The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-09
BRICE SPIKES HIS GUNS.
THE ELECTION OF HARRISON AND
MORTON CONCEDED.

Great Doubt as to the Complexion of
the Lower House of Congress-we est
Virginia Added to the Republican
Column-No Good News of Supreme
Importance.
New YORK, Nov. s, II A. M.-An extra
World says: Chairman Brice of the
democratic national executive committee
comedies the election of Gen. Harrison.
Capt Mcclellan, chairman of the campaign
committee, was the only member of the
national committee at the headquarters this
morning, and he made an authoritative an
nouncement of Chairman Brice's concession
of republican victory"
The World puts California and Indiana
in the republican column, and gives Harri-
son 233 votes in the electoral college
In regard to the congressional situation
all extra World says: us congress as well
as the presidency lost? AS beleted returns
from the congressional districts come in.
the complexion of the next House grows
more and more doubtful. This is the most
important and interesting Of the questions
of the campaign yet undecided. 1t is
O possibility that the republicans may
have control of the -Fifty-frst congress.
The democratic majority of eighteen
made by democrats in this city brings the
margin down to two votes. The republi-
cans are claiming that the full returns will
give them the House. This is
improbable. but a distinct possibility.
There have been some surprising
republican gains. Democratic st. Louis
has elected three republican congressman.
The republicans make apparently we'll
based claims to three gain in Michigan, but
4La Aa.1anorotQ haUn eyairad in rir,ia
New York's delegation is unchanged as to
parties. The fact of the situation is that
there are enough districts yet uncertain to
turn the House majority either way"
The various campaign headquarters have
closed up, with the exception of the repub-
hcan and democratic national executive
committees, and these will probably be
abandoned after to-day.
NO INTENTION TO DECEIVE.
The national democratic committee now
concede for the first time the election of
Harrison. They make this statements
"When the national democratic committee
claimed the state of New York Tuesday
evening by 10000 to 5000 majority. the
figures of the returns then received fully
justified the estimate. The reports from
New York city, and from large communities
in the interior of the state showed democratic
gains, and the first reports from Brooklyn
were to t9e effect that the majority there
was $4,000. The telegraph wires were very
crowded, and the Transmission of the COM
mittee's bulletins to the west was consider
ably delayed. There is evidently some mis-
apprehension in some parts of the
west as to the time at which
the dispatch was sent" The particular dis
patch referred to was one received in the
west from the democratic committee, claim
ing New York by 10000 to $4,000 majority.
When the dispatch arrived out there it was
wholly at variance with the returns from
this state. The democratic committee say
it was not intended to deceive any one, and
that at the hour it was written the bulle-
tins of some New York papers were giving
the state to Cleveland by $4,000 plurality