The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-11-10
PARTIES so CLOSE THAT INDE-
PENDENTS MAY CoNROL
BALANCE.
LIVELY "DOINGS" PROMISED
6. 0. p. Has No Chance in Senate as
Gains Made Were Not Sufficient
to Swing the Upper Branch
of the House


light for control of the national house
OF representative that it seems with
IN the range Of possibilities that So
clallstS and Independents will hold the
balance of power in that body Two
Socialists have been elected in New
foik state and one Independent III
Massachusetts. There is chance
mat one or two more Socialists will
De SHOWN to have won in Milwaukee.
Although returns are by 10 means
complete FROM many close congress
SIGNAL districts. the latest indication:
are that the next house will COM
prise: Democrats, 217; Republicans,
10; Socialists, >; Independent, l. To
tai, 40. Necessary to control, 2l8.
Whatever the exact figures may be
as result of the final returns enough
- now known to make it certain that
neither the Democratic nor the Repub-
iIcan party Will have a comfortable
working majority in the house. This
means that for the next two years
the president will have Congress on
his hands" and that lively "doings''
may be confidently expected in Wash
inCton.
If the Democrats have even one
man majority il seems certain that
they will re-elect Champ Clark OF Mis-
souri, as speaker. If the Republicans
should nose out in the lead, the lead
mo candidate fy,
Representative James K. Mann of Hi
nOls, the present Republican floor
leader, who was returned TO congress
by his Chicago district with a safe
majority. Mr.. Mann, however is re-
garded as something of car by
some Of the Progressive Republicans
and il is pToba bic that a fight would
be made against him.
Situation in Senate
Unexpected gains by the Democrats.
made apparent by returns from states
in which senatorial elections were
held Tuesday, entirely DESTROYED the
Republican chances of capturing the
senate. The returns now Indicate that
the new senate will stand: Democrats,
81; Republicans, 10. This is a me-
gam Of live votes in the senate for
the Republicans, but they need a
S2in of nine to give them control. In
nearly every state where the Repub-
Iicans r,lt certain of senatorial gains
they We're successful. but these were
nfI-nt IN
RHODE Island and Utah, which had
been counted safe for the Republican
candidates. The doubtful states in
nearly every instance elected Demo
cratic senators.
The figures here given are subject
to change, but. according to present
indications. he Democrats are more
likely to gain than to lose by later
and revised returns.
The New Senators.
In the senate four present Demo
cratic members, according to the lat
est indications, have been defpal cd
They are: Senators Kern and Tag
CART Of Indiana, MARITIME OF New Jer-
scy and Chiffon of West Viringia.
Three Republican SenatOrs-Lippitt
of Rhode Island, Clark of Wyoming
and Sutherland of Utah. also have
lost their seats on the basis of the
returns. The defeat of Senator Kern
of Indiana by Harry S. New. former
chairman of the Republican national
cOnDlitrpC Y.Ii-ec from, tho nc,n Op-1ti n
organization its floor leader. Among
Democratic senators mentioned for
the succession are salisbury Of Della
ware, Martin of Virginia, Walsh of
Montana and Underwood Of Alabama.
In yeSterl2y5 election the Demo-
Gratis elected sixteen senators and the
Republicans sixteen, with one state
YET TO be heard from.
In Minnesota the most dramatic
race OF all was being run hour by
hour. President Wilson's lead of TO-
600 slowly melted down before the
Hughes, vote from the rural districts
until il was wiped out. Then the
Wilson votes began coming in again,
only to be offset 10y a Hughes burst,
and so the contest whipsawed all
night.
Wilson had 4 lead Of more than
1000 votes on the latest returns from
North Dakota, with nearly geo dis
tricts unrHported. Both party leaders
claimed the election.
With the count half in from New
Mexico, Hughes had margin of less
than 200 votes over President VIII
son. Returns from far outlying dis
tricts are expected to come in slowly.
The latest returns from Washington
early Thursday apparently carried
that state into the Democratic col
umn. President Wilson had lead Of
more than 5000 votes on The latest
figures, with about 500 districts miss
ing. Idaho was taken from the doubt
full column 1T an early hour and given
20 Presidcrr Wilson. who had a lead
Of more than $4,000 votes Hughes
has a lead of more than $500 votes
on the returns early Thursday from
West Virginia. With only about 400
districts unreporjed.
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