The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-11-09
DEMOCRATIC IANDSlI
OVER TIE WHOLE COUl1
Republicans Lose Their Con
troll Of Lower House and =
49, Upper is Close
GREAT GAINS MADE
BY the Democrats in the Var
ious State Legislatures
vi. Too

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CHICAGO. Nov. 9-THe securing
control of the next national House
of Representatives by the Democrats
was decisive. Returns up to date
showed the Democrats had made =
gross gain of 4s members. The ns-
ures were Offset by a Republica1
gain of five members leaving a net
Democratic gain Of 43 new seats.
If the Democrats maintain their
normal Representations in districts
yet to be heard from, they will have
an ample majority. In order to Sc
cure control of the House, IT was
necessary for the Democrats to Sc
cure "a new members.
The Democrats elected PIG, the
Republicans 1873. and the Socialists
L. Districts missing or in doubt
have 16 The total is 391. The
gain by the Democrats is SO, the gain
by the Republicans 5, making a net
gain for the Democrats of 4s.
NEW YORK. Nov. 9-More COM
plete returns today from the cleo
lions held yesterday serve to empha-
size rather than diminish the Demo
cratic landslide. There is hardly a
section OF the entire nation where
the Republican vote did not slump
notably, and in many cases, disas=
trously.
The sixty-second Congress will be
Democratic by a fine working ma
5ority, while in the United States
Senate the Republicans will have
only scant lead over their oppo-
nents
-Four influential eastern states,
New York, Massachusetts. Connectt-
cut and New Jersey will take their
places at the head of the procession
with Democratic governors and
strong Democratic representation in
their legislatures. Ohio, too, is
Democratic.
Two great leaders of the Republi-
can party. Taft and Roosevelt, alike
met defeat in their own states.
Roosevelt's home town, Oyster Bay,
went against him and his state re-
pudiated the Republican candidate
for governor. AS an additional
blow the New York state legislature
is Democratic and will elect Dem
ocrattc senator to succeed Depew.
President Taft today finds himself
face to face with one danger which
he regards most deadly and whiAh
he hesought the Republican voters
of the nation to prevent, a hOstils
House of Representatives to nullify
what remains of his legislative pro-
gram.
Summed up the results OF the
various state elections follow:
Democratic - Alabama, Connect
cut, Florida. Indiana. Massachu-
sets, Nevada, New jersey, New
York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Caro-
lima and Texas.
Republican-Colora Delaware,
Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota. Nebras-
ka, New Hampshire, North Dakota,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
DoubtHuI-Iowa and Kansas.
One OF the most astonishing over
lures was in the rock-ribbed Repub-
lican state OF Massachusetts, where
Eugene n. Foss. Democrat, has a
majority of 10000. In New Jersey,
DR.. woodrow Wilson was swept into
the governors chair by 10000 votes,
carrying with him Democratic sue
cessor to John Kean- Most of New
Jerseys ten congressman will sit
with the Democratic majority in the
Sixty-second Congress.
Connecticut elected a Democratic
governor for the first time since 1893
in the person of Judge Simeon e.
Baldwin. The chief feature OF
Baldwln's campaign was his long
drawn out controversy with Roose-
welt over their respective views OF
compulsory compensation for work
lngmen injured in industrial acct
dents,
Tennessee elected rusion candi-
date. Ben w. Hooper, by a generous
margin, for governor.
IN the states OF Washington and
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