The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-05
SURVEY OF THE FIELD
 ON THE EVE OF ELECTION
IT IS CONCEDED THAT DEMO CRAFTS WILL GAIN IN
 CONGRESS.

New York the Great Point of Interest,"
 Pennsylvania Also Presents an In- teresting SituatiOn-Texas Missis-
 sippi and Tennessee the Interesting Points in the SOuth--InjectiOn of
 GOmpers Into the Campaign-Fight Against Bailey in Texas.
 Washington, Nov 4.-With election day but few hours away, the political situation has crystalized to an extent that permits a survey of the field, lim- ited, however, to, the points where the battle has Waged the fiercest between the two dominant parties for control of the Sixtieth congress and for state su- premacy. The managers of both the republican and democratic campaigns agree that the democrats are to make gains over their present representation in congress. Both are also agreed as to the states where the gains are to come from, and both are directing the ener- gies of the closing hours of the cam- paign to the battlefields.
 In New York, where the state cam paign has eclipsed all else, the vote for congressman will be distributed by local candidates to such an extent that the returns Tuesday night will furnish per haps the most interesting reading at the headquarters of both congressional committees A landslide for either can- didate for governor would carry with it unexpected results as to the congress sional ticket. It is conceded, on a nor mai basis, that the democrats will make gains in this state.
 Pennsylvania furnishes another inter- esting situation, with the governorship fight between Lewis Emery, democrat and Lincoln party candidate, and for mer Mayor Stuart, of Philadelphia, re- publican nominee. Many republican and democratic heavyweights have been sent into the western part of the state and the campaigning has been lively.
 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 torney of Lawrence county, is making a vigorous campaign against Repre- sentative Acheson in the district where the majority in 1904 was S0O0
 In the south the interesting points are in Texas, Mississippi and Tennessee. In Texas a campaign against the re- election to the United States senate of Joseph w. Bailey is making things lively.
 In Mississippi Representative Will Hams, the democratic floor leader of the house, is making a race for the senate against Governor Vardaman. Tennes- see furnishes interest because of the governorship fight between H. Clay Evans, republican, and Representative M, R. Patterson, democrat. The repub- licans in this state have hopes of elect ing more than the two members to con- gress they now have.
 The districts where Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, has made a fight are also points of interest. The labor leader paid his compliments last to Represent ative Mudd, of Maryland, and demo- crats predict the defeat of MT. Mudd In Ohio Representative James H. Ken nedy, representing the old Mckinley district, has received a call from MT. Gompers. who supported John c. Welty, the democratic nominee. The demo- crats, now holding but one district in Ohio. are making vigorous contests in a half dozen others.
 MT Gompers has been also heard from in the fight in Chicago, where the republicans now have all ten of the congressional districts. Both sides 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.
 Tn Missouri the democrats have great hopes of regaining the five district lost ito them in the tital wave of two years ago Much has been done in this state to arouse the party vote by Bryan and Folk
 In Idaho the republicans have raised inc issue of Flaw and order" in support of the states prosecutions of officers of the Miners IederdIlOn Iol coillPiiSllS III the murder of ex-Governor Stunenberg, while Senator Dubois, who is leading the democratic fight, declares Mormon ism is the issue.
 In Utah the Mormon church is said to be supr 1rting the republican nomi- nee for congress. w. D. Haywood, one of the Miners federation officials, now prisoner in Idaho, is the socialist party candidate for governor
 Democrats are confidently looking fol gains in Indiana and Iowa.
 In Massachusetts the governorshir fight eclipses all else. Curtis Guild, jr. republican, is opposed by John B Moran, nominated by the democrats prohibitionists and Independence league.
 Summed up, the states in which bott sides seem agreed that democratic gains may be made are New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, H. linois, Missouri, Iowa and Maryland.