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General Election News

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
November
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

In last Tuesday's elections congressmen and minor state officers were elected in all of the states except Maine, Oregon and Vermont in which states elections had already been held. Governors were elected in 21 states and legislatures which will elect U.S. senators to succeed those whose terms expire on the 3rd day of March next, in 23 states.

Republican governors were elected in the following states: California, Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wisconsin. South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming elected democrat governors and Colorado and Minnesota fusion governors. Republican legislatures were elected in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, New Jersey, Nevada, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming. Of these states California, Delaware, Indiana, Nebraska, New York, New Jersey, North Dakota and Wisconsin will have a democratic senator succeeded by a republican. Florida, Missouri, Montana, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and West Virginia have elected democratic legislatures and will return democrats to the U.S. senate.

These changes together with those previously accounted for by the elections in Maine, Maryland, Oregon and Vermont will cause the senate to stand after March 4, 1899, as follows: Republicans 57, democrats 28, populists and silver republicans 11.

The senate at present stands: Republicans 44, democrats 34, populists and silver republicans 12.

There is still some uncertainty at the control of the next house of representatives. The probabilities are, however, that it will be republican by a small majority. In the east the democrats have made considerable gains in their congressional representatives and the republicans have apparently gained in the west. The net result will no doubt be a reduction of the present republican majority in the lower house of congress.