Show 48 VOTES IN THE houze OF washington nov 12 Che checking eking up ot of the returns of last tuesday a election action ei by the republican congles bignal committee today resulted in ill the announcement being matte that tile ilie republicans have a certain majority in tile the next house oi of forty eibrt votes b inal returns it is claimed way may increase the majority but it will ill not be diminished 1 ahe I he senate enate majority of the republicans ill be two votes word comes from pennsylvania hat bat representative farr appears to have been beaten in the bc ranton district by his democratic opponent the soldier vote is counted on by the republicans to pull him Lar gubb lie is not included in the urty orty eight majority neither do the republicans lay claim to more than six votes in missouri although claims edve been made that eight republicans have been elected in that state chairman fess of th ec ommittee who returned today from his home in ohio said we are absolutely sure of a majority of forty eight not counting 1 arr who bo may win on the finah returns and not counting the two additional dit ait ional votes in which the republican committee in that state claims we have gone over the returns carefully and have made no mistake in our calculation of tile the republican majority the latest word ord from idaho la Is very nery favorable to co frank gooding goodeng in the contest with senator nugent it will take the official count to determine who has been elected it gooding wins ains the republicans will mill have fifty votes in the senate and the democrats democrate forty six it if nugent is elected tho vote will be forty nine to forty seven a majority of two tor for the republicans w s s E |