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Show The Political Situation aa Reflected b- the Elections. The news at first of the October elections in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana seemed more favorable to the Republicans than the latest and more complete returns of the vote show. It now appears that the Democrats have gained in all these States, not very largely, it is true, in the total popular vote over the previous corresponding election, but still their gain is positive and important. The State of Ohio remains Republican, though the Democrats Demo-crats claim to have elected two members mem-bers of Congress more than they have at present the Congressional delegation delega-tion being now fourteen Republicans ard five Democrats, and in the next Congress it will be twelve Republicans and seven Democrats. In Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania the Democrats claim to have gained eight members of Congress. In the present House of Representatives Representa-tives the Republicans have eighteen members and the Democrat six. According Ac-cording to the election returns thus far the former will have ten and the latter fourteen iu the next Congress. Indiana In-diana is represented now by seven Republicans and four Deinocruts. The The election has reversed that, and she will have seven Democrats to four Republicans next Congress. So that it appears the total gain in the three States is thirteen representatives, making mak-ing a difference in the balance of the two panics in the next Congress of twenty-sis votes. It seems, too, thai the newly-elected Legi-lature of In diana will have a Democratic major ty of some six to eight votes on joint ballot, which will insure, probably, the election of a Democrat to the United States Senate. These are the facts as far as the election returns show up to this time, and they arc pretty complete. com-plete. It is but fair to say, also, that these Democratic gains have been obtained ob-tained in spite of the increased strength of the Republican party from the recently re-cently enfranchised neirroe. A7! Y, |