The Detroit times., 1910-01-18
Is. or. STRIFE MAY
GIVE DENIS. HOUSE
. If II Can Keep What II Now Has
Minority Need Win Only 26 Dis
tricts for Majority.

prints the following from Washing
ton: The rule or ruin policy OF Speak
or JOSEPH G Cannon is putting tls
Republican party face To face with dis
aster in the next congressional elec
tion. The Republican majority In TIN
house Is now 20. The Democratic
vote is 1853, the Republican zig. The
Democrats need 10 win but VI congress
sional districts 10 control the next
house. rwenty-siA Republicans now
hold seats by maJorities ranging from
375 down 10 %, with an average OF
els. In these tventy-six districts tne
total Republican majority Is but
1887.
The war declared on insurgents by
Speaker Cannon ana the old congress
sional committee will make IL difficult
for four Republicans to be reelected
-Hinshaw. Nebraska: Kendall. Iowa;
Norris. Nebraska. and Cary. Wiscon'
sin The declaration Of war by the
insurgents on regular Republicans viii
give seven more Republicans trouble
Reeder Kansas: Joyce. Ohio: Doug
las. Ohio: Morgan. Oklahoma; Cole,
Ohio, Bennett, Kentucky, and Bar
Eard. Indiana,
The % districts held by the Repub-
leans by such narrow margins are:
Morgan. Second Oklahoma, 924 ma
jority: Reeder. Sixth Kansas. 277:
Norris. Fifth Nebraska, 22. Hinshaw,
Fourth Nebraska. 500; Kendall. Sixth
Iowa, PSI: Morgan. Fifteenth Missouri,
G20: Grow, Fourteenth Missouri. 1905;
Elyins. Thirteenth Missouri. 207; Muir
rln. TnnhraV
Twelfth Missouri, 5il, Bennett. Ninth
Kentucky. 1875 Barnard. Sixth Indian
Iapolis. las Joyce. Fifteenth Ohio
Isl: Douglas. Eleventh Ohio, LAG;
lGoebel. Second Ohio. l04 Cole. Eighth
Ohio. 1905 Cary. Fourth Wisconsin,
ll.139: Grant Tenth North Carolina
36l: Cowles. Eighth North Carolina
il.375: Morehead, Fifth North Caro-
lima. 2sO. Mudd. Fifth Maryland, 3l1;
Pearre. Sixth Maryland. SAC; Kron
miller, Third Maryland, 262; South
wick. Twenty-third New York, 5s5;
Sheffield. First Rhode Island. 81;
and Swasey, Second Maine. 1854.
Mssourians In on Foul.
Republicans concede that Elvins
Grow. Morgan and Murphy. OF Mis-
SOuIl kOl III vi - lOuis oOhht Va NhNN'
members were elected 10 get a protec
tive duty on zinc and lead. They go
II and reports from Missouri indicate
that the people are ready to swim.
back to their natural political affilia
ltion with the Democratic party. Oh
top of this condition Is the failure o
Senator Warner to swing the stat
Legislature. which will conspire to hur
the Missouri Republican representa-
ltives
The North Carolinians elected al
Republicans were also tariff candi
dates brought In on the Taft tide ant
are expected 10 drift back some afte
1.-THE next election.
In addition TO the extremely doub:
full districts. insurgent sentiment II
/ the rank and hle OF the Republican
barty is busy. and knives are beini
whetted to get a number OF candidates
when they appear for denomination o.
later for reelection. Among the Re
publicans in danger from this source
are Kahn and Needham California
Barnard and Crumpacker. Indiana
Kennedy. Dawson. Hull and SMITH
Iowa: Anthony, Scott. Campbell. Mil
Ter, Calderhead and Reeder. Kansas;
Tawney. Minnesota; Johnson. Douglas
Tavlor. Joyce and Hollingsworth
Ohio: Morgan and Creager. Okla
homa: Burke, South Dakota; Humph-
rey. Washington. and Esch, Wis
consin
The list includes some of the leaders
OF the house. but as an illustration oi
what the people out In the country
care about leadership in the house the
lame ducks OF the last election on
the Republican side may be listed.
Trey include Bonynge. Colorado; Nc
Gavin. Illinois: Foster. CLANCY. Holli-
day. Overstreet. Lands and Gilhams.
Indiana; Cousins. Iowa (beaten by an
insurgent) Hepburn. Iowa; Addison,
James. Kentucky: j. Adam Bede. Min
nesota: Caulheld. Missouri; Pollard
and Boyd. Nebraska, and Harding.
Bannon. Mouser and Laning, Ohio.
The election which retired the above
prominent Republicans To private life
reduced the Republican majority In
the house from 50 10 41-this in ma
t.onal year, when the Republicans
were led by Taft. the Democrats by
Bryan and the popularity OF Roosevelt
was helping Taft. In addition bar
rel OF Republican money was poured
into the campaign In order 10 insure
o Republican congress TO revise the
tariff. In that election the Democrats
made gains I'm Colorado. Illinois. IN
diana. Kentucky. Nebraska and Ohio,
and lost representatives in Missouri,
New Jersey, North Carolina. Okla
homa. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island and
Wisconsin.
Fourteen of the Democratic yictor3
in the last election got into theft
seats by majorities less than the lS'5
dead line placed on the Republicans.
Most OF these came back under re-
duced majorities due TO the Taft cam
lpaign Following are the Democratic
seats which will have 10 be guarded
as carefully as the % Republican seats
| are attacked: Mcguire First NJ
/ braska with 935 majority: Jameson
J (the man who beat Hepburn, Eighth
Iowa. BIO: Hamlin, Seventh Mon
tana, S04 Barnhart, Thirteenth lndi-
ana ESQ; Rauch. Eleventh Indiana.
4 ,213: Morrison, Ninth Indiana, ,091 ,
Korbly, Seventh Indiana. $50, Boehne,
First Indiana. Q. Thomas. Third Ken
lucky, i96 Nichols. Tenth Pennsy J.
yania. III: Saunders. Fifth Virginia,
'Igl; OConnen, Tenth Massachusetts,.
Ia Peters, Eleventh Massachusetts
iSi. and Gallagher, Eighth Illinois.
1893.
4 The Democrats viii be aided in the
coming campaign by all Of the force of
political argument available al pres.
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