Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1914 — REPUBLICAN GAINS DERUCE DEMOCRAT HOUSE MAJORITY. [ARTICLE]

REPUBLICAN GAINS DERUCE DEMOCRAT HOUSE MAJORITY.

Early Returns Show Net Gain of 42 Seats in the Lower House. —-q New York, Nov. 4.—Heavy republican gains thorughout the country yesterday’s election 'gave assurance of reducing the present democratic majority of 141 in the house of representatives by a big margin. At an early hour this morning the returns from various states showed a net gain of 42 seats for the republicans. Many districts are yet to be heard from. Republican leaders were jubilant over the prospects, some predicting that the democratic majonty might be overturned altogether by* the final results: Democratic control of the senate, however, was assured, the probability being that it would be increased from ten to twelve through the election of Roger C. inois. The sweeping republican victory in New York, the collapse of the progressive vote throughout the country and the upheaval in the democratic districts, generally were taken as assurances by republican partisans that the tariff had entered into the national political conflict with telling effect. Unusual developments marked the contest in North Carolina and New Orleans. In North Carolina two republican candidates for congress developed unusual strength, threatening the defeat of Representatives Dough ton and Gudger. In the 3rd Louisiana district, W. P. Martin, a progressive, was leading Henri L. Gueydan, democrat. Colonel Roosevelt made a campaign speech in this district. Latest returns on the congressional delegation from New York state showed 21 republicans and 21 democrats elected .and one p:o-

gressive. The New York delegation in the present house is: democrats 31, republicans 11, progressive 1. The republicans’ gain in this election to date being ten. Further republican gains in the late returns show two in New Hampshire, Former Representative Cyrus A. Sulloway, returning to the house, one in Rhode Island, Representative Peter G. Gerry, democrat, being defeated by Walter R. Stiness, republican. Two in West Virginia, a further gain of one in Massachusetts, making a net gain of three representatives’ seats from that state, and two in Indiana. The total republican gain indicated at that hour is 42 seats. In the first general election for U. 8. senators, results still are in doubt in several states. The election of-James W. Wadsworth, Jr., a republican, in New; York, to succeed Eliiiu Root, over Ambassador James W. Gerard came as a distinct surprise to democratic administration leaders'. Latest returns gave Wadsworth an estimated plurality of 50,000. The increased republican vote affected the results in several state contests. New York, New Hampshire and Colorado, which now have democratic governors, elected republicans. The incomplete returns from Kansas, now under democratic administration, showed that the republican tidket was in the lead, and in Oklahoma the election of the democratic candidate was not assured. In a few instances, however, there were democratic gains. In Minnesota, Idaho and Tennessee, which have republican governors, and Nevada, with a progressive, democratic candidates were in lead. < Ohio was still in doubt, with the democratic incumbent, Gov. Cox, in the lead. In California there was an exception to the progressive slump. Sucbf returns as were at hand indicated a landslide for Gov. 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 decisively beaten. State wide prohibition w v as beaten in Ohio, but in Colorado the early vote was in favor of it. Indications up to midnight were that the democrats might increase the present majority in the senate from 10 to 12, the reported victory of Roger C. Sullivan in Illinois over Lawrence Y. Sherman making a difference of two votes. Results in California, Kansas, Colorado, Indiana, Oregon and South Dakota were still in doubt and nothing had been heard from the contest in Washington between Wesley L. Jones, republican, and W. W. Black, democrat. Late returns indicated the re-election of Senator William P. Dillinghtam, republican of Vermont, over Charles A. Prouty, progressive-democrat. Democratic leaders were claiming victory for Senators Chamberlain in Oregon and Shively in Indiana. Republican leaders expected to claim Kansas for Charles Curtis and South Dakota for Representative Charles Burke. Dmocrats gained one member in Kansas, W. A. Ayres being elected to the place made vacant by the candidacy of Victor Murdock for the senate. r Late returns from Connecticut confirmed the complete overturning of the state delegation in the house, five democrats to be sue-1 ceeded by five republicans. *