The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-10-14

HOtNf " NiLL BE DfMbtN4fIt
The most intelligent ns we'll as the
independent sources Of information
give the Democrats the house Of repre-
sentatives Of the Fifty-sixth congress.
Since the Republicans OF Oklahoma
started out to make a campaign on the
assumption that the next congress
would be Republican, and that to ac-
complish any good for oklahoma the
delegate from this territory should be
a Republican to be in harmony with
the party in power, recent predictions
and calculations destroy the effect this
assumption was expected TO have on
the voters Of the territory. II the
claim made by the Republican advo-
Gates OF the election OF Mr.. Flynn, in
cluding the Western Kansas tramp, ID.
.C. Lewis, that delegate frcn Okla
homa TO accomplish any good for the
people must be in accord with the
majority OF the members Of the house,
then it is OF great Importance that
Hon J. r. Keaton be sent to congress
from this territory. There is but little
doubt that the next house will be
Democratic or anti Republican. A
change in "a districts will bring about
such result, and there are over 90
doubtful districts with Democratic
chances in over 80 Of them.
The Washington, d. c.. Post, an in
dependent newspaper with strong Re-
publican leaning, prints lengthy
article on this subject after having re-
ceived advices frem almost every state
in the Union, from which we extract
the following
The Post presents this morning, in a
series OF dispatches from its correspon-
dents in every state in the union eX
cept Maine, Vermont, and Oregon,
where congressional elections have
already been held, compreh ensive
review of the political situation, with
especial reference TO the comp pleNion
Of the next house OF representatives.
The information has been telegraphed
after careful investig cations, who were
instructed TO be non-partisan and i'm
partial in summing up the outlook.
These reports show conclusively that
! the democratic expectation of numer-
GUS gains in almost every section Of
! the country are founded on fact. There
| is scarcely a state in the union which
viii return as many republican con
gressmen as now occupy seats. In
New England OF course the republi-
cans have clear field but even in
that section they are likely 20 lose one
district in Massachusetts, In the Mid
die Atlantic states the losses will be
heavier. New York win not again
return twenty eight republican con-
| yressmen, while in Pennsylvania
which now seats twenty-six rtputli-
| cane aud two democrats, the latter
will gam several districts, owing TO
| -epublicau divisions and other causes.
Republicans wiz probably lose two or
n0re districts in New Jersey, but gain
lne in DelaMare. In the south the de-
mocrats will very largely secure their
old representation, this being notably
the case i'm Kentucky, while the demo
Gratis will recover two and possably
| four districts in Virginia. They are
also credited with one district in Mary
| land which now sends solid repubi-
can delegation. A strenuous fight is
also being made in the Texas district,
which Is now represented by Il repub-
licau, and it Is possible that the repub
lican seat n Alabama will be lost,