The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-04
PENDULUM SWINGS
BACK, REPUBLICANS
POLL LARGE VOTE
Uncle Joe Cannon Comes Back
To Congress---P rogressives
Generally Meet With Defeat
Penrose Wins
In Pennsylvania
Democratic Control of Senate
Strengthened---N e w Jersey
Votes Heavily Republican,
Sullivan Loses In illinois

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ner pail has again asserted itself In tho
election of members of the United
States Senate and House OF Repre~en-
tatiyes. The large majority in tho
House and the comfortable one in tho
Senate held by the Democrats have
been very greatly reduced. At 1f:4d
the indications are that the House will
be Democratic by ma ority of nine
teen. and the Senate will have nifty 1.-Two
Democrats and forty Republicans. and
one Progressive. The lone Progressive
seems to he Congressman Poindcxtcr,
OF Washington. The only Progressive
candidate for Congress from the city
of New York who was I'm the last Con-
grcss, Walter Nj. Chandler. representing
the Nineteenth Congressional District,
seems to have won over a Mr.. Buttcn-
weiser. The result, however, is In
doubt. Late tonight Chandler had =
slight lead.
The Hon. Joseph G.. Cannon. for
many years speaker of the House OF
Representatives.. has been elected from
his old Danville. Ills. district. Senator
Sherman. Of Illinois. insists that he ID
elected over his Democratic opponent.
the Hon. Roger c. Sullivan. The Hon.
Boies Penrose has been returned To
the Senate from Pennsylvania, where
Clifford Pinchetr former United states
forester, dismissed by President TAFT,
and Congressman Mitchell Palmer,
who did about as much any anybody
else to nominate Woodrow Wilson.
gave Penrose hard fight. Returns up
TO HAS indicated that Palmer was
third in the race. The Hon. Oscar w.
Underwood has been easily elected to
the United States Senate from Ala
bama. and Hon. Hoke Smith has been
reelected in Georgia.
Stone IL Reelected.
Tn Missouri Senator William j.
Stone, the Democratic candidate, has
been elected over Thomas ], Otkins.
Republican. The vote was the h,aviest
cast in years.
Meagre returns from Kansas indi-
cate that the congressiona delegation
will have four Democrats and four
/ Republicans
! Out in Arizona they had warm
! fight. but Governor Hunt is probably
reelected by about 10000.
| In Massachusetts the Progressives
suffered almost as badly as poor Bell
GUM, Bull Moosers returned 70 the
Repu blican party In droves. and Cow
ernor David 1. Walsh squeezed In BY
plurality of about $4,000 over
Samuel w. Mccall the Republican
candidate Joseph Walker. the Pro-
gressive candidate. polled less than
| 40. 900 votes, while year ago Bird,
the Progressive candidate for COVER
nor, polled 120.655.
Baldwin Probably Beaten.
Governor Simeon Baldwin, of Con-
necticut, is probably defeated for
United States senator on the Demo-
cratic ticket. Late returns indicate
the reelection Of Brandegee by safe
majority.
In New Jersey 1t was the same story
of Republican victory. The Repub-
licans got control OF the senate ana
will probably have a<majority of the
lower house. Congressman Allen "a
Walsh. representing President Wilson'S
own Congressional District, was de-
feated. Two years ago he received
majority of 1890.
Margin Very Small.
At midnight the returns indicate that
the Democrats were still holding the
House. but BY so narrow a margin that
their control may be wiped out The
SUMS figures showed that the Demo-
cratic majority over all had been re-
duced 147 to -, and 1t needed only
ten more districts to change the polls
teal complexion of the lower branch
of Congress
The Senate. however remained safely
in control of the Democrats. The figures
at midnight indicated that the Demo-
Gratis would have majority of IA, two
seats more than they nave In thN
present senate.
As result of today's elections the
Democrats will remain in control Of
the United States Senate until the
close of the Wilson administration.
The Democrats now have majority
of ten in the Senate. This majority
may be increased to twelve or four
teen Today's election does not. &C.
cording to the returns received up u
midnight. disturb the political balxnce
In the upper branch OF Congrcnn.
Elections for the Senate were held