The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-11-10
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WASHINGTON. Nov. s.--chairman
Babcock, of the Republican, congression-
al committee. said this evening that the
house of Representatives of the Fifty
sixth Congress would be Republican
without doubt.
Throughout the day and evening a
corps Of political stahsticians has been
at work in Republican headquarters
compiling and analyzlng the returns.
In u 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 representatives, It
will be Republican beyond the shadow of
doubt. Our advIces show the certain
election OF 1856 Republicans, six more
than enough to give US control. These
are straight Republicans, and our ma
tority will be over the combined oppost-
ton. Our information induces US to
place nine districts In doubt. These are
the Seventh in California: the Third,
Fourth, Fifth and Sixth in Nebraska;
the Seventeenth, Nineteenth and Twen-
ty-slxth in Pennsylvania; and the
Fourth in Texas. We are reaSOBably
certain to get some of these. Without
them, however, we have a clear majorl-
~ and are resting perfectly easy.
1.-THE Sixth Iowa, which was In doubt
for time, has certainly elected Repre-
sentative Lacey, Republican. In Ken
-. - EnaNs tV,
the Tenth district, but Pugh in che
Ninth; in KANSAS we have q solid dele
CATION, although It was not until this
evening that we put Kirkpatrick, of the
Third district in the certain Republican
column; in Maryland we concede the de-
feat Of jackson in the F'lrsS district,
and Mcintyre in the Fourth; Minnesota
returns a solid Republican, delegation,
Judge Norris having defeated Charles
Towne in the Sixth district; in Massa-
chusetts we concede she election Of
Democrats In the Third, Ninth and
Tenth districts; according to our ad-
vices the delegation from New York will
stand fifteen Republicans to nineteen
Democrats; In North Carolina we claim
the election of White in the Second dis
trict, and Linney in the Eighth, but we
may be counted out in both OF f.Them; in
Pennsylvania the delegation stands
twenty Republicans, seven Democrats
and three doubtful; Texas one Republi-
can, eleven Democrats and one doubtful
the Twelfth district; and In West Vir-
ginia. we carried the First, Second and
Fourth, while the opposition carried the
Third.
From our view point that is the SIT
uation as It 10 tonight. fully believe
that the returns we shall receive to-
morrow Will increase the figures have
made tonight"
At the headquarters OF the Democratic
congressional committee confidence Is
expressed that the Democrats will con-
troll the next house OF Representatives.
Secretary Kerr will not ctmcede many Of
the claims made by Chairman Babcock,
Of the Republican committee, and says
that In a large number OF districts 1t will
require the official count to determine
definitely the result.
"It seems certain" slid Secretary
Kerr to a representative Of the AsSocia-
ted Press, ''that we have elected 1888
members of the next house. the Repub-
licans 1863 and that eleven districts are
in doubt. In New York We will have
twenty-one members; In Pennsylvania
nine and perhaps ten; In Kansas four at
least and perhaps five; in Nebraska
four; in North Carolina nine and in
California two OF three. Information Is
slow in coming in, because the count In
SO many OF the districts is very close.
Our figures are based upon definite re-
turns and 1 am satisfied that they are
entirely accurate"