The Washington times., 1910-11-10
MAJORITY IN HOUSE
NOW PLACED At SO
Democratic Gains Materially
Increased BY Later
Returns.
BUT TWO BIG BLOWS
DEALT INSURGENTS
Will Occupy Far Stronger Position
In Both Branches Next
Congress.
By WALTER J. FAHY.

When the Democrats take over control
Of the House of Representatives in De-
cember. 1911, for the first zine in eight
cen years they viii have majority Of
ffty-nine.
This is indicated by the latest revised
figures received in Washington from
practically every Congressional district
in the country.
With a large number of districts in
doubt yesterday the prospective Demo
cratic majority lowered between thirty
and forty. but as the day passed on and
the official counts were completed the
additional figures continued to swell the
Democratic victory until this morning
comparatively complete returns indi-
Gated a Democratic majority in the next
House Of 50.
This does not take into consideration
the more or less conflicting reports from
California regarding the Congressional
elections.
In the long list Of Republican defeats
In every section of the country, but two
actual blows were delivered to the SUD-
porters OF the cause of insurgency, the
victims being Senator Albert ]. Bev-
eridge Of Indiana and Representative
Hamilton Fish. Of the Twenty-first dis
trlct Of New York.
In the Si0lty-secOnd Congress the Re
publican insurgents will occupy a far
stronger position in both the House and
senate than in the present Congress.
The loss of Beverage in the Senate Is
more than Offset by the election of
representative Miles POindeXeter 70
succeed Senator Piles, and Representa-
tive Gronna, Of North Dakota, 70 sue
coed Senator Purcell.
In the House the insurgent strength
Will be greatly augmented not only by
the new members who ran as pro-
gressives but also by a large number
Of members who were regulars in the
last session, but who upon RETURNING.
TO their respective districts were COM
PEELED 10 announce themselves as pro
greSsiveS and 10 renOunce allegiance to
Cannon and CannOnism.
Another important factor in consid-
ertng tnsurgent strength I'm the next
House Is TO be found in the fact that
during the last session of Congress
several insurgents showed a DISPOSE
ton to break away from the !nsur gent
leaders at critical times.
Unbroken Ranks.
Now that the insurgent cause has been
indicated throughout the country.
however, It is believed that the insur-
gents, new and old, viii present IN
broken ranks
With these Republican insurgents
greatly strengthened in numbers ready,
IL is believed. TO cooperate with the
progressive wing Of the Democratic
party in the House there is an excel
lent prospect of a great amount Of pro-
gressive legislation being written on to
the statute books during the Sixty
second Congress.
With the elimination on March T..
1911, Of Senators Depcw. of New York;
Kean, Of New Jersey; Scott, Of West
Virginia; Dick Of Ohio: Burkett. of
Nebraska; Warner, Of Missouri: Hale,
Of Maine, and possibly Lodge, OF Mas
sachusetts, the insurgents will hold the
balance Of power in the upper branch
OF Congress far more effectively than
at the present time.
In fact, a classification in the Senate
Of regular Republicans. Democrats and
insurgents show an even division be-
tween Democrats and regular Repub-
Hcans, each having forty seats, with
twelve insurgents holding the balance
81 power.
-. Deadlock Bugaboo.
With such a lineup in the Senate 10
back up and real progressive coalition
in the House it will be an easy matter
to dispel the somewhat popular bugaboo
that Democratic House and a Repub-
Hcan Senate will result in a deadlock.
with each branch Of Congress pigeon
holing with great Elee the legislation
passed IN the other House
II the Republican prOgressives show
the same disposition to cooperate with
the progressive members Of the majority
in the House in the Sixty-second Con-
EresS that was displayed by progressive
Democrats during the last session of
the present Congress, there will be a
plentiful amount of legislation initiate ]
at the House end of the Capitol, not
H1thstanding any protests that may be
made by the conservative Democrats.