The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-11-07
REPUBLICANS
WIN IN HOUSE
Their Control of Lower Body
Seems Assured While Con-
tests for Senate are Close.
EIGHT SEATS IN DOUBT
With 81 Contests For House Not Re.
ported, Republicans Have 1913,
Democrats IFS and Socialists
Both Claim Victory.

New York, Nov. 7.-Republican
control of the house and senate
appeared assured as later returns
came in. With 81 contests not re-
ported, the republicans had 1873
seats in the lower house, the dem
ocrats 175, and the socialists 1.
The race for control of the SEN
ate also is close, with the repub-
lcans assured of As seats, the
democrats of 43, with eight in
doubt.
New York, Nov. Tit is not yet
positively apparent whether the demo
Gratis or republicans will control the
next congress.
Party managers on both sides pre-
dicted they would have substantial
majorities, but these returns showed
between so to 75 congressional dis
tricts still unreported and the lineup
so close that the scales might easily
be turned in favor of either party.
Clark May Be Beaten.
Some well known figures in public
life will be retired, or at least have
narrow margins in the voting. Promi-
nent among them are Speaker Champ
Clark of the house, who was reported
beaten by 400 votes, but later was run
ming very close to his opponent. Sem
ator Weeks. the junior republican sem
ator from Massachusetts, defeated by
former Governor Walsh (dem.); Sen
ator Lewis of Illinois, the democratic
whip, defeated by Representative Me.
dill Mccormick of Chicago Senator
Salisbury of Delaware, president pro
tenn of the senate, defeated by former
Senator Ball (rep), and Representa-
tive Sherley (dem.) of Kentucky, chair
man of the appropriations committee.
Ford Appears Defeated.
With the results incomplete, Henry
Ford was running behind Truman II.
Newberry, former assistant secretary
of the navy, his republican opponent
for the senate in Michigan.
Joseph w. Folk. former governor
of Missouri, running for senator to
succeed the late Senator Stone. was
defeated by Judge Spencer, republican
nominee
Out of 40 senators being elected 2S
boo been accounted for. They were:
ALBANIA, Bankhead (dem); Arkansas,
houlnson tdem); Delaware. Ball (rep.);
Georgia, Harris (dem); Idaho, Borah
(repD; Illinois, Mccormick (rep);
Iowa, Kenyon (rep); Kansas, Capper
(rep0; Louisiana, Ransdell and Gay
(dems.); Maine, Fernald (rep.) elect
ed last September; Massachusetts,
Walsh (dem); Minnesota, Nelson
(rep); Mississippi, Harrison (dem);
Missouri, Spencer (rep); Nebraska,
Norris (rep); New Hampshire, Keyes
and Moses (reps.D; New Jersey, Edge,
long term and Bayd, short term
(reps); North Carolina, Simmons
(dem.); Oregon, Mulkey, short term
(rep); Rhode Island, Colt (rep.);
South Carolina, Dial. long term; Pol
lack, short term (dems); South Da-
kota, Sterling (repD; Tennessee,
Shields (dem.) Virginia, Martin
(dem.).
Cannon Is Returned.
In the election for the house former
Speaker Cannon was returned to his
seat from Illinois for what will be his
22d term; Meyer London, the only so.
cialist in the house, was defeated by
former Representative Henry II. Gold
iogle, a democrat, running with repub-
ican Endorsement.
The loss of the socialist seat, how
ever, was Offset by the election of
another socialist, Victor Berger, of
Milwaukee, who defeated Representa-
tive Stafford, a republican Berger
previously served in the house and at
present is under indictment charged
with having violated the espionage
law. All the socialist candidates in
New York were beaten, among them
Morris Hillquit, candidate for mayor
year ago.
There were several women candi-
iates for congress in New York, but
AL were defeated.
jeanette Rankin Loses.
Representative Jeanette Rankin Of
Montana, the first woman to hold a
seat In congress, was not running for
reelection to the house but contested
Independently for senate seat after
being defeated in the republican pri-
maries.
Senator Walsh of Montana was run
ming ahead of republican and inde-
pendent opponents.
In California. Governor Stephens.
republican candidate, apparently had
defeated Theodore Bell, who ran as
an independent
In Delaware, besides electing re-
publican senator, republican con.
gressman was chosen and the latest