The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-31
Reports From Twenty States Indicate Gains All Along
 the Line
EVEN CANNON IS
 HAVING HARD TIME
Bartholdt of Missouri Is Said to Be Only Republican Representative Who Will Be Reelected
 Next Week
Rx C. E. srEyARr

Washington, October 30.-(Special. )-Re-
 ports from 20 states relating to the eon- gressional situation coming into demo- cratic headquarters and the Washington | Post in this city indicate that the demo-
 crats will materially increase their ma jority in the Sixty-third Congress. | The only trouble now is that the ma | jority might become too heavy, and may cause Underwood and Champ Clark lt- tie work in keeping them in line. They
 were able to keep down any organized op- position to the programme agreed to by the leaders in the last Congress, where the democrats had a comfortable major ity, and did it admirably. Large bodies, however, may be more difficult to handle. These 20 states referred to are those
 states where republican insurgency is most marked. In these states it is de- clared that the bitter quarrel between the regulars and the insurgents will re- suit in loss to them and gain for the democrats. These states now have re- publican majority of five in the House. It is predicted that this majority will be reversed to a democratic majority of 12
 states counted on for Gains
 In addition to the states from which in- formation has been received it is believed to be certainty that democratic gains will be made in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York state, not including the greater city, which is accounted for. and Massachu- ability of the democratic party to con hp 0oic 1a ftra .,,aasa kF next Congress, and if Governor Wilson should be elected through landslide he may carry enough legislatures to give his party control of the Senate.
 Uncle Joe Cannon, according to reports is having one of the hardest fight of his entire political career, but his great pop- ularity in his home town and county 1t is stated, will pull him through, though the democrats claim to have a good chance to defeat him.
 Representative Mckinley, who managed the pre-convention campaign of Presi- dent Taft, is reported to be laboring un- der an attack that will reduce his ma jority to d very small figure, if, indeed he is not defeated. The two additional congressman from Illinois under the new apportionment are to be elected at large and the democrats arc predicting a vic tory for their candidates A great deal of interest is manifested in the country, and particularly in Washington, in the con test for the United States Senate in H. linois, where J. Ham Lewis. who won many friends and admirers while acting in the capacity of chairman pro tenn in Baltimore over the democratic conven- ton, is rlaking a great race. ]. Ham and his pink whiskers would be a great ad- dition to the scenery in Washington, and would add much to be desired In the dignified and too frequently dry United States Senate; that is, dry in some re- spects.
 In Missouri. where the republicans now have three members, all from St Louis districts, the positive assertion is being made by the democrats that only Repre- sentative Bartholdt has any chance of be- ing elected, and they still hope to be able to retire him. Roosevelts attack upon Representative Bartholdt in Missouri Is believed to have done him good rather than otherwise