Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-11-12

According to election returns, the
next House will be Democratic by a
majority of Sc. There will be 225
Democrats. 164 Republicans, and So
cialist, as compared with 217 Republi-
cans and 174 Democrats In the present
House
In the legislature in one or two
States the result is still close, but the
reurns indicate pretty certainly that
the next United States Senate will
will have a Republican majority of II.
The Republican majority in the pres
emit Senate is rs, allowing for che va
cancy. 1t is apparent, therefore, that
the Republicans in the upper branch of
Congress, while possessing an absolute
voting majority, will be skating on
thin ice, which is likely to crack and
let them through altogether in 1912 un-
less the Democratic drift is cracked.
Scott to Lose Seat.
Senator Nathan Bay Scott, Republi-
can, of West Virginia, will lose his
seat, and will be succeeded by Demo
crat The returns from the back
woods districts in that Stale, coming
in yesterday, turned what looked Ike
victory for Scott into defeat. The
West Virginia legilasture is Democrat
ic by fair majority on joint ballot.
The returns show that these Repub-
leans, besides Senator Scott, will be
succeeded by Democrats: Chauncey NJ.
Depew. of New York; John Kean, of
New Jersey; Charles Dick, OF Ohio;
Albert j. Beverage, of Indiana; Elmer
J. Burkett, of Nebraska, and William
Warner, of Missouri. A Democratic
legislature earlier in the year in Maine
will add another name to the Est as
the successor of Eugene Hale, Republi-
can.
The returns indicate that Nevada
Legislature has gone Republican, and
will return George S. Nixon TO the
Senate. The vote in this State is very
close, and it may be day or two be-
fore the contes is definitely settled.
In Ohio and Indiana.
Senator Dicks defeat in Ohio is
now reported as fact, and Senator
Beverage has practically given up
hope in Indiana.
The returns from the Congressional
districts when laid out on paper pre-
sent mighty puzzling appearance for
persons who think they know some
thing about politics. In one part of
the country the fight between the in
surgents and the regulars and the is
sue of Cannonism seems TO have been
a controlling factor in the fight, but
when the politician has laid his finger
upon such an instance he is more than
likely to meet with other results in
the same State, which absolutely belle
his differences About the only fact
that stands out of the entire muddle is
that there was a complete Democratic
landslide and marked determination
on the part of the voters to have a
change. Insurgents and regulars went
down alike in the avalanche, but the
latter suffered more heavily.
Big Gain in New York.
The largest gain made by the Demo-
Gratis in any one State was in New
York, where they turned Republican
majority of 10 into a Democratic ma.
jority of 8.
In Michigan the Cannon issue seems
to have had some effect.
The insurgents and the regulars had
their knives out against each other in
Iowa, and the regulars seemed 20 have
come off with little the better of the
argument. Two insurgents, Chas, erik
OF the Second district, and Nathan e.
Kendall. of the Sixth, went down to
defeat, while the standpat candidates
were elected.
In Kansas the insurgents carried all
eight districts.
Tawney Not Revengeful.
The First Minnesota district, the
district that had been represented in
Congress for many years by James T.
Tawney, chairman of the House APP
propriations Committee, elected Sid
ney Anderson, Republican insurgent,
as Mr.. Tawney's successor.
In North Carolina the Democrats re
gained the three districts that the Re-
publicans have held there since 1908.
The Democrats also regained a dis
trict in Kentucky and two in Mary
land. The Republicans lost two in
Missouri, and other things indicated