The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-10
CONFLICTING CLAIMS.
Chairman of Both Parties See Control
Of Next House.


Washington, Nov. g. = Chairman
Babcock of the Republican congress
sional committee. said this evening
that the house of representatives of
the Fifty-sixth congress would be Re
publican without doubt. Throughout
the day and evening a corps of Doliti-
cal statisticians have been at work in
the Republican headquarters compiling
and analyzing the returns. In a state
ment to the Associated Press this
evening Chairman Babcock said:
There can be no longer any reason
able argument over the political COM
pleXion of the next house of represent
tatives It will be Republican, be-
yond the shadow of doubt Our ad-
vices show the certain election of 1S5
Republicans, six more than enough to
give us control. These are straight
Republicans and our majority will be
over the combined opposition. Our in
formation induces US TO place nine dis
tricts in doubt. These are the Seventh
in California; the Third, Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth in Nebraska; the Seven
teenth, Nineteenth and Twenty-sixth
in Pennsylvania and the Twelfth in
Texas. We are reasonably certain to
get some of them. Without them, how
ever, we have a clear majority and
are resting perfectly easy.
THE Sixth Iowa, which was in
doubt for a time, has certainly elected
Representative Lacey, Republican. In
Kentucky we have elected not only
Seitz in the Tenth, but Pugh in the
Ninth: IN Kansas we have a solid
delegation, although it was not until
this evening that we put Kirkpatrick
of the Third district in the certain Re
publican column; in Maryland we con-
cede the defeat of Jackson in the First
district and Mcintyre in the Fourth.
Minnesota returns solid Republican
delegation, Judge Morris having de-
feated Charles Towne in the Sixth dis
trict. In Massachusetts we concede
the election of Democrats in the Third,
Ninth and Tenth districts; according
to our advices the delegation from New
York will stand Is Republicans and
10 Democrats: in North Carolina we
claim the election of White in the Sec
ond district and Linney in the Eighth,
but we may be counted out in both Of
them; in Pennsylvania the delegation
stands 20 Republicans, seven Demo-
Gratis and three doubtful: Texas, one
Republican, II Democrats, one doubt
full, the Twelfth district, and in West
Virginia we carried the First, Second
and Fourth districts, while the opposi-
ton carried the Third.
From our viewpoint that is the
SITUATION as II IS tonight. July De-
lieve that the returns we shall re-
ceive tomorrow will increase the
figures have made tonight
At the headquarters of the Demo-
cratic congressional committee, con-
fidence is expressed that the Democrats
will control the next house of repre-
sentatives. Secretary Kerr will not
concede many of the claims made by
Chairman Babcock of the Republican
committee, and says that in a large
number Of districts it will require the
official count to determine definitely
the result.
1T seems certain" said Secretary
Kerr to a representative of the Asso-
ciated Press that we have elected 1888
members OF the next house, the Re-
publicans 162 and that II districts are
in doubt. In New York we will have 81
I members, in Pennsylvania nine and
perhaps ten; in Kansas four, at least,
and perhaps five; in Nebraska four;
in North Carolina nine and in Cali
fornia two or three. Information is
slow in coming in, because the count
in SO many of the districts is very
close. Our figures are based upon
definite returns, and I am satisfied
that they are entirely accurate