Show 1 TH NEXT HOUSE I Estimates as to the Complexion of the Next Congress WASHINGTON D C Nor STere is bat one point on which both the great political po-litical parties agree and that is that the Democratic majority in the present House of Representatives will bo largely reduced I Kansas and Nebraska tho situation ia involved more than elsewhere Democrats have made a strong fight for independent existence realizing that if continued it would bo nothing more than a fight for principle They have abandoned the contest con-test in those states and cone over to the Third party In Nevada the new party will elect its electors and send throe sliver exponent to the House The Fusionists have made the Democrats uneasy in at lEast two districts in Alabama In Michigan th Republicans admit the probsoility of the election of three out of twelve representatives while in Louisiana and Msrylaad no change ia expected One feature of tho contest in Massachusetts is the lively canvass of G F Williams and Draper in the eleventh district In Minnesota the Third te party expects ex-pects to carry three districts Missouri gained two memoers under the reapportioninent act nd will nave ten in tie next house the chances are that two Republicans Re-publicans will be among them An interesting inter-esting light i on in the First New Hampshire Hamp-shire district between Blair Republican and Stone Democrat The Third party cuts no ligure Owing to the death of McDonald Democratic nominee in the Seventh New Jersey district there is a strong probability of tho gain of a Republican Repub-lican Congressmen in that state it is not probable that the delegation from Now York will show any material change In North Carolina the Third party has a candidate in every district and i is possible possi-ble for them to caary throa or four distrIcts dis-tricts Ohio has six Republicans to fifteen Democrats but as the state has been redistricted re-districted may stand fve Republicans to sixteen Damocrats Pennsylvania has Ddmocrat Pelnylv D a spirited struggle in the Sixth and Eleventh districts and m the Twentyfourth Homestead Home-stead district an indepeadeat candidate was put up which jeapordizea Republican chances Rhode Island is very doubtful In Connecticut Con-necticut the Republicans have one of the four members of the house and expect another In Goorgin interest centers in the light botwean the straizht Democratic ticket and J D Black and Tom Watson Tho cbancsa are scid to favor Black In Illinois the close districts are the Third Eighth Ninth and Fifteenth I blx of the eleven Iowa districts ore now Republican and tho party are hopeful of four more in the next house In Indiana the Republicans who have four of the thirteen moinbors hope to get one more la tho Seventh district In Kansas the Alliance 4 Alli-ance have live of tho seven members but there has been Q reaction in politics which j may reduce the number One Republican J representative in Kentucky Wilson of the I Eleventh hold his own district will have a hard timo to In South Carolina the Democrats have a I clean sweep In South Dakota the Democrats Demo-crats and Third party have fused malting 1 tha result doubtful Tennessee Republicans Repub-licans have chances in the Chattanooga district and tha Ninth district In Texas and Virginia the Democrats probably have it all their own way In Wisconsin tha Third party hopes to carry three districts dis-tricts |