The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-10-31
ELECTION FORECAST.
N. Y. Herald Gives Republi-
cans 6 Majority in
Congress.
DEMOCRATIC GAINS INDI-
GATED.

DEMOCRAl liz 0Al1NO 1ND1-
GATED.
A poll of the coming elections
Just completed by the New York
Herald summarizes results as fol-
lows
The New York Herald'S non
partisan poll of 40 States which
will elect 3S6 members of the
House of Representatives for the
Fifty eighth Congress shows that
he Republicans will probably be
able to control the organization
of that body, but by narrow ma
iority. To win the control the
Republicans must elect 1914 mem
bers The HerdId returns give
them 200. They also show that
there are Ill reasonably certain
districts for the DemOcra is and 10
districts doubtful.
A general Democratic drift in
the East. with a particularly
heavy vote for Coler in Greater
New York-approaching that of
Cleveland in 1892, when he car
ried what afterward become the
greater city by Ill. 900 plurality
wonld not ouly wipe out the Slen
der indicated Republican majority
in Congress, but would sweep
most of the doubtful districts to
the Democrats.
"A TREMENDOUS TURNOVER"
This is a tremendous turnover
from the Congressional elections
of 1900. At that time the Repub-
licanS had majority of As MEM
herS. Apparently now that ma
.iority has almost been wiped ont.
Hard luck for the Republicans in
the closing days Of the campaign,
a few mistakes or a tendency of
the independent voters, even
slight, toward Democracy, and
it is gone.
1t has been high lie in the Re j..
publican party in the nation for
almost 10 wears. The tide is
ebbing. Whether it will turn he
fore the next Presidential election
is a question ; but it is perfectly
clear. judging from political con :
ditionS prevailing 10 days before
the elections, that the voters are
changing their views in sufficient
numbers to cause the graveSt ap-
prehenSiOnS on the part of the Re
publican managers.
DEMOCRATS ALERT.
The Democrats have been Quick
t" take advantage of this. They
have assumed the attitude that
the Republican party is the
mother of trusts; that trusts IN
der Republican rule have become
dominant IN Congress and in Re
publican party councils; that the
wage Garner and the men with
salaries are being crushed through
the great increase in the cost of
living, aud that the only hope for
relief lies in the application Of
drastic remedies by the Demo,
cratic party.
How Shrewdly the Democratic
party has taken the cue is shown
III important spots all through the
East. la Rhode Island, where
there were Street.car strikes last
winter and a general alignment of
laboring men against the capital
lists. the Democrats have formed
such a combination as to make
not only the election of the
Rhode Island State ticket, but
also the election of two Republi
can Congressman doubtful this
year.
Connecticut is another notable
field where the Democrat labor
combination has been at work In
consequence Connecticut is dis
tinctly doubtful State.
The Beef Trust and the Coal
Trust have intlamed the minds of
many Republican voters, and it is
by no means certain that the ad-
miniStration by its suits against
the Beef Trust and its arbitration
of the coal strike has avoided the
impending danger caused by these
object lessons on the effect of
great combinations of capital
upon the prices of the necessaries
OF life.
There has been little discussion
of Cuban reciprocity in the East.
In the West the reciprocity issue
has helped the Republicans as a
corallary to the question of tariff
revision. There has been little
discussion of the Philippine ques
ton.
Just as this campaign for Con.
gress has been conducted on the
question of trusts and the tariff.
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