The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-14
REPUBLICANS WIN
CONTROL IN HOUSE
Senate is Close With Result in
Michigan and New Mexico
Extremely Doubtful.
DEMOCRATS LOSE MISSOURI
Folk Defeated for Senator by. 25,ooo-
Republicans Sweep Kansas by
More Than 100000
Majority.

Washington, D. C.-With control
of the House of Representatives
placed in the hands of the Republicans
by majority of Is and probably more,
the attention of the country tonight
was centered on contests in three
states Michigan, Idaho and New
Mexico-which will decide whether
the Senate as well.
At midnight the returns from five
congressional districts were missing
in Montana, New Mexico and South
Dakota. Without them, however, the
Republicans have won 234 seats in the
House of Representatives more
than the 218 votes necessary for a.
majority.
The Democrats on the face of these
returns had 195 seats and if the five
missing districts were to be conceded
to them they still would lack eighteen
votes of the number necessary to con-
troll the House.
Republican Control Senate by One.
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 Al Repub-
licans.
With the senatorial returns still
missing from Michigan, Idaho and
New Mexico, the figures showed that
the Republicans had lost one-that of
Senator Weeks of Massachusetts
while the Democrats had lost six. The
senators who will be retired are
Shafroth Of Colorado, Salisbury of
Delaware, Lewis of Illinois, Thomp-
son of Kansas, Wiley of Missouri
and Hollis of New Hampshire
Newberry Leads Ford by 1852.
Detroit, Michigan.-The senator
ial race in Michigan between Lieut.
Com. Truman H. Newberry, Repub1i-
can, and Henry Ford, Democrat, was
still undecided late tonight, and the
official count may be required to de-
termine the result With 273 pre-
cincts to be heard from Newberry
maintained a lead of 1852, the vote
being: Newberry, 2O0,677; Ford, 1877
125. The missing precincts. most of
them in rural districts, are normally
Republican, but late reports have cut
sharply into Newberry's advantage
Wayne county Detroit) gave Ford
majority of 27,128.
With only sixty districts missing to-
night in New York state, Governor
Whitman, Republican candidate for
reelection, had 975,004 votes, and Al
fred E. Smith, Democrat, 987,956, CIV
ing Smith lead Of 1852.
Nugent Leads in Idaho.
At midnight Senator John F. Nj
gent, Democrat, seemed certain of re-
election, his lead over Frank H. Good
ing having grown to 1850 with $4,000
votes accounted for The unaccount-
ed vote is estimated at $4,000.
With the exception of Senator Nu-
gent, Senator William E. Borah and
the Republican state treasurer. none
OF the candidates indorsed by the
Ncnrartisan League in Idaho were
elected
New Mexico Still in Doubt.
with not single county having re-
ported complete results of Tuesdays
election in New Mexico, and some of
them failing to report at all up to to-
night, the outcome of the contest is
very much in doubt. Figures based
on scattering returns and estimates
show Albert B. Fall, Republican, lead
ing William B. Walton, Democrat, by
about 1000.
Additional returns received from
the Third and Fourth Indiana Con-
gressional districts assured the cleo
ton of Dunbar and Benham, Republi-
cans, and made a clean sweep of the
thirteen congressional districts of the
state for the Republicans.
South Dakota to G. o. p.
The entire Republican COMPRESSION
al and state ticket, with one possible
exception, was elected yesterday, &C
cording to incomplete returns re-
ceived up to midnight tonight. The
only doubt is in the Third district,
where the race between Harry P. At
water, Republicans and Harry L.
Candy is very close.
Result in Missouri.
The Republicans have carried the
lower house of the state assembly.
The Democrats retain control of the
Senate by a greatly reduced major
ity.
Judge Selden P. Spencer, Republi-
can, was elected United States sena-
tor by a majority of from 10000 to