The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-10
MIR. BABCOCK's STATEMENT.
Republican Chairman Claims 1s5
Votes Sure in the House.

Associated Press Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-Chairman Bab-
cock, of the Republican congressional COM
mittee, said this evening that the House of
Representatives of the Fifty-sixth Congress
would be Republican without doubt.
Throughout the day and evening corps of
political statisticians has been at work in
Republican headquarters compiling and
analyzing the returns.
In a statement to the Associated Press
this evening Chairman Babcock said:
There can be no longer any reasonable ar
gument over the political complexion of the
next House of Representatives. 1t will be
Republican beyond the shadow of doubt.
Our advices show the certain election of 1S5
Republicans, six more than enough to give
us control. These are straight Republicans
opposition. 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 Seven
teenth. Nineteenth and Twenty-sxth, in
Pennsylvania, and the Twelfth in Texas. We
are reasonably certain TO get some Of these.
Without them, however, we have clear
majority and are resting perfectly easy.
THE Sixth Iowa, which was in doubt for
a time. has certainly elected Representative
Lacey, Rep; in Kentucky we have elected
oplx ait in fha 1ie+ri hut
Pugh in the Ninth; in Kansas we have a
solid delegation, 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 defeat
of Jackson in the First district and McIn-
tyre in the Fourth; Minnesota returns a
solid Republican delegation; Judge Morris
defeats Charles Towne in the Sixth Mime
sofa district; in Massachusetts we concede
the election of Democrats in the Third,
Ninth and Tenth districts: according to our
advices the delegation from New York will
stand fifteen Republicans to nineteen DEM
ocrats; in North Carolina we claim the cleo
ton of White in the Second district and
Linney in the Eighth, but we may be
counted out in both of them; in Pennsyl-
vania the delegation stands twenty Repub-
lcans, seven Democrats and one doubt
ful-the Twelfth district; and in West Vir-
ginia we carried the First, Second and
Fourth districts, while the opposition car
ried 'the Third. From our view point that
is the situation as it is tonight. 1 fully be-
lieve that the returns we shall receive to-
morrow will increase the figures 1 have
made tonight
At the headquarters of the Democratic
congressional committee confidence is ex-
pressed that the Democrats will control the
next House of Representatives. Secretary
Kerr will not concede many of the claims
made by Chairman Babcock, of the Repub-
lican committee, and says that in a large
number of districts it will require the Off
cial count to determine definitely the result.
1T seems certain,'' said Secretary Kerr. to
a representative of the Associated Press,
that we have elected 1S3 members of the
next House, the Republicans 163 and that
eleven districts are in doubt In New York
we will have q members, in Pennsylvania
and perhaps 10; in Kansas at least and
perhaps 5; in Nebraska 4, in North Carolina
9, and in California 2 or g. Information is
slow coming in because the count in so
many of the districts is very close. Our fig
ures are based upon definite returns and 1
am satisfied that they are entirely ac-
curate."