The Washington herald., 1912-10-28

District Of Illinois b eolng 70 have
mishty closs Sshave. but his friends b
neve thAt he VIII weitheF tho otoem
He 81 through last time By 6Arglz
Of about k0A Tho Bun l1oooo 1payt1
has y candidate up IN HE. district an
y MAILING strenuous sffortss to ta,s !
ffom him. ~ 81
williAm B. Mckinley. who mikaset
PrsGldsuf Taft's preliminary campa31n
and psw chairman Of the Republican Con
Gress3onal COMMITTEES. - also meeting viii
the strongest kind Of oppositioa In TN
Ninsteenth District. and may lose out
George w. Prince. in the Fiftseuth M
mole District. 70 another oid-timef Wh<
probably viii fan BY the wayside, and
James r. Mann. Republican leader. In thu
House. viii be lucky II he squeessa
through.
The Bun Moosers are running ven
complete ticket In Indiana. and there q
likelihood that the Republicans will los
the only district that they now have IN
that State. the Tenth. represented by the
veteran Edgar d. Crumpacker.
In Michigan also the Roosevelt follower
have named q full set Of Congressional
candidates. and are out after the scalpa
OF the Taft Republican,. The result prob
ably will be that the Democrats VIII add
several seats to the two which they nov
Nebraska now has three Republicans
and three Democrats in the House.
Reports received In Washington from
that State indicate that the entire dele
CATION is likely to be Democratic In Iowa
also the Democrats will probably make
gains. the Bull Moose having . fairly
complete ticket In the field in that State.
Mixed fa Kansas.
In Kansas the Congressional situation
Is more muddled than In some of the
other Republican States. The Progress
sives have no separate ticket in the field
IN Kansas. but four Of the Republican
candidates have openly declared for
Roosevelt, and three others. while non-
commfttal. are supposed to be quietly
working In the coloners interest. The
Kansas delegation in Congress. 1t IL said.
Is likely to be solidly Democratic. even
the insursent. Victor Murdock. telling
with the others.
In Minnesota only two third.ticket men
are in the field for Congress. and one Of
those IL In the Fourth District. which
has been represented for many years by
Frederick c. Stevens, who has been q
supporter of President Taft. The divid-
ing of the Republican vote in that dis
trict Is likely to give the Democrats Q
gain of one in Minnesota.
reports from other states including
New Jersey. Montana. Colorado, and
Missouri. indicate the likelihood Of Dem
ocratic Congressional gains
There Is a possibility that the Repub-
licans will be deprived this year of the
slight representation that they have had
in Congress from Southern States The
Bull Moosers are running candidates In
the two Republican districts In Ken
lucky, in the two mountain districts Of
Tennessee. which have sent Republi-
cans to Congress: In the Ninth District
of Virginia. which for years has sent
the only Republican Representative from
that State.
West Virginia seems to be an excep-
tion to the rule. There the Bull Moose
and regular Republicans have combined
on a Congress ticket and stand good
show Of increasing the Republican rep
resentation from that State. II having
been reduced TO q single Representative
in the 1910 election.
Word has reached Washington that
Serene E. Payne. Of Auburn. N. T., Is
having trouble this fall. Many Repub-
lican war-horses in the House have al
ready announced their retirement from
the field Of battle. Among these are
John Dalzell of Pennsylvania, who was
in the primaries by q Bull
Moose candidate: Butler Ames. Of Mas
Frank N. Nye. Of Mime
sota:- John Dwight, Of New YorR. and
n. K Olmsted. Of Pennsylvania