The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-09
CLAIMS OF THE CHAIRMEN.
What Messrs. BabcOck and Kerr Say
About the House.

What Messrs. BubcOck and Kerr Say
About the House.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Sat 1870 o'clock
this morning Republican stock rose on a
statement issued by Chairman Babcock
electing 1877 Republican representatives, or
thirty-seven majority. This bulletin was
prepared by General Kitchener and Capt.
Thomas Mckee from data received up to
the hour named. This majority may be
scaled down when full returns are in, but
the claim is adhered to that both branches
of Congress are safely Republican,
An Associated Press dispatch says Chair
man Babcock, of the Republican congress
sional committee, has just made the fol-
lowing statement to the Associated Press:
while 1 am satisfied that the Republic
ans will control the House Of Representa-
tives IN the Fifty-sixth Congress, it is i'm
possible at this hour to indicate what our
majority in the House will be. Thus far we
have not definite returns from Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa or Kansas.
Ohio has elected fifteen Republicans GER
doubt. From Michigan the returns indicate
a solid Republican delegation. Representa-
tive Hawley is reelected in Texas. Vincent
l2oering is elected in the Eleventh Ken
lucky district and Samuel ]. Pugh is prob
ably elected in the Ninth Kentucky. The
election of George NJ. Dawson, in the
Eighth Kentucky is in doubt, with chances
seemingly in favor of his election. Advices
from Maryland show that we have elected
four representatives certainly. Nineteen.
members of the delegation from New York
State and, perhaps, more, will be Repub-
licans. I. +. Fischer, of the Fourth New
York Observation-Disclosures the only MEM
Der 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
meagre returns, but the indications are
that we have sustained some losses there.
Kirkpatrick, of the Eighth district, and Ar
mold, of the Twenty-eighth, seem to have
been defeated. Unofficial advices from
Western States show that we have more
than held our own and my conviction is
that we shall control the House by a safe
majority, probably not far from the figures
which 1 gave out last week" The figures
referred TO Dy MT. 6dUcOch were COhld1ueO
in his prediction that the Republicans
would have majority over all of about %.
Since early evening Secretary Kerr, of the
Democratic congressional committee, and
a small corps of political statisticians have
been working on returns received at Demo-
cratic congressional headquarters To the
Associated Press Secretary Kerr said at 1
o'clock: THE Republicans have lost con-
troll Of the House of Representatives. We
will have from 1856 to 100 members, and will
organize the House of the Fifty-sixth Con-
sress. The majority of the opposition will
be from 15 to 20 over the Republicans, and
perhaps more. Our advices indicate Demo-
cratic gains in some of the States as fol-
lows: Alabama, 2; Illinois, 5; Iowa, 1; Ken
lucky, 3; Maryland, 2; Massachusetts, 2; Mis-
souri,, 2; New Jersey, 2; New York, 6; North
Carolina, 2; Pennsylvania, 6; Virginia. 5;
West Virginia, 1. This is a total Of 81 One
district in Delaware is doubtful, with the
chances in favor of the Democrats" In
figuring gain of three III Virginia, Secre-
tary Kerr includes two districts which
elected Democratic congressman in 1896, who
were unseated by the present House.