The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-10
Chairman BabcOck Confident that
jOrity VIII He About Twenty.
GREAT VICTORY IN SENATE
REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE FULL
SWAY AFTER MARCH NEXT.
Legislatures Elected I'm Many States
to the Upper Branch of Congress.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

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WASHINGTON, Nov 9-Not until 10
O'Clock tonight were the managers at Re
publican headquarters fully satisfied of a
straight-out majority in the next national
House of Representatives. At that hour
bulletin was issued setting forth that the
Republicans have 1856 representatives
"sure" with nine districts remaining in the
doubtful list This 1s5 includes Linney and
White, Of North Carolina, who will prob
ably be counted out tomorrow proceed
ing which would cut the sure column down
to 1S3. The House could be organized with
179. which would be one majority The ma
jority with 1S3 votes would be seven Chair
man Babcock feels confident that there will
be several additions to the sure column
when the returns are in from the nine
doubtful districts. The doubtful list at this
writing (midnight) includes the Seven
teenth, Nineteenth and Twenty-sixth Penn
sylvania; the Fourth. Fifth. Sixth and Sew
enth Nebraska, and the Twelfth Texas and
Inc seventh California.
The committee was not notified of the re-
suit in Indiana until nearly o'clock this
afternoon, at which hour dispatch from
Mr. Overstreet was received that the dele
cation would stand the same as in the Fif-
ty-ff.h Congress. Illinois was also slow
conliA Final statements reported the loss
of 81 zee RenublicanS in Cybicago one in
Springfield (springers old district, and the
election of Republicans in place of Demo-
Gratis in the Eighteenth and Twenty-first
districts. This showing gives a net loss of
two from Illinois, which was much better
than expected.
The first thing that Chairman Babcock
and Captain Mckee did this morning was
to change nine men from the Republican
column to the Democratic column who had
been called elected when the headquarters
were closed at o'clock. OF these five were
from New York, two from Pennsylvania,
one from New Jersey, and one from Massa-
chusetts. This gave everybody a chill, and
the quiet tip went out that they "were dis
posed to give it up at headquarters and con-
cede the organization of the House to the
opposition" At l o'clock a bulletin was
put out claiming the election of ia Repub-
licans. with twenty-one districts in doubt.
AT o'clock a second statement was made.
claiming ISL in the sure" column, with
thirteen districts in doubt At 10 o'clock the
third and last one was issued, claiming
1S5 sure. with nine districts in doubt, as
above stated. Chairman Babcock expects
TO get enough more from the doubtful list
to make very comfortable margin of near
~ twenty majority
The Republicans will have nearly two
thirds of the Senate. or majority ranging
from fifteen to twenty over Democrats,
Populists and free-silver Republicans. This
puts a quetus on free silver for four and
possibly six years regardless of intermediate
elections unless there should be a political
cataclysm TO upset all calculations This
afternoon while it locked as though the Re-
publicans would be in the minority in the
House gloomy speculation was INDUCED in
and it was felt that the Fifty-sixth Con-
gress might prove great embarrassment
to the administration. Tonight the temper
of political forecasting has changed entirely.
1t will now be possible for the President to
convene Congress in special session early
next spring for the enactment of legislation
for currency reform and for the carrying
out of our foreign policy relating to newly
acquired possessions, thereby enabling the
Republic to come into the full and proper
enjoyment OF the fruits of the war. Repub-
lcans will elect United States senators 10
take the place of Democrats in New York,
New Jersey Delaware. West Virginia, In
diana. Wisconsin and California. and possi-
bly, Populist Allen, of Nebraska. a list of
nine States. Full returns are not yet IN
from Washington, but indications point 10
the reelection of Senator Wilson. the sit
ting Republican. II all these results are
achieved there will be hfty-seven straight
Republican senators. There is nothing in
the general result which can give the free
silverites ray OF comfort All the fusion
gains were made in sound-money States,
where the money question was not seriously
considered as an issue. In the free-silver
srongholds OF the far West there has