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Show oo CONGRESS WILL BE riiy m mm New York, Nov. 9. Congressional election returns, which were nearly completed tonight, assure President Wilson in the forthcoming administration administra-tion a Democratic senate, but, with five districts still undecided, the host that, the Democrats could claim at midnight was a plurality of four votes in the house. Upon the basis of revised returns the Democrats have elected 215 members mem-bers of the house and the Republicans 211. In addition there have been elected elect-ed one independent, one Socialist, one Progressive and one Progressive-protectionist F6ur districts in West Virginia, two of them normally Democratic Dem-ocratic and two Republican, and one district in Mexico are still undecided. If these districts do not change the Democrats will have 217 and the Republicans Re-publicans 214, a plurality of only three. As there wll be four members of other minority parties a working majority for the Democrats is improbable im-probable unless somo of the minority members should choose to cast their lot with the administration forces. The senate, according to latest figures, fig-ures, will consist of 54 Democrats and 42 Republicans, a majority of 12. The Democratic majority in the present senate is 1G. The only development in the senatorial situation today was the strongly indicated election of A. A. Jones, the Democratic candidate in New Mexico, who was leading his Republican Re-publican opponent, Frank A. Hubbell, by a majority which Democratic leaders lead-ers regarded as safe. An unusual feature of the result is the election of tho first woman to congress. Miss Jeanette Rankin (Republican), (Re-publican), apparently having been elected in Montana. Tho house, according to the latest returns, will be divided politically as follows: State. Rep. Dem. Others. Alabama 10 Arizona 1 Arkansas 7 California 5 6 Colorado 1 . ?, Connecticut .... 4 1 Delaware l Florida ' . . 4 Georgia 12 Idaho 2 Illinois 21 6 Indiana 9 4 Iowa 10 17 Kansas 3 5 ' .. Kentucky 2 9 Louisiana . . 7 ' 1 Malno 4 Massachusetts ... 11 - 4 1 Maryland 2 4 Michigan 12 1 Minnesota 8 1 1 Mississippi 8 Missouri 2 14 Montana 1 1 Nebraska 3 3 New Hampshire . . 2 Nevada 1 New Jersey 9 3 tNew Mexico . . 1 New York 2G . 1G ft 1 North Carolina 10 North Dakota ... 3 Ohio 9 13 Oklahoma . . . rT. 2 , 6 Oregon 3 Pennsylvania ... 30 G Rhode Island ... 2 1 South Carolina .... 7 South Dakota 2 1 Tennessee 2 8 Texas IS Utah 2 Vermont 2 Virginia 1 . 9 Washington .... 4 i 1 West Virginia ... 1 .-,1 f 4 Wisconsin 11 Wyoming 1 .;. Totals 211 215 . 9 . 'Progressive. 1 Independent. I TDoubtful. ftSocialist. nn |