The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-11-09
REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE CON-
PlETE CONTROL OF SIX.
TIETH CONGRESS.
DEMOCRATS HOLD THE SOUTH
BUT FAIL TO MAKE MATERIAL
GAINS IN OTHER PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY.

Washington, Nov. THAT the Re-
publican party will have complete con-
troll of the Sixtieth congress is indi-
Gated by the latest election returns.
The Democratic party has held the
Solid South" but failed in its efforts
to invade to any extent the districts
now held by the Republicans in any
other section of the country. James
w. Wadsworth, notable Republican
figure in congress, was defeated in
New York, and the latest returns in
dictate that ]. W. Babcock, who has
for several campaigns previous to the
last conducted the Republican con-
gressional fight, has been defeated in
Wisconsin.
Arizona has refused joint statehood
with New Mexico, and the state con-
stitution of Oklahoma will be written
by Democrats.
OF the 273 congressional districts
heard from, the Democrats have made
a net gain of 10. These returns show
the Republicans have elected 155 con-
gressmen, the Democrats lis, of which
90 are from the Southern states. No
returns have been received from 113
districts. The indications are that the
gain of the Democrats will not exceed
the same ratio regarding the remain
ing districts.
At Democratic headquarters here 1t
was stated that the Democratic con-
gressional gains in the East had full
filled their predictions and that a gain
of eighteen or twenty districts had
been made. AS to the West the re-
turns received by the committee are
said to have been too meager to war
rant a statement. The only disap-
pointment in the East was the failure
of the Democratic candidate for con-
greSs in Delaware.
The Democratic gains so far indi-
Gated are two in Illinois, two in Mis-
souri,, three in Pennsylvania, one in
Ohio, one in New York, one in New
Jersey and one in North Carolina.
The Republicans gain one in Ken
lucky.
Wadsworth Defeated.
The defeat of Representative James
W. Wadsworth in the Thirtyfourth
New York district by Peter A. Porter
was the first disastrous news to reach
Republican headquarters from the
East Mr.. Wadsworth, who is chair
man of the house committee on agri-
culture wired Chairman Sherman that
he was beaten.
The Nineteenth and Twentythird
Illionis districts, represented in the
present congress by REEVES and Dick
son, respectively, were regarded as
normally Democratic, and had been
marked off for recapture, but the re-
turns indicate that Caldwell and Eos
ter, Democrats, are undoubtedly elect
ed.
In the Fourth Missouri district, Rep
resentative Fulkerson, Rep, is de-
feated by C. N. Booher, Dem. Up to
a late hour this was the only gain the
Democrats had made in Missouri.
Former Congressman Gilbert M.
Hitchcock, Dem, undoubtedly has won
over Representative Kennedy, Rep, in
the Second Nebraska district.
The Fifth Ohio district was lost to
the Republicans in the defeat of Rep
resentative Campbell by T. 7. Ans
berry, Dem.
The indications are the fight Of
Samuel Gompers of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor against Mudd in
Maryland was unavailing. Mr. Mudd's
election is declared. In the First
Maryland district Representative
Smith, Dem, was defeated by Former
Representative Jackson, Rep. In the
Third district Representative Wachter,
Rep. will give his seat to Harris B.
Wolf, Dem.
Representative Dalzell of Pittsburg,
whose struggle for reelection attract
ed national attention, was assured of
his election comparatively early in the
evening.
Speaker Joseph G.. Cannon of the
Eighteenth Illinois district was elected
to congress for the seventeenth tire
by his usual majority, approximately
$4,000.
President Roosevelt was decidedly
interested and gratifed in the returns.
He returned from Oyster Bay, where
he went to vote, shortly after 6 o'clock.
Arrangements had been made TO sup
ply the White House with election re-
turns and the president invited Secre-
tary Root, Assistant Secretary Bacon,
Secretary Loeb and Assistant District
Attorney Cooley to be his guests dur
ing the evening.
Close in New Hampshire.
Concord, N. H., With returns from
LAT out of 200 towns, Floyd, Rep, can