The Owosso times., 1920-12-10
INVADE SOLID SOUTH
is REPUBLICAN SLOGAN
With Thirty-One Congressman From
That Section, They Intend to
Seek More in 1922.


Seek More in 1922.
Washington, Dec. 8.-With but
16 Democrats in the House of Rep
resentatives outside Of the solid
South and with 81 Republicans from
that formerly rock-ribbed Demo-
cratic section, the Republican leaders
in Congress are in high hopes of per-
manently invading Dixieland.
The final and official list of men,
bers compiled by w. Tyler Page,
clerk of the House gives for the
9th Congress 3O2 Republicans, 1872
Democrats, and one Socialist a
majority of Republicans over Demo-
Gratis of ITO. The Republican total
is larger than ever held by any party
in the history of government, ex-
ceeding by 81 the Republican total
Immediately following the Roosevelt
landslide of 1904. The majority is
also greater than at any previous
time. After the Republicans and
Progressives split in 1912, the Demo
cratic majority over both was 145
and over the Republicans 163. When
the disastrous results of the second
Cleveland administration became
known, the Republicans in 1894
gained a majority of 140, and at
that time the total number of repre-
sentatives was only 357 as compared
with the present 345. Before that,
in 1890, the Democrats won ma
jority of 143 out of total of 333
representatives. <.s,,
The present Republican majority
of'22 in the Senate is not the largest
the party has had. In the Goth Con-
gress, the last Of the Roosevelt ad-
ministration, the Republicans had
81 more senators than the Demo-
Gratis. For decade they maintained
majority approximating 80, gaining
a preponderance in 1894 and holding
it until 1912. In 1892 the Democrats
gained a clear majority of two, and
then, with the exception of 1878, in
the last half of the Hayes admins
tration, the Republicans controlled
the Senate continually after 1860. In
the 41st Congress, in reconstruction
days, the latter had 81 seats to IL for
the Democrats, a majority of 81.
Should their number be augmented
by 10 in 1922, as is expected, their
majority would be AZ over the Demo-
Gratis.
Republican leaders in the recent
Presidential campaign profess to see
such an awakening" in the Southern
States and such interest in the Re-
publican party, it's principles and
policies that one said recently: "The
solid South will never be solid
again."
1t was less that Tennessee gave its
electoral vote to the Republican
candidate and the dwindling of DEM
ocratic pluralities in other Southern
States than the contributions to the
Republican campaign from Southern
States that prompted the remark.
From a Republican point of view
the Southern field has been regarded
as so improbable that until this year
the party never in Presidential year
has carried its fight south of the Ma
son and Dixon line, nor has any at
tempt been made to raise campaign
fund in any Southern State. What
ever money was needed in the South
to go through the contest necessary
to retain the party column on the
ballot has been supplied by the Ma
.tional Committee.
In regard to the collection Of cam
paign contributions, this year was no
exception. All contributions from
the South came as unsolicited volun-
,tary offerings. Under the circum-
stances, the Republican leaders have
been pleasantly surprised to find
from the complete figures now at
hand that Southern States which in
other Presidential campaigns contrib
uted nothing have this year in more
than one instance exceeded the ag-
sgregate raised in several Northern
States, some of them Republican.
Mississippi is the only one absent
from the list Of States that did thei,
share in providing the sinews Of wal
for the fight to elect Harding. The
contributions made from othe,
Southern and border States show the
following aggregates:
Alabama 5,264
= Arkansas -------------- Zf,oVe
Florlda --------------- o,oa
Georgia ---- 7,12C
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