The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-09-05
The OUTLOOK
Seems Bright at This Time for
the Democrats
: 0 WIN CONGRESS.
The Popularity of Roosevelt Will Not
be Available to Republican Candi.
dates. UacIe Joe Mey be
On the Floor In the Next
cnn0reco

The Columbia Records Washing
ton letter says the hegira Of B!yantes
toward New York during the past
lew days has put Democratic stati5
ticiars to work figuring out to nice
ty just what the complexion Of the
oex9 house is going to be. a group
Of well known politlc'sas was seated
in the lobby OF the New Wizard few
evenings ago discussing this PRESTON
and the synopsis of what they said
may be expressed In the following
language: The Democratic control OF
che next congress houses-wiD
nscsssi1ake overcoming Republican
majority OF twenty four In the senate
snd one hundred and twelve in the
house. The total senate membership
is 90 and the house membership 366.
The terms OF 80 senators-15 Dem
ocrats and Is Republicans-e1pire
March 3-d iex7. The Democrats are:
Bacsn, Gsorgis; Bsiley. Texas; Berry
Arkanss,; !; Blackburn, Kentucky; Car
mack, Tennessee; Clark, Montana;
Dubois, Iowa; Foster, Leutsians;
Geartn, O:ego7; McLsurin, Mtssissip.
pi; Martin, Virginia; Morgan, Ala.
osns; Patterson, Colorado; Simmons.
North Carolina. and Gilman, South
Carolina. The Republicans are: Alges,
N!chigan; Alice, Dslaware; Benson
Z. ,nsa! /; Bu :nhan, New Hampshire;
Crane, Massachusetts; Cullon, lltinos
DolhYer, Iowa; Drycen, New j .rsey;
E!kins, West Virginia; Frye, Msine;
Gamble, South Dskots; Millard, Ne,
oraska; Nelson, NJ nnesoS'; Warren,
Wyoming. and Wetmore, Raooe Is
land. Goster and McLsuriD have al
ready been Reelected for another
term. Berry, Blackburn, Csrmack
and Gaarin will retire after March
4sh. Martin, Morgan and Bacon ha e
been re elected foE another term saca
Unless unforeseen things happen the
complexion OF the senate will not soon
oe changed and the roportion OF
Democrats and Republicans will re-
uain for sometime as 1t Is at present.
On the house side the matter has
assumed a diffsrent color. Piedic Ions
apparently well funded, are made
that a big enough Democratic gair
will be made to overcome the present
Republican ma )rity OF l12
There are now four E puolicans Ii
the house from the SoutL-Blaczeurn,
OF North Carolina; Slemp, Of Virgin.
ia, and Hale and Bro1nlow, OF T,nn
esse. Indications point to the retire
ment Of Blackburn, SIenp. and pos
sibly Brownlow. That will leave cnly
one district Ii the entire South. Be.
publican.
Close figuring shows that New
York state now has 26 & 'publicans
md II Democrats in t5e nouse and
She Democrats expect to gain lp
New jersey the proportion is 9 r
publicsns and one D -mocrat. and tine
latter believe they will gain two; in
Pennsylvania the proportion is 81 Be
publicans and two Democrats, ano
the gain looked fcr by the latter Is
5vo. In Ohio there are 20 Republi
cans and one Democrat, and the lat
ter hope to gain five. Indiana shows
chat her pro sortioD Is II to two and
a gain of two is looked for. Ia ILL
nois the proportion Is "a to one. and
gain Of six Is locked for. Wisconsin
shows 10 TO one, and one gain Is look.
cd for. Nebraska shows six to notn
ing, and one gain is looked for. Col,
orado shows three to nothing and one
gain is looked for. Montana shows
one to nothing ana Democrats want
shts. California shows eight to moth
ing and Democrats hope fer two. Mis-
souri, is nine to seven and Democrats
want a gain OF six. Kentucky shows
swo & :publicans and nine Democrats,
and the latter expect to gain one OF
the two.
More interest," In now centered on
New York state possibly than on any
other. Republicans admit that the
Democrats have not their usua;
quota, having only IL out OF 81 repre-
sentatives. This Is by no means the
usua! proportion. Sixteen would be
the usual number, so the gain OF i've
Is apparently not an extraVagant
nope. All New York Democrats IN
the house at this time are from tas
city OF New York, with one ezsep
zion.
A careful survey Of the field COZ.
sidsred by sections and states, ard
based on psst conditions, indicates a
Democrstic gsin OF between S5 ano
40. The election Of 1904, at which
Time the present house was elected
was q fair test Of the strength OF the
svo parties in the country. The
tremendous personal popularity OF
President Roosevelt entered into the
fight AID ensured the success OF al
; most every candidate labeled Republi'
cap, except In the Southern states
D :stric5s never before known to elect
a Republican went With the landslide
, In a number Of big states having large
:, delegations, only one Of the Denocra-
tjn ronrpsantatiyes was returned