The Detroit times., 1910-01-18
C. 0.P. STRIFE MAY
GIVE DENIS. HOUSE
If II Can Keep What II Now Has
Minority Need Win Only 26 Dis
tricts for Majority.

NEW YORK. Jan. 1S.-The World
prints the following from Washing
ton; The rule or ruin policy OF Speak
er Joseph @. Cannon is putting the
Republican party face to face with dis
aster In the next congressional cleo
ton. The Republican majority I'm the
house is now 90 The Democratic
vote is 1853, the Republican 219. The
Democrats need to win but 26 congress
sional districts TO control the next
house. Twenty-six Republicans now
hold seats by maJorities ranging from
1878 down to %. with an average of
615. In these twenty-six districts the
total Republican majority Is but
1887.
The war declared on insurgents by
Speaker Cannon and the old congress
sional committee will make'it difficult
for four Republicans to be reelected
|-Hinshaw, Nebraska; Kendall, Iowa |;
Norris, Nebraska, and Cary. Wiscon-
sin. The de0laration OF war by the
insurgents on regular Republicans will
give seven more Republicans trouble
Reeder. Kansas; Joyce, Ohio; Doug
las. Ohio; Morgan. Oklahoma; Cole.
Ohio; Bennett. Kentucky. and Bar
rard, Indiana.
The &c districts held by the Repub-
leans by such narrow margins are {:
Morgan, Second Oklahoma, 924 ma
jority; Reeder, Sixth Kansas, PIT;
Norris. Fifth Nebraska. %; Hinshaw.
Fourth Nebraska, S55; Kendall. Sixth
Iowa. PSI; Morgan, Fifteenth Missouri,
&C., Grow, Fourteenth Missouri, 1905;
Elvins, Thirteenth Missouri, 207; Muir
ply. Sixteenth Missouri. $40; Coudrey.
Twelfth Missouri, Sal: Bennett, Ninth
Kentucky, 1875; Barnard, Sixth Indian
apolis. 1,14S Joyce, Fifteenth Ohio,
Isl; Douglas, Eleventh Ohio. LAG;
Goebel, Second Ohio. 104; Cole, Eighth
Ohio. 1905; Cary, Fourth Wisconsin,
1.139; Grant. Tenth North Carolina.
361 Cowles. Eighth North Carolina.
1875; Morehead, Fifth North Caro-
lima, 29O; Mudd, Fifth Maryland. 317;
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, 1864.
Missourians In on Foul.
Republicans concede that Elvins.
Grow, Morgan and Murphy, of Mis-
souri, got in on foul. Some of these
members were elected to get protec-
tive duty on zinc and lead. They got
II and reports from Missouri indicate
that the people are ready to swing
back TO their natural political affilia-
ton with the Democratic party. On
top OF this condition is the nature OF
Senator Warner to swing the state
which will conspire to hurt
[, the Missouri Republican representa-.
tives
The North Carolinians elected as
Republicans were also tariff candi-
dates brought In on the Taft tide and
are expected to drift back some after
the next election.
In addition to the extremely doubt
full districts, insurgent sentiment In
the rank and file OF the Republican
party is busy, and knives are being
whetted to get number of candidates
when they appear for denomination or
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.
Taylor, 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 OF
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
They 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; Caulfield, Missouri; Pollard
and Boyd. Nebraska. and Harding,
Bannon. Mouser and Laning, Ohio.
The election which retired the above