The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-04
TAFTS ELECTORAL
81 :URE POPULAR
LEAD IS 1896, 75O

and the national ticket.
Elections for Representatives in Con-
gress were held yesterday in every
State of the Union except Maine, Ore
gon and Vermont. which chose their
members of the House at earlier cleo
tions this year. The States named com =
pri-e eight districts, leaving 1888 dis
tricts in which congressman were elect
ed Yesterday. The total number of seats
is 291 and the number necessary 10
give either party a majority in control
is 196.s In the House, since the five
members from the new State of Okla
homa were admitted last winter, the
Republicans have had a total of 22*
sc is an the Democrats 167, giving n
present Republican majority of 81. IN
order to gam control of the House IN
the Sixty-first Con-ress the Democrats
in y, sterday's election would have 20
gain 20 seats over their present mem
be-ship and the Republicans lose an
equal number
Congress remains largely Republican,
221 to 10 Democrats.
The makeup will probably be as fol-
lows: =
ALABAMA.
&c. w. Taylor, ID. rs. H. Dent.
1r.. D.. Ssh. d. Clayton, d. 4.-*W. b.
Craig, D. 5-*J. T. Hefin. D. 6-"R. p.
Hobson, d. IL. l.. Burnett. D.. s.
aWilliarn Richardson, d. SO. w. I'm
derwood. D..
ARKANSAS.
1-sR. b.. Macon, d. Wv. A. Old
field, ~. 81. c. Floyd, D. Nv. b.
Cravens. d. SIC. c. Reid, D. 6-"J. t.
Robinson, D. 7--*R. NJ. Wallace, d.
CALIFORNIA.
1-+W. F, Englebright. r. I'D. 10.
McKinlay, r.. az. r. Knowland, II.
4--*Julius Kahn, r. 5-tEveris A.
Hayes. r. 6-sJ. C. Needham, r. =
#James McLachlan +. SIS. G.
Smith, r.
COLORADO.
A. Edward T. Taylor. D., 1-@Rob-
ert w. Bonynge. R. 2-'Warren A.
Haggott. R.
CONNECTICUT.
A. III. G. Tilson, r. 1-+E S.
Henry, r. 2-*N, D. Sperry, r. s.
sEdwin w. Higgins, r 4-*E. J. Hill,
r.
DELAWARE.
A. Wv. H. Head. r.
1--%S. NJ. S"parknan. D.. 2-sFrank
Clark, d. Sd II. Mays, d.
GEORGIA.
1--.c. ~. wards, D. 2-eJ. vi.
Griggs, D. Sd. M. Hughes, D. A.
sW. C. Adamson, d. I'll. F. Liv-
ingsto,. d. &C. L. Bartlett, d. 7
sGordon Lee, d. S-"W. NJ. Howard.
d. 9-sT. NJ. Bell, D. 10-*T. w. Hard
wick, D. 11-"W. G. Brantley, d.
IDAHO.
A. 1T. r. Hamer, R,
ILLINOIS.
/ an. B.. MADDEN, r. 2-*J. r. Manu-,
r. 3-"W. w. Wilson. r.. 4-+James I.
McDe-mot', D.. 5-*Adolph ]. SABBATH.
D. civilian Lorimer. r. Prank
Lund.n. r. S-Thomas Gallagher, d. g.
VI. S. Boute,l. r. 1o--.G. e. Foss, r.
I'll. M. snapp, r. Pc. e. Fuller,
r. 13-"Trank o.. Lowden. R. IA
sJames Mckinney, r. 15-sG. w.
Prince, r. 16-*J. v. Graft, r. 17-|J.
A. Sterlig, II. 1S-"J G. Cannon. r.
1o-sW. r.. Mckinley, r. 20-@H. It.
Rainey, d. 21-J. NJ. Graham, d. 22-
Wv. A. Roc nberg, r. 2s-'Martin d.
Foster D. r~t-"Pleasant T.. Chapman,
r. 25-.N. -. Thist'ewood, r.
INDIANA.
Ii I'm II. Foster. r. 2-William
Cullop, D. 3-aWiuiam e. Cox, d. A.
sI.incoln Dixon, d. 5-Ralph W. Moss.
T. 6-W. Q. Barnard. r. 7-'Jesse
overstreet, r. S-*J. A. NJ. Adair, d.
sc. b. Lands, X. 10-sE. D.. Crun-
packer, r. 11-"G. w. Rauch. d. H.
Cyrus Kline, r. 13-Henry A. Barn
hart, ID.
1--George S. Tracy, D. IA. r.
Dawson, r. 3-Charles Pickett, r. a
SC. N. Haugen. r. 5-J. w. Good. II.
G~N. z. I-cndall, r. 7-*J. A. t. Hull,
" c-HNN N Jameson u Q-RVV I
Smith, r. l0-F. P. Woods. r. LIE.
II. abbard, r.
KANSAS.
/ I'D. r. Anthony, jr., r. &c. f.
Scott. r. SIP. p. Cs mphell. r. A
.J. NJ. Miller, r. 5--%W. A. Calderhead.
r. 6-sw. A. Reeder. r. 7-@E. H.
Madison. r. S-"Victcr Murdoch, R.
KENTUCKY.
10. Il. James, D.. IA. o. Stan
ley, D.. 3-R. Y. Thomas. D.. 4-"Ben
johnson, d. 5--"Swagar Sherley. d.
6-sJoseph L. Rhlnock. d. 7--+J. Camp
bell Cantrill, D. S-"Harvey Helm, d.
s-Joseph B. Bennett, II. 10-Amos
Davis, d. lid. C. Edwards, r.
LOUISIANA.
1--Albert Estopinal. d. FIR. G.
Davey, d. S-IsR. F.. Broussard. D. 4
81. r. Watkins. D.. 5-*J. =. Ransdell,
d. Or. C. Wickl.ffe, d. IA. p.
Pujo, d.
MAINE.
Ia. L. Allen, r. 2-J. P. Swasey,
r. 3-*E. C. Burleigh. r. At. e.
Guernsey, r.
MARYLAND.
1-sJ. Harry Covington, d. 2-%Joshua
F. C. Talbot, d. 3-*John Kormiller, r.
*John Gin, d. SIS. e. Mudd, r. 6
&C. A. Pearre, r,
MASSACHUSETTS,.
1-sG. p. Lawrence, r. 2-sF. H. Gill
lett, r. Sc. G. Washbuurn, r. &C.
@. Tirrell, r.. 5-tButler Ames, r. g.
"A. p. Gardner, r, 7--*E. w. Roberts
r. s-@S. w. Mccall. r. 9-*John A
X 'leher, d. 10-'Joseph F. O'Connell
ID. ~11-*Andrew j. Peters, D.. l2-+J
W. Weeks. r. i3-*W. S. Greene. r
lev. C, Lowering. r.
MICHIGAN.
1-sEdwin DENLY. r.. &c. E. Town
send, -. 3-*Washington Gardner, r
4-tE. L.. Hamilton, r. 5-"Gerrit j
Diekema, r. 6-$S. w. Smith, r.. "a I
sHenry McMorran. IL. ST., W. Ford
ney. II. s. C. Mclaughlin r. 10
sc. A. Loud, r. If. II. Dodds. r