1904. The Prohibition vote fell off about ten per cent from that polled
in 1904 and the Independence party polled only 82,000 votes.
In the House of Representatives the Sixty-first Congress had 219
Republicans and 172 Democrats; the Senate 60 Republicans and 32
Democrats.
CHAPTER XV
THE ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT TAFT
[1909]
On March 4, 1909, the date of the inaugural ceremonies, Washington was