The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-16
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From Our Regular Correspondent.)

(From Our Regular Correspondent)
Il. WASHINCYrON,SD d. CT. July h. While,
the Republicans do mot expect Ito get
any. votes in the electoral college from,
the Southern States. It. is said they do sex-5
spect to be- able to gain some members
of Congress II from that section. The
probability that n ev Y ork, y en' Jersey.
Connecticut and Rhod & sland will give
their electoral votes to Parker. makes IT.
probable also that the Republicans Y. will
lose several represe ntatives lin Congress
from II those States also These losses
< will have to be rec0uped fro some guar
ter and the South is now being carefully
Inspected by the leaders OF the Republi-t
cans witt, q view to finding some States
wherein there are chances of replacing
Democratic representatives with Repub-s
lican. NJ "; y EE{ vi n & t,s nv ~
"a Glance at the Field,
II 1t is hard to see how they can find
( much encoura cement. or the ten repre-
&sentatives from Virginia. only once 4.
onel Slemp-is VI Repu blican. His ma
fiority over Judge lillian f. Rhea was
only 21s. small enough to give the Demo-
Gratis hope Of reclaimlng the district this
fall. b. "a. Davis, the publican Zcandf-s
date In the Fifth District was defeated
by Mr.. Swanson by a vote OF 10.363 to
s,4l4. The vote was closer in this than
Iii any other district It will not be SO
close this fall
d North Carolina has ten. Democratic
representatives. The closest district is
the Tenth in which J. NJ. Gudger re-
ceived Il. 100 votes to 12.b l7 cast for J. NJ
Moody, Republi lean. 81 "a
WI South Carolina has seven Democratic,
4-If- u ~ a ,&nt1
Ina the State at the last election was
Sthe Second, where George William Croft.
Democrat received h134 votes to 2i7 for
W. s. Dixon, Repupl ican.
f8fg Georgia has eleven Democrats In Co.'S.
Egress, "a AZ solid delegation. and only two
had opposition at the las election. The
closest district. II the word may be used.
was the Seventh, .in which John w. Mad :;
Rdox received 5,3o6 votes to $50 cast for
Is. y. Mcknight. Populist 5s3 81
II Both the n lortda RI rerr essen tatlves & are
Democrats and were elected without ops
The nine represen natives from Ala bama
are Democrats. II The closest sdistrict was
the .Ss John hawson BIgT
The eight representatives from Mis-.
s!ss ppi are al. Democrats and none one 81
them had OPPOSITION at the last cleo ton. Il
Louisiana 81 seven representatives are all
Democrats. and there was no opposition
to any OF them worthy OF the ma me. ~, .
= The seventeen representa- tiveS from
Texas are Democrats. The q osestJ dis
itricts was the fifteenth, in which ohm
Nance Garner received 10 G42 votes TO ~, 7O15
ca St for j. G. Scott, Republican. VI III
aas 4Arkansasf has seven representa- tiyes IN
Congress-, and all are Democrat Is. The one
who had the hardest fight at tho last
election was the third, and In that Hugh
Anderson Dinsmore was elected by 8Nsi
votes to 1888 cast for Nv. IL. McPherson,3
Republican " /, K. " ], J.
lucky ten are mocrats. ". Godfrey
Hunter OF the eleven tn district, lis the
lone Republican, and he was elected by
q plurality over ] ohm D. White, a. Repub-
licaI17 also. a The closest district In tho
State from which tn ere is a Demo- ic
representative is proha bly, the ninth, III II
which ~ ames N, llehoe recelved e, go
votes to 18b77 for " illiAmS II, C i4 le
ts fiiftesn of the sixteen representatives
from Missouri are ID lem Ocrats. The clos
est district lis the e!aitn, In WI llch Dorsey
jSha okel ford received "a .465 votes to- 1855
for Il !. " . ilnloe, Republican +
"a Chances Are Small.
From the foregoing It will be seen tina t
tho Repiblcans have small chances Of
making anysinroads on tho Democra W in
the South. Indeed. n Il Is al " ely that the
/ Repu bl leans. wi lose he ~ NTH Va GINA
and the Tenth M issouri. tWos OF, the tire
iRepublican districts of the South, as that
| they will cap lure ny Whlc n are now
Dem ocrat ic,5 5issi Z. 'ig5s / i