The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-11-12

According TO Chairman Babcock the
nine doubtful districts are the Seventh
California. Third, Fourth. Fifth and Sixth
Nebraska. Twelfth, Seventeenth, Nine
teenth and Twenty Sixth Pennsylvanla.
Washington, Nov. l0.-Chairman Bah
cock. OF the republican congressional com
mittee. said Wednesday evening that the
house OF representatives OF the flfty-siXth
doubt Throughout the day and evening
a corps OF political statisticians has been
al work In republican headquarters COM
piling and Analysing the returns. In
statement Wednesday evening Chairman
Babcock said
There can be no longer any reasonable
argument over the political complexion OF
the next house OF representatives.. IL viii
be republican, beyond tho shadow OF
doubt Our advices show the certain cleo
ton OF 1856 republicans, six more than
enough to give us control. These are
straight republicans, and our majority VIII
be over the combined opposition. our IN
formation induces as TO place nine dis
tricts In doubt These are the Seventh I'm
California; the Third, Fourth. Firth and
Sixth In Nebraska; the Seventeenth, Nine
teenth and Twenty-siNth in Pennsylvania,
and the Twelfth In Texas. We are rea-
sonably certain OF some OF these. without
them, however, we have clear majority,
and are resting perfectly easy. The Sixth
Iowa, which was In doubt for time, has
certainly elected Representative Lacey
Gep); IN Kentucky we have elected not
only Seitz IN the Tenth district. but Pugh
in the Ninth: IN Kansas we have solid
delegation, although Il was not until
wednesday evening lnal we put MIX
patrick. of the Third district, IN the GER
tam republican column, In Maryland we
cOnCede the defeat OF Jackson, In the First
district, and McIntire In the Fourth. Min
nesota returns a solid republican delega-
ton Judge Morris having defeated Charles
Towne, In the Sixth district; in Massachu-
sets we concede the election OF democrats
I'm the Third, Ninth and Tenth districts;
according TO our advices the delegation
from New York will stand IS republicans
claim the election OF White In the Second
district and Linncy IN the Eighth but we
may be counted out In both OF them. In
Pennsylvania the delegation stands 20
doubtful; Texas one republican, II dem-
ocrats one doubtful-the Twelfth district.
and In West Virginia we carried the First.
Second and Fourth districts. while the OPP
view point that is the situation as IL is to-
night. / fully believe that the returns we
shall receive tomorrow will increase the
figures ! have made tonight"
AT the headquarters OF the democratic
congressional committee confidence is ex-
next house OF representatives. Secretary
Kerr will not concede many OF the claims
made by Chairman RabcOck, OF the rtpub-
loan committee, and says that I'M a largo
cial count 10 determine definitely the re-
suit 1T seems certain" said Secretary
Kerr, that we have elected 1888 members
or the next house the republicans lG3 and
we Will have p members: IN PENNSYLVANIA
nine. and perhaps ten: IN Kansas -four, at
least, and perhaps five. In Nebraska four,
IN North Carolina nine, and IN California
two or three. Information Is slow IN COM
ing IN. because the count IN so many OF the
districts is very close Our figures are
based upon definite returns. and I am salts
fed that they are entirely accurate"