Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-10
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
SPEcuLATlNG OVER RESULTS
IN 1916.
MUCH DEPENDS ON ACTION
OF CONGRESS IN MEANTIME
Democratic House to Be Controlled by
Tammany Men During Short Session
and Much Legislation Will Be
damned Into Legislative Hopper
Tariff Commission Prospects Brighter.
Especial Correspondence

Washington, NOV. IV.--Aoodl Iepup
lican and democratic headquarters the
political leaders have about given UP
their pads and pencils and quit iig-
uring on the new line-up in the house
ard senate. The results are still in
doubt in a small number of cases but
tor all practical purposes he tabuIa-
lions are known.
The political leaders are now en-
gaged in studying out just what hap
pened and how il happened and what
il purtends for 1916. Furthermore. the
situations in the house and senate with
reference 10 legislation, leadership ana
the like are being discussed.
The house according TO the latest
figures stands as follows:
Democrats $50, republicans 1875, pro-
gressives :. socialist !, independent, l.
The official counts may change the
outcome slightly On the basis OF these
figures the democrats will have twelve
more than enough 70 control the house.
Their plurality over the combined OPP
position is twenty-siX. The republican
congressional committee expects the
democratic plurality to simmer down
q little lower than these figures.
With the senatorial results in Col-
orado. Nevada and Wisconsin still in
doubt the senate figures s,cnd;
Democrats, So, republicans, IS, pro-
gressives. 9, doubtful 8.
Thus 1t appears that II he demo-
Gratis gain the three doubtful states.
they will have ffty-six or three more
than their present senate membership.
II Will take the official counts in Ne
vada and Wisconsin 10 decide. Both
Senator Thomas ard his opponents are
still shouting victory in Colorado. The
progressives in the senate are Senator'S
Poindexter and Clapp, IN some OF the
calculations. Senator Clapp is listed as
republican tho it is we'll known he has
been speaking and working for many
months for the bull moose.
insurgency Menaoes Democrats.
The important fact which stands out
with respect to the house is that as 1t
congress the insurgency OF about a
dozen democrats can knock into a
cooked hat all the plans of the demo-
cratic leaders. That there will be in
surgency nobody questions. Already.
pl ~ dlS lll lue OH. IciIlo-
cratic members in a number of cases
say they are long since weary of TAX
ing orders from the administration and
especially are they tired Of having
cabinet members WELD q club over
them and tell them what they must do
and must not do.
The new congress will not meet I'M
I'll year from this December. unless
an extra session is called by the presi
dent next spring. The present inten-
ton of the White House IS not TO cali
an extra session in the spring. Never
theless. this can not be considered a
certainty SO far in advance The COM
ing short session is expected to do
little but enact the appropriation bills
A big program will demand attention
next spring. Besides, no one can fore
see what the clouded international sky
may cause TO issue forth.
One of the results OF the election on
The forthcoming short session will I'M
doubtedly be to cause the administra-
! ton TO try to drive thru as long a
program as possible ahead Of the new
congress. On the other hand. another
result will be to make the republican
and democritac Insurgents more ,e-
naclOGS thar before.
Tariff Commission Move Aided.
High tariff republicans are already
making the most OF the outcome by
( crying that the tariff was responsible
for the near defeat of the democrats
But low tariff republicans are saying
that 1t must not be assumed from tbs
result that the country wants the ole
/ era of exorbitant tariffs restored Signs
are distinct that the movement for q
tariff commission among the republi-
cans will be strengthened.
Though shouting victory. democrati
leaders are shocked. Things have no
turned out as they expected The.
expected to have their majority in tn
house shrink but not shrink as largel
as it has. They expected no such re
publican tidal wave as rolled over then
in New York. in parts OF New England
! in New Jersey. in Ohio, or in Penn
sylvania. They expected to pull Roge
G. Sullivan thru in Illinois In fac,
/ 1t is recalled now that few days be
/ fore the election men closest to the ad
| nlinistration enthusiastically predicte
that the voting Of Tuesday would resul
in democratic sweep of the country.
i, Under the circunns tances. the repub
lican shouts of victory have the ring o
much deeper sincerity than the demo
Gratis. The collapse of the bull moos
! vote together with the fact that Their
+. seems no immediate prospect Of tina
! vote being rehablitated is giving TN
democrats much concern.
1 The republican leaders point to tn
fact that if they go into the 1916 cam
paign with the electoral votes of Ne,
Jersey. Pennsylvania. Ohio and Illinoi
fairly we'll assured them in advanc
as they have the right to assume o
the basis of the returns from the cleo
tons just held they will be in goo
shape to win.
! Republicans Must 30 Careful.
4 On the other hand. less sanguine re
7 publican leaders point out that unles
!, the party pursues a wise and progress
| sive policy in congress the next tw
t years it Will easily be possible to thro
: away everything that this year he
been gained.
: Any successful attempt to put II
republican party In congress back III
., der the dominion OF hard -and-fast re
/. dictionaries, like Uncle Joe" Canno
, Penrose. and the like unquestionab
l will prove ruinous to the hopes Of II
i party in 1916. 1t will be possible Z,
!, the party to make progress only by II.
tening to the counsels Of men in Il