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Show A Republican t'nseated. Washington, Feb. 27. The democrats increased in-creased their majority in the house of representative rep-resentative by one yesterday. Andrew Stewart of the Twenty-fourth Pennsylvania district was unseated, and Alexander Craig, his democratic contestant, declared regularly regu-larly elected. The first vote was on the minority resolution, confirming tho right of Stewart to the seat, and it was defeated 58 to 150. Tbe majority resolution, seating Craig, was adopted without division. Messrs. Cockran (New York) and Babbitt (Wis.) voted in favor of the republican contestor. |