The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-09-24
DEMOCRATIC
Will be Next House From
Reports Received by
Congressional
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

Chicago, Sept. 1.-THE fight for a
Democratic House is none the less
aggressive than that being made to
elect Bryan and Kern. Chairman
Lloyd, Of the Congressional Cam
paign Committee, has headquarters in
Chicago, and is confident that the
next House will be Democratic. Re
ports received by him are that the up
rising against Joe Cannonism is ma
tional, and that many Republican
Congressman, who have done the bid
ding of the Car of the House, are GER
tain to meet defeat. There is no more
popular and effective issue in the
campaign.
Speaking of the Congressional sit
uation, Mr.. Lloyd said:
There are 391 Congressional dis
tricts At the present time 1t would
seem that 143 of these districts will
surely be Democratic in November,
and 118 will be Republican. There
are 13O doubtful districts. OF the 130
80 may reasonably be relied upon as
Democratic and 48 Republican. This
leaves as really doubtful, so districts.
If this estimate Is correct, the Demo
districts, and the Republicans upon
166. If the doubtful districts are
equally divided the Democrats would
have majority in the next House
of 9.
"The general outlook for a Demo
cratic House SENS to be growing more
favorable because more districts are
reasonably certain Democratic than
was supposed at the outset. OF the
80 districts that are now classed as
doubtful our Information Is that % OF
them will likely be Democratic and
% possibly Republican. If this should
turn out to be correct, the next House
will be Democratic by O majority of
Is. The Republican majority Of the
59th Congress was ia. At the pres
ent time is is Sc. This shows a trend
of sentiment toward Democracy, and
apparently a fairly correct indication
of the gain we may expect in Novem-
ber. The congressional gain will be
most largely in the Northern Mississ-
ippi Valley States from the Ohio river
to the Rocky Mountains, though there
will be some gains in the East and a
few in the extreme West.
MANY persons inquire the reason
for the change of sentiment. This is
due to several causes. Some Repub-
licans believe 1t would be better to
have a change In the House of Rep
resentatives in order to have a
thorough investigation of the various
departments at Washington. For a
number of years, Notwithstanding
committees were appointed for that
purpose, there have been no examina-
eton of these accounts by the. legisla-
tive department. Another reason is
on account of the tyrannical rule of
the Speaker and the necessity for
change of management which can
only be brought about through a
change of party control. An
other element amongst Republicans
favors q Democratic House because
they feel assured that the present re-
gime in Congress will in no way carry
QUIT he reform policies Of Roosevelt
that can be avoided, and this belief is
based upon the past action of the ma
jority in the House. Tariff reformers
amongst Republicans do not believe
they can secure any proper adjust
ment Of tariff rates while the present
Speaker names the Ways and Means
Committee and controls the policy of
the House.
"These various reasons are urged in
addition to those which ordinarily di.
vide parties. There is this year q
general tendency towards the accep.
tance of the Democratic position. Mr.
Bryan is stronger with the people
than ever before, and this has an i'm
Dortant bearing upon the Congress
siona1 eIections and will he hplpful
In securing a change of party mnaage
ment in the House."