The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1910-11-16
CONTROL sure
FOR DEMOCRATS
Nv Che Next House With
Working Majority.
MGK ROW FOR STAHDPATIERS
Insurgents viii Handle ReinS
IN Senate and Hold Bal
Ance of Power.
MgK ROW FOR STANDPATIERS
n sstaMARY OF THE RESULTS
rhe sixty.second Congre.s.

tL3dl ......'... '..'.''. o5I
BEx 5rlty of House. ....... 1876
BsaDrratic majority in House 20
Washington, Nov. 10.-The polit-
E-zlaDheaval of Tuesday was follow
-sEs1sday by a general survey of the
nj which disclosed with greater
zs2tFF and precision just what re-
lEnlss had been accomplished.
later calculations on the national
lIfsae Of representatives, based on
.>HSulete, but unofficial returns,
At<x the Democrats will have a safe
sauxing majority of fifty.
ne outcome of the United States
Eazre is not definitely settled. The
gpublicsns are assured Of sixteen
~ Senators, Wtioh, with tlirty-
EEy hold-over Seators, gives them a
-SC1k of fifty. Democrats are assur-
q. VI fifteen new Senators, which
vz1I twenty-five hOld-Overs gives
g1p total OF forty. TWO senator
-sSds are still in doubt, namely,
,Esrcsscr oc the late Senators Dolli-
81 n Iowa, ana carter in Montana,
ware there is a prospect Of c tie.
nsso determined totals. However,
2agyc the Republican majority in the
7ssrre rs follows;
F5tal membership 80.
Neessary to majority Al.
republicans 80.
1smccrats 80.
G0ubtful 2.
ne greatest gain of Congressman
III my one State was New York,
~H,s;c the present delegation OF
-ssoee Democrats vas increased by
ip, making the division as TO New
11on in the next House twenty-five
GSUnrrats, fifteen Republicans. The
presentation from New York in
-stc Sixty-first Congress is twenty
fTw Republicans, twelve Democrats.
lie next largest increase was in
IE1a7as, where the Democrats on the
1aot Of the returns made six gains.
II Pennsylvania the Democratic
.Ezss we're five, New Jersey Eve.
On i11r, North Carolina two. Wes,
VIsrnia two, Missouri two, Mary
Is1g two, Maine two, previously
e'essd, and one each in Connecticut,
IEErna, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachu-
ives, Oklahoma and Rhode Island.
-se Republican gains were one
err r. Missouri, New York and
.Rsmsy lyania.
Te Democratic gains in the Sem
nc viii so reduce the Republican
x,sf,yity i'm that body that the insur-
gEa Republicans will hold the bal
1Rs OF power and the LaFollette
PQrr can, by combining with the
-SRZvcratic minority, absolutely con-
tzs} egislation in the upper branch
of nv1gress.
Eysfe are in the present Senate
IS republicans, - Democrats and
uns racancy, that occasioned by the
sdg-i Of Senator Dolliver, which will
SagHIess be filled by a Republican.
Tie Democrats will gain Senators
~ Rdine, New York, New Jersey,
srgT Virginia. Ohio, Missouri, Ne
bErEa, Indiana, Nevada and posi-
III EGRtaua. in all nine or ten mem
-eeE- Dut they will lose one from
'&t'l Dakota. Senator Purcell, who
bEEs office only by appointment, will
De Hceoeded by a Republican.
Accordingly the Democrats will
tasEp ~ and possibly AZ members of
-fsP Senate, as against 80 or 81 Re-
puA@ans. OF these. allowing that
S5eBEor Delivers successor is an
SnEGsent, there will be at least sly
AJr even progressiyes, who will con-
fnR'lhe balance of power. They are
-Z-sEsdette, Clapp, Cummins, Bris
kaa: Poindexter, of Washington, and
tt4iT rev member from Iowa.
AIDED to these there will be such
.xpzr insurgents as Brown, of Ne
a5gg4&a, and Crawford, of South Da-
Ekrpr.. and the two new insurgent
waHx5ers from North Dakota, who
arr expected to align themselves
,-szs, be progressive wing, thus
.SuzIS g their power a determining
'Teey in legislation in the next Con-
rs7cygE
T0Te the Democrats gain be-
-Ssazr7 90 and 60 new members the
sxy1nrF show that the Republicans
7.y--y' x iued ONLY three seats now
SsE ~ Democrs-s. One Of these
rsEg come from thee Fourteenth