Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-08-23
The Importance of This Years Electior

The Importance of This Years Elections.
All the members of the next Congress
are to be elected next November. The
Legislatures to be elected this fall will
also have to elect thirty-three United
States senator's. The present outlook is
that the Republicans will elect the next
House Of Representatives. Out of the
3J6 members of the present House only
12S are Republican. In order to secure a
majority in the House the Republicans
must gain more than 90 new members.
The Home Market Bulletin, in taking
a survey of the situation, says:
Blu as a large number of Democrats
in the present House received only small
pluralties, II as public opinion has I'M
dergone u revolution, it is believed that
every close district will go Republican
this year if proper attention is given to
il. A Democratic loss throughout the
North proportional to that sustained in
special elections in New York and Ohio
districts this year to fill vacancies will
make the next House strongly Repub-
lican. Besides, we expect some gains in
the South. If Alabama goes against
congressman may be chosen in November.
The Populists, who have IA members
of the present House, expect to have at
least 40 in the next. This calculation,
however, is all in the air. P~opulism is
on the wane in the country districts
Slice the TtllTDdu StT1ht, ana our duNlctS
from Kansas, Nebraska and the Dako-
tas are that the Republicans are likely
TO gain two-thirds of all that the Popu-
lists lose. In the large cities, however,
the Populists now seem likely to win the
striking labor vote from the Democrats.
This may be contemplated with serenity,
because the change will only be to anoth-
er alias. 1t is only when they win votes
from the Republicans that the country is
endangered. Should they have 40 mem
bers, mostly won from the Republicans,
they would have the balance of power in
the neX House, and in case the presi-
dental election should be thrown into
the House the situation would be at least
disquieting.
Those senators whose terms expire
with the present Congress are as follows:
Morgan Of Alabama, ID.
Berry OF Arkansas, ID.
"WolCott of Colorado, r.
"Higgins of Delaware, X.
"Colquitt OF Georgia, ID.
''Shoup of Idaho, r..
'CulloIn of Illinois, X.
Gear OF Iowa. X.
"Martin OF Kansas, d.
Lindsay of Kentucky, ID.
"Caffrey Of Louisiana, d..
''Frye of Maine, II.
"Hoar OF Massachusetts, Il.
"'McMillan OF Michigan, II.
"Waskburn OF Minnesota, Il.
"Walthall OF Mississippi, ID.
Power OF Montana, r..
vacancy TO De 0IleQ.
Henderson Of Nebraska, II.
chandler OF New Hampshire, II.
Mcpherson OF New Jersey, ID.
Ransom OF North Carolina, ID.
"Dolph OF Oregon. X.
"Dixon OF Rhode Island, r.
"Rutler OF South Carolina, X.
"Pettlgrew Of South Dakota, II.
Harris of Tennessee, ID.
Cooke Of Texas, ID.
@Hunton of Virginia, ID.
Vacancy In Washington.
Camden OF West Virginia, ID.
"Carey OF Wyoming, X.
Vacancy TO be filled.
Here are fourteen Democrats and six.
teen Republicans, with three vacancies in
states now partly represented by Repub,
leans. Rhode Island has already elected
a Republican successor TO Mr.. Dixon and
Oregon has chosen a Legislature which
viii ~re-elect Mr.. Dolph. CHANGING over
the list, not a seat now held by a Repub,
lican looks shaky, and on the contrary
there is reason for believing hat all the
vacancies will be filled by Republicans.
and that Protectionists, if not Repub,
licans, are likely to come from Alabama,
New Jersey and West Virginia, with the
possibility of one from Tennessee. But
in any event the Senate will be close and
the Populists now there will continue Ia
receive attention far beyond their merits
unless they improve by experience,
Another important lesson of the hour
is harmony. Men who are Republicans
in the main should be wholly so this
year. 1t was the third -partyism and side
issues which gave the country to the
Democracy i'm 1892 and what a fearful
price the people have paid for it. Re
publicans will never join any other party
so long as the country or the prosperity
of the people are in danger. Therefore
the few who have undertaken to 'smast