The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-10-21
Interesting Resume of Political
Situation in the Many
Districts
Progressive Sentiment Prevails
Throughout the Whole
Country
Another Statement to Be Issued
on the Eve of the Big
Contest
by Edward E. Higgins.]

be almost exactly in even balance.
The probabilities are slightly IN favor
of a republican majority of two or
three, but il is impossible to predict
with certainty at this writing -Octo-
Der S-which OF the two parties will
organize the house.
There will be large increase in the
democratic membership, but there will
be no democratic landslide
The explanation OF this rather un-
expected result appears to be that the
progressive wing OF the republican
party has come into power at the
primaries in very large proportion
of the republican districts, while in
many OF the districts where the stand
pat element retains control OF the re-
publican machine, the normal plurali-
ties are so large that the standpat
candidates are likely to succeed, al,
though by greatly reduced maiorities.
Both wings of the party are now dill
gently engaged in their historic occupa-
ton OF ''burying the Ratchet"
In other words the heretofore gen.
orally expected democratic success in
the closer districts of the country has
been put in jeopardy by the nomina-
ton OF more or less popular insurgent
republican candidates, and informa-
ton received by us indicates that there
will be little republican boiling in such
districts
An Exhausting Investigation.
This, in brief, is the result of the
exhaustive investigation of local polit-
zeal conditions just made by Success
Magazine among the membership of its
auxiliary editorial board of life sub
scribers. Nearly fifteen thousand out
of the twenty-five thousand members
have instantly responded to our re-
quests for this information in a clear,
specific, frank and most interesting
manner. and it is impossible TO doubt
the conclusions reached
The extraordinary closeness of this
coming contest is shown hy our predc-
ton that les districts will certainly be
represented by democrats. and twenty-
one more will probably be democratic,
giving a total reasonably sure demo-
cratic membership Of lS9; while the re-
publican party will certainly elect leo
members and will probably elect TWEEN
ty-nine more, giving a reasonably sure
total of lS9- exactly the same num-
Der!
Thirteen Districts Evenly Balanced.
There are thirteen districts in the
country in which there is so even a
balance OF probabilities that we can not
possibly predict the result, without
resortinS 10 mere guesswork These
thirteen districts, in which the balance
Of power OF the next house will prob
ably be settled, are the following:
The Tenth district of Massachusetts,
-Boston-now represented by dem
ocrat (O'ComelD, who won the last
election by four votes only out Of
$4,000 cast.
The Twenty.third (Albany) district
of New York, now represented by a
republican (Southwick), who Won the
last election by 5s5 votes out OF $4,000
cast.
The Second New Jersey district, now
represented by republican (Cardncr)
who won the last election by 3,400
votes out OF $4,000 cast.
The Sixth Indiana district, now rep
resented by q republican (Barnard).
who won The last election by 100
votes ont OF $1,000 cast.
The Seventh Indiana district. now
resented by q democrat (Morrison)
who won the last election by only 6S3
votes out of the 10000 cast.
The Ninth Indiana district, now rep.
represented by democrat NIorrison)
who won the last election by LOO
votes out of $4,000 cast
The Eleventh Indiana district. now
represented by Il democrat (Rausch)
who won the last election by 1000
votes out of $4,000 cast.
The First Michigan district. now rep
resented by a republican (Denby), who
won the last election by 5000 votes
ont OF $4,000 cast, but who will have
4 very hard fight for reelection.
The First Iowa district, now repre-
scented by q republican (Kennedy)
who won the last election by l,G0O
votes out of $4,000 cast.
The Second Iowa district, now rep
resented by a republican Dawson)
who won the last election by 1000
votes out of $4,000 cast.
The Sixth Iowa district, now repre-
scented by a republican (KendalD, who
won the last election by less than 300
votes ont of 10000 cast.
The Fifth North Carolina district.
now represented by republican More
head). who won the last election by
less than 200 votes out of $4,000 cast.
The Eighth North Carolina district.
now represented by a republican
(Cowles), who won the last election by
l.4O0 votes out of $4,000 cast.
How They Are Represented.
Ii will thus be seen that of these
thirteen doubtful districts four are
cow represented by democrats and nine