Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-11-17
Both Parties Claim to Have a
Majority in That Branch
Of Congress.
The Senate Will be Controlled
by the Republicans.
Col. Roosevelt is Elected Cover
nor of New York State by
$1,000 Plurality Over
Van Wyck.
Republicans Win by Large Majorities
in Ohio. Pennsylvania, Michigan,
Illinois, Wisconsin and tEe
New England States.

Washington, Nov. 10. - Chairman
Babcock, of the republican congress
sional committee, bald last evening
that the house of representatives of
the Fifty-siXth congress would be re
publican without doubt. Throughout
the day and evening a corps of political
statisticianS was at work in the rcpub-
lican headquarters compiling and an
alvzing the returns. In a statement to
the press Chairman Babcock said:
There can be no longer any reason
able argument over the political com
pleXion of the next house. 1t will be
republican beyond the shadow of a
doubt. Our advices show the certain
election of 1S5 republicans, six more
than enough to give us control. These
are straight republicans and our ma
iority will be over the combined oppo-
sition. Our information induces us to
place nine districts in doubt. These
are the Seventh in California, the
Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Ne
braska, Seventeenth, Nineteenth and
Twenty-siXth Pennsylvania and
Twelfth Texas. We are reasonably
certain to get some of these. Without
them, however, we have a clear ajor-
ity and are resting perfectly easy.
The Sixth Iowa, which was in doubt
for time, has certainly elected Rep
resentative Lacey, a republican. In
Kentucky we have elected not only
Seitz in the Tenth district, but Pugh in
the Ninth. In Kansas we have solid
delegation.
''In Maryland we concede the defeat
of Jackson in the First district and
Mcintyre in the Fourth. Minnesota
returns a solid republican delegation,
Morris having defeated Towne in the
Sixth district. In Massachusetts we
concede the election of democrats in
the Third, Ninth and Tenth. Accord
ing to our advices the delegation from
New York will stand 15 republicans to
10 democrats. In North Carolina we
claim the election of White in the Sec
ond district and Linney in the Eighth,
but we may be counted out in both of
them. In Pennsylvania the delegation
stunds 30 republicans, democrats and
3 doubtful. Texas / republican, II
democrats and doubtful, and in West
Virginia we carried the First, Second
and Fourth districts, while the oppo-
sition carried the Third. From our
view point that is the situation as it
is tonight"
At the headquarters of the demo
cratic congressional committee conf
dence is expressed that the democrats
will control the next house. Secretary
Kerr will not concede many of the
claims made by Chairman BabcoclI and
says that in large number of districts
it will require the official count to de-
termine definitely the result.
1T seems certain" said Mr.. Kerr,
that we have elected 1S3 members of
the next house, the republicans 1863
and that II districts are in doubt. In
New York we will have p members:
in Pennsylvania nine and perhaps ten;
IN Kansas four at least, and perhaps
five; in Nebraska four; in North Caro-
lima nine, and in California two or
three. Information is slow in coming
il. because the count in so many Of the
districts is very close. Our figures are
based upon definite returns and | a4n
satisfied that they are entirely ac-
curate."
The election returns establish with
certainty that the United States SEN
ate will have republican majority
after March next.