Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1908 — WILL RETAIN RULE [ARTICLE]

WILL RETAIN RULE

Safe Republican Majorities in Next House and Senate

SPEAKER CANNON RE-ELECTED

Illinois Congressman Returned by Majority of from 6,000 to 10,000 — Democrats Fail to Make Gains Where Anticipated—Summary of Latest Returns.

Chicago, Nov. 4. —Latest election returns indicate that the house of representatives is still heavily Republican, with a majority on divison of 49. The probable Republican membership in the Sixty-first congress is 220, while the Democrats show only 171. The membership of the house is 391, and the majority necessary for control is 196.

Gains were made by the Republicans in North Carolina, iowa and New York. The Democrats gained one district in Illinois, the Eighth, where Thomas Gallagher was elected to succeed Congressman McGavin. Republicans gain a district in Pennsylvania heretofore held by Democrats. • , Speaker Cannon was re-elected by a majority of from 6,000 to 10,000. Con gressmen Hepburn, Hull, Dalzell, Payne and other leaders of national importance who had hard fights were all successful.

The districts on which the Democrats relied to increase their present strength have, in most Instances, returned Republicans. Practically No Change in Senate. The senate will show practically no change in political complexion, the Republicans retaining a large majority. The membership of the senate is 92, the hold-over members nuinber SI t (43 Republicans and 18 Democrats). The election of 17 Republicans and 13 Democrats, as seems probable from the returns giving the make-up of the various legislatures which elects senators, would show the strength of the two leading parties In the senate to be: Republicans, 60; Democrats, 31; doubtful, 1. State Legislature Republican. The next Illinois state legislature will be Republican again. "The greatest surprise in the state light came in the defeat of State Benator Orville F. Berry for re-election tn the Thirty-sec-ond district. He was defeated by James F. Gibson (Dem). Berry was head of the "senate combine” and was recognized as the successor of Daniel CampbeH, as the leader after Campbell’s retirement to aocept the postmasterskip of Chicago. (**■*«*• ■ .» . ,

Cannon Re-Elected. Danville, 111., Nov. 4. —Joseph G. Cannon has been re-elected to congress by a plurality considerably above the normal. Returns are still incomplete, but enough figures have been obtained to show that he will probably have a plurality of at least 10,500. This Is estimated to be in the different counties in Mb district as follows: Vermilion. 6,000; Iroquois, 1,500: Kankakee, 2,000; Edgar, 700; Clark, 200; and Cumberland, 100. The result has been something of a surprise even to the friends of Mr. Cannon. The fight made against him by various church organizations, the Anti-Saloon League and organized labor, coupled with the fact that the Democrats had for the first time since 1863 a complete organization in this district, led the Republicans to believe that Mr. Cannon’s plurality Would not be over 3,000. Hepburn Re-Elected in lowa. Des Moines, la., Nov. 4.—The indications are that the entire delegation in congress will be Republican, a gain of one over two years ago. There is a close race in the Sixth district between Hamilton, present incumbent (Dem.), aDd Kendall (Rep.). The indications are that Cummings has defeated Lacey for the United States senatorship.