The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-11-12
4 BIC DEMocRATIc VICTORY,

Inc results OF last TUESDAY 6ieCLlonS
| throughout the country were such as to
more than realize the premonitions and
prophecies of a Democratic tidal wave.
except that the sweep of the inundation
which changed the political complexion
of. the lower house of congress was not
! great enough to overcome the Republican
majority in the national senate. The
closing half of the Taft administration
will therefore have a Democratic house
and a. Republican senate, thus at least
assuring the country against the enact
ment of partisan legislation and putting
both the great political parties on their
best behavior preparatory to the struggle
for control of the government at the next
national election two years hence.
The present lower house of congress
contains 215 Republicans and 172 Demo-
Gratis The lower branch of the sixty
second congress, according to latest re-
turns, will be composed of 225 Democrats,
| 1874 Republicans and Socialist. The
seats gained by Democrats were 81, in
the following states: Connecticut /, Illi-
nois 4, Indiana /. Iowa 2. Kentucky /,
Maine 2. Maryland 2, Massachusetts, l.,
Michigan 2, Missouri A, New Jersey A,
New York IL. North Carolina 8, Ohio g.,
Oklahoma I. Pennsylvania 6, Rhode Is
land /. West Virginia A. The Republicans
gained seats, as follows: In Iowa |. Mas
sachusetts I, Missouri /. Nevada 1, New
York 1. Pennsylvania |. The net Demo-
cratic gain. therefore, was 81. The lone
Socialist was elected from Milwaukee.
The senate of the sixty-seeond congress
will contain ST Republicans and 40 Demo-
Gratis, with one seat in doubt. Democrats
will succeed Republicans from the follow
ing states: Indiana. Maine, Missouri. Ne
braska. New Jersey, New York, Ohio and
West Virginia. The seat in doubt is that
now held by Republican Senator Thomas
H. Carter of Montana.
Democratic governors were elected in
the states and by approximately the ma
jorities following: New York, $4,000; New
Jersey. $4,000. Connecticut. $500; Massa-
chusetts. $4,000; Ohio, $4,000; Alabama.
$4,000; South Carolina. 10000; Texas.
10000; North Dakota. 1900; Oklahoma,
5000; Oregon, 5000; Wyoming, 5000, and
Idaho, $780,
Republican governors were elected as
follows: Pennsylvania 20 900, New Hamp-
shire 1000. Rhode Island 900. Iowa $4,000.
Kansas $4,000. Michigan 10000, Minnie
sofa $4,000. Nebraska 5000, South Dakota
II. 600, Wisconsin $4,000. California $4,000.
Nevada $50. Utah $4,000, and Tennessee
1000. In the last named state the Re
publican nominee was supported by the
Independent Democrats.
In Louisiana all the seven Democratic
candidates for congress were successful
as expected. and so were the nominees of
the same party for the few other offices
required to be filed at this election. The
Republican candidates for congress in the
first and second districts. Messrs, Wogan
and Loisel. polled respectable minority.
and in his own parish of St. James MIR.
Loisel was only So votes behind his Dem
ocratic opponent. Hon. H. Garland Dupre.
Allof the fifteen proposed constitutional
amendments were adopted by about 20. 600
majority. of which New Orleans contrib
uted approximately 1900 and the coun-
try parishes 5000 The entire vote on the
amendments was not much over 100000.
and New Orleans polled more than Il GOO
of the total. The parishes that seem to
have given majoritles against the EXPOSE
ton amendments are Acadia, BosSier,
Caldwell, Grant. iberia. Lafayette, Lincoln,
Morehouse, Natchitoches. Rapides, Red
River Sabine, Union. VermiIion, Vernon,
West Carroll and VIM. Acadia was the
only parish to give a large majority in OPP
position to the amendment. her vote be-
ing 299 for and 989 against. and this is
attributable, no doubt. to the dissatifac-
ton of the rice growers of that parish
with the alleged manipulation of the mar
ket for their cereal by New Orleans mill
ers and dealers.
Louisiana's interest in these amend
nents and in the great exposition they
were framed to promote is much greater
than in the result of the national election,
hence the people of this state can afford
o regard the outcome of Tuesdays strug-
gle with equanimity. whether they view
/ from Democratic or Republican stand
point.
81. c. /. Notes.
The debating club held its first session
IN Friday of last week The subject was
The Utility of the Present Political