Show republicans are to k ousted CONTESTS N CONGEES the democrats propose increasing their majority three cases march 18 aa eaon ta the sundry civil bill il disposed of which will probably be tomorrow ha house wilt take up the four contested election cases which ara pending toe cabe from the tenth mia ouri district the william B settle cese from ahe fifth north carolina the case from the third california and the whatley colby case from the fifth alabama the oneil joy and english basea which wera both decided against the setting members republican b strict party votes iu the committee on elections are the most important and will require the major portion of the time in both these cases the result of the election in november was dobe there were two counts in the election the recount giving joy republican 67 plurality oneila wan beaten on the face of the returns and he instituted the contest on the ground that the mia couri celecion ele cion law bad not been complied wi ali it having been blown that acme of the joy ballots bad not beun numbered and initialed as required by law ane case before the committe e hinged upon the determination of aba question as to whether the election law in this particular should ba regarded as mandatory or bialy directory the of the corn wavered for seme time but finally decided by strict party vote that the law was mandatory and that iw technicalities had not been observed this decision eave be beat to democrat in the hillbern ciao the ault was also very close english receiving on the face of the beturne against contest rested on the claim that in ono the had been manipulated beland docot and his attorneys charged that while hillbern ws nut nuble for it he bad ben the beneficiary of that aaion at at the cloas of the caad Hill burns attorneys abill claimed bia election by one vote but the democrats of the commit tee decided in favor of english in the case the con alleges tuat the sitting member bad been elected by the bulldozing and intimidation of desro voters by the republicans hut most of the demo crata of tha committee refused to hw tain h a mr woodward democrat however dissented from the decision of his colleagues in the colby case the corn unanimously decided against the who was a kopul st and hr casa can nave no et andina in the ironee whatever if the Lon election caa a are disposed of this week which is hardly probable as the republicans public ans will doubt lea moist upon the orebecca ore Benca of a Domo cratis quorum to un eat their colleagues the house will proceed with the of the consular con eular and diplomatic appropriation dills |