The San Francisco call., 1898-11-10
NEXT HOUSE
 A MATTER OF
 DEEP CONCERN Cabinet Members on the Elections. SECRETARY GAGE IS HOPEFUL PosTMASTER-GENERAL SMITH
 CONFIDENT.
SECRETARY GAGE IS HOPEFUL
McKinley's Policy Will Be Vindicat- ed Should the Claims of Re- publican Managers Be
 Sustained.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-The Washing ton correspondent of the Herald sends the following: In administration circles the significance of yesterdays elections is discussed with carefully expressed If" Secretary Gage comes out frankly and declares that he is not fully satis- fled by the information at hand that the Republicans have an actual major ity in the House. It is true, he says, that some very encouraging dispatches from the West were received at the White House to-day, which the Presi- dent exhibited at the Cabinet meeting. Some of them were contradicted by later reports, so that it is difficult to base an intelligent opinion on a result that has not yet been fully ascer- tained.
 If" said he, the returns carry out the claims which are made by the Re publican managers, the result will be a glorious vindication of the policy of the administration, for it is a very un- usual occurrence for the party in power to carry the House during an off year. Under the circumstances l would pre- fer to wait until l am convinced that We have won control of the House be- fore proceed to comment upon the na- tional effect of yesterdays elections. l might say something which would sound considerably out of tune if it should turn out that the Democrats have captured the House."
 Postmaster General Charles Emery Smith is one of the members of the Cabinet who seems to be confident that the Republicans have not only secured absolute control of the Senate, but he is equally confident that the Republi- cans have a small but safe majority in the House. He expresses his sincere belief that yesterdays election was an emphatic vindication of the strong, courageous and practical policy of the administration.
 Yesterdays election" said Post master General Smith, Suggests the thought that the people of the country are willing to trust the administration to take up the national problems which now confront us. I regard the result as a complete vindication of the admins tration. It also brings up the thought which renders 1t all the more remarka- ble when you stop to consider-that 1t is the first time since Grants admins tration that an election held midway in an administration has not gone against the party in power. Many peo- pie have forgotten with what regularity the party in opposition to the admins tration has continually controlled the House in off years"
 Another important result of yester- days election,' continued Postmaster General Smith. was the pricking of the Populist bubble in the West, as was shown in Nebraska, Kansas and other parts of the stand also by the fact that sound money Democrats in the past went back to the Democratic camp. It likewise demonstrated that the thinking people of the country are disposed to give the present admins traitor fair opportunity to work out II, Irbf oh to arise in connection with the recent war and expansion of territory. Those questions originated under this ad- ministration and naturally the present administration is better qualified to carry out the projects under way and meet the demands of the occasion than an opposition marty not familiar with all the details of the subject. Much of this important legislation will have to be considered by the next Congress, for the coming session will only last three months, and most of the time will be required for appropriation bills and other measures of pressing nature.
 'I hardly look for any consideration of the financial question during the short term session, as most of the time will be taken up with money bills and providing necessary legislation for the government of the new territory we are about to acquire or may have ac-
 
 Secretary Bliss and Attorney General Griggs are naturally delighted with the result of the election in their respect i've States, but they are not disposed to comment too freely on the general re- suit until they are convinced that the Republicans have control of the House. They are very cautious in their public utterances, and they. prefer to with hold their statements as to the cause and effect of the elections for a few hours.
 In speaking of the results of yester- days election, Secretary Bliss said: 1T am very much gratified with the tri- unph in New York, and that, think, Is the re-eleceion of a Republican House My impression Is that it Is the first time since Grants second term when in the middle of an administra- ton there has not been a change in the political majority in the House. It must therefore be regarded as a very emphatic indorsement of the admins tration, and is in keeping with the uni versal expression of appreciation all over the country for the President and his administration six months ago and before partisanship lines began to be