The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-08
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
POLITICAL TALK EVERYWHERE HEARD IN wAsHIsdTos.

How Erpsrts Try to siss Up the situation-
 The Next Important State Eieetions-
 Conjeetures as to How the Next House
 and Senate Win stand Politically.
 Washington, Oct. 6.-Politics as us- uai has been the talk Of the week here. and all interests seem to center around the headquarters of the republican and democratic congressional committees At both headquarters everything Is hustle and apparent confusion, and thousands upon thousands of political documents are being sent to all parts of the community. while the chairmen of the two committees are busy assign ing speakers and answering letters on the sintuation. With election day rap idly approaching the leaders of the two parties are trying to predict the result. and the latest estimate gives to the re- publlcans as made by themselves. two hundred members of the next house, with one hundred and forty-seven dem- ocratic members and nine populists. On the other hand as figured out at demo- ocratic headquarters, the latter party see their way clear to one hundred and ninety members. and allow the repub- licans one hundred and fifty-six and the populists but nine. While the estimates oS both parties agree on the southern states for the democracy, and on the
 populist representation, they differ widely in many of the other states. In Alabama and Arkansas both al- low full delegation for the dem ocrats. In California the repub- licans claim six and allow one for the democrats, while the latter allow the republicans three. The re- publicans claim the two in Colorado, while the democrats allow them none and say the two representatives will be populists. In Connecticut the repub- licans claim three districts, the first second and third, and leave the fourth now represented by Congressman De-
 
 CT hand the democrats allow the first and third districts for the republicans and claim the second and fourth as their own. In Delaware both parties claim the representatives, while in Kansas the republicans say 1t will be a clean sweep for them, and the demo- crats concede four to the populists and four to themselves. Again in Nebraska the republicans claim everything, while the democrats only concede them four out of the eight. The variation in the other states differs somewhat, but they are considered as very uncertain.
 The nomination of Hill in New York has caused no end of talk here, and the feeling is strong that 1t will not only strengthen the democracy in New Hall, but also throughout the country and especially in New England, where Hill has many friends.
 While at the University club last night I met several Connecticut men, and the following interview followed with one as regards the situation in Connecticut. during which he said We have now in the field in the Nutmeg state two first class tickets and if am not greatly mistaken the contest will be the closest we have seen in several years, and while think the republicans will win, am by no means sure of 1t. The republican ticket Is headed by an able man, and the others on the ticket cover the state pretty we'll and are all upright business men, free from any ring rule, which in the past has been the curse of both parties in my state, but the people are tired of 1t and in the future you may look for less of this kind of politics than in the past What I have said of the republican state ticket is equally true of the democratic eminently qualified for the office of governor, man of sound business prin- ciples, scholar and man highly res- pected throughout the state. The same is true of Judge Beardsley, and while know little of the others on the ticket think they are all good men.
 Concerning the congressional election, I think that republican will be re- turned from the first and third dis tricts, while the fourth district will without doubt return Mir. DeForest, who stands we'll up among the leaders of the house here. In the second dis trict can predict with little certainty. The district is naturally democratic, and the present congressman, MT. Pig ott has proved himself good democrat, always being on hand with his vote, and has made somewhat of reputa- tion here as we'll as among his own constituents. On the other hand he has N. D. Sperry to defeat, the strongest man to be obtained in the district. MT. sperry has many. friends among the democratic ranks, and it is unnecessary to say that the republicans will stand by him to man. MT. Spery Is im- mensely popular. and MT. Pigott will certainly have no walkover, if he pulls through at all. ..
 United States Treasurer Morgan. who but recently returned from his country home "Bonnisbrook," among the Litch- field hills, is again suffering with his eyes, and he has recently undergone several exceedingly painful operations Though at his office every day, his phy- sician has forbidden MT. Morgan to use his eyes to any extent for the present MT. Morgan has taken apartments for the winter at the "Arms," where Mrs. Morgan and her daughter will soon join him.
 For the past few days the Ancients and Honorables of Boston, some two