New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
Late Returns May Swell
Lead to Four, Chair
man Hays Says
Majority i'm House
Estimated at ~
Newberry Sure of Election
in Michigan; Suffrage
Ahead in 3 States

Will II. Hays. chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee, after re-
celving reports from all over the coun-
try, said last night that the control of
the next United States Senate would
be Republican by not less than two
and probably by four votes.
With two House districts still in
doubt, shifts yesterday nresuIts pre-
vioualy reported leave the House rs
follows:
Republicans, 23S; Democrats, 194,
including one Independent, and Social
ist, l. This gives the Republicans a
majority of d..
Chairman Hays says the election Of
Lieutenant Commander Newberry can
no longer be regarded as doubtful as
the count in Michigan keeps increasing
his lead.
The Republicans further increased
their majority in the House Of Repre-
sentatives when two of the three seats
from South Dakota were conceded to
them. Three seats, one each in South
Dakota, New Mexico end Montana, still
remain in doubt.
Nugent Leading in Idaho
In Idaho Frank H. Goodng, Repub-
lican candidate for Senator no longer
looks as much like q winner as he did.
With $4,000 of the $4,000 votes in the
state counted, Senator John r. Nugent
led by 446.
Doubt regarding the result in New
Mexico between Senator Fall, Repub-
lican, and Representative Walton,
Democrat and Socialist, apparently was
removed yesterday, and Senator Falls
election is generally conceded. His ma
jority over Walton is about 2,4OO. The
election Of B. C. Hernandez, Repub-
lican, to Congress over G. A. Richard
son, Democrat, by 1000 seems also as
sured The entire Republican state
ticket, with one exception, has been
elected.
Scattering returns indicate close
contest for delegate to Congress from
Alaska. James Wickersham. Republi-
can is believed to be in the lead.
Although unofficial returns practically
complete indicate the election CT Lieu
tenant Commander Newberry over
Henry Ford in Michigan, by a major
ity in excess of 5000 votes, the Demo-
cratic managers yesterday refused to
concede his election.
Ford Not to Ask Recount
Mr.. Ford himself said he had no in
tention of contestng the election of
Commander Newberry by asking re-
count.
Wayne County gave Mr.. Ford ma
jorty of 1000, but literally thousands
of his employees, wearing "volunteer
worker" badges and equipped with
"t1ivvers," secured Detroit for Ford
votes on Tuesday.
The Republican leaders said that if
recount is made it will show the cleo
tion of Newberry by close to 10000,
and they claimed to have figures COM
plete, with the exception of one county.
to show that the commander had a lead
Of $500. A tabulation by The Asso-
ciated Press yesterday, with 125 pre-
cincts missing, gave Newberry 200 .367
and Ford 202,4SS, showing majority
of 6,879 for Newberry.
The majority for Governor Sleeper
and the remainder of the Republican
state ticket on the final count will be
approximately $4,000, or about one alf
the normal Republican majority in
Michigan.
Oklahoma for Suffrage
On the basis of incomplete returns
received from 400 precincts in Okla
homa up to noon yesterday, it was ap-
parent that the suffrage amendment.
voted on in Tuesdays general election.
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