Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-01
THE ELECTION FORECAST
N. Y. Herald Gives Republicans 6
Majority in Congress.
DEMOCRATIC GAINS INDICATED
Others Also Predict That the Same Party
WilI Control the National Legislature.

A poll Of the coming elections just
completed by the New York Herald
summarizes results as follows
The New York Herald's non-parti-
san poll Of 10 States which will elect
1856 members of the House of Represen.
tatives for the Firty-eighth Congress
shows that the Republicans will prob
ably be able to control the organization
of that body but by narrow majority.
TO win tie control the Republicans
must elect 1914 members. The Herald
returns give them 200 They also
show that there are III reasonably GER
tain districts for the Democrats and is
districts doubtful.
A general Democratic drift in the
East. with particularly heavy vote
for Coler in Greater New York-ap-
preaching that Of Cleveland in 1892,
when he carried what afterward be-
came the greater city by Ill, 600 plu-
atty would not only wipe cut the
slender indicated Republican majority
in Congress, but would sweep most Of
the doubtful districts to the Demo
Gratis
IA TREMENDOUS TURNOVER. y
This is a tremendous turnover from
the Congressional electi ons of 1900.
At that time the Republicans had
majority of As members. Apparently
now that majority has almost been
wiped out. Hard luck for the Repub-
licans in the closing days of the cam
paign, few mistakes or a tendency
of the independent voters. even slight
toward Democracy, and it is gone.
1t has been high tide in the Repub-
lican party in the nation for almost 10
wears. The tide is ebbing. Whether
it will turn before the next Presiden-
tial election is a question; but it is
perfectly clear. Judging from politi-
cal conditions prevailing 10 days be-
fore the elections, that the voters are
changing their views in sufficient
numbers to cause the gravest appre-
tensions on the part of the Republi
can managers.
Perhaps the most significant sign of
the times is the growth of what may
be properly termed Socialistie senti-
ment in this country. 1t is appear
ing like the Populistic sentiment ap-
peared just prior to 1892. only this
time the sentiment is in the Eastern
States and III the Middle West. Then
it was la sely il the West and South.
DEMOCRATS ALERT.
The Democrats have been quick to
take advantage of this. They have as
sumed the attitude that the RebuDli-
can party is the mother of trusts; that
trusts under Republican rule have be-
come almost dominant in Congress and
in Republican party council; that the
wage-earners and the men with sala-
ries are being crushed through the
great increase in the cost of living, and
that the only hope for relief lies in
the application of drastic remedies by
the Democratic party
How shrewdly the Democratic par
tv has taken the cue is shown in i'm
portaut spots all through the East. In
Rhode island. where there were street
car strikes last winter and general
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the CAPITALISTS, the Democrats have
formed such combination as TO make
not only the election of the Rhode
Island State ticket, but also the cleo
ticn Of two Republican Congressman
doubtful this year
Connecticut is another notable field
where the Democratic labor combina-
ton has been at work. In consequence
Connecticut is distinctly doubtful
State. The Republicans nominated
for Representatives Large Mr.. Lilly,
who is associated with Swift q Co,
of the beef combination. Politicians
do not thus usually flv i'll the face of
public sentiment unless they are actu-
ated by the spirit of MIR. Baer of the
Reading Railroad.
The Democrats have made their
nominations shrewdly, and IN one dis
trict are running an out-and-ou work
ing man, with chances of success.
COAL STRIKE A FACTOR.
The Herald returns that the coal
strike has been an important factor in
the present campaign. If it had not
been settled it is not extravaganza TO
say that the Democrats would have
gained large majority and would
have carried the States of New York.
Connecticut, New Jersey, Ohio and
Indiana. The settlement of the coal
strike and the trusts and tariff ques-
tions have been the great issues.
The Beef Trust and the Coal Trust