Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1900 — WILL CONTROL THE HOUSE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WILL CONTROL THE HOUSE.

Republicans Elect a Safe Working Majority in Congress. The Republican landslide has included the House of Representatives, and that body will be in control of the party which has held it since the Fifty-fourth Congress. Returns received np to 1 o’clock Wednesday morning show that the Republicans will have 197, the Democrats 152. fusion B—thereby B—thereby making a clear Republican majority of 37. Those figures, howeveCjjee not conclusive w THE IKH SE. States— Hep. Dem. Ind. Alabama ;t Arkansas .... c, California U 1

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JAMES K. JONES. Chairman of the Democratic National Committee.