The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-11-09
THF NEXT CONGRESS.

Chairman BAbCoelE Says the Rsplblieanp
will Surely Control tIlo Hons q aep-
reie1tativeI = Sons hossss epeteinsNs
Chairman Kerr Makes Contrary Claims
for thr Democrats.
WASHINGTON. D. G., Nov. s.--1 9.
Chairman BabcocR, of the Rgppbli-
can congressional committed hae tp9t
made the following statement e the
Associated Press:
"whlle 1 am satisfied that the Re-
pubIIcans will control the houSe Of rep
resentatives in the FlftV-slxth consress
1t Is Impossible at this hour 70 indicate
what our majority In the house VIII be,
Thus far we have no definite returns
from Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, to-
wa or Kansas. Ohio has elected htteen
Republicans certainly and two Districts
seem in doubt FROM Michigan the
returns Indicate a solid Republican del
egation. Representative Hawiey e re-
elected in Texas. Vincent Boesing is
elected in the Eleventh KENTUCKY qts-
trict and Samuel ]. Pugh - propeDiy
GlECkHua IN the NlukAl '4GEAANhNAAa
election of George NJ Dawson 81 the
eighth Kentucky Is IN doubt, with
chances seemingly In favor Of his eiec-.
tion, Advices from Maryland show that
we have elected four representatives,
certainly. Nineteen members q the
delegation from New York state and
perhaps more, will be Republican, ].
r. Fischer, Of the Fourth New York
ict-Brooklyn-is che only uember
We have elected IN Greater New York.
The election OF Cochrane in the Nine
teenth New York and OF Mahanay IN
the Thirty y-second-Bufalo district-is
in doubt. From Pennsylvania We have
thus far received meagfe rgturn8, but
the Indications are that we have Bu9-
tained some losses there, Kifkpatrick,
Of the Eighth district, and Arnold, Of
the Twenty-elghth, seem to have been
defeated. UnofEiclal advlces from vest
ern states show that We have mora than
held our own and my conviction s. that
we shall control the house By Q Bafo
majority, probably not far from the ag-
ures which gave out last week
The figures referred to by Mr. BAD
cock were contained in his prediction
that the Republicans would have q ma
jorlty over all OF about twenty-five.
SAuga carly GNNAAAAAes GNNA VAL a-AHAA -
the Democratic congressional committee
and q small corps OF political 8tatlsti-
clans have been wording on returna Ca-
celved at Democratic Congressional
headquarters. To the Associated Press
Secretary Kerr said at o'clock;
''The Republicans have lost control Of
the house OF representatives, We win
have from iSs to 100 members and viii
organize the house OF the FlftV-siEth
Congress, The majority OF the opposl-
ton win be from fifteen to twenty over
the Republicans and perhaps more. Our
advlces indicate Democratic glln1 IN
some Of the states are as folloWBs
Alabama, 2; Illinois, 5; Iowa, 1; Ken
tuekY, 3; Maryland, 2: Massachusetts,
Q: Missouri, 2; New Jersey 3; New
york, 6; North Carolina, 2; Pennayfva-
MIA, 6; Virginia, 3; West Virginia, /.
This IS a total OF "a. One district IN
Delaware is doubtful, with the chances
in favor of the Democrats"
In figuring gain OF three IN Vir-
ginla, Secretary Kerr includes two
districts which elected Democratic con-
gressmen In 1896, who were uuleated
By the present house.