The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-01
NEXT CONGRESS To
Be REPUBLICAN
Even Leading Democrats Ad.
NIT Privately That This
Will Be True.
REDUCED MAJORITY is
GENERALLY EXPECTED
Minority Is Fighting Hard to
Regain Some of the Late
Iy Lost Ground.
Special TO The Tribune,

special TO The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 30
Republicans confidently claim a ma.
Jorlty IN the next House of Represen-
tatlves of from twenty-five to seventy
i've. Leading Democrats in private
conversation, when they are candid, ad.
NIT that the Republicans will probably
nave the House by a reduced majority.
The present House contains $50 mem
bers, distributed as follows Repub-
llcans, PAT; Democrats, 1856; vacancies,
}. The next House will have q larger
membership.
The new State of Oklahoma Will
contribute five members. A very lively
campaign is waging in Oklahoma The
| present delegate from tho Oklahoma
| Territory is q Republican. Ordinarily,
| the Republicans could expect to carry
| Oklahoms Territory. But the former
position politically. 1t is peopled for.
| the most. part by Southern men of
Democratic antecedentS. The addition
of Indian Territory to Oklahoma may
| have the effect of wip1ng out the Re-
publican majority. 1t would not be
or moro Representatives. in Congress
| Ihe managers of the committee claim
at least three of the Representatives
Will be Democrats.
Labor Vote May Play Part.
The Introduction by Samuel Com
| pers of the American Federation OF
Labor as factor in Congressional
elections this year has added the
doubtful element. Some of the doubt
has been cleared up by the result Of
the election In Mr.. Little6eld's dis
| trict in Maine. \ comparison of the
returns from his district with those
from the other Congressional districts
IN Maine proves conclusively that Sam.
uel Gompers IS efforts were without Sc
helpful to the Maine Representatives,
against whom they were directed. The
efforts of the Federation of Labor
leaders wore concentrated IN Mr.. Lit
tlehcld's district. Since the Maine
election both Democrats and Repub-
lcans have reached the conclusion that
while the Federation of Labor may af-
feet the results IN a few localities the
influence VIII be comparatively insig-
nl6cant and cannot possibly change the
complexion of the next House.
The. result of this conclusion means
come of the Congressional election
should apply the usual standards. Two
of the New England States have al
ready chosen their representation in
the next Congress-Maine and Yer
mont. The result has been the same as
t
representation. Oregon has also elect
ed Republican Representatives The
| Democrats viii probably re-elect three
Representatives from the Boston dis
| t-lct, but they have no hope of in
creaslug their representation from tho
Hub.
Mixed in Quaker State.
Pennsylvania is puzzle because OF
the fusion politics. The Republicans
Will probably suffer from losses. They
stand TO lose two or three districts in
| Philadelphia, and the Democrats ap-
Parently have fair chance of captur-
ing the York district and the asteru
nary conditions. In Delaware there ia
| always close fight for the single Rep
resentative. but the Democrats express
no hope of carrying the State. West
| Virginia furnishes some embarrass-
ment TO the Republicans. The Demo
Gratis have nominated strong men with
| one exception, In the Second district,
which is the only one the Democrats
| now control. represented by Col Tom
Davis, brother of Henry G. Davis, late
| Democratic nominee for Vice President,
the Democrats have nominated con-
Wis came to Congress as the result OF
Republican factional fight and
| through the expenditure of a large
| amount of money, One term was
enough for him and when the honor
was offered 10 Harry G, Davis be also
declined The man nominated, or
rather drafted, is named Dent and
that will probably correctly. describe
his condition after tho election.
In Illinois the Democrats have but
one Representative in Congress, Henry
T. Rainey. They claim they will gain
four in Chicago and at least four in
the State outside of Chicago. They re
fuse TO specify the districts. The last
election brought some surprises in the
way Of Republican successes In tho
city of Chicago If some of the dis
tricts were to reverse themselves and
return Democrats to the new House
it would occasion no surprise TO the
Republican Congressional committee
Claiming son,o in Indiana.
In Indiana the Democrats claim they
will carry the first, second. fourth,
twelfth and thirteenth, They are count
ing a great deal on Major Menzies in
the first and B. r. Shively in the Tbir-
teenth They claim the second aud
Twelfth because they had been almost
invariably Democratic, But the re-
ports the Republicans are receiving
from both districts are encouraging and
they are not concoding the districts
70 be even doubtful. The Republicans
have never even conceded that Repre-
sentative Brick has n fight on his hands.
John Adair, of Portland, has been in
correspondence with the Congressional
committee here and seems confident of
making trouble for Representative
Cromer But the Republicans are not
disturbed The only fear they have
ever had for the district was possible
fusion between the Democrats and