Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-11-09
I'HB NATIONAL HOUSE.
Indications That the Democrats
Have Made Big Increase.
DEMOCRATS SURELY GAINED 81.
The Republicans, Figuring ON the Same
Basis, Lost 20-Chairman Babcock Says
the Republicans VIII Control-Kerr
Said the Republicans Had Lost.

~ tAtAAy NV Os-LtCluLu5 IT,
ceived in The Associated Press office, in
this city. from all over the country in
dicated that IS Republicans and 100
Democrats have certainly been elected
to seats in the national house of repre-
sentatives. The same districts two
years ago returned to che lower house
of congress 105 Republicans and 80
Democrats.
Based solely upon the estimates in
these districts, a Republican loss of 20
and Democratic gain of 81 is indi-
Gated. These estimates concede to the
Democrats all of the congressional dis
tricts III Greater New York except one.
the Fifteenth.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-Chairman
Babeoek of the Republican congress.
sional committee made the following
statement to The Associated Press:
while | am satisfied that the Re.
publ cans will control the house of rep.
resentatives in the Fifty-slxth congress
it is impossible at this hour to indicate
what our majority in the house will be-
'Thus far we have no definite re.
turns from Illinois, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Iowa or Kansas. Ohio has elected
Is Republicans certainly and two dis.
tricts seem to be in doubt. From Michi
gan the returns indicate a solid Repub.
lican delegation. Representative Haw.
ley is reelected IN Texas. Vincent
Boering is elected in the Eleventh Ken.
lucky district and Samuel j. Pugh is
probably elected in the Ninth Kentucky
The election of George NJ. Davidson in
the Eighth Kentucky is III doubt with
chances seemingly in favor of his cleo.
ton. Advices from Maryland show
that we have elected four representa-.
tiyes certainly.
Nineteen members of the delega.
ton from New York state and perhaps
more will be Republicans. /. F. Fischer
OF the Fourth New York district
Brooklyn-ls the only member we have
elected in Greater New York. The
election of Cochran in the Nineteenth
New York and of Mahany in the
Thirty -second-Buffalo districts in
doubt. From Pennsylvania we have
thus far received meager returns, but
the indications are that we have sus.
tanned losses there. Kirkpatrick Of the
Eighth district and Arnold Of the
Twenty eighth seem to have been de-
feated. Unofficial advices from west.
ern states show that we have more than
heiu our own and my conviction Is that
we shall control the house by safe
majority, probably not far from the
figures which I gave out last week"
The figures referred to by Mr.. Bah
cock were contained in his prediction
that the Republicans would have ma.
jority over all of about %.
To The Associated Press Secretary
Kerr said:
1.-The Republicans have lost control
OF the house Of representatives We
will have from 1876 to 100 members and
will organize the house of the Fifty.
sixth congress. The majority of the
opposition will be from Is to 20 oven
the Republicans and perhaps more
Our advices Indicate Democratic gains
in some of the states as follows:
.Alabama, 2; Illinois, 5; Iowa, l..
Kentucky, B: Maryland, 2; Massa.
chusetts, 2; Missouri, 2; New Jersey, q.
New York, 6; North Carolina, 2; Penn.
sylvania, s; Virginia, 3; West Virginia
/. This is total of 81. One district
in Delaware is doubtful with the
chances in favor of the Democrats"
Ia figuring gain of three in Vir.
ginia Secretary Kerr includes two dis
tricts which elected Democratic con
gressmen in 1896 who were unseated by
the present house.