The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-17
CAPTURE OF THE HOUSE.
NO TELLING YET WHICH PARTY
WILL HAVE CONTROL.

Ihis calculation is based upon tie assump-
ton that Wilson, dem, is elected il West
Virginia. AS doubtful Gen. Ciarks esti-
mates are: The First district of California,
Tenth of Kentucky, Second of North Care
lima, and First, Third and Folrth of West
Virginia.
OFFICIAL COUNTS NECESSARY.
These districts he sets down as doubtful,
because they are claimed by both parties
on small ma jorities SO small that the Off
cal count must be awaited To determine the
result In the case Of Bacon, DEM, cf New
IorE, who is reported defeated by eighty
majority, Gen. Clark expects that Il contest
Will enSun. OF one thing he is confident,
and that IS that the majority in the next
House will nor be over five either way.
FUNCTIONS OF THE CLERK
Relative to the functions of the clerk IL
the organization of the new House and the
power he Is supposed to be able t. exercise
IN seating or unseatiuG members, Gen.
Clark saws that his duties are fixed by
statute and are purely ministerial. II IA
member-elect presents proper certificate
OF election his name viii he placed on the
oil, and not otherwise. There cannot be
duplicate certitc ties. because there arc III
present no dual state governments. as there
have been in times pa,t in the south.
BUT ONE CERTIFICATE RECEIVED.
Gen. Clark said that from official records
before him, it appeared that tho republi-
cans had elected majority of one in the
next House, and this was because up to the
present time but one certificate had been
presented TO him, namely, that of Mr.. Her
man Of Oregon. The certificates are usually
long time coming in, AS they are not is
sued till some time after the official returns
are made public. In the case of Missouri,
this does not take place until January and
i'll many other states the date is equally re-
mote from election day.
INTERESTING POSSIBILITIES.
Returns of claims of both parties to very
narrow majorities of 3 to 5 or 6 suggests in
teres,ing possibilities when it is remem-
bered that no less than six persons who
were elected to the Forty-ninth congress
died either before they had been sworn in,
or after they had taken their seats, aud
that there is strong probability that there
will be some deaths among 325 men of ma
ture years during the long period-thrteen
months-interveningb between election day
and the assembling of the next congress.
QUAY's CLAIM.
Senator Quay, chairman of the republi-
can national committee, said to an Asso-
ciated Press repO ter this afternoon
that the republicans would certainly have
control of the next House by majority of
five, and that their majority might be nine.
There were several doubtful districts, tie
result in which, he said, would determine
whether their majority would be higher or
lower than the figure given. Senator Quay
declined, for the present. to give any par
ticulars upon which his figures ara based, or
to state what districts were still regarded as
doubtful.
VIRTUALLY CONCEDED.
SpecidI to the Mornfng Neps
The democratic leaders here now prac-
tically concede the fact that the next House
will be republican by a very small ma
jority. They think it was secured like the
success of the republican national ticket by
Quays peculiar methods, but they admit
that on the face of the returns the repub-
licans will be able to organize the House.
They do not believe, however, that the
republican majority will be so large as to
enable the republicans to do much mischief
The democrats think they will be strong
enough to stop any absolutely bad legisa-
tion, and, for the rest, think it perhaps just
as well that the republicans should havo
full responsibility with the accompanying
power. The republican members Of the
next House, who have been in town since
the election, all seem to agree that Mr. Nc
Knley is most likely to be the next
speaker of the House. Mr.. Reed is
a New England man, and besides is
needed on the floor. Mr.. Mckinley is the
foremost westerner, and is not needed on
the floor. He will not be restrained from
taking the place by any foolish superstition
about its affecting his presidential
chances. He realizes that 1892 is four
years off.
MARYLAND's FIFTH DISTRICT.
BALTIMORE. Nov. 16-Oncial returns
from every precinct in the Fifth congress
sional district, with the exception Of those
from the Fifth and Ninth districts OF
Charles county, have been filed with the
secretary Of state at Annapolis. They give
Compton plurality. The missing returns
are expected to add l53 to Mudd's, rep,
vote, which will reduce Compton's plural
ity TO 2S. The republicans claim that errors
in Calvert will wipe out this plurality en-
tirely. At any rate, the alleged iutimda-
ton Of colored voters in Anne Arundel
county will be made the basis OF contes
in the next House.
INDIANA's CoNGREssMEN.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov 1G.-The footings Of
the official returns Of the congressional
vote of Indiana were completed at late
hour tonight The delegation stands ten
democrats and three republicans, a demo-
cratic gain of four congressman in the First,
Eighth, Eleventh and Twelfth districts.
The following are the official pluralities:
rep, plurality 90 Second district, ONeD, !
dem, over Braxton, rep, 1,So4; Third dis |
trict, Brown, dem, over Sayles, rep, 3,0H !
Fourth district, Holman, dem, over Will |
son, rep, 738; Fifth district, Cooper, dem, |
over Duncan, rep, 104; Sixth district,
Brown, rep, over Morris DEM, G,372; |
Seventh district, Bynum. dem, over Chand- |
Ter, rep, 1,727; Eighth district, Brookshire,
dem, over johnson, rep, 90; Ninth district. |
Cheadle, rep, over McCabe, dem. 4,45O;
Tenth district, Owen, rep, over thinner |
man, dem, 1, 1855; Eleventh district, Martin,
dem, over Steele, rep. 475; Twelfth dis
trict, Mcclellan, dem, over White, rep, |
LII; Thirteenth district, Shively, dem.,
over Haynes, rep, 355.
The total congressional vote Of Indiana |
is 532, ,997, divided as follows: Republican |
261, 1885, democratic 259,9S5, prohibition |
9,252, labor 1904; republican congressional
plurality I'M. The prohibitioDists had no
candidates in the Fourth district, and the
Labor party had none in the Seventh and
Thirteenth, so that the above figures do not
give the full voting strength OF these par
ties. as will be shown by the electoral vote.
DEFEAT CONCEDED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16.-L. I. Thomp-
son, DEM, in his paper the Sonomd Demo
crdt, editorially comedies his defeat for re-
election in the First congressional district,
in this state. His successor, DeHaven, Is a