Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-06
FIGHT FOR HOUSE
FIERCE TO CLOSE
FEW GAINS ARE CONCEDED TO
DEMOCRATS EVEN IN THIS
OFF YEAR -,

vs,ssslA ssI
They Expect Con. "a vsoHaS'a Ohio,
Indiana, illinois saslo.slssouri in Ad.
dition to Those They Now Call
Their own-New York Puzzle.
Washington, d. c., Nov. 5.-The eve
of election day finds the political situa-
tion crystallized to an extent that per-
mits a survey of the field, limited,
however, to the points, where the bat
the two dominant parties for control
of the sixtieth congress and for state
supremacy.
The managers Of both the republican
and democratic campaigns agree that
the democrats are to make little gain
over their present representation in
congress. Both also are agreed as to
the states where these gains are to
come from, and both are directing the
energies of the closing hours of the
campaign to these battlefields.
/ In New York, where the state cam
paign has eclipsed all else, the vote
for congressman will be disturbed by
local conditions to such an extent that
the returns Tuesday night will furnish
perhaps the most interesting reading
for those at the headquarters of both
congressional committees. A land
slide for either candidate for governor
would carry with it unexpected results
as to the congressional ticket. 1t is
conceded on normal basis, that the
| democrats will make gains in this
state.
Close Fight In Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania furnishes another In
i teresting situation with the governor
ship fight between Lewis Emery, DEM
ocrat, and the Lincoln party candidate,
and former Mayor Stuart of Philadel-
\ phia, republican nominee Many re-
publican and democrat heavy weights
/ have been sent into the western part
of the state and the campaigning there
has been lively.
i Representative Dalzell of Pittsburg
is having opposition which some time
ago assumed serious proportions In DR..
r. j. Black, former mayor of McKees-
port. R. A. Aiken, former district at
4 torney of Lawrence county, is, making
u a vigorous campaign against Represen-
tative Acheson, whose majority In 1904
was 10000.
In the south the interesting points
4 are in Texas Mississippi and Tennes-
see. In Texas campaign against the
reelection to the United States senate
j of Joseph w. Bailey is making things
i lively. M. NJ Crane is regarded as the
leader of the anti-Bailey forces. In
mississippi Representative Williams,
j the democratic floor leader of the
house, is making race for the senate
i against Governor Vardaman.
Interest Added by Gompers.
1 Tennessee furnishes interest be-
cause of the governorship fight be-
tween H. Clay Evans, republican, and
Representative NJ R. Patterson, demo-
; crat. The republicans in the state
have hopes of eiecting more than the
two members to congress they now
!. have.
d The districts where Samuel Comp
ers, president of the American FEEDER
alton of Labor. has made fight, are
also points of interest The labor
leader paid his compliments last to
Mr.. Mudd of Maryland and democrats
predict the defeat of Mr. Mudd. In
Ohio, Representative James Kennedy,
representing the old Mckinley district,
y has received call from Mr. Gompers,
: who supported John G. Welty, the DEM
ocratic nominee. The democrats, now
holding but one district in Ohio, are
: making vigorous contests in a half
} dozen others.
: Mr.. Gompers also has been heard
from in the fight in Chicago where
) the republicans now have all ten of
: the cons ngressional districts Both sides
i agree that this solid delegation will be
broken into and that Representative
Rainey, now the only democrat from
Illinois in the house, will have com
pany.
{ In Missouri the democrats have
! great hopes of regaining the five dis
y tricts lost to them in the tidal wave
:. of two years ago. Much has been done
in this state to arouse the party vote
2 by Bryan and Folk.
: In Idaho the republicans raised the
| issue of Law and Order" in support
3 of the states prosecutions of officers
5 of the miners federation for compli-
r city in the murder of former Governor
r Steunenberg, while Senator Dubois,
who IS leading the democratic fight, de-
} clares Mormonism the issue.
Democrats Look to Indiana.
! In Utah the Mormon church is said
: to be supporting the republican nom
{ inee for congress. w. D. Haywood
$ one of the miners federation officials
now prisoner in Idaho, is the social.
ist party candidate for governor in Col
: orado.
3 Democrats are confidently looking
7 for gains in Indiana and Iowa.
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