Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-07
Predicted, on Eve of EIec-
tion They Will Cap
ture House.
MAY GET SENATE, TOO
Republican Organs Concede
That Tomorrow Will See
a Big Landslide.

Washington, Nov. 1 Especially -
Twenty-four hours more and the die
will have been cast as to whether
republicans or democrats will dom
mate the next house of representa-
tives.
Twenty-four hours more and we
will begin to hear whether New
York and Ohio will have republican
or democratic governors.
The general opinion is that the
next house will be democratic and
that both New York and Ohio will
elect democratic governors. 8
ProEressiyes to Rule.
1t is believed that in any event the
next house will be dominated by pro-
gressives and anti-machine men.
which Is really more important from
the viewpoint of the people than the
political complexion of the house.
Progressives of both parties will get
together and work for the interests
of the people, or ought to if they are
genuine progressives at heart.
To predict that the next house will
have more democrats than republi-
cans is not such an extravagant ex-
pectation as it might seem at first
glance. The pendulum has been
slowly but gradually swinging to-
ward the democratic party since
1904. In That year the republican
majority of the house was ia. In
1906 this majority dropped to 81,
and in 1908 to Al.
Tariff Bill Repudiated.
Since then the Payne-Aldrich tar
If bill was passed. And in every
election since that measure was pass
ed the republicans who passed it
have been repudiated. A striking il
lustration of this was in the Four
teenth Massachusetts district, where
Eugene n. Foss, democrat, changed
a republican majority of 14.250 of
1908 into a democratic majority of
5,64O. About a month later James
s. Hayes, democrat, changed a TO-,
600 republican majority of 1908 into
a 5,S31 democratic majority at
Rochester, n. Y.
Concede Republican Defeat.
Chicago, Nov. THE Tribune and
Inter-Ocean, both republican, concede
that the democrats will control the
lower house of the next congress. and
the latter newspaper declares it not
unlikely that the senate viii also un-
dergo a change of complexion as a re-
suit of the election tomorrow. The
Inter-Ocean estimates the democratic
majority in the lower house at 46. The
present republican majority is 43.
Closing Work in Chicago.
Chicago, Nov. THE campaign in
this state will close tonight with final
meetings in the principal cities and
towns and roundups of party workers.
In some congressional districts in Chi
cago the situation is such that both
sides claim victory.
Fight to Last in New York.
New York, Nov. 7.-Political activ-
ity continued throughout the day and
the fight will continue until the close
of the battle tomorrow. Roosevelt is
scheduled to deliver many speeches to-
day and tonight Democrats claim the
plurality for Dix for governor will
range from 100000 to 100000, while
republicans name 10000 as the fig
ures for StimsOn.
Confident Both Sides.
Indianapolis. lnd., NOV. f-hepofIS
from the various districts give both
democrats and republicans as hopeful
of electing their candidates. John w.
Kern. democrat, and Senator Bever-
fdge have both issued statements eX-
pressing confidence of their victory.
Ohio Fighting Ground.
Cleveland, Ohio. Nov. THE cam
paign in Ohio is practically closed so