| Show THE NEXT CONGRESS the estimates previously put forth regarding the democratic majo majority lity in tha the next house of representatives were greatly short of the mark and the parag raphers are now trying to coin cola a word to express the situation elta alion bach such terms as landslide upheaval tidal wave etc being c deemed inadequate the majority as it now appears will be over all not far from members or counting the farmers alliance members with tho the democrats Damo crata about this ignot ia not only stupendous it ia Is wonderful the next point of interest is t the he senate the republicans will still hold it in the next congress but by a greatly reduced majority the democrats malce make gains in new now ian igan and wisconsin certainly and in illinois minnesota nebraska and kansas probably I 1 the he last three if it gained at all being through the assistance of tha the alliance and not therefore to be counted on as entirely commit bitted fed to the Damoc democrats rats every one of these displacing a republican would make the change in the latter bartys voting strength in the upper house fourteen or exactly what they have rained gained by the admission of the tile new now elates states and thai thus leave the chamber as it was before with a republican majority ol 01 one thia this to be accomplished complis hed all at once shows how active the american voters can be when once they take a notion that way |
