The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-10
CONGRESS SCOOPED.
THE LOVER HOUSE CERTAIN AND
THE SENATE PROBABLE.


Democratic Majority OF 80 over
the Republic ans and Third Partyites
Comoined-Ths Senate WIN Be Close
on Either Side-Foster Says the
Odious Mckinley Bill Did It.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9-The compilation
OF the election returns for congressman nads
up from last nights Associated Press reports
and from later kilograms received up to
noon to-day gives tho democrats majority
over the republicans ia the next House of
n, and over both the republicans aud third
partyites of 90. OF course the returns are
very incomplete and changes will have to
be made in the figures on each side, as later
reports will probably show the defeat of q
number Of congressman now said to be
elected and vice versa. The figures, how
ever. clearly show that the next House of
Representatives will be democratic by q
good working majority, which will doubt
| less finally be found TO be some where from
20 TO so. According TO the present compila-
ton there will be 201 democrats.
l3O republicans and third party
| ties In the next House, with
ii additions yet to be made TO complete the
quota of 356 members. There were in the
| last House 235 democrats, Sc republicans
| and 8 independents, or 332 members in all.
| The result is a relative gain for the repub-
licans compared with the tremendous land
| slide OF two years ago, so that the repub-
| licans will need more than two aisles in the
national legislative chamber for their meme
/ bers, but though the democrats have lost q
number of members, as compared with the
| present House, their majority is certainly
| large enough for all practical purposes.
| The strength OF the independents will be
tu ha inf
in this, but they will miss the presence OF
their two most aggressive representatives
Tom Watson of Georgia and Jerry Simp-
son of Kansas, who were both showed un-
der. Honest John Davis" OF Kansas
will be the leading third party man in the
next House.
THE SENATE.
It is too early TO make any calculations as
to the Senate, but republican control will
be by very slender thread, IL, indeed, ID
be not snapped in twain by a combination
OF the democrats and third party men. No
| calculations have been made as yes by
either the republican or democratic con-
| gressional campaign committees with refers
once to the result OF the election or the
strength of each party in the next House of
Representatives aud In the Senate No re-
turns had been received by either commit-
tee from the congressional districts up to
!; 80 O'Clock this afternoon The democratic
ceived no news from the congressional dis
tricts except that contained in the regular
press dispatches. Inquiries we're sent to the
democratic candidates for congress andit was
hoped that responses would be received
during the afternoon. The statement was
| made, however, that the committee enter-
| tanned no doubt whatever that the demo-
Gratis would be found to have a good work.
| ing majority in the Fifty-third congress
in both branches.
No one except messenger was around
! the headquarters Of the republican con-
| gressional campaign committee and no re~
| ports had been received except those con-
tanned in the press dispatches. Secretary
MCPHERSON and Capt. Mckee remained up
till O'Clock this morning reading the press
dispatches and then left the place for their
homes convinced that the next House OF
Representatives would be democratic by
good majority.
No reports OF the status of the legisIa-
lures In tho doubtful states were received,
and it will probably be several days
before these returns will be cuff
ficientlY full and authentic to enable
the republican managers to make any state
ment as to the composition of the Senate
after March, 1893.
ATTRIBUTED TO TIE TARIFF.
Secretary of State Foster attributes the
republican defeat Co the tariff issue. The
the country on the Mckinley bill, aud the
verdict must be accepted as the will of the
people that different policy shall be-
adopted. Other questions entered some-
| what into the contest, but not to such an
extent as 10 materially affect the result, nor
would it have been different IL any other
| candidates had been selected or other
leaders managed the campaign. No ad.
| ministration ever went before the country
| with a cleaner record. It is the policy. nos Z
| the personnel of the administration, that
has been condemned. In this view of the
matter the secretary was gratifed that Mr..
Cleveland was likely to be sustained by a
party majority In both branches Of. oons
gresI, 80 that the new policy may nave a
full and fair trial.
THE MAJORITY INCREASING.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 1880 p, M.-Be.
cause Of lack of returns from all the con.
gressional distriots it is as yet impossible to
make a complete list of the membership in
the next House of Representatives. From
the information at hand at IL o'clock to-
night there is little doubt that the demo-
Gratis will have a majority of at least SO
over the republicans, with probability OF
increasing that figure when the full count is
known. At this hour there are % districts
from which no sufficient returns have been
made to justify the placing of the candi-
dates. These are as follows: Alabama, 8
districts; California, districts; Illinois, 8;
Iowa, l; Kentucky / +; Louisiana, l Massa-
ohusetts, 7; Missouri, 1 Nebraska, Q; New
York, Q; Ohio. l Pennsylvania, d; West
Virginia, 4; and Wisconsin, /.