The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-11-04
e. o. P. Has 204, Democrats
221, Pr0gressives s, Social
list l, in Sixty-fourth Con-
greSS.
OLD MAJORITY WAS III
Landslide Throws Wilson's
Party in Rear and Indicates
Dissatisfaction of General
Public.
BY LAWRENCE TOD,
International News Service Staff Cor.
RESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.--Belated re-
turns from yesterdays election show
that the Democrats came perlously
near to losing control of congress. 1t
is not yet absolutely certain that they
escaped that danger, but the probable
ities are that they will have small
working majority to sustain President
Wilson in his programs,
The senate is under Democratic con-
troll.
According to revised reports receiv-
ed here the makeup of the next
house of representatives will be as fol-
lows:
Democrats 221; Republicans 204;
Progressives 8; Socialist l; Prohibit
aOnist l.
If the Progressives, the Socialist and
the Prohibitionist should join the Re-
publicans on any issue before the
Sixty-fourth congress the Democrats
would have only the narrow margin Of
z votes on which to count The Demo
cratic majority in the last congress
was 141.
Republicans Happy.
Republican leaders were jubilant to-
day over the result of the cOngression
al elections, and the defeats suffered
by the Progressives in New York and
PENNSYLVANIA They declare the great
Republican gain in the house of repre-
sentatives was rebuke to President
Wilson and the Democratic party for
their Legislative program and that the
G. O. 2. victories in the Empire and
keystone states showed that the lead
ership of ex-President Theodore Roose-
welt had been spurned by the Repub-
licans who had left the old party to
enlist under his banner.
The Republican party will present
q united front in 1916 and overthrow
the Democratic administration after
only four years of service, was the
confident declaration made by the
G. O. p. leaders now here. They in
timated, without directly saying so,
that even if Colonel Roosevelt became
q presidential candidate he would be
unable to prevent a national Republi-
can sweep.
Surprise was caused by the strong
showing of the Republicans in Penn
slyvania and New York where there
We're agencies at work particularly,
the Progressive party, to weaken Re-
publican strength The result in Con
necticut also caused astonishment. In
the Nutmeg State" the Republicans
elected their candidate for governor,
Marcus r. Holcomb, by a majority Of
landslide proportions.
Massachusetts elected a Democratic
governor. returning Governor Walsh to
office, but his plurality was reduced
more than 10000.
One Of the few distinct administra-
tion victories was in Indiana where
United States Senator Benjamin Shive-
ly, a warm supporter of the policies
OF President Wilson, was reelected.
The Republicans lost Tennessee ac-
cording to late returns. Governor Ben
w. Hooper. Republican, being defeat
ed by his Democratic opponent,
Thomas c, Rye.
Sullivan Defeated.
Early reports that Roger c. Sullivan
the so-called Democratic boss in
Illinois has been elected United States
Senator were overturned by late re
turns. The indications were that Law.
renee Y. Sherman, Republican, would
be returned to the Senate by a small
plurality.
In Wisconsin. the ''lndependent Pro
Rressive Republicans led by Senator
Iafollette got a jolt. Late returns in
dictated that "Standpat' Republicans
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