Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-01
THE NEXT CONGRESS
A Conservative Estimate as to
How it is Going to Stand
Politically
SAFE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY
Democrats Themselves Will Be Terri
bly, Surprised If the Election Goes
Their Way, But Such Result Is
Hardly Within acknowledgements
May Make Some Gains.

| New York, Nov. 1.-There will be IN
the next house of representatives 2ol
| republicans and 1S5 democrats. The
senate will consist of "a republicans and
| SO democrats. These figures represent
the most conservative estimate l have
been able to secure of the probable re-
| suit of the elections next Tuesday. If
anything, the estimate is too favorable
| to the democrats. There is scarcely any
| doubt of the fact that the house of re-
representatives. will be republican by a
goood working majority. II the result
| is different it means a landslide towards
the democrats of an entirely unprece-
denied character.
| AS to the result here in New York
there is a considerable element of
doubt. but careful political judges on
both sides of the fence have come to
the conclusion that Odell is safe by
| from 10000 to 10000 majority. 1t is
| entirely question of majorities here
| in New York city and Brooklyn. and the
question of weather plays a much more
| important part than usual.
| The republican managers believe they
are certain to come down to the bridge
with at least 100000 majority for Odell,
while the best the democrats have
| claimed in Greater New York is about
the same figure, and conservative esti-
| mates cut down Coler's possible major
IL in Greater New York to $4,000. On
the other hand, severe sne- storm or
| continued heavy rain and generally
ugly weather would cost the republic
cans from 10000 to 10000 votes up the
state, and in such contingency O6ell's
election would be considerable of a diff
ficulty.
There has been a determined effort
during the week to make it appear
| that there is sudden current toward
Coler and furthermore that the repub-
licans will win the house by a narrow
majority if at all. In neither does there
seem to be any substantial foundation
for the current talk.
The betting continues on an average
of about 10 to 6 in favor of Odell and
no bets at all can be booked regarding
the next house of representatives. Many
bets have been made on Odell at 10 to
and the odds generally quoted are
almost invariably 2 to ! that the re-
publicans elect the next governor of
New York. Within easy call from the
republican national congressional head
quarters there may be found a tidy
little sum of $4,000 that is waiting to
be wagered that the republicans will
not have less than 200 members of the
next house of representatives, or a
working majority of fourteen.
In 1898 the republicans had only
thirteen and that is the last off year
with which comparison can be made.
The present majority of more than
three times that was produced by the
presidential election two years ago and
70 one expects any such a majority in
the next congress. In fact, the repub-
lican managers do not consider it de-
sirable. The records of the present
house of representatives show that
there has been considerable breaking
away from party lines. largely, If not
entirely on account of the abnormal
republican majority.
According to the reports, received di-
rectly from the districts and which can
not be printed in detail for obvious
reasons, there are 161 sure republican
districts and 143 which are similarly
certain to go democratic. This leaves
SO districts of out total of $50 which
are SO doubtful that they will be studied
in detail by the campaign managers
when the returns begin to come in next
iolt VI liz.
tricts no less than siXty-two have
strong republican tendencies, while
twenty of them show democratic indi-
cations.
1t will be SEEM therefore, that if all
of the presumably democratic districts
in the doubtful list are given to the
minority, and If they also win one-third
of the republican doubtful districts,
there will still be left enough to bring
the republican total UP to 200.
In looking over the congressional
field, the chairmen of both the repub-
lican and democratic committees have
been struck by the uniformity of re-
ports from all sections of the country
indicating a certain amount of indif-
ference to politics, due, apparently, to
the fact that every one is busily en-
ployed. Secondly, 1t is found there is
absolutely no indication of any strong
current of public opinion which would
he likely to change the existing drift
Of politics.
If there is anything like landslide
against the republicans no one will be
more astonished than the democratic
managers themselves. On the other
hand, every seat they gain above 200
will be decided republican success
in the view of the managers of that
party.
No one expects the republicans to
have anything like the majority now
existing in the present house of re-
representatives.. Chairman Babcock and
his associates will probably be perfect
" well satisfied with majority of any
where between ten and twenty in the
next house. Their closest estimates
when finally made up Monday night
will in all probability show majority
ranging from fifteen to twenty-five
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