Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-09
THE NEXT CONGRESS
Will Be Republican by In
creased Majority.
DEM OCRATIC LOSSES
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN MANY
DISTRICTS.
No Difference in Representation From
the Southern bilities
as to the Senate.

w ME w aSHlnStOn ndIllIeStS ~
over the result of the election, there were
very few even of the most sanguine repub-
licans who were prepared for it's overwhem
ing character. This is especially true of the
two houses of Congress. They did not as
rule, consider it possible that the repub-
licans could make gains in the House of
Representatives, much less hold their own
in the Senate. where t,e preponderance of
retiring republicans was great. Both these
results seem to have been accomplished.
The House will have a majority of about
TO-
Ii the republicans have carried the Mon
tana legislature as they seem without
question to have done, they will elect a re-
publican to succeed Senator Gibson, and
thus cancel the election of Rayner, dem
ocrat, to succeed McComas, republican,
from Maryland. The returns also indicate
the election of republican legislatures In the
states of Nebraska, Washington, Connecti-
cut, Delaware, Utah, Wisconsin, West Vir-
ginia and Nevada, with the possible addi-
ton of Missouri. If the complete figures
should support these conclusions the pres
ent republican majority of 81 in the Senate
will be increased to 26. The situation at
least warrants the statement that the pres
ent large republican excess in that BODY
will be maintained. Much personal concern
is expressed over the possible defeat of
Senator Cockrell. who has been in the Sen
ate so long that Washington regards him as
practically one of her residents. He came
to the Senate in 1877, and, next to Senator
Allison, holds the record for he longest
continuous senatorial service. The result
with reference to the Senate is considered
going far toward inSuring a republican
Senate for a long time in the future.
Republicans claiming that the COM
plete returns will give them control of the
House by not less than so votes, and the
tendency of the vote in the close districts
appears to justify this calculation. This is
more than double the present majority and
is more than the boldest of them claimed
prior to the election. Chairman Cowherd.
who is himself among the fallen, conceded
defeat i'll the House as early as 8 o'clock
last night, but he remained at his post at
democratic headquarters until o clock this
morning. receiving news of his own defeat
before leaving for his home. He made no
comment beyond saying that he had been
able to give no attention to his district in
the campaign.
A Big Majority.
In practically all districts the republicans
have held their own, while in some sig
nificant instances the democrats have lost.
Probably the most marked of these cases
are the fourth and fifth districts of Cali
fornia tSan Francisco), now represented by
Representatives Livernash and Wynn, DEM
ocrats, which reports indicate have been
gained by the republicans. In the twelfth
ONO district Taylor, TepuDllCdH Is TepoEteu
to have defeated Badger, the sitting demo-
cratic member, who was candidate for
reelection. The most surprising of all the
reports, however, come from the fifth and
fifteenth Missouri districts, both strongly
democratic, and the former represented by
Mr.. Cowherd, chairman of the democratic
congressional campaign committee. The
republicans claim to have carried both dis
tricts Mr.. Cowherd's plurality in 1902 was
6,223 The likelihood that his seat was in
danger was never even suggested here.
From the South.
Returns from the southern states show
that they have returned the usual demo-
cratic majorities on congressman as on
other candidates. The states of Alabama.
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas
all send solid democratic delegations, while
those from Kentucky and Virginia probably
each will send only one republican repre-
sentative, making no change from the pres
ent complexion. Tennessee Will continue 10
sezd two republican congressman Ihere
are several solid republican delegations al
ready reported from northern states, IN
GLIDING Iowa with one possible eXcept1on),
Kansas Minnesota, New Hampshire and
the two Dakotas. To these must be added
the delegations from Maine, oregon ana
Vermont, in which states elections were
held prior to yesterday Other states, such
as Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
and even Indiana and New Jersey, from
which the democrats hoped for much In
the way of gains, again send to Congress
delegations which are preponderatihg,y re-
publican In New York the republicans
will suffer no loss and will gain several
congressman and they will make a gain
of at least two in New Jersey, and other
gains are reported from Maryland ana
West Virginia Among the early dispatches
was one indicating the certain return or
Speaker Cannon.
Changes in the Senate.
II is probable the republican majority IN
the Senate will show little II any change
from the present voting strength there VI
the ninety members of that body fifty-seven
are republicans and thirty-three democrats.
The terms of thirty senators expire on the
4th of March next OF these Messrs. Dick
of Ohio, Daniel of Virginia and Money OF
Mississippi have been reelected and Mr..
McComas of Maryland has been succeeded
by Mr. Rayner of the same state. This Is
a democratic gain, and the only one so far
made. OF the senators whose terms expire
seven are democrats, and of these two al
ready have been chosen their own sue
cessors In four of the other five cases
Bate of Tennessee, Cockrell of Mississippi,
Culberson of Texas and Taliaferro of Flori-
da, democratic successors, are assured. The
seventh instance is that of Mr.. Gibson of
Montana. The returns are not complete
enough to justify a prediction as to the re-
suit on the legislature in that state, but
republicans count confidently on dispa cling
Mr.. Gibson with former Senator Thomas II.
Carter.
OF the twenty-three republicans whose
present terms close in March it is quite
certain that Messrs. Aldrich of Rhode
Island, Ball of Delaware. Bart of Califor-
MIA, Burrows of Michigan, CIapp of Mime
sofa Clark of WyOming Deoew Of New