Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-11-10

OF the republican congressional committee
said this evening that the House of the
Fifty-Sixth Congress would be republican
without doubt
Throughout the day and evening a corps
of political statisticians has been at work
IN republican headquarters compiling and
analyiZing the returns.
In statement to the Associated Press
this evening Chairman Babcock said:
There can be no longer any reasonable
argument over the political complexion of
the next House of Representative 1t will
be republican beyond the shadow of IL
doubt. Our adviccs show the certain cleo
tion of lS5 republicans, six more than
enough to give us control. These are
straight republicans and our majority
will be over the combined opposition our
information induces us to place nine dis
tricts IN doubt. These are the seventh in
California, the third, fourth, NTH and
sixth in Nebraska, the seventeenth, nine
teenth and twenty-sixth in Pennsylvania
and the twelfth in Texas. we are reason
ably certain to get some CT these With
out them, however, We have a clear ma
jority and are resting perfectly easy.
The sixth Iowa which was in doubt for
u time, has certainly elected Representa-
itivc Lacy, republican. In Kentucky we
have elected not cniy Seitz in the eighth
district but Pugh in the ninth. In Kan
sas we have a solid delegation, although it
was not until this evening that we put
Kirkpatrick of the third district In the cor
tain republican column i'm Maryland we
conccdc the defeat of Jackson in the first
district and Mcintyre I'm the fourth Min
resota returns IL solid republican delega-
ticn.
Judge Morris having defeated Chas.
Towne In the sixth district. In Massa-
,chusetts we concede the election Of demo-
Gratis in the third and ninth and tenth
Il isl fg 10. nj va,
delegation from New York will stand If
teen republicans to nineteen democrats
in North Carolina. we claim the election
Iof White in the second district and Linz
lLey in the eighth but we may be counted
cut in both Of them in Pennsylvania the
delegation stands twenty republicans,
seven democrats and three doubtful; Tex
as, one republican. seven democratcs and
one doubtful-thc twelfth district and in
West Virginia we carried the first, second
ard fourth districts, while the opposite n
carried tho third.
"erum our view point that is the stu-
alton as it is tonight. | fully believe
that the returns We shall receive tu-mor-
row will increase the figures have made
tonight"
. AT the headquarters of the democratic
congressional committee confidence Is cN-
pressed that the democrats will control
the next House of Representatives. Sec
. rttaTN htTT Will not tOnCeuC many CT tNe
claims made by Chairman BabcoclS of the
republican committee and says that in a
large number of districts il will require
the official count to determine definitely
the result.
1T seems certain" said Secretary Kerr
/ in the report Of the Associated Press,
| that We have elected 1S3 members cf the
next House, the republicans l6S, and that
eleven districts are in doubt. In New
York we will have twenty one MEM
bcrs: in Pennsylvania nine and perhaps
I ten. In Kansas four at least and perhaps
five; in Nebraska four; in North Carolina
nine, and in California two or three In
! formation is slow in coming in because
the count IN so many districts is very
close. Our figures are based upon definite
returns and | am satisfied that they are
entirely accurate"
STILL BETTER.
| Chicago, Nov. 9.-Reports to the Asso-
ciated Press from additional Congression-
| al districts-34l out of 357-show that the
| cpublicans have elected lS2 and the
dc mocrats and fusionists 159. There are
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