The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-10


WASHINGTON, Nov 9.-Chairman
Babcock, of the Republican congress
sional committee, said this evening
that the house Of representatives Of
the Fifty-sixth congress would be Re-
publican without doubt.
Throughout the day and evening a
corps of political statisticians has been
at work in Republican headquarters
compiling and analyzing the Repub-
lican returns. In a statement to the
Associated Press this evening Chair
man Babcock said.
There can be no longer any reason
able argument over the political COM
plexion Of the next house of repre-
sentatives. 1t will be Republican be-
yond the shadow of a doubt. Our ad-
vices show the certain election of 1856
Republicans, six more than enough to
give us control. These are straight Re-
publicans, and our majority will be
over the combined opposition. Our in
formation induces us to place nine
districts in doubt. These are the Sew
enth, In California; the Third, Fourth
Fifth and Sixth in Nebraska; the Sew
enteenth, Nineteenth and Twenty
sixth in Pennsylvania, and the Twelfth,
in Texas. We are reasonably certain
to get some of these. Without them,
however, we have a clear majority, and
are resting perfectly easy.
1.-THE Sixth Iowa, which was in doubt
for a time, has certainly elected Repre-
sentative Lacey, Republican; in Ken
lucky we have elected not only Seitz,
in the Tenth district, but Pugh, in the
Ninth; in Kansas we have a solid dele
cation, although 1t was not until this
evening that we put Kirkpatrick, Of
the Third district, in the certain Re-
publican column; in Maryland we con-
cede the defeat of Jackson in the First
district and Mcintyre in the Fourth.
REPUBLICAN CLAIMS.
Minnesota returns a solid Republican
delegation, Judge Morris having de-
feated Charles A. Towne in the Sixth
district; in Massachusetts, we concede
the election Of Democrats in the Third,
Ninth and Tenth districts. According
to our advices the delegation from
ans to nineteen Democrats; In North
Carolina we claim the election Of White
in the Second district and Linney In
the Eighth, but we may be counted
out in both of them; in Pennsylvania
the delegation stands twenty Repub-
licans, seven Democrats and three
doubtful; Texas one Republican, eleven
Democrats, one doubtful, the Twelfth
district, and in West Virginia we car
ried the First, Second and Fourth dis
tricts, while the opposition carried the
Third.
From our point of view that is the
situation as it is tonight. 1 fully be-
lieve that the returns we shall receive
tomorrow will increase the figures
have made tonight
At the headquarters of the Demo.
cratic congressional committee conf
dence is expressed that the Democrats
will control the next house of repre-
sentatives. Secretary Kerr will no
ccncede many Of the claims made by
Chairman Babcock, Of the Republican
committee, and says that in a larg,
number of districts it will require tn,
official count to determine definitely the
result.
'It seems certain" said Secretary
Kerr to representative Of the Asso.
ciated Press, that we have elected 1S;
members Of the next house, the Re.
publicans 163, and that eleven districts
are in doubt. In New York we Will
have twenty-one members; in Pennsyl
vania, nine, and perhaps ten; In Kan
sas, four at least, and perhaps five
in Nebraska, four; in North Carolina
nine, and in California two or three
Information is slow in coming in, be-
cause the count in so many of the dis
tricts is very close. Our figures ar