The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-30
Big Gains Are Claimed In the
 Congressional Districts
HITCHCOCK IS CONFIDENT
Republican Chairman Says His Party Will Probably Win In Tennessee and kentucky-New York Is
 Claimed by Big Vote.

New York October 29.-Representa- tive Henry c. Loudensager of New Jersey. Secretary of the national re- publican congressional committee, who had been in charge of the New York headquarters for the conduct of the campaign, today gave out his esti- mates of the complexion of the na- tional House of Representatives in the Sixty first Congress.
 From the several thousand letters received" he said. and from personal interviews with politicians and other observers from all sections Of the country I am convinced that a con servative estimate of the political com plexion of the next House is that it will show 227 republicans and 164 dem- ocrats.
 q am confident that the election re- suits will give an increase in the mum Der of republicans rather than a de- crease. This campaign has been a strange one in many respects. unusual | conditions have existed in different sections and while there will be some changes, the net result will, in my judgment, be as stated Chairman Hitchcock of the republi can national committee said late to- 1 day that he would probably give out i his forecast of the electoral vote to- morrow afternoon. He said that the statement would include the doubtful as well as the certain states for both
 parties. MT. Hitchcock is still of the ! Mo, a. l,aa ay Cl
 but he is quite certain of Montana. h. i formation from leaders in Kentucky and Tennessee continue to reach head , quarters and Is to the effect that the republican candidate has more than l fighting chance in those two states. i While he feels sure about Maryland, 1 he thinks the fight will be close there. MT. Hitchcock said that MT. Taft was feeling unusually happy last night as
 he was leaving the city over the re- suit of the meetings which he had ad
 dressed here yesterday and particu- l larly the meeting which was held in i Madison Square Garden last night. MT
 Hitchcock said that he himself had never seen any meeting equal to that
 of last night.
 The fOllOWlnS IOFeCdSlS were Hdue dI republican national headquarters to- l day:
 Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, New
 England will give it's entire electoral vote for Taft and Sherman. Massa 1 chusetts will give about the same plu-
 rality it gave to Mckinley. S2,000. I | have been upstate in New York and
 am confident that not only Judge Taft l but Governor Hughes will receive 1 large majorities in this state. | Secretary Straus of the department l of commerce and labor: Judge Taft l will carry the state of New | ork by d ! majority ranging between that re-
 ceived by Roosevelt in 1904 and Mckin-
 ley in 1900. Governor Hughes will re- 1 ceive a larger plurality than has been
 supposed"
 Former Governor Murphy of New i Jersey:
 "It Is a question of majority only for i Taft and Sherman in New Jersey" Congressman Hawlev of oregon:
 Taft will carry every state west of ! the Mississippi with the possible eX
 ception of Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas,
 Arkansas and Louisiana. Taft and
 Sh erman will carry Nebraska by from l 5000 to 10000.'
 Chairman Woodruff of the republican, 1 state committee:
 From the canvass made mp the state ] l predict that Taft's plurality will be
 over 125,00O and Hughes will not fall 1 below 75,000"