The herald., 1898-11-10
The SENATE and HOUSE
ARE CONFIDENTLY CLAIMED BY
BOTH PARTIES
MANY DOUBTFUL DISTRICTS
Must Furnish Full Returns Before the
Political Complexion of Congress
Can Be Known
Associated Press Special Wire

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-At $3.50 O'Clock
this morning, just before the headquarters
of the Republican Congressional Commit
tee were closed for the night Chairman
Babcock made the following statement. An
analysis of the conditions in all OF the Con
gressional districts in the country before
the election showed that l39 of them were
surely Republican, and lis surely Demo
cratic or fusion. Returns received up tC
this hour show that there has been nc
change in any of these districts from the
| figures we made before the election. One
hundred districts in the country were left
| in doubt and those are the ones we were
anxious to hear from. Out OF that 100 we
have had definite returns from thirty-two.
Nineteen went Republican and thirteen
Democratic.
This leaves sixty-eight districts in doubt
No very definite advices have been received
from States west of the Missouri River, ex-
cept Wyoming, which we carried. With
the advices now at hand l cannot figure a
Republican majority in the next House of
Representatives of less than twenty-five to
thirty. We have made gain over the Re
publican membership in the present House
OF one in Wyoming, two in South Dakota,
two in Nebraska, four in Kansas, and two
in California.
At this hour the indications are that we
shall have 1893 Republicans in the next
House, distributed as follows:
Alabama !, California 5, Connecticut 4,
Delaware |, Illinois l3, Indiana 8, Iowa IL,
Kansas g., Kentucky 2, Maine 4, Maryland
sofa 6, Missouri 3, Nebraska 4, New Hamp-
shire 2, New Jersey. 6, New York %, North
Carolina 9 North Dakota !, Ohio Is, Ore
gon 2, Pennsylvania "a, Rhode Island 2,
South Dakota 2, Tennessee 3, Texas 9, Yer,
mont 2, Virginia l, Washington 2, West Vir-
ginia 4, Wisconsin 8, Wyoming i.
The greatest possible losses from these
figures that we could sustain would be one
from Alabama, one from California, one
from Illinois, two from Indiana, one from
Massachusetts,, one from Michigan, one
Minnesota, two from Missouri one from
Nebraska, one from New Jersey, one from
New York, two from Pennsylvania and two
from Washington. This would be seven
teen, and would still leave l8l sure Republi-
can members, or five majority.
THE DEMOCRATIC ESTIMATES
At the headquarters of the Democratic
Congressional Committee the utmost con-
fidence was expressed that the Democrats
had carried the House of Representatives.
The Secretary said:
81 am prepared to increase the figures
gave you three hours ago. We have elected
1872 members of the next House. This. to
my mind, is beyond doubt. We have taken
solute advices. Here is a statement of the
members we have elected from various
States:
"Alabama 9, Arkansas 6, California 8,
Colorado 2, Florida 2, Georgia IL, Idaho l.,
Illinois IL, Indiana 6, Iowa l, Kansas 4,
Kentucky 10, Louisiana 8, Maryland 2, Mas
sachusetts 3. Michigan 4, Minnesota /, Mis-
sissippi 2, Missouri IA, Montana l, Nebras-
ka 2, Nevada l, New Jersey 3, New York l6,
North Carolina 8, Ohio 5, Pennsylvania g.,
South Carolina 7. South Dakota 3, Tennes.
see 8, Texas II, Virginia 10. Utah l, Wash
ington 2, West Virginia /, Wisconsin /, Wy
oming l.
"This makes total of 1872 and am per.
fectly satisfied that there will be little varia-
ton from these figures"