The evening times., 1900-10-10
CONTROL OF THE IIIIoUSE
Bright Democratic Prospects in the
Next Congress.
Gains for the Party OF the People
That VIII Be Made in the S'outh
of the National Legislature VIII he
Against imperialism and Trusts.

Democratic managers hope that there
may be elected in Maryland a solid Demo
cratic delegation to the House OF Repre-
sentatives in the Fifty seventh Congress
The party managers believe that Demo-
cratic Representatives will be elected to
succeed Messrs. Waehter and Baker, and
they are sanguine that Messrs. Camalier
and Little Will defeat Representatives
Mudd and Pearre. 1t is said that the
Republicans are renewing their efforts 20
continue the control of the House. They
expect to buy the Presidency. but they
feel that even If successful in negotiating
this purchase they Will need the House
This is absolutely necessary to the con-
summation of the scheme of worldly wide
dominion. to the continuance of the career
of colonial expansion. To be sure, the
President has. under the war authority,
control of the revenues of the Philippines
and s collecting and disbursing them
without regard 10 Congress- but these rev
enues. large as they are. fall far short of
paying the expenses of maintaining an
army there 10 collect them
Some one must loot the bills, It cannot
be the Filipinos, the Administration can
not, and the trusts will not. so II must be
the dear people Before now the common
that the hand which holds the purse
strings is, after all the power that rules
the destinies of nations So the Admins
tration VIII be coming to Congress for
money next session, and the next, and the
one after that Next session 1t can have
all it wants. The public Treasury is full
to overfiowing, and it will be thrown wide
open so that every one who can crowd to
the doors will receive a share of the
spoils- But should the next House be il
opposition TO the Administration there will
DO difference. Obstinate legislators in
the lower house by Withholding supplies
might force even the President to come
to terms.
There is every reason te Believe TIA
for years to come some S2G0, eco Geo per
annum Will be required fer the II zinte-
nance of our army in the Philippines.
What terms a Democratic House c9u-d
exact frcm tbs Administrator before
granting such a princely outiayt It is
absolutely necessary, therefore, for the
Republicans TO control both branches of
Congress. as well as the Administrat on
II they hope to continue their course cf
aggression
And they realize their predictnent and
are driven 10 desperate s-rai,s They
know that while there are few d. NJ
Gratis who may not vote fer Bryan be-
cause of their mistaken fear regarding
the currency question. they ee-24 ard viii
cast their ballots for Democratic candi-
dates for Congress who Will s. e that i'm
perialism is nipped in the bud by cutting
of its source Of supplies. and the Re-
publieans further see that thousands Ct
their own clan. who fear to endange-
their positions under Republican en-
ployers by voting for Bryan VIII assert
their manhood by supporting the Demo-
Gratis in their Efforts TO elect a uemo-
cratic House.
So apprehcnsive have the Republicans
become that no expedient is too low To
escape their attention in their efforts ia
capture the House. as witness the turn
ing dGgn of Representative McAleer wh7
fills a seat from the politically corrupt
city OF Philadelphia. It had bsen the
custom for years TO grant this seat tt
the Democrats, because OF the reverence
in which the memory of Samuel Randall
is held and because even the Republicans
perhaps did rot like to steal all the
seats belonging To Philadelphia Eu5 This
time MIR. McAleef Is to be defeated aad
Republican elected. if PISS. bic.
II the last House the Democrats had
los votes and the Republicans 1S5. OF
the four vacancies the first was in the
Iwenty-fourth New York district where
the late Representative ChickeTing vas
elected by 10 600 Republican plural lity:
the second in the Fifth Pennsylvania dis
trict. where the late Representative Har-
mer was elected by 10000 Republican ma
jority; the third in the First MARYLAND
district, where Governor Smith was elect
ed by good majority. and the fourth was
the Fourth Virginia district. which IS re-
1lably Democratic. The c imposition of
the House, had these vacancies been fill
ed. would therefore have teeu Republi-
cans, 1ST; Democrats, no. the Republic
cans having a majority of IT. The Lext
House Will as the present one, be CON-
posed of S57 members. 179 being neces-
sary for majority It may be presumed
that. all things being equal. the Demo-
Gratis will gain as many districts as they
Will lose, and they should have 10 mem
bers OF the next House to start with
They will then need nine more for a ma
1ortty. They viii gain one in Virginia
where Representative Wise was seated on
a contest They will gain another in
Alabama, where Representative AIdrich
was seated on contest. They will Sc
cure q thiro in Kentucky where Repre-
sentative Pugh was elected by ten votes
They will secure three more in North
Carolina, where Representatives White
and Linney were elected by the nego
vote and Mr. Pearson was seated on a
contest. Another seat will be gained in
Texas. where Representative HawIey
who was the only Republican who could
carry his district, declined to be a can
didate again These count up a total
gain Of eight seats.
Maryland Is an old line Democratic
State, and with one or two exceptions has
always returned Democrats to Congress,
except In the Fifth and Sixth districts
Last year Representative Wachter was
elected by the scant plurality Of 122 votes
and received less than majority of the
votes cast. The Democrats should recap
ture this district, it is contended One
vote can also be easily secured in the Sec
ond district, carried by the Republicans in
1888 by only $40 votes. If the Democracy
OF Maryland cannot do this much for the
sake cf the national cause and in an eff
fort to restrain the imperialistfc tenden-
Stops the Cough
and worE<s or the Cola