Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-11-13
Republicans Claim Rule of Both
Houses; Upper by 2,
Lower by 81.
DEMOCRATS HOPE TO GAIN
Wilson's Party Leaders Refuse to Com
cede Loss of Congress, While Re-
publicans Say They Are Sure
of a Majority of Both
Branches.

Washington, Nov 7.-While refus-
| ing to concede control of either Drancn
| of congress to the Republicans, the
maximum hopes of the Democrats on
| the basis of the latest returns avail
able have dwindled to the posslblllty
| OF organizing the house with the ald
| Of a small group of independents.
! With the trend of votes admittedly
being away from the Democrats, the
Republicans reiterate with increasing
| confidence their claims of having elect
| ed majority of members of the SEN
ate and house.
The outlook, in the absence of con-
elusive reports from two or three
states, unquestionably indicates that
President Wilson's idealism in politics
has not been accepted by the American
people.
Republicans Planning.
Republicans confidently regard the
defeat of the Democrats as certainty
and already are perfecting their plans
for the reorganization of both branches
of congress.
According to their figures, their mini
mum party strength in the next con-
gress, as compared to the Democrats,
will be as follows:
Senate-R Republicans, so; Democrats
49, Total-96.
House-Republicans 224; Demo
Gratis, 2O6; Independents, 5. Total
435.
Three States Doubtful.
The Democrats still claim as doubt
full the senatorial contests in three
states-Michigan, New Mexico and
Idaho-which may change these fig
ureS.
In Michigan, where Henry Ford is
berry, they are hopeful of winning out.
In New Mexico Senator Albert Fall,
Republican, is leading w. P. Nelson,
his Democratic opponent, by a plural
ity of about 1000, and Democratic
hopes run high.
In Idaho, with two-thirds of the vote
counted for United States senator,
Frank R. Cooling, Republican, is lead
ing United States Senator John f. Nu-
gent by about 100 votes, and Demo
cratic leaders believe that later re-
turns may give them the victory.
Officially, Acting Chairman Homer S.
Cummings of the Democratic national
committee still claims the Democrats
will hold the senate and organize the
house.
Here Are Republican Claims.
A Republican majority of tive In
the senate and thirty-seven in the
house of representatives was achieved
in the congressional election Tuesday,
according to the nearly complete re-
turns.
The overturn of the present Demo-
cratic majorities in both houses of con-
gress in a single election constitutes
a remarkable political victory and an
impressive answer by the people to
President Wilson's appeal to retain his
party in control of legislation.
The Republicans gained six senate
seats by the election of Mccormick in
Illinois, Capper in Kansas, Spencer in
Missouri, Ball in Delaware, Keyes in
New Hampshire and Phipps in Colo
RADIO.
The Democrats gained one seat by
the defeat of Senator Weeks, Repub-
lican, in Massachusetts,.
Net Gain of Five in Senate.
This gives the Republicans a net
gain of five seats, increasing their
strength in the next senate to 40 and
reducing the Democratic membership
to AZ.
There is a possibility that the Re
publican majority in the senate will be
increased to four by the complete re-
turns from Idaho, where Senator
Nugent, Democrat, and Frank Good
ing, Republican, ran a neck and neck
race for the short term with the result
still in doubt. With two-thirds of the
precincts accounted for Gooding led
Nugent by 100 votes. Nugent had held
the lead earlier in the day.