The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-12
LATE COUNT SHOWS GAINS
OPPOSITION IN MINORITY BY
THIRTEEN VOTES.
Belief That It Will Be Necessary to
Hold an Extraordinary Session
of Congress Next
Spring.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, Nov. live have
received confirmatory information from
every district in the United States"
said Chairman Babcock of the Repub-
lican Congressional Committee to-day.
This shows that the Republicans will
certainly have thirteen majority and
perhaps more than that over the COM
bined opposition in the next House.
Any changes which subsequent re-
turns may make will be in the direc-
ton of increasing our majority. The
straight out Republican strength
shown Will be 1885,"
Representative Cochran was at Re
publican headquarters to-day. On the
face of the returns so far received he
has been defeated for reelection by
fourteen votes, but Mr.. Cochran claims
that the votes of the soldiers of his dis
trict, now at Camp Meade, will give
him a majority and show that he is
elected. The Republicans are counting
this as a strong probability, in which
case they would have fifteen majority
in the House.
Word has been received at headquar
tiers that in the Second California and
the Twelfth Texas districts, which were
considered doubtful, the Democratic
nominees have been elected. Chairman
Babcock has received information in
dicating that the Republican nominees
in the Tenth Kentucky, Ninth Carolina
and Ninth Virginia will contest the
election of their Democratic opponents
and that George H. Higgins, the Re
publican nominee in the Twenty sixth
Pennsylvania, will demand recount of
the official vote, which gave the
election to A. Castor, Democratic can
didate.
1t is not regarded as possible for all
questions that are croWding for set
tement to be disposed of during the
short session of Congress, and 1t is al
most a certainty that the Fifty sixth
Congress will be called into extra ses-
sion next spring. The Republicans will
then have a large enough majority in
the Senate to insure the carrying out
of the policy of the administration in
spite Of the possibility Of two or three
Republican Senators not being in SYM
pathy with it, and the Republican ma
jority in the House is strong enough
to enable the enactment of legislation
desired.
If treaty Of peace with Spain be
presented to the Senate during its COM
ing session it will be with confidence
on the part of the administration of its
ratification, but it is by no means GER
tain the treaty will be prepared in time
belief is that the ratification of the
treaty and practically all legislation
rendered necessary in consequence of
the acquisition of territory by the
United States will go over to the extra
session Of the Fifty sixth Congress,
most of the time of the coming session
of this Congress to be taken up with
appropriations and routine matters.
On account of the instability of Re-
publican control of the Senate this ses-
sion it is doubtful whether even legis-
lation affecting a permanent increase
of the army will be accomplished, IT, in
deed, it is attempted. The administra-
ton does not expect difficulty in the
next House of Representatives on ac-
count of the reduced majority, since the
issues in the campaign just closed were
sharply defined and there is no Cppor-
tunity for the existence of an anti-ad-
ministration faction in the Republican
party in the House.