Evening star., 1898-11-11
Republican Margin in the House Of
Representatives.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CLAIMS
Democrats Say That the Opposition
May Yet Win.
IN THE 10TH NEW YORK

Thirteen sure, and probably fifteen, is the
majority in the House of Representatives
on which the republican congressional COM
mittee is counting. This claim is based on
1S5 republican members elected, and prob
ably 1S6, leaving 172 members of the oppo
sition.
According to The Stars table of repre-
sentatives yesterday the republicans had
1S4, democrats 15S, independents 10 and five
in doubt, two doubtful districts being in
Kentucky, two in Nebraska and one in
Minnesota. Latest returns show that both
Nebraska districts were carried by popu-
lists, and the Minnesota district-Page Nor
ris'-has been carried by the republicans.
The republicans concede the tenth Ken
lucky, leaving only one district in doubt.
The republicans have 1S5, democrats 15a,
independents -.
The republican congressional committee
yesterday thought there would be repub-
lcan majority of seventeen in the House,
but last evening it learned that the
second California and the twelfth Texas
districts had gone democratic, indicated
by the returns to The Star yesterday,
which reduced that figure to thirteen. The
third Kansas and the twenty-sxth Penn
syNania districts were also regarded as
doubtful yesterday by republicans, but to-
day they have been conceded to the demo-
Gratis.
The Nineteenth New York.
This leaves but one congressional district
in the United States regarded by the re-
pCbicans as doubtful that one being the
nineteenth New York, in which Represen-
IL tive Cochran is the republican and j. H.
Livingston the democratic candidate. The
returns within the district give Livingston
fourteen majority, but there are eighty
eight voters from that district in the 2u31
New York Regiment, stationed at Camp
Meade, Pennsylvania, and six in The 1st
New York Regiment, at Honolulu Mr.
cochran is satisfied that he will get two
thirds of the votes at Camp Meade, which
Will give MIN majority of fifteen. The sit
uatlon in this district is the most peculiar
o. any in the country.
1t has been possibility that the count
ing OF the votes from Camp Meade might
tie the two candidates give one of them
d majority of but two three. In that
case il would be necessary to hear from the
SIX voters i'll the 1st New York Regiment,
now at Honolulu, and these six soldiers on
newly acquired territory would determine
VINO sh9uId represent the nineteenth New
York district in Congress.
Mr.. OChran was in the city TODAY and
he assured his friends that the eighty-eisht
votes cast at Camp Meade would elect HIM
He had no doubt of his election. His cleo
tlon would give the republicans fifteen ma
Three Contests.
AL leaSl three contests of congressional
elections will be made as soon as the
fnty-sixth Congress assemblies. They are
the tenth Kentucky, ninth North Carolina
and the ninth Virginia There will doubt
less be at least ten more contests for sea;s
in the House, but these three have been
decided on.
In the tenth Kentucky W. J. Seitz re
publican, will contest with T. Y. Fitzpat-
rick, democrat: in the ninth North Carolina
Representative Pearson will contest the
seat of w. T. Crawford. and in the ni.,th
Vnginla Representative Walker viii con-
test the seat of VIM. F. Rhea.
Claims of the Democrats--
The democrats dispute the republicans
claim, but do not produce evidence in sup
pert of their own claim that there may yet
bean ant!-repubiit an majority of one or two
u 5mocratic figures vary from a claim of A
majority of one or two made by the COM
m:ttce, to an individual estimate of a re-
puDllcan majority not exceeding five Mr.
Kerr has left town, and the general opin-
ion prevails that the democrats have no
&C tnhdence in their own claims. So far as
the republican committee is concerned it is
a matter of little consequence what claims
Alr. Kerr may max, Chairman Babeocli
regards his Information as absolutely re-
liable, and Is restricting his claims to what
he regards as certain, and not merely pros