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Show G, Oj P. GAINS FORTV?TWO 8EATS IN HOUSE 8enator Penroso eGts Bin Majority; Cannon Goes Back to '. . Congress .;V4 . , N'ovv'-Yoik, Nov. 1. Heavy Ilopub-lietiii'gains Ilopub-lietiii'gains throughout tho country., in ( 1 ', f 1 jesterday's ectlon gave nssuranco ot reducing tho Democratic majority of 141 In tl(o Houso of Uepresenta tlves by a big margin. At nn early hour this morning the returns from vnrlous Btatcst showed" a net gain of forty-two seavaf for tho Republic ami. Many districts nro et to bo heard from. Republican lendern tonight were jubilant ovor tho prospects, pros-pects, somo predicting Hint tho Democratic Dem-ocratic majority might bo overturned altogether by tlio final results. Democratic control of tho Senate liowcvor, was assured with a chanco that It would bo increased from ten to twelvo through the election ot Roger C. Sullivan In Illinois. Tho Bvveeplng Republican., victory in New York, tlio collnpso ot tho Progressive Pro-gressive voto throughout the country nnd tho upheaval in tho Democratic congressional districts generally were taken as assurances by Uopubllcan partisans that tho tariff had entered Into tho national political confllvt with telling effect. |