Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-05
Where Democrats Are Strong.

But when the mountain states are reached
the situation is otherwise. The democrats
are strong in Colorado and elected their
governor in 1904 by good majority, al
though Roosevelt carried the state, but the
republican legislature later took the gov
ernorship from them and seated a repub-
lican. With the feeling arising from this
high-handed outrage and the natural trend
of the state 1t is not rainbow chasing to
expect the democrats to elect one of the
three congressman from the state this year.
This same thing may happen in Montana,
where the democrats may score
Utah, Idaho and Wyoming will doubtless
elect republican congressman this fall, as
they now are represented by that party.
Oregon has already elected two repub
lican congressman, and Washington VIII
continue TO be represented by three repub-
leans.
Nevada should return a democrat as 1t
usually goes for that party. 1t Is now rep
resented by one.
There remains California, now represent
ed by eight republican congressman. Here
the democrats should score again two, one
in San Francisco and the other In the dis
trlct embracing north California.
All the country has been accounted for
except tie south, and as the democrats
have almost all the representation in this
section, indeed, about all they now have in
Congress comes from there, there does not
seem much opportunity for change in their
of a gain there too, singular as it may APP
pear
TIE great state of Missouri, geograph-
icalIy claSsed as western, and politically as
southern. has always been surely and solid
ly democratic until 1904, when 1t went for
Roosevelt.
With him were elected nine republican
congressman out of g total delegation of
sixteen The result was due to democratic
apathy and abstention from voting. Bryan
carried the state twice by good majorities.
Does any one suppose ne would nave iost
II in 1904? A sane and safe" platform and
candidate were too much for the Missouri
democrats, and they stayed at home by
the tens Of thousands election day.
The republican vote did not materially in
crease, but the democratic vote fell off
sharply and surprisingly. The lost dis
tr4cts will revert to their first love, with
democratic union and effort, that is nearly
ALI of them for ST. Louis is normally re-
publican on its merits. Therefore, demo-
cratic gain Of six is predicted in Missouri,
making the delegation stand IN the next
Congress thirteen to three in favor of the
democrats, instead of nine TO seven as now
in favor of the republicans
Elsewhere in the south there VIII be little
change except in North Carolina, where the
republicans in 1904 scratched IN one con-
gressmsn by 245 votes (the eighth districO
and the democrats are haDie TO reiegate
this lone republican congressman to private
| life this year. Blackburn. the present IN
! cumbent, is at logserheads with his state
| of defeating him.
| And In Kentucky one of the two repub-
| ltc,ns elected in 1904 to Congress from that
| state only got in by forty-four votes in the
| rinth district or. OF 1900 votes cast. II
| should not be hard work this year for the
| Aerocrats to redeem that district, and they
| will undoubtedly strain every nerve TO do
60
| Go n net democratic gain OF thirty-seven
| sasT,e assured in November. and IL there is
| any reyulslon against the party In power
or any decided political reaction, 1t may De
/ much larger.
! There il tariff revision agitatin in Mas
! sacbnsetts and Iowa, but no democratic
gains are attributed to that cause In TINS
| soaas rho gain OF thlrty-seven Is based
| merely on a return TO natural conditions
| whteb were unset IN 1904. and which. there
/ is no reason TO believe VIII remain So