The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1910-11-11
MAJORITY OF
ABOUT Thirty
Democrats viii Have Control
Of Next House.
OFFICIAL RETURNS net IN

And Some Slight Changes Are Likely
to occur-cochems Refuses to Con.
eede Victory to Berger, the Socialist,
In Observation-Disclosures Have
Small Majority In the Senate.
Chicago, Nov. 10.-sixty-second con.
gress: Democrats elected 225, Repub-
licans 164, Socialists elected 1, doubt
ful district l; total, 391. Majority of
house 1876. Democratic majority in
house 20. Complete returns on the
election of representatives In congress
indicate that the Democrats will have
. working majority of twenty-nine in
the next house. The number Of Dem.
ocrats elected to congress, according
to the last returns, which are Of an
unofficial character is 225. The Re-
publican representation will be 164 or
165. or 8 seats less than the Democrats
now have in the Sixty-first congress.
The Eleventh Pennsylvania district,
which is represented in the Sixty-first
congress by Republican, is in doubt.
The Twelfth Pennsylvania district,
also normally Republican, is likewise
doubtful. The earlier returns indi-
Gated the election of Robert e. Lee,
and he Is carried in the table as rep
resentative of this district. Later re-
turns, however. give his Republican
opponent, Robert D. Heaton, an excel
lstn fighting chance, and the official
count will be necessary to determine
the result.
Absolute confidence Is not felt In the
returns for some of the Wisconsin dis
tricts and 1t Is not impossible that
the official figures will change the to-
tails Of the two parties. The Fifth
Wisconsin district Is claimed by Victor
l.. Berger. Socialist. Henry F. Co
chems, the Republican candidate, does
not concede Berger's election, and a
recount may be necessary to decide
The election.
Results Accomplished.
The political upheaval Tuesday was
followed by a general survey Of the
field, which disclosed with greater de-
tail and precision just what results
had been accomplished.
Latest calculations on the national
house of representatives, based on
complete but unofficial returns, show
that the Democrats will have a safe
III tnu ioritu ~ thirty
The outcome Of tho United States
senate Is now definitely settled. The
Republicans are assured Of sixteen
new senators, which, with thirty-lour
holdover senators, gives them a total
of fifty. The Democrats are assured
Of fifteen new senators. which. with
twenty-five holdovers, gives them
total of forty. Two senatorships are
still in doubt, namely, the successor
of the late Mr.. Dolliver In Iowa and OF
Mr.. Carter In Montana, where there
is prospect OF q tie.
These determined totals. however.
leave a Republican majority In the
senate as follows:
Total membership, 92; necessary to
majority, At; Republicans, so; Demo
Gratis, 40; doubtful. 2.
The sixteen Republican senators
considered assured are from Califor-
MA Connecticut, Delaware, Massachu-
sets, Minnesota. Michigan, Nevada.
North Dakota, Pennsylvania. Rhode
Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington.
Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The fifteen Democratic senators
considered assured are from Florida.
Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,
Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.