The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-09
The Press and Prominent
Politicians.
THE HIDE GONE WITH THE OK.
The Presidential Election Settled,
Figuring IL Going on for the
Next Congress.
Summing Up

Times Gree Trade) says: Harrison
and Morton have been elected President
and VIce-President of the United
States. TEE majority for the Republi-
can candidates in the electoral collegr
will be one vote less than that cast IN
1884 for Cleveland and Hendricks
Harrison has carried New York.
Indiana, California, Michigan and
Colorado, all of which have been re-
garded as debatable States. The ma
| jority in this State for Harrison will
not be far from II 600. In Indiana, it
will be very small, but in Minnesota,
Iowa and Michigan where the in
terest manifested in the tariff ques-
ton was relied upon to effect
considerable change in the vote, Re-
publicans developed their full strength,
and obtained plural ties for the ma
tional ticket much larger than those
gives q small majority for Cleveland
and shows marked Democratic gains
in manufacturing towns, where the
stantly and thoroughly discussed dur
ing the long campaign. New jersey, a
State greatly interested in manufactur-
| ing, has not only more than doubted
its Democratic majority of "a but
chooses a Legislature that will return
a Democratic United States Senator to
succeed Mcpherson. The Congress
sional elections were hotly contested
and the outcome of the battles
in many districts is surprising
By the latest reports, it ap-
pears that the Fifty-First Con-
gress will be controlled by the DEM
ocrats by an extremely small majority,
which may be wiped 1t altogether by
corrected returns from Virginia, Ar
kansas, North Carolina and Michigan,
III all Of which States there are dis
puted results.
A World extra says: Chairman Brice,
of the Democratic National Executive
Committee, comedies the election of
General Harrison. Captain Mcclellan,
chairman of the campaign committee.
is the only member of the National
Committee at headquarters this morn
ing. He made an authoritative an
nouncement of Chairman Brice's
concession of q Republican victory.
The World puts California and Indiana
in the Republican column, and gives
Harrison 233 votes in the electoral
college. In regard to the congressional
situation the extra World says: "Is
Congress as well as the Presidency
lost? AS belated returns from con-
gressionsl districts come in, the COM
pletion of the next House grows more
and more doubtful. This is the most
important and interesting of the CUES.
tions of the campaign yet undecided. 1t
is the possibility that Republicans may
have control of the Fifty first Congress.
The Democratic majority of 1884 is
dwindling away. Several estima tes made
by Democrats N this city bring tt mar
gin down to two volts. Republicans
are claiming that full returns will give
them the House. This is an improb-
able, but distinct possibility. There
have been some surprising Republican
gains. Democratic st. Louis elected
three Republican Congressman. Re
publicans make apparently well Ia ed
claims to three gairs in Michigan, but
Democrats have gained in Virginia.
New York's delegation Is unchanged as
there are enough districts yet uncertain
to turn the House majority either way.
An extra edition of the TeLegrdm lust |
out, says: 1.-THE air has now cleared 80 |
c completely that the Presidential vote
can be fairly seen. Harrison, as our
friend Sam Cox would say, is thor
ougly elected in every respect So
sweeping indeed has been the victory
hat his majority in the electoral col
eye will be at least g. He has carried
lot only New York, but Indiana, Wis.
'onsin and California by safe maiorlties
according to the latest returns" In
'ther words, he is elected President
Without the vote of New York. This
cities the case beyond all disability of
lspute. 1t shows the size of the Dem.
cratic defeat, The White House being
disposed of the only other points of in
crest are the TWO branches of Congress.
I, as is now claimed, the Delaware
is Republican on Joint ballot
be Repu bllcan Party will have a work
1g majority of one in the Senate with
ut the vote Of Vice-President Morton.
West Virginia has gone Democratic,
matters are only the reverse. of course.
nd this is not improbable. The House
t Representatives is remarkably close. =
The Herald, Sun and World agree that c
DC majority Is very uncertain either Y
Tay. The Herald figures out majority 7
'r the Democrats of 1853 to 161 (on very ]
lcomplete returns). The Star saws re-
orts from 3l3 out of 325 Congressional :
istricts, give 165 Democrats and las
republicans, leaving twelve districts in
oubt with good chance of continued
emocratic control of the House of
representatives.. The Times figures a
emocratic majority OF three, while the
Times (Indianapoiis) ex-
lily Ieyerses these estimates: d
wing three TO the Republican
arty. Mcpherson, long the Re
lblican clerk of the House of q
representatives. estimates the Repub-
IAN majority atseventeen, and the Tr5b s.
'e accepts these figures. The Press
aches the same result, no doubt S
optlng McPherson's figures. The
losses exceed the RepubIi- S
z ones apparently and the Democrats
We only !eeway on fifteen seats in S
e present House. While it may take
official count to settle the question.
looks as if the Fifty-frst Congress 10
,utd be Republican in both branches; =
he hide has gone with the OK" /
The Eue,aing Sun saws: The latest =
fal,o !