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Show DEMOCRATS HAVE NARR0WMARG1N New York. Nov 4. LateBt returns from yesterday's election Indicate that the Democratic majority In the House of Representatives for the sixty-fourth congress will be reduced to twenty-three. twenty-three. The probable Democratic majority ma-jority in the senate will be twelve Democrats have elected 22ii members, mem-bers, Repubhcaus 102, Progressives 10, and Socialists 1. Of the six miss ing districts. It was estimated tonight that the Republicans and Democrats mlcht elect three each. Heaviest Republican gains in the almost oer-whelming oer-whelming or the Democratic majority were thirteen In Illinois, twelve In New York eleven in Pennsylvania and nine In Ohio. Progressive representation In the House was cut from nineteen to ten. This resulted from the general collapse col-lapse of the Progressive organization throughout the country except In California Cali-fornia Contests w hich were so close that they could not be determined at .1 late hour tonight wero claimed bv the Democrats In two districts In Colorado, Col-orado, and one In New Jersey, and bv the Republicans in two districts in Kansas and one In North Carolina Districts Still In Doubt. In Ihe sixth California district J A BLston, Progressive led George H. Derrick. Republican, by a slight mar-en mar-en Democratic leaders claimed the election of H. H. Seldomridge and Bdward Keating in the Second and Third Colorado districts. Represen tatlve William E Tuttle. Jr., of the Fifth New Jersey district, was In danger of losing his seat to John H Capstlck Republican but his supnort- rs claimed his election Republicans claimed victory for W A Calderhead and John 3 Dykes in the Fifth and Sixth Kannis districts and for J. J Brltt in the Tenth North Carolina district dis-trict On the basis of the latest returns the senate of the sixty -fourth congress con-gress will remain In Democratic con trol b an increased majority. Al though there Is uncertainty regarding the election in Nevada the indlcn -tions are that the new senate will consist of r4 Democrats. 41 Republicans Republi-cans and 1 Progressive In states where tbe fight was hottest hot-test victory was practically assured for Lawrence Y Sherman. Republican, Republi-can, In Illinois. Herbert Wrk l-publican, l-publican, in Colorado; James D. Phe-lan. Phe-lan. Democrat, California; Benjamin F. Shlvely, Democrat, in Indiana; Charles Curtis, Republican. Kansas; Warren G Hardin Republican. Ohio; B. S. Johnson. Democrat. South Dakota, Da-kota, and Francis G N'ewlands, Dem ocrat. Nevada. |