Milford chronicle., 1912-11-08
CONGRESS- IS
DEMOCRATIC
Wilson's Followers viii Con-
troll Both Branches.
MANY LEADERS DEFEATED
Ex-spea<sr Joseph Cannon Loses His
Seat In Lower House, and Norris,
Dixon, Bourne and Kenyon, Progress
sives, Are Retired From Senate.

sives, Are Retired From Senate.
Washington, Nov. 6.-The new con
! gress win be Democratic in both Its
/ branches The senate will probably
stand 50 Democrats and A RepubIi-
1 cans and the house 292 Democrats, I29-
Republicans and IA Progressives.
SUncle Joe" Cannon is among the
defeated, but Colonel RoOsevelt's son
in-law, Nicholas LOngworth, OF Gin
ciEanti, slipped iu by a narrow mar
gin as did also Serene Z. Payne, OF
New York. at present chairman OF the
minority in the house, and John
Weeks, Of Massachusetts,.
The Democratic gain in Massachu-
sets was not anywhere nearly as
great as the enthusiastic Bay State
leaders imagined. In Ohio the indfca- |
tions are that the Republicans will
have only two or three congressman, |
while in the present house they have
five. There will be eighteen Republi- |
can congressman from New York as
against fosrteen in the present house.
In the senate the Progressive lead
ers were smitten hip and thigh.
George W. Norris and Joseph VI. Dix
on the national Progressive chair
man, are surely defeated as are prob
ably Jonathan Bourne, of Oregon. and
William s. Kenyon, of Ohio. Governor
Stubbs, OF Kanas, will probably fail
on the election
In the seante the Democratic gains
are as follows:
One in Colorado, where Senator
retires; one in Iowa,
where Senator Kenyon retires; one
ia Montana. where Senator Dixon goes
out; one in Nebraska to take the place
Of Senator Norris Brown; one in New {
Jersey TO take the place Of Senator
Briggs. and probably one in Nevada, !
taking the place of Senator. Massey.
In Massachusetts it is expected I
hat, on joint ballot for United State
senator the legislature viii be very (
,lOse. !
OF sixty candidates for the house Z
II representatives so far known to be {
elected. 30 are Republicans, % are
Democrats, ? are Progrezsives and I
s a Socialist, This is a gain for the
Democrats and there IS a possibility
hat the Progressives may hold thet
alance of power.
The terms of thiTty-one United
'tates senators will expire on March
, 1918. In addition to most OF these.
our sea now vacant we're involved
I the elec ions Fourteen were Demo
rats apd twenty-one Republicans. The
emocrats whose present terms ex- 1
ire next March are: A. o. Bacon, of
eorgia Joseph W. Bailey. Of Texas p-
)hn II. Baukhead of Alabama: JeH
avis, o. arkansas; NJ. J. Foster, OF *
Ouisiana: Obadiah Gardner. Of I'll
aine: Thomas F. Martin. OF FiI- =,
mia; Robert F. Owen. of Oklahoma: -
homas II. Paynter. OF Kentucky; -
eroy, Percy. Of Mississippi; F. NJ nj
mmons. Of North Carolina Benja-
in R T.ll'7an. Of Sou Carolina, and az
arenee W. Watson, of West Vir- fl
MIA
The Republicans whose terms end
xt March are: William F. Borah, Sc
Idaho; Jonathan Bourne. Jr. OF
'egon: Frank o. Briggs, OF New Jer- ~
y; Norris Brown, OF Nebraska: ri
,nry f. Burnham, of Nv Hamp- ~.
ire; W. Murray Crane. OF Massa- r.
usetts; Shelby M. CullOm. of Hi pa
is; Charles Curtis, Of Kansas; Jo- IC
Dh NJ. Dixon, of Montana; Robert J.
mble, of South Dakota; Simon Gug- Al
lheim. of Colorado; William S. Ken
q, of Ohio; Knute Nelson, cf Mime
a; Harry A. Richardson, OF Della an
re; William Alden Smith, OF SEichi- oW
]; Francis E. Warren, Of wyoming;
Drge P. WetmOre, Of Rhode Island "a
l Albert B. Fall, Of New Mexico. tr
The three vacancies In the present ~
ate which were filled at the elec-
/ were caused by the deaths of ne
liam L. Hughes, Democrat, Of Colo on,
o, and William B. Hepburn, RePub-
n, of Idaho, and the ousting OF
liam Lorimer of Illinois. AL
everal of the senators whose or
MS will expire next March already
e been reelected by the state leg De.
lures and were not therefore IN HIS
red in the balloting. ME
everal faces that have been famil-
to visitors in the senate galleries
many years will be missing after PO
ch 4 next. among them being Sen o,o
Bailey of Texas. 0''o