The Alaska daily empire., 1914-11-09
INDICATIONS POINT TO WILSON SUCCESS

VIE are to judge the election of fast week points
 Democratic victory the ast 50 years only
 history the country the party power retained majority of the Representatives at the off year the succeeding Presidential election and that time parry retained control divided upon question paramount of the campaign that it could deliver majority for the administration policy
 In 1S5S the dtern election year of the Buchanan admin
 raton Democrats control Che House of Represen atves and lost the succeeding Presidential election In 874 n the middle the second Grant administration the Republicans lost control of the House and the Democrats won the next Pre denta election though Tden who received the majority of the lost the Presidency The Democrats again carried the House of Representatives 1882 and the Presidency in 1884 The Congressional election of 1886 broke the only dent in the long line The Democrats retained majority the but lost the subsequent Presidential election How ever failure rule complete because among the Democratic majority were sufficient number of Randall high tariff Democrats to prevent the of the Adnstra tions Mills tariff bill And in spite of this Cleveland only defeated 1888 by the treachey of Tammany The Demo crts carried New York reeectng Gov David B. H and rng into office the of the ticket but Cleveland lost the State the Presidency Again 1890 midway the liar administration the Democrats carried the House and and elected the President aterward The Republicans carried the elections the mderm election during the election. The next change in the House of Rep the foown election. The change the House of Rep resenatves the Republicans again gave way the Democrats and two years later they lost the executive branch of the government Last weeks contest the mid election Wilson's administration ard the administration party again carried Congress-
 Further confirming these precedents only the last 50 has party lost control of the House during the mid election where the Presidency not lost at the following election In 187S the middle of the Hayes administration the Democrats carried the election but failed to elect the Pes dent in 1SSO
 The Democrats, admittedly will profit two years hence because they will exceptionally popular Presidential didae That President Woodrow Wilson will be candidate for reelection conceded and that he stronger than his party admitted Newspaper correspondents at Washing the day before the election quoted the Republicans admitting that he possessed great popularity For instance the following by " " Jerane the Washington correspondent of the Republican Seattle Times speaking of the prospects of the election scheduled for the following day:
 The Republicans would feel that they had bet
 ter outlook for carrying the House if it not for
 the popularity of President Wilson in all parts of the 2
 country. The mvarying report from all quarters is
 that he stronger than his party That is why
 Democratic candidates for office asking him to write
 letters ther behalf. That is why the members of
 the Cabinet in their canpagn speeches, making the
 President Che text of all that they say, urging the
 voters to sustain him by eectng Democratic Con
 gress.