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Show iREPUBLICANS MAY WIN THEJ QUSE Chicago, Nov 4 The Republicans Will have n majority In the next house, said John C Eversman, secretary secre-tary of the Republican national committee, com-mittee, early this morning. Mr Eyersman is at the Lasalle hotel and is receiving congratulations from all over the country. "From the returns I have received It 18 now plain the Republicans will receive re-ceive a majority In the next house" he said. "Conditions ar0 overwhelming overwhelm-ing In the east. We expect to carry the next house bevond doubt " New York. Nov. 4. Heavy Republican Repub-lican gains throughout the country In ! BSterday'8 election gave assurance of reducing the Democratic majority of HI In the houso of representatives by a big margin. At nn early hour this morning the returns from various states showed B net gain oi forty two seats for the Republicans Manj districts are. yet to he heard from Republican leaders were jubilant over the prospectfl some predicting that the Democratic majorlt might be overturned altogether alto-gether by the final results. Democratic control of the senate however, wns assured the probability being that It would be increased from I ten to twelve through the election of Rogei C. Sullhan In Illinois. The sweeping Republican lrtorv In New York, the collapse of the Progressive Pro-gressive vote throughout the country and the upheaval In the Democratic congressional districts generalh were taken as assurances by Republican partisans that the tariff had entered Into the national political conflict with telling effect. I rn usual developments marked the contest in North Carolina and New Orleans In North Carolina two Re publican candidates for congress developed de-veloped unusual Btrength, threatening the defeat of Representatives D. L Houghton and James M Gudger. In the Third Louisiana district W. P. Martin, a Progressive, was leading Henri L. Queydan, Democrat. Colonel Colo-nel Roosevelt made a campaign speech In this district Latest available returns on the con-1 gresslona delegation from New York ' state showed that twenty-one Republicans, Repub-licans, twenty-one Democrats and one Progressive were elected. The New York delegation In the present house is Democrats, thirty-one; thirty-one; Republicans, eleven; Progressives, Progres-sives, one the Republican gain in yesterday's election to date being ten. Republican Gains. Further Republican gains In the late returns show two in New Hampshire, Hamp-shire, former Representatives Cyrus A Sulloway returning to the house, one In Rhode Island. Representatives Peter Gerry, Democrat, being defeated defeat-ed bj Walter R. Stiness Republican; tv.it in West Virginia, a further gain of one in Masachusetts, making a net gain of three Republican seats irom that state, and two in Indiana The total Republican gain indica'ed at that hour is forty two seats. In the first general election for United States senators, results still are in doubt In several states. The election of James w. Wadsworth, Jr Republican, In New York to succeed Blihu Root, oer Ambassador James W Gerard, came as a distinct surprise to Democratic administration leaders Latest returns gave Wadsworth an estimated nluralitv of Rfl nun The Increased Republican votes affected af-fected ihe results in several state contests. New- York. New Hampshire and Colorado which now have Democratic Demo-cratic governors, elected Republicans. Incomplete returns irom Kansas, now under Democratic administration, showed that the Republican ticket was In the lead and In Oklahoma the election elec-tion of the Democratic candidate was not assured. In a few instances however there were Democratic gains In Minnesota, Minne-sota, Idaho and Tennessee. which have Republican goernors, and Nevada, Ne-vada, with a F'rogressi e-Democratlc, were In the lead late tonight. Ohio was still in doubt, with the Demo cratic incumbent, Governor Cox, in the lead. In California there was an exception excep-tion to the Progressive slump. Such returns as were at hand from that state indicated a landslide for Governor Gover-nor Hiram Johnson the Progressive executive, who was up for re-election. Woman suffrage apparently fared ill at the hands of the voters In Ohio. North Dakota and Missouri, suffrage amendments appeared to have been beaten decisively. Suffrage Fared III. Statewide prohibition was beaten in Ohio, but In Colorado the early vote was in favor of it. In the senatorial contests, late returns re-turns indicated the re-election of Senator Sen-ator William P. Dillingham, Repub llcan of Vermont, over Charles A Prouty. Progressive-Democrat Demo rrailc leaders were claiming victory for Senators Chamberlain in Oregon and Bhively in Indiana Republican leaders expected to claim Kansas for Charles Curtis and South Dakota for Representative Charles H. Burke. Among Democratic members of the house ietired were Fitzhenrv O'Halr, Borchers and Balz of Illinois; Korbiy of Indiana, Thatcher of Massachusetts, Townsend and Walsh of New Jersey. O Drien, Ten Eyck, Clancy, Gittins of New York; BowdJe of Ohio, Donahue. Ixigue of Pennsylvania. M. Clyde Kelly, Progressive of Pennsylvania, also was defeated. Democrats gained one member In Kansas, W A. ayres being elected to the piace made vacant va-cant by the candidacy of Victor Mur-dock Mur-dock for the senate. Late returns from Connecticut confirm con-firm the complete overturning of the state delegation in the house, five Democrats to be succeeded by five Republicans, among them Rbenezer F. Hill, who was for many years a member mem-ber of the ways and means committee. |