Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-11-24
AND THE
REPUBLICANS.

AT last we have n complete roster
Of the members of the House of Rep
resentatives of the fifty-ninth Con.
gress, the body which viii come into
being on March 4th. 1905. at the be
ginning of President Roosevelts new
term There will be 251 Republicans
and 1876 Democrats in it, Every anti
Republican is here classed as a
Democrat. The Republicans will thus
have majority of l16 This is a lar
ger majority than any President has
mad since the foundation of the Repub
lican party half century ago. 1t is a
longer lead than any President has
had since the establishment of the
government, Twice since the appear
ance of the Republican party this
l16 of a lead has been exceeded, but
in each case it was for the party which
was out of Office in the presidency. In
the Democratic tidal wave year OF
1890 that party gained majority OF
l4O in the House of Representatives
the House which held Office in 1891
%. In those years, however, the Re
publicans had the President, Gen. Har-
rison. Four years later there was
tidal wave in the other direction. the
Republicans in the election of 1894
winning majority of 135 over all
resentatives, which was in power in
..v5-97. That was the second half OF
Cleveland's second administration.
In the election of 1872, when the
Democratic-Liberal Republican com
bine under Greeley collapsed In the
canvass, Grant was backed by an i'm
mense majority in the House of Rep
resentatives, but it fell considerably
short of that which will greet Mr..
Roosevelt at the beginning of his COM
ing term. There was tidal wave in
the election of 1864, when every Amer
lean had TO be either a Lincoln man
and patriot or n sympathizer with
Jefferson Davis and his rebels yet
l,incoln's lead in the House chosen
with him forty years ago was ten
short of that just elected with his
present successor. Jackson's majority
IN the Congress chosen in 1882. when
organized opposition to him seemed
20 be wiped out and when he was a
virtual dictator, was very much small
err than has just been given to the
chief of the dominant party. For a
Jew days after the log cabin and hard
'ider" campaign Of 1910 it looked as
+ the Democratic party had dropped
mt of politics, but Harrison did not
nave anything like the majority with
aim that is with the President elect.
ID few days ago Pierce wound up
he career of the Wing party in his
rushing defeat of Scott in 1852. but
the Democrats were weak in the
House at the outset of the Pierce's
service compared with what the Re
publicans will be at the outset in
Roosevelt's new term.
This Is great tribute to the Repub-
llcan party and its standard bearer. 1t
's also awarning that the country ex-
poets a thoroughly sane and American
from the party during
he coming term. The American peo-
ile are exacting In their demands,
but they do not ask for impossibilities.
The Republican party will be required
to meet the demands Of the hour dur
Ing the next few years, whatever
those may be. The country is growing
with great rapidlty in population. 1t is
increasing faster In business and in
wealth. Greater gains have been made
in American influence in the affairs
of the outside world in the past four
years than were achieved in several
times that duration at any period in
the past. Home issues and foreign