Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1910 — GREAT VICTORY WON BY THE DEMOCRATS [ARTICLE]

GREAT VICTORY WON BY THE DEMOCRATS

Carry Stales and Obtain Majority in Congress.

The elections have resulted in a political convulsion of far-reaching extent similar to the famous tidal wave of 1882, but even more widespread In its effects. The national house of represerta fives was carried by the Democrats, who will control that branch of eon gress by a safe working majority a‘ ter March 4 1911, reversing the pres ent Republican majority of 43. The United States senate will have a reduced Republican majority as a suit of legislative elections held in many states. , Summed up, the results of the various elections were as follows: Democratic: Alabama, Connecticut. Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Ne vada, New York. New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Oregon. Republican Colorado, Delaware Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska New Hampshire. North Dakota, Pennsylvania. Rhode Island. -South Dakota, Kansas. Tennessee and Wisconsin J The New York state ticket wins by about 60,000 plurality for the head of the ticket, John A. Dix. The rest of the Democratic state ticket is elected by reduced pluralities. The Republicans lost every member of con gress in Greater New York except William M. Calder in Brooklyn. The legislature on joint ballot will be Democratic, thus insuring a successor to Cbauncey M. Depew. For the first time since 1892, New i Jersey went Democratic. Woodrow j Wilson, president of Princeton uni-! versity, is elected governor over Vivian M. Lewis, his Republican opponent, by a plurality that may reach 35,000. Except in Mr. Lewis' own county the Democratic candidate made gains in every county in the state, and all indications point to a legislature that will be Democratic on the Joint ballot and name a Democratic as the successor of United States Senator John Kean, whose term expires in 1911. Bass, Republican, Is elected governor of New Hampshire. Hooper, Republican and fusion candidate for-govern-or, defeats Rob L. Taylor, the Democratic candidate in Tennessee In Wisconsin Francis E McGovern, Republican, is elected by a reduced majority and the return of Senator La Follette is assured. In Minnesota the Republican state ticket, headed by Governor Eberhart, was elected. In lowa -Governor Carroll ran behind in the cities and the Republicans pinned their hope on the country districts. Carroll won by a reduced plurality. „ Massachusetts elected Foss, Democrat. governor by a plurality estimated In excess of 20.0Q0. Uncle Jbe Cannon, speaker of the house, is elected by the biggest majority the district has given ror ten years. Sereno E. Payne, chairman of the ways and means committee, is elected by a plurality but little short of normal. John Dalzell, another of Speaker Cannon’s lieutenants, is reelected in Pennsylvania. J. Sloat Fasset. a supporter of Speaker Cannon, is defeated.

The next house of representatives will be Democratic by a majority of 62 There toll be 226 Democrats, 164 Re publicans, and 1 Socialist, as compared with 217 Republicans and 174 Democrats in the present house. Vote on the legislatures in one or two states is still very close, but the returns indicate pretty certainly that the next senate-will have a Republican majority of 12. The Republican majority in the present senate is 25, allowing for one vacancy. It ib apparent, therefore, that the Republicans in the upper branch of congress, while possessing an absolute voting majority will be skating on thin ice. Senator Nathan Bay Scott, Republican, of West Virginia,, will lose his ■eat and will be succeeded by a Democrat. The returns from the backwoods districts in that state, turned what looked like a victory for Scott Into a defeat. West Virginia legislature Is Democratic op, joint ballot. The returns show these Republicans besides Senator Scott will be succeeded by Democrats; Chauncey M. Depew of New York, John Kean of New Jersey, Charles Dick of Ohio; Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana, Elmer J. Burkett of Nebraska, and William Warner of Missouri. A Democratic legislature, elected earlier in the year in Maine, will add another name to the list as the succssor of Eugene Hale, Republican. The returns indicated that the Neveda legislature has gone Republican and will reiurn George S. Nixon to