The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-09
Carry all Congressional Districts In Greater New
York Save Three--DemS., 1O7; Reps, 81.
CONTROL OF The HOUSE
LIES WITH THE DEMOCRATS
SO Says Secretary Kerr Of the Democratic Congressional
Committee Majority viii Be From IS to 20.

New York, Nov9 Returns received
in the Associated Press Office in this
city from all over the country up to
1890 o'clock this morning indicate that
So Republicans and 109 Democrats have
certainly been elected to seats in the
national house of representatives. The
same districts two years ago returned
to the lower house of congress 100 Re
publicans and SO Democrats. Based
solely upon estimates in these districts,
a Republican loss of 20 and a Demo
cratic gain of u is indicated. These
estimates concede to the Democrats all
OF the congressional districts in Greater
New York except one, the Fifteenth.
1 a. m.-Revised figures on congress
men show that Representative Bennett,
Republican, is reelected in the Fifth
district Brooklyn, and that Represent
ative Riggs, Democrat, is defeated by
Prendergast.
The vote in the Thirty-second dis
trict (Buffalo) is very close. with the
probability of the election OF Ryan.
Democrat, in the place Of Mahany, Re
publican.
A Democrat, Livingstone, is reported
elected in the Nineteenth. at present
represented by Cochran, Republican.
In the Sixteenth congressional dis
trict John @. Underhill, Democrat, was
elected, succeeding w. L. Ward, Re
publican.
In the municipality of New York, the
old-time Democratic majority was ap-
proximated, Van Wyck's vote being
about $4,000 greater than that of the
Republican candidate. This latter re-
suit was helped in some measure by
the result in the borough of Brooklyn
(Kings county,, which in 1896 gave
Black, Republican, a plurality Of 23,6S2,
but today gave a Democratic plurality
of about 1880
Brooklyn is the home Of Judge Van
Wyck. but this fact does not wholly
explain the practical reversal OF plu-
ralities, which, it is possible, is attrib-
utable to the lukewarmness of the
friends of Jacob Worth, who was de-
posed from the craftsmanship Of the
county committee as a consequence OF
his opposition to the plans Of Senator
Platt in the mayorality contest last
year.
The returns from many counties up
the state are incomplete and in some
cases are missing altogether. The indi-
cations, being computations upon the
figures at hand, point to Republican
plurality in the counties above the
Harlem of about 100000 to Offset which
the Democrats can produce only the
SO, 600 plurality Of Greater New York.
The soldier vote viii not be counted
until Dec. 1, but it is not likely that
the votes from the camps will mater
tally alter the results. There would
seem to be the greater probability that
the majority for Roosevelt will be in
creased.
Little is known as to the votes for
state senator's and assemblymen. The
Republicans had in the last legislature
a majority of 2S on joint ballot, and
leaders Of the party profess confidence
that there will be no material diminu-
ton of that majority.
A Republican legislature will mean
the election of a Republican United
States senator in place Of Senator
Murphy.
In this city there was no fulfllment
of the predictions of trouble at. the
| polls.
On the streets downtown there were
| the usual election night noises and ac-
tions. Democrats good-uaturedly ac-
cepted the fact of the defeat Of their
state ticket. which was apparent from
the returns displayed early in the even
| ing.