The bee., 1901-01-17

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Ferguson, Goebel Democrat. is
announced in the Second; Can
rill and Welch, Goebel Demo-
'rats, in the Twenty-second ;
Gen. Dan Collier, Republican, in
he Eighteenth, and Major Tom
Hays, Brown Democrat, in the
Thirty-sixth.
Roberts is not announced in the
Thirty fourth, but it is conceded
that the Republicans and inde-
pendent Democrats will nomi-
nate him.
IN THE HOUSE.
Republican chances in the
lower branch are as bright as in
the upper. Once before the Re-
publicans carried the Hall of
Representatives at q time when
Republican prospects seemed
very much poorer than at pres
ent.
A conservative estimate is
bound to lead one tothe conclusion
that the Republicans are almost
certain of controlling the next
House with some votes to spare.
There are 100 Representatives to
be elected nine months hence.
In November, 1900, Parker, the
| toDmost electOr in the Republi-
can column, carried A of the 100
Representative districts, despite
gerrymanders and the Goebel
law. He lost seven more by less
than one hundred votes each.
All seven had gone Republican
one year before. In this cal
culation no attention was paid
to Fleming county, to Todd
county nor to the district
composed of Floyd, Knott and
Letcher counties, all of which
sent Republican representa-
tion to Frankfort four years
ago, while McCracken, which
elected a Republican three
terms back, was also excluded
from the addition.
In the following estimate the
Representative districts are di-
vided into three lots-safely
! Democratic, safely Republican
and doubtful. Upon the results
in the doubtful districts depend
the complexion of the next
House. The totals. computed on
4 conservative basis:
| Safely Democratic - Ballard
and Carlisle; Boone; Barren and
Bracken; Bullitt and Spencer
Clark; Davies county; Camp
bell county; Carroll and Gala
tin; Fulton and Hickman; !;
franklin; Grant; Graves; Har-
din; Harrison; Henderson; Hen
ry; Jessamine; Kenton county
and city of Covlngton (three dis
tricts) LaRue; Lyon and Mar
shall; Marion; Mason; Meade !;
Menifee and Montgomery; Nor
gan and Wolfe; Nelson; Oldham
and Trimble; Owen; Pendleton !;
Shelby; Simpson; Warren
county; Washington, Webster
and Caldwell; total, 80.
Safely Republican-Adair and
Cumberland; Allen; Bell, Har-
Ian, Perry and Leslie; Boyd and
Lawrence; Breckenridge; Butler
and Edmonson; Caldwell; City
of Newport; Casey and Russell ;
Christian; Clay, Jackson and
Owsley; Clinton and Wayne ;
Estill and Powell; Greenup /;
Hancock; Hart; Grayson; Lau-
rel and Rockcastle; Lewis; Met
calf and Monroe; Muhlenberg /;
Ohio Pike pulaski ;city of Louis
vile (seven districts); Whitley
and Knox; johnson and Martin !;
total, :33.
The doubtful districts, with the
political affiliations of the mem
bers now representing them, are
as follows: City of Lexington
democrat, but Republican op-
ponent contested and proved
fraud), Bourbon Brown Demo-
craft, city of Owensboro Rep. J,
Boyle (Dem.), Fayette county
Republican elected but unseat-
ed), Fleming (Dem.), Garrard
democrat, but Republican OPP
ponent contested), Green and
Taylor (Rep.), Hopkins (Rep.),
Jefferson county (Rep.), Logan
(Rep.), Crittenden and Livings-
ton (Dem. J, Lincoln (Rep.) !, Nc
Lean iDem. J, Mercer (Rep. },
Anderson (Republiean elected,
but counted out) Bath and Row
an (Rep.), Garter and Elliott
{ Rep. }, McCracken { Dem. J,
Woodford (Dem. }, city of Bowl
ing Green Brown Democrat),
Trigg (Republican elected, but