Evening star., 1896-11-06
Republicans May Have a Majority
With the Vice President.
DOUBT STILL As TO Two STATES
Closing Up Democratic and Popu-
list Headquarters.
CHANGES IN THE HOUSE

Very close figures are being made to de-
termine whether the republicans will have
majority in the United States Senate
and the probability is that, with the vote
of the Vice President. they will have a ma
jority in that body.
Doubt still exists as to Indiana and Ken
lucky, with the probabilities that a repub.
hcan will be returned from each of these
states to take the place Of democrat In
the Fffty-fourth Congress the republicans
have forty Senators, the democrats thirty
nine, and the populists ten, including in the
latter number Senators Dubois, Cannon.
Teller and Pettigrew, who have departed
from the republican party.
The republicans gained through the cleo
tions on Tuesday Senators from Illinois,
Wisconsin and New York The party had
already gained Senators in Ohio and Mary
land, which gains would increase the re-
publican side to forty-five, but there have
been losses in Utah and Washington, and
possibly in North Carolina, the latter state
having elected a fusion legislature, which
may possibly elect a republican. though the
probabilities are against such action. Leav-
ing North Carolina out of the calculation
the republicans loss of Utah and Washing
ton VIII give that party forty-three votes
in the Senate. This will require the cleo
ton of republican Senator from both
Kentucky and Indiana in order to give the
victorious party control OF the Senate
through the vote of the Vice President
Closing Up Headquarters.
The democratic and populist officials are
ciosing up headquarters today. They are
pushing matters to accommodate the les
sees or the property, who are going to open
and operate a hotel. Senator Faulkner
will leave the city today for his home and
will
retary Gardner is out looking for rooms
In which 10 keep up the offices of the con-
gre.sional committee and of the democratic
clubs. He will probably secure two
rccms. which will answer all purposes
until the congressional campaign two years
from now. The partitions in the present
headquarters are being torn down. and
wcrkmen are busy turning the rooms into
hahitable places. The same state of af-
fairs exists around the rooms of the pop
ulist and silver parties.
Before leaving for his home today Sena-
tor Faulkner said to a Star reporter that
the estimate he is now making up of the
next House shows that the republicans
will have between thirty and forty ma
Jority. He does not believe the republicans
will have as many members as the repub-
Hcan managers have claimed. The Sena-
tor said he had received telegram saying
that Freeman and Kelley, silver candi-
dates for Congress in South Dakota had
both been elected beyond doubt The Sen
ator said he had also received another tel
egram from Chairman Dan McConville of
Ohio. confirming the news of the election
of six democrats in that state-Brenner
Marshall, Meekison, Lentz, Norton and Nc
Dowell.
MIR. Faulkner on the Senate.
Talking about the composition of the
Senate after the 4th of March, Senator
Faulkner said Il Nave carefully gone over
the situation in the Senate, and l am GER
tain the silver men VIII control that body
The Senate will stand forty-sx silver men,
thirty-nine gold and five doubtful. OF
the five doubtful / think two will be for
silver l have not included in the number
of silver men three who will probably vote
for a straight silver bill. They would
not, however, vote for rider on a tariff
bill or anything of that kind
Senator Faulkner does not believe the
bfie'S biiI. VIII 'e "''e u pass d 'Af'''
Senator Butler and Secretary Edgerton
were busy closing up the affairs of the
populiSt national committee They are
paying off what they owe and are shaping
everything SO as TO have no membranes
The effects of the committee will be moved
to Senator Buffers committee room at the
Senate. Whatever political work is done
by the national committee from now on
will be from there. Secretary Edgcrton
will leave this afternoon for his home in
Nebraska. He will spend a week at his
old home in Ohio on his way out. Il want
to say that the newspapers and news
paper men have been fair and square with
the national committee" said Secretary Ed
gerton, but l want to emphasize that The
Star has been particularly fair. The silver
men cannot complain of either the paper
or it's representatives. l have never seen
a fairer opponent" Mr.. Edgerton is depu-
ty labor commissioner of Nebraska and
will resume his work in that line when he
reaches his home. His friends here tell
him they would like to see him sent to
Washington some day as representative
from his state.
Changes in the House.
Later dispatches to the republican con-
gressional committee necessitate several
additions to the list Of Representatives
elected as published by the committee, as
follows:
First Missouri, Richard P. Giles, dem. !;
second, Robert N. Bodine, DEM; seventh,
]. A. Cooney, dem.; eighth, Richard z.
Bland, DEM. ninth, Champ Clark, dem. /:
thirteenth Edward Robb, DEM; fourteenth,
w. D. Vandiver, dem.
Twenty-frst Nlinois-Jehu Baker, fusion.