The Washington herald., 1906-11-08
ROOSEVELT is PLEASED
Can Now Continue His Present
Plans Unhampered.
BabcOck's Defeat and That of Wads-
worth Take Two Prominent Fig
ures Out of the Lower HOuse-Sen-
ate Stronger Republican than This
sessiOn-EIeven Vacancies I'm the
House FilIed-LabOr Small Factor.

and II is probable that the Republicans
will have a majority Of less than fifty
in the House Of Representatives in the
next (the Sixtieth) Congress. IN the Con
gress elections two years ago the Repub-
iicans swept the country and secured the
unprecedented majority Of 119
Returns received late last night show
that of 3S6 Representatives IN Congress
the Republicans have elected 215 and the
Democrats 10. Charles H Pray. anti
trust candidate in Montana, claims to
have defeated both the Republican and
! Democratic candidates in that State. This
gives the Republicans a majority over all
Of forty-four.
The Republican Congressional campaign
/ managers were not surprised over the
reduction in their representation. Their
! estimate OF the probable Republican ma
/ iority has been liberal, and Chairman
/ Sherman, Of the Congressional Campaign
1 Committee, never claimed more than
! fifty majority.
Present Majority Is UnwieIdy.
! Il is estimated by the Republican lead
ers in the House Of Representatives that
the present majority Is too unwieldy and
/ hard TO manage. and they have professed
/ TO BE- thankful for practical reasons that
/ there viii be a considerable reduction IN
their number. A lead Of fifty Is re-
/ garded as a good working majority. and
it is said that Speaker Cannon will not
have any difficulty in carrying out his
/ policies In the next House.
Big Men Go Down in Defeat.
! The most striking features Of the Con-
! gressiOnaI elections were the defeat OF
! four veteran Republican representatives
Wadsworth, Of New York; Babcock, of
| Wisconsin; Lacey. Of Iowa. and Nc
/ Cleary. Of Minnesota. Wadsworth was the
only sitting Republican from New York
who was defeated for reelection. He IS
serving his tenth term. although his ser
vice has not been continuous
Babccck was chairman Of tie Reput-
I lican Congressional Campaign COMMITTEES
/ FOR several years. In 1904 he was nearly de-
I feated for reelection. mainly through
/ the opposition of Senator La Fcllete, OF
/ Wisconsin. He resigned the chairman
/ ship this year and took an active part in
/ his own compaign. He is serving his
/ seventh term.
/ Lacey's district has been close I'm sew
/ eral elections. He is serving his eighth
/ term. He was first elected TO the Fifty
! first Congress. but was not returned 10
! the Fifty-second. He was elected 10 the
/ Fifty-thiTd however and has served in
! every Congress since then.
McCleaTy. a member OF the Ways and
! Means Committee Of the House. was de-
/ feated by Hammond. Democrat.
Spirit of Discomfort Dovned.
In view Of tho loudly proclaimed dec
/ larations that the spirit Of discomfort was
/ abroad in the Iand-discontent with the
! Republican party and discomfort with the
! conditions OF living-the result is all the
more remarkable. Wherever that spirit
/ has made itself manifest it has been
/ downed and the people have announced
! themselves satisfied with existing condi-
/ tions and unwilling 10 make a change.
/ Evidently they think this is a pretty
good country after all.
/ President Roosevelt himself is. OF
/ course. delighted with the outcome. IN
administration circles the disposition is
/ to give most of the credit 10 Secretary
Root for the result in New York His
| terrific arraignmeRt Of Hearst as the
! apostle Of discord and OF insinceTity. il is
/ thought here, had much to do with the
| fact that the New York editor ran So
! far behind the rest Of his ticket.
| Vice Chairman Bowers. OF the Demo
! cratic Congressional Committee. ccnce6-
ed last night that the Republicans VIII
control the next House Of Representa-
/ lives. but he believes that the majority
| Of fifty. which is generally claimed. is
/ overestimated. our returns are not COM
plete" he said Il believe. however.
/ Judging from our advices Of last nigh,
ard the press reports, that the Republican
majority will not be in excess OF forty. -
Eleven Vacancies Are Filled.
I Eleven vacancies in the present House
were filed Tuesday. Seven Of these were
/ caused by the deaths of Messrs. Adams,
| Caster. and Patterson. of Pennsylvania
Lester. Of Georgia; Hit. of Illinois; Hoar.
OF Massachusetts. and Ketcham. Of New
York. and four were due to designations
Messrs. GiHett of California. and Swan
son. of Virginia. elected governors OF
their respective States: Gilbert. of In
diana. who went to the Philippine Su-
preme bench and Timothy D. Sullivan,
! Of New York Another vacancy, caused
| by the death of Representative Adams,
| OF Wisconsin was filled at a by-election.
The members elected were rs follows:
! CoIo~ado-Firs. district ". + Englsbrsht Rep.
/ Ceorgia-First district J. w Oyerstrect Dom.
! Illinois Thirteenth district r. o. Lowden. Rep
! Indiana-Twelfth district, J. ". Mari, Dem, or
| c c. Giihsms Rep.
| Massachusetfs-Third district Charles s Wash
burn. Rep. or William J. MeIoughnn. Dem
New Yolk-Eighth district. i. J. Kiordan Dem.
I TWenty-6Tst, Samuel Mcmillan. Rep
/ Pennsylvania-Second district J. Z Reyburn.
Rep. Third ]. Hampton Moore. Rer.; Twelfth. ".
r Shcpperd. Dem. Charles ~ BTJmm Rep
! virgiaia-Fifth district; F. ". Saunders Dem
| This increases the Republican majority
in the present House from ~ to H.
Gain In the senate.
While the Republicans suffered a great
reduction in the number OF their repre-
sentatives in the lower branch Of the na-
tional legislature, they made gains in the
/ Senate The returns indicate that the
States OF Colorado. Idaho, and Montana
each Of which has Democratic Senator,
whose term viii expire next March. have
elected Republican legislatures.
This means that Senator Thomas II.
Patterson. Fred T. Dubois and William A
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