The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06

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vale !. H Sinclair. republican. has
70 m rn- shtrsa dtsrrIc1. sac1eediag 4
Representative Norton, re11hstes-- \
fsvFerr,o- LINN Frazier. Eo1E71rS -saa1a
Lacquer, apparently has been re-
Berger Is Elected
MILWAUKEE,. Wis. Nor s--Ecr- K
mer Representative Victor l. Berger 4
snazstsse has o@ea elected 10 eoz- L
zrsss in the fifth Wisconsin district 4
Or = plurality q approximately 5000
To-ss Berger defeated Representa-
tive Stafford. REPUBLICAN. and J.
Garner. He was Indicted a. Mfl~a1-
kee during his campaign On charge
Of violating the Espionage act Bar
ger Bitterly opposed Americas entry
into the war
Prohibition Defeated.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. S--Sotn
the bone-try prohibition Dill and the
Rnrfnger measure, which would PER
nit the sale Of wine and beer, 6ut 4
EozEd close the saloons, we're defeat
ed in California yesterday. returns
early today indicated Even Los An I
geies. incomplete counts show, voted 1
sgafns1 both measures and San Fran !
=
against them
California voters passed tudgement /
on twenty state measures yesterday i
The count IL exceedingly slow on acr
COUNT Of the length OF the ballot
Democrats Gain One.
SACRAMENTO. Calf, Nov s-To-
days early returns indicate that the /
&
nan in California Henry Hawson, |
derocras IS leading II. E Barbour, |
republican in the seventh district; /
chile In the sighth Hugh Hersmar
has apparently defeated Representa- |
five z. A. Hayes. The only other I'm
rortsut congressional fight was In the
ninth district in Los Angeles where I
Chaa. II. Randall. democrat, and pro /
hibition carrying the presidents en-
dorsement, is defeating MontaTille
Flowers, republican
Gov. Stephens, republican. evident
" has been elected, defeating TEeo- |
dore A. Bell, democrat by $4,000 TO |
us coo. c. G. Young SENS to have de- /
feated 10. ". Snyder for lieutenant
governor.
Doyle Leads Frazier.
BISMARCK, y. D. Nov s.-23f /
precincts In North Dakota, ]
Including large towns and villages
show DOYLE, democrat, leading Fra
zier. republican for governor The /
count was Frazier, 1850; Doyle,
8 SIS.
whitman Has Hopes.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-Revised fig
ures on the New York state governor
ship today showed that, with SCI dis
tricts outside New York still missing
Alfred e. Smith, democrat has lead
of 5.422 over Chas. S. Whitman
Whitman's supporters, however,
firmly believe he has been elected.
Hayes Makes Claim.
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-Republican /
National Chairman Hays today de-
clared the republicans had gained I
seven seats in the senate and twenty
six in the house in yesterdays elect .
ION. This he declared would give the
republicans a majority Of three in the /
senate and thirty-five in the house.
According to kilograms received by /
HAYS the republicans gained sena- 1
ators In Colorado, Missouri, Idaho, |
Kansas, Delaware and New Hamp- |
shire.
Non Partisan League.
BOISE. Idaho, Nov. 6.-The non |
partisan league was Overwhelmingly |
defeated in Idaho. Davis, republican, /
for governor beat Samuels nominated I
by the non-partisans in the democratic |
urinary. by 10000. Senator Borah, |
republican. has been reelected by I
around $4,000. Congressman Smith, |
Wrench, republicans, reelected by
large matorities- The only doubt Is as
to Frank r. Gooding, republican, who
NAV be defeated by a small margin !
by Senator Nugent, democrat. in |
dorsed by the non-partisan league.
Senate in Doubt, House Republican. |
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-With repub-
lican and democratic headquarters
both claiming the house and senate, |
election figures collected from all /
over the United States by the United |
Press this afternoon indicated that I
the result in the senate is in doubt, |
while the house is apparently repub- I
lican.
In the senate the race is so close !
that 1t may be tie with Vice Pres1- I
dent Marshal casting the deciding /
vote.
AS the count progresses the s1tua' |
tfon is changing almost hourly.
Reports at 2:30 p. m. indicated |
that in the senate the democrats .
have lost seats in New Hampshire. !
Delaware, Illinois and Kansas and /
probably in Montana, with Idaho and /
Missouri still in doubt. The present (
senate has fifty-two democrats and I
forty-four republicans Assuming
that Montana has elected a republic |
can senator, this will give the repub-
licans forty-nine members of the new /
senate and the democrats forty-seven, |
with Idaho and Missouri in doubt,
Missouri probably democratic. In
case both Idaho and Missouri elect /
democratic senators, the senate will
be tie These figures assume that
the democrats have won the sena- {
torial rare in Kentucky although the .