The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-06
CONTROL LEFT
UNDECIDED BY
CLOSENESS OF
RACE FIGURES
Close Contests Reported In
Many Sections of Country
Cannon Returned for
Twenty~second Term.
G. 0. P. CLAIMS LEAD
(By Associated Press)

house of representatives will be Re-
publican on the face Of the latest
returns. The political complexion OF
the senate Is still in doubt. To the
house, 225 Republicans apparently had
been elected and 191 Democrats, to-
gether with one socialist and one in.
dependent. Definite returns from 81
districts were missing or in doubt
The latest senate figures were so
close as to make 1t certain that prob
ably not until all the returns were re.
ceived from seven doubtful states,
could 1t be determined whether the
Republicans or the Democrats were in
control. The Democrats this after.
non had 49 seats and the Republicans
A on available returns with several
states still in doubt.
WASHINGTON, Nov 6.-Homer s.
Cummings, acting chairman of the
democratic national committee, this
afternoon issued the following state
ment: Reports received up to p. m
Indicate that the democrats will con.
troll both the house and senate"
NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-Early today,
more than "a hours after yesterday S
balloting began, it was not apparent
whether the Democrats or Republi-
cans would control the next congress
Party managers on both sides pre-
dicted they would have substantial
working majorities, but the returns
showed between so and Is congress
sional districts still unreported and
the lineup so close that the scales
might easily be turned in favor of
either party.
The governorship of New York, too,
was surrounded with the same uncer-
tainty. The contest between Gov.
nent, Alfred E. Smith, was so close
that it appeared the soldier vote
would settle it.
Some well known figures in public
life will be retired or at least have
close shaves by yesterdays voting.
Prominent among them are Speaker
Clark of the house of representatives,
who last night was reported beaten by
400 votes, but today was running very
close to his opponent, Senator Weeks,
the junior Republican senator from
Massachusetts. defeated Gov. Walsh,
Democrat; Senator Lewis of Illinois,
the Democratic whip, defeated by
Medill Mccormick of Chicago; Sena-
tor Saulzbury, of Delaware, president
pro tenn of the Senate, defeated by
former Senator Ball, Republican and
Representative Sherley, Democrat of
kentucky, chairman of the appropria-
tions committee
Joseph w. Folk, former governor of
Missouri and former chief counsel for
the interstate commerce commission,
running for senator to succeed the
late Senator Stone, was defeated by
Judge Spencer, the Republican nomi-
nee.
Out of 40 senators being elected, %
had been accounted for early today
They were: Alabama, Baakhead, Dem
ocrat; Arkansas, Robinson, Democrat;
Delaware, Ball. Republican: Georgia,
Harris, Democrat; Idaho, Borah, Re-
publican; Illinois, Mccormick, Repub-
lican; Iowa, Kenyon, Republican; Kan
sas. Capper, Republican,; Louisiana,
Ransdell and Gay, Democrats; Maine,
Fernald, Republican elected last Sep
tember); Massachusetts, Walsh. Dem
ocrat; Minnesota, Nelson, Republican;
Mississippi, Harrison, Democrat; Mis-
souri,, Spencer, Republican; Nebraska,
Norris, Republican; New Hampshire,
keyes and Moses, Republicans; New
Jersey, Edge Qong term and Bayard
(short term) Republicans; North Car
olina,. Simmons, Democrat; Oregon,
Aulkey (short term) Republican.
Rhode Island, Colt, Republican,; South
Carolina, Dial Qong term, Pollack
(short term, Democrats; South Da-
kota, Sterling, Republican; Tennessee,
Shields, Democrat; Virginia, Martin,
Democrat
In the election for the house, former
speaker Cannon was returned to his
seat from Illinois for what will be his
twenty-second term; Meyer London.
the only socialist in the house, was de-
feated by former Representative Hen
ry M. Goldfogle, a democrat, running
with republican endorsement The
loss of the socialist seat, however, was
Offset by the election of another So
cialist. Victor Berger, of Milwaukee,
who defeated representative Stafford,
a republican. Berger previously served
in the house and at present is under
indictment charged with having vio-
lated the espionage law. All of the
socialist candidates In New York were
beaten, among them Morris Hillquit,
candidate for mayor year ago.
Women Vote in New York.
To what extent the women Of New
York. exercising their suffrage for the
first time had been responsible for
the close result in the state contest,
was not apparent early today. There
were several women candidates for
congress but all we're defeated.
In Delaware besidesN electing a re-
publican senator, republican con-
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