Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-10
HARMON'S OHIO MARGIN
MAY PASS 100000 MARK
Control Of Next House by Sixty Ma
jority Is Probable.
CLOSE HAULED IN SENATE
With Reduced Margin, Republican
Control Is Menaced by Insurgents.
Booms for 1912 Already
Launched.

Election returns tHe seCoiiu udS aieSi
serve only to increase and emphasize the
extent Of the democratic victory. OF the
twenty-seven states in which governors
were elected. thirteen appear to have
thirteen BY the republicans. Tennessee.
the twenty-seventh state, elected re-
publican as governor, but he ran on q
fusion ticket and his victory resulted
from a split in the democratic party.
In six states democratic governors will
displace republican incumbents. They
are New York, New Jersey, Connecticut.
Massachusetts. Oregon and Wyoming.
Not counting Tennessee, republicans
Lave to their credit the displacing Of
only one democratic governor. This
occurred in Nevada
Late returns from Colorado. which
had been claimed by both parties. in
dicate q democratic victory. and the re-
election OF Gov. Shaffroth by an in
creased plurality.
Sixty Majority in House.
Congressional returns, so far as they
are complete. indicate that the democrats
will control the next House by q major
!ty Of about sixty. overturning the
present republican majority of forty
three.
Counting Maine, which held its election
in September, the Indications today are
that eight democrats Will come to the
Senate to claim the togas now worn by
republicans The coming OF eight demo-
Gratis will reduce the present republican
majority of twenty-six in the Senate by
sixteen. leaving a republican margin OF
ten. As there are about half q dozen
militant republican insurgents whose
votes cannot be commanded by any ap-
peal to party regularity, prediction Is
made that the republicans will frequently
find themselves In a minority in the up
per house.
a democratic setback was experienced
In Missouri. where the democrats con-
fidently counted on rolling up an old-time
democratic majority. The result Is SO
close that the official count probably will
be required to determine which party is
the victor.
AhIIuOu SACVoIy VHoWS.
Eelated returns do not materially
change the figures in New York, and the
Official count probably will show Dix's
plurality to be in the neighborhood OF
t''.n .. In Ohio the landslide for Harmon
grows as the count nears completion, and
th, probabilities are that the democratic
candidate for governor has been re-elect-
ed hy close 10 100000 plurality. This is
the second largest plurality ever given a
candidate for Governor of Ohio, and larger
by nearly so,co0 than a democratic gov
crnOr ever received.
Tuesdays election having furnished the
Democrats with an abundance of presi-
Dental timber. they are now turning their
thoughts with confidence to 1912 BoOms
already have been launched for Judson
Harmon of Ohio, DIR. Woodrow Wilson
Of New Jersey. John A. Dix of New
York and Eugene y. Foss of Nassachu-
sctts. who led the democracy to victory
IN their important states.
Taft and Roosevelt Silent.
PRESIDENT Taft has departed for Panama
without public comment on the landslide.
while Col Roosevelt is still immured at
Sycamore Hill. with nothing to say. Al.
ItauS tiit CoHtest Is Oh IOr advantage
and honors in the reorganization of the
House of Representatives. Champ Clark
OF Missouri is openly I'm the race for
Speaker, with chances that he will b<
opposed for the caucus nomination by
James Hay of Virginia and Bob" Henry
of Texas. Speaker Cannon has made no
comment for publication. His admirers
are booming him for leadership Of the
coming minority. distinction which nat
Urally would fall to Serene F. Payne OF
New York. who is returned to the mex
Cnogress by slim margin