before the close of the
session in passing through both Houses
bill to tax greenbacks. Republican nomi-
nees, it is said, will be elected in three
Virginia districts. The Democrats con-
cede the election of but one.
WILL WILSON WIN?
| The defeat of Mr.. Wilson of West
virginai, the author of the Tariff bill. is
predicted by the Republicans by ma
jority of 1900. The Republicans have
some expectation also of carrying two
other districts in the State. In Wiscon-
sin the Republican estimate is three
| Democrats and seven Republicans. The
Democrats, on the other hand, believe
| that the delegation will be evenly di-
vided. BY a fusion with the Populists
the Democrats expect three Congress
men in Nebraska, who will cooperate
with the Democrats in organizing the
| House. The Republicans, the other
hand, claim the State In Kansas Jerry
| Simpson is regarded by the Republicans
as their only formidable opponent. The
| Republicans are also claiming eleven out
of the twelve Michigan districts and three
of the six Maryland districts
I They are making no calculation regard
| ing Louisiana. They are so certain of
carrying the next House that the result
| in Louisiana is left out of their esti-
mates, although it is well known that
| secretly they expect to carry several dis
| tricts. The Democrats concede them
one.
| The Republicans now hold two of the
| Tennessee districts, and this number they
! expect to increase to four. The Demo-
Gratis credit them with but two. A clean
Republican sweep in California is a part
/ of the Republican programme. They also
expect to wrest Colorado from the Popu-
lists; Delaware and Wyoming from the
Democrats and gain district in Ken
| lucky.
The Republicans concede nine Popu-
lists in the next House, while the Demo-
cratic calculation is that the Populistic
representation will not exceed ten.
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