The Robesonian., 1918-11-07
REPUBLICANS WIN HOUSE

NCntro! OF House OF Congress Placed
In Hands of Republicans-Con,rol
of the Senate Depends on Result
CT Contests in 3 States.
With control of the House of Rep
resentauves placed in the hands of
the Republicans by a majority of Is
and probably more, the attention of
the country, states a Washington dis
patch, centered on contests in three
States-Michigan, Idaho and New
Mexico-which will decide whether
the Democrats shall lose control Of
/ the Senate as well.
I At midnight last night returns from
five congressional districts were miss
!ng-ln Montana, New Mexico and
South Dakota.
Without them, however. the Repub-
lcans have won 234 seats in the House
OF resentauveS-16 more than the
4 us votes necessary for a majority
/ Inc Democrats, on the face of those
=, returns, had l95 seats and if the five
] missing districts were to be conceded
to them they still would lack IS votes
OF the number necessary to control
the House.
Later reports show plainly that
; Speaker Clark, instead of being de-
feated as reported Tuesday night, had
been reelected by a substantial ma
} jority.
The contests which will decide the
: political complexion of the Senate
were very close. AS the Senate stands
without a decision in these contests
} there are as Democrats and 81 Re-
5 publicans.
: In Michigan the race between Hen
Q ~ Ford and Truman H. Newberry was
: so close that it was said an Official
count might be required to decide the
winner. Both parties were claiming
the seat.
In New Mexico, where Republican:
are claiming the election of Senator
Fall by majority Of 1000 at least
II not a single county had reported com
plete returns.
In Idaho, where $4,000 votes out o.
an estimated total Of $4,000 had beer
counted, Senator Nugent. the Demo
: cratic candidate for reelection, wa
J. leading Frank R. Gooding. the Repub
q lican candidate. by little more thai
;. 800 votes. The result is in doubt.
+ With the House firmly in the hand
. of the Republicans, control Of the Sen
= ate is more important than ever to tn
+ Democrats. If the administration ca
retain control Of the Senate it can i
"a large measure check the activities O
70 Republican house. It is doubly i'm
~ portant to the national administratio
e because of the part which the consti
IS tuition assigns to the Senate in the ra,
! ification of the peace treaties whlc
mi will end the world war.
n-t In. the Senate reposes the preroga
s.. tive of ratifying any treaties whlc
tn the President may make.
I'd Republicans made one Of their can
st paign arguments on the contentlo
st that a Republican senate should b
ovi elected to participate in the work
making peace The Democratic al
he ministration, on the other hand, COZ
il tends that negotiations Of treaties
t wholly the function of the eXecutiH
so branch and that the Senate's part
ly % ratify them. ..
Sc With the senatorial returns stl
r. missing from Michigan, Idaho ar
er New Mexico the figures showed tn;
er the Republicans had lost one-SenaU
Weeks of Massachusetts, while II
,lv Democrats lost six. The Senators WI
ae. will be retired are Shafroth Of Col
re rado. Salisbury Of Delaware. Lew
es, of Illinois, Thompson of Kansas, WI
er- fey of Missouri, and Hollis OF Ne