The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-11-06
DEMOCRATS STILl
RULE CONGRESS
Estimates on House M1joIit|
Range From Is to 20.
CLAIM GAINS IN THE SEHs i
Republican and Democratic leade
Declare Prosressives' Chance
Power Is Wiped Out.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-EstimatesI OF
the narrow margin by which the III N
ocrats will maintain control of ne
houes in the Sixty-fourth cong1 IS,
which meets in December, 1915, ra Sge
from thirteen to twenty-five, WIZ h
latter is the claim of the aGm!nlstfa-
ton leaders.
An estimate of what leaves four
congressional districts uncertain gives
the following results: Democrats, 22S;
Republicans, 1874; Progressives, q;
Socialist, /; Independent. 1; D1D1o'
cratic majority, 25.
In the districts listed az pin
Republicans claim the e]ly2ch5ltF.
C. Hicks in the First New York dis
trict; N. M. Mclean, Republican-Pro-
gressive, in the Third Colorado dis
trict, and c. B. Timberlake, in the
Second Colorado district, and the
Democrats claim the election of G. T.
Helving in the Fifth district of Kan
sas, If all these claims are substan-
tiated there would be a Democratic
majority of %.
Republican congressional headquar-
tiers conceded Democratic control OF
the house in a tabulation giving tho
Democrats 223 seats, the Republicans
POP, Progressives and the Social.
lists 1. One member, Kent, of Cali for
MIA, is listed as Independent. Two dis
tricts are still missing in their list.
one in Kansas and one in MINES ia.
This gives the Democrats ma5ofity
of thirteen on the comittee's pres ent
returns.
The Democratic leaders professed
themselves satisfied. declaring that it
was the greatest majority ever re-
turned by any party in an off year
following a tariff revision" The d m
ocrats also asserted that the returnE
showed that the Progressive party
had practically disappeared ard tina.
therefore the Democratic victory was
a triumph over reunited Republican
party.
Republicans, however, were jubil,
ant over the result. They asserted
that the Progressives were returning
to the fold and that by 1916 the way
would be cleared for a sweeping Re.
publican victory. They were prepared
to welcome back "Uncle Joe" Can.
non and many of his erstwhile follow
ers who had fought their way back to
seats in the house after theit defeat
in 1912.
Three breaks In the solid south,
which Democracy has held + for 81
many years, were pointed to ian indi.
cations of Democratic weakness. Re
publicans elected from Maryland and
North Carolina and a ProgreAis
seated in the Third Louisiana
trict gave aid and comfort to the yp
Democrats are hopeful Y IS.
ing their na.iarity In the h
is ten in the present eonsr,- b.
sequence of claims made in the b.
half in Nebraska, Colorado and Bali
fornia.
Senator Thomas, of Colorado, wired
that he was elected by a safe plural.
ity, and Senator Newlands made the
same claim for Nevada.
The election of Plat, Republican.
in Nevada, had been generally con-
coded, and in Colorado, Herbert Work,
Republican, has claimed election by
35,1O0.
Latest returns show Phelan, Demo
crat, leading in the three-cornered
fight in California between the Demo
cratic nominee; Knowland, ReDublI.
can, and Hency, Progressive.
Democratic victories in California, |
Colorado and Nevada would give them !
fifty-five votes to forty Republicans
and one Progressive, a majority of
fourteen.