The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-11-05
FORECAST OF THE RESULTS
Prospects of Democratic Defeat All
Along the Line.
SOLID SOUTH IS NAVERING
Virginia Voters Are Liable 10 Repudiate
the Author of the Wilson Bill-Louisi.
ana Sugar Planters Have Also Had
Enough OF Democratic Rule.
New York, Nov. 4.

@NtW Olh, NV. l.
The campaign of 1894 is at an end. It
has been stirring one in many states
and the American people are aroused
as seldom before in year in which the
presidency is not at stake. Issues OF
Importance have been presented, and
the verdict of the people at the polls
on Tuesday is expected to practically
determine which will be the dominant
party in 1896. Forty-one of the states
in the Union elect representatives to
the fify-fourth congress, and twenty
one states elect state legislatures which
choose United States senators. Besides
this, twenty states elect governors,
nine elect minor state officers, and three
states, New York, California and South
Carolina vote upon important constitu-
tional amendments.
In three states, Maine, Vermont and
Oregon, elections of congressman and
state officers have been held. Each of
these states has elected full Republi-
can delegations. Republicans claim
that this is Republican year. and pre-
dict reversal of the present status of
have made the tariff the main issue,
and count upon gains in nearly all
northern and western states and also
in several southern states. The Dem
ocrats on the other hand claim that
they will hold their own except in two
or three states where the Populists have
made rapid strides.
Democratic Mejorities WIN BE Reduced.
1t is generally conceded by unbiased
observers that the Democratic major
ity in the lower house will be decreased,
while the Republicans and Populists
will make gains.
The present house has PA Democrats,
12G Republicans and II Populists There
will be 1856 members in the next house,
and either of the leading parties must
elect 179 men to obtain control The
Republican managers express them
selves as confident of electing at least
2lO representatives., while the DEM
ocrats say that though they may lose
one or two of their present congress-
men, they will surely gain enough 9TH
ers to make their representation 230 in
the next house.
Great interest has been manifested
in the fight for reelection of William
Il. Wilson, chairman of the ways and
means committee. Both Republican
and Democratic campaign committees
have sent orators of national renown
into his district in West Virginia, and
the result of the election will be anxi-
ously watched. In New York city four
congressional districts which are easily
Democratic in other years are in dam
ger of being lost to that party by rea-
son Of two Democrats being in the
field against one Republican in each
district. The state Democracy and
Tammany hall have failed to come to
an understanding and the Republicans
stand a good chance of carrying three
out Of the four districts.
Stampede of Sugar Planters.
In Louisiana the stampede Of the
sugar planters to the Republican party
some weeks ago made a gain of three
Republican congressman in that state
possible. Recently the Democrats have
injected the race issue into the cam
paign and now claim that they will
hold the state delegation. In Georgia
the Populists carried several districts
at the recent state election, and claim
that they will carry them again on
Tuesday. They also expect to gain sew
eral representatives in North Carolina,
Texas and the silver states. Legisla-
oil Il oh,
bama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, and
Oregon, which will elect United States
senator's. These legislatures will chose
OF the same political party as that of
senators whose terms have expired.
The states which will elect legisla-
lures on Tuesday which will have the
naming of United States senators are
California, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho,
Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, North
Carolina, South Carolina, South Da-
kota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington,
West Virginia and Wyoming. Each of
these states elects one senator except
Michigan, Montana, North Carolina
and Wyoming, where two senators are
to be chosen. In the upper house there
are at present A Democrats, 36 Republi-
cans, Populists and the silver sena-
tors from Nevada.
In addition to the twenty-one new
legislatures which will elect United
States senators, there is possibility of
New York's legislature having to name
a successor to Senator Hill. His elec-
tion as governor and the election of
Republican legislature at Albany would
lose the Democrats vote in the senate.
The states which elect governors on
Tuesday are California, Colorado, Con-
necticut, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New York. North Dakota, Pennsylva-
mia, North Carolina, South Dakota.
Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming.