The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-06
BRIGHT OUTLOOK
FOR DEMOCRACY
Chicago Tribune Gives House of
Representatives TO Oppon-
cnts of RepubIicanism.
INCLUDES FORTY-TW0 IN
THE DOUBTFUL COLUMN
Many Political Authorities Pre-.
diet Democratic Landslide
Like That of 1890.
By Leased Wire to The Tribune.

By Leased Wire to Tho Tribune.
CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-The people of the
United States on Tuesday next Will con
iIde to tho Democracy control Of the ma
tional house OF representatives. They
Eressive Republicans in command Of the
United States senate This prognosti-
cation is based on returns received by
The Tribune from its correspondents in
every state of the Union, and their com
parlson with the claims and concessions
Of the two principal parties.
There are S9l congressional districts
under the present constitutional appor-
tionment. AS far as it is possible to
forecast the result from the non -parti-
san reports received, it may be epitom-
lied as follows:
Safely Republican, 161.
Safely Democratic, 1872
Doubtful. Al
The voters in the forty-two doubtful
districts will decide the issue of the
hattie and the size of the victory. The
part that gets the lion IS share of these
districts will capture the house of rep
resentatives of the next congress. Of
course, it is possible that the Republi
cans may squeeze through with a bare
majority, but the chances appear TO be
against such contingency.
The Doubtful Ones.
The foriy-two in doubt haze been so
claSsed on the basis of information as
authentic as can be obtained on the
eve of election. A conservative guess
will give tho Democrats twenty-fi of
the doubtful districts, If this is cor
rect, then the next house will be made
up as follows.
Democrats, 207.
Republicans, 1S4
Democratic ma iority. %
There are many political authorities
who declare conditions favor Demo
cratic landslide and who go so far as
TO say that the result will be similar
10 that of 1890, following the passage
of the Mckinley tariff bill. when the
Republican house was struck by q cy-
clone. When the Republican managers
counted the returns they found they had
secured only SS members of their party
from the wrecltage, while the Demo
crafts had 236
While the Democrats do not expect
this year any such result, there is
protest against the Payne-Aldrich law
aud the high cost of living.
Republicans Do Not Give Figures.
Congressman William f. Mckinley,
chairman of the Republican congression-
al campaign committee. issued formal
statement YESTERDAY in refernce to the
Republican claims, but it is noteworthy
that he declines to give figures. content
ing himself with the statement that he
expects the Republicans 10 control the
next house by ''a fair working major
ity''
Tn Illinois the interest in the election
centers in the congressional contests
and the fight for control of the legis-
lnturc and Of the big political Offices
in Cook county, in which Chicago is
located.
So far as its Republican delegation
in congress Is concerned, Illinois is &
stand.pat state. but that there is wide
snread dissatisfaction on the part of
the people with the lack OF progressive-
ness manifested by the Republican party
is evident.
The control of the legislature is the
priZc over which the parties are fight
iHg throughout the state. If Lorimer
should be expelled from the senate as
resnlt Of the bribery scandal involved
in his election the choice of his sue
"ossor may devolve upon the next leg
stature.