The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-25
SURE ] TO WIN
Roosevelt and His Man Friday Will Be
Badly Beaten in New York.
HOUSE STILL in DOUBT

Ohio. Indiana. and Connecticut Looks
Safe for the Democrats ut This
Time. The Democrats and Insur-
gents Will Control the Next Sen.
ate. Trend Steadily Democratic.
The New York Herald's srd con
gressional forecast, which is publish
| ed by it every: Sunday, shows grad
ual but steady sifSenine OF Demo-
cratic cause. The apportionment of
the, doubtful districts between: the
two parties continues. In the first
forecast there were l1S OF such dis
ltricts, in the second go and now 81.
With each division the Democratic
lead over. the Republicans has in
| creased. The significance appears
| unnfissakable,. ~. :;
Close attention this week Is paid
to the so-called issue Of Cannon:
ISM" It extends. in spots all over
the United State1. is not strong
! enough to prevent Mr.. Cannon carry
| ing the Republican caucus, but there
are probably enough pledged against
him Who would remain oui: OF cav; !!
Gus to- prevent: = his reelection tas
Sneaker of the House in the Sixty:
second Congress, Should the Reproiii;
cans have a majority In it.
The tendency toward the election
Of legislators which will choose Unit
led States: Senators Of. the iusurgent
or progressive type isy so strong that
the Herald at this early day forecasts
Senate after March /, 1911, which
will be controlled on all important
issues by the insurgents and the
Democrats.
Here are the figures of the third
forecast in cold type: OF the districts
sure or strongly fayoring one party
or the other, 17s are credited to the
Democrats and 151 to the Republi-
cans. Both have increased their
strength since week ago---the DEM
ocrats eighteen and the Republicans
eleven.
To obtain a bare majority OF the
House of Representatives the Demo-
Gratis have seventeen to go. the Re
lpublicans have .forty-fiye' to 60.
! There are now apparently sixty-onc
doubtful districts. In making: com
PARSONS it should be borne In mind
that the Republicans now hold 2iI
seats in the House and. the Demo-
Gratis 174.
Say Dix VIII Win.
The Herald says that Democratic
leaders, with faces agleam. declare
that nothing but a miracle can pre-
vent the placing of the Empire State
safely in the Democratic column. Re-
publicans, with show OF optimism,
assert that conditions are improV-
ing" Democratic headquarters buzz
| with activity. Republican quarters
lack the spirit and enthusiasm OF
other years. The Democrats have. an
abundance of funds. Hitherto they
have had in the upstate counties
only the rusted ruins Of an organiza-
ton and a purse so thin as TO be al
most invisible. The Republicans are
sore and surly in sections where the
Old Guard holds sway. In other. sec
! lions they are gloomy. w
From unbiased observers come the
predictions that if the election were
held now there would be no doubt OF
the election OF Mr.. Dix and the prop
able election of the entire Democrat
ic ticket. This feeling is shared by
many Republicans. Some Democrats
| assers there is a landslide COM
| ing. They assert that the Fotger ycaf
I is to. have a -re-enactment.. Some, oil
the men who have proved good pro-
phcts in the past declare THAI they
do not. look for Il landslide. but cX-
pect certain victory at least for the
head of the ticket.
Ohin Seems Surc.
The uerald's correspondent 1T Co.
lumbus. Ohio. says Judge Ha7man is
as sure OF recollection as Governor OF
Ohio tonight as any mortal can be
sure OF anything except the proven
bal death and taxes. The RepublI-
can campaign managers insist they
are going to put Warren G. Harding
in the EXcrcutive's chair. but they
will not hazard an estimate OF Tie
plurality, and their boast is based on
hope. not facts.
The Democrats will make @tins in
| Congressnen as well as members Ui
| the Legislature. but whether they
will elect enough to control the l.GiS-
latnrc is in doubt II the Demo
Gratis win the legislature. :iny will
send 4 Dcmocra; TO Washington as
Senator in place Of Senator Dick. R"-
publican.
Connecticut and Massachusetts.
In the ;nner Republican councils OF
| Connecticut there is panic. The Re-
publican protest atainst Mr.. Lilley
two years ago cost twenty thousand
votes, but it was Shay's rebellion
compared with the civil war to the
present disaileclion. Representative"
Emil l,oos. the German Repubii-
! of hot