The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-17
HOW TUE HOUSE STANDS
Republican Majority UnofileialIy
Estimated at Forty FIVE.
The Result in several congregational
Districts Depends Upon The Re
turns of the soldier Vote in the
Oriental Colonies Some of the
New Members-Causes CT Defeat.

An unofficial table of the membership
OF the House OF Representatives which has
been compiled at the House postofiee
shows that there viii be 201 Republicans,
and that the Democrats and all others viii
number 156, which at the present fig ures
gives The Republicans a majority OF 40.
The list prepared at the postofice is
thought not to be complete as the result
In the Fifteenth district of Illinois. two or
three Kansas districts, and the Utah dis
trict will not be determined until the re-
turns of the soldier vote shall have been
received from the Philippines.
table of the House membership is in
course of preparation in the Office of Al
exander Mcdowell, Clerk of the House,
but this is Incomplete.
state aaez 5zAze 5sse -. Invest and
West returned Holis Republican delega-
lions, snd the Democrats in the next
EE5nnzs- EiH be constituted almost solely sy
members from the~ South The backbone
II the Republican party, as in the present
House. VIII be composed Of the members
IRON the Middle western States. Miehi-
Eallr " t-Etf4l5s-l- AltFfEr -AiA4z4E1LL- an
Kansas, with solid delegations of Repub-
icans, combined with the eleven from Iili-
pois, the eighteen from Ohio and the ten
from Indiana, make up the bulk of the
Republicans, and. as before, a combination
Of aforementioned States can swing the
House. especially in caucus. Consequent
" 1t is not believed there will De any ma
teriaI changes in the personnel of the
House officials. In Pennsylvania the DEM
Pcrats secured four seats out of the thir-
ty-two. and in New York thirteen out of
lhirty-four.
Only three members of the present
House of particular prominence were de-
Ieated at the pOIls-Messrs. Marsh and
LorimeT of Illinois and Lentz of Ohio.
The reported defeat of Mr.. Marsh was
: surprise in Washington, though his dis
trict is normally Democratic; but Mr..
Marsh has been accounted a good deal
stronger than his party. Mr. Marsh was
elected TO the Forty-fifth Congress in
1876, and was reelected to the Forty
Sixth and FOTty-seyenth Congresses In
1882 he was again a candidate, but was
defeated. He was elected to the Fifty
third. Fifty-fourth. FIfty-nfth, and /
Fifty-sixth Congresses His election to
the present Congress was by a small pIu-
Eaiity over Joseph A Ray, Democrat
Mr. Marsh has been an earnest member
succeeded at the last session in pressing
the Marsh Militia bill to passage This
bit Of important legislation. it was
thought. made Mr. Marsh's position i'm
preglable- He was one of the most cour-
teous members of the House, having old
school, manners. He carries four gun
shot wounds received during the civil war.
Mr. Lorimer's defeat is attributed by
men in Washington to his attitude on the
GrOut i-OleoTnaTgaTine bill, it being
said that he was friendly with the cleo
interests. Before the election il was sad
that it was this fact, mainly, which would
cause his reelection Il IS curious
lhing that his most conspicuous antago-
list, and one OF the leading dairy cham
pIcns in the House, Mr. circuit, was de-
feated for denomination.
Mr. Lertz's defeat is attributed 10 a
complication of causes He made himself
exceedingly Objectionable 10 the Republi-
cans, and carried his antagDOism so far
that he could get no bill through in the
interest Of his constituents
General Wheeler's name viii be missed
from the roll call for the first time in
years. as he viii be succeeded by William
Richardson. from the Eighth Alabama dis
trict. Though General Wheeler's name
was on the printed roll call at the last
session, it was not called by the clerk
after the first few votes. It is under
stood. however, that General Wheeler pro-
poses to be a candidate in 1892
Georgia holds the palm ia one respect;
all the members Of its present delegation
all Democrats-were reelected. It was
the only State where the entire delegation
was so honored where there were so many
Representatives
Colorado. Connecticut. Maine. Louisiana,
and several Of the one-yote States re-
elected their present Representatives, but
IN no case do they number more than six
from one State
Representative Cannon of Illinois will |
continue to hold the record as serving the
most terms, his service beginning with the
Forty-third Congress, but as he was out |
during the Fifty second Congress, Repre-
sentative Bingham of Pennsylvania is the |
rather Of the House. having served con-
tfnuously from the Forty-sixth Congress.
Representative Grow viii be the Oldest
member in point of dates, having been |
member of the Thirty-third Congress.
This session will see the transfer of |
Representative Joseph SibIey OF PennsyI- /
wanna from the Democratic side to the |
Republican side. Although elected to the |
house in 1898 as a Democrat Mr.. SibIey |
last session spent most of his time sitting |
on the Republican side At the last cleo |
tion he ran as straight Republican. and
from now on he will be classed as a Re
publican, although his seat viii. for the |
coming session, be on the Democratic side |
a are many others occupied by Repub- |
lcans who were unable to obtain seats on
their own side. Patrick Henry. who rep