The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-01
THE NEXT HOUSE
DEMOCRATS HOPE TO CONTROL <
 MAJORITY.
Making Strenuous Fight to Capture Eighteen Doubtful Distriets--Con- test In New York Are Most Im- poRtant-In other Common
 wealths Much Depends on
 Result on the PTesiden. . tinl Ticket.

New York World. ~ Both Democrats and Republicans agree that New York is not only the
 pivotal State in the National contest, but that it will determine the politi-
 cal control of the Fifty-ninth Con-
 gress. While much importance at-
 taches to the result of Congressional
 lon of the leaders that if the Democrats can secure any gains in this State the
 chances are favorable to the control of
 the lower house by the Democrats. There are 3S6 members of Congress,
 the Republicans having 210 and the Democrats 176. The Republicans are concentrating their energy upon the ef- fort to maintain their advantage with. out much hope of increasing their rep- representation. They will undoubtedly
 be satisfied if they retain their lead of S4.
 house the Democrats must carry eight teen districts more than they now
 command. That is what they are try@ ing to do.
 gress districts after New York are In the States of New Jersey. Connecticut. Ohio. Wisconsin. Rhode Island. Della
 ware. West Virginia. Maryland and
 Babcock Holds Back. Congressman Babcock. of Wisconsin.
 the Chairman of the Republican con
 gressional Committee. Is conducting
  New York. He Is paying special att tention to the cluster of States around
 New York--New Jersey. Connecticut.
 Delaware, Rhode Island and Pennsyl-
 terday that he had not attempted to prepare an estimate for publication. but would do so next week. He Is very
 sanguine that the Republicans will
 as they have in the present Congress. but they will increase their lead by from ten to twenty votes.
 campaign is in the hands of Congress- man Cowherd, of Missouri He is con- ducting 1t from Washington. He Is
 watching the contests in the Eastern
 States closely, but is making special l efforts to reclaim some of the districts in the West, notably in Wisconsin. Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Kansas, Me-
 vada, Montana and California He expressed the opinion yesterday that the Democrats will not only tn-
 crease their representation in the next Congress, but that they will control
 The only two members of the last Congress who were not classified as | either Democrats or Republicans wero l Congres smen 'Livernash and Wynn. representing San Francisco districts l They were elected as union labor cam l didates, but affiliAted with the Demo- | crats. The Populists have a few scat
 tered candidates for the lower house Tn some | the Democratic and Republican mana
 gers do not believe single one Of them
 "-AA Importance of New York. The opinion prevails both here and | in Washington that tho fight in this
 State is the most important If the Democrats suffer any serious losses here the diffieulty confronting the party Tn | its efrort to gain control of the lower
 house will be seriously increased and | ha TnFnnniSinE COndi- | tion will fail of fulhllment .. The delegation from the Empire | State in the present Congress is twen- ! ty Republicans to seventeen Democrats. l This result was reached at the election | two years ago, when Odell was elected | Governor by a small majority. If Par
 ker carries the State these figures | ought to be reversed and the Demo- | cratic managers.
 | If the Republicans carry the State | and block the Democratic representa-
 tion down to thirteen, the House will | probably be lost to the Democrats. 1 There are four districts in Greater | New York that were carved out by
 the R publicans as Republican districts. | These four districts are now held by | Democrats The Democrats now hold ! all tho districts they can reasonably ex- | pect in New York, unless the Demo-
 cratic vote upstate should turn out
 to be unusually heavy. Under such l OOnQitlOnS the DemOCTatlC lSdutTS | would not be surprised to see gain | of two districts up the State. | Hope in Connecticut. l Tn Connecticut Democratic conditions are improving. and If the Democrats | carry the Nutmeg State, as many of 1 the leaders are now confident they will, l three of the fire Congressman will be l Democrats The Congressional results l in that State will be determined by the head of the ticket.
 Similar conditions prevail in Rhode | Island and Delaware according to the ] Democratic managers. In the latter | State the member is now a Democrat
 and the Republican factional row there l will certainly not only continue the | Democratic member. but throw the | State to the head of the ticket if the hopes of the Democrats <are realized.
 In Rhode Island Democr9As and Repub- | licans each have one nAmber, and the l chances are as the PrSsidential ticket
 goes so will go the Congressional rep 1 resentation.
 The consensus o1 Democratic opinion | Is that New Jersey will certainly go
 back to the Democratic column. and if this be true the Democratic represen- tation in Congrkss of three votes will
 be increased aN very conservafixa es-