New-York tribune., 1920-11-04
Many Notables
Dropped From
Congress Rolls
Defeat Of Senator Smitl,
in Maryland Comes as
One of Greatest Surpr;ses
From Harding Landslide

President Harding viii have an over
wnsl7nlng Republican majority in both
houses of Congress with which to CO.
Operate. His earnest plea to the
voters, made in virtually every speech
during the last month Of his campairn
has been moro than granted by the
nation.
The Senate probably VIII have Re
publican lead of eighteen. while the
lead IN the House on The latest figures
IS Somewhere in the cighborhood of
f2l The majority in the House is
actually greater than most Republican
leaders desired. since it is a time
honored fact that majorities SO large
lead inevitably to insurgency.
Champ Clark Defeated
Many prominent figures on tho
Democratic side in the House went
down to defeat Tuesday. The most
spectacular IS Champ Clark, floor lead
CT OF the Democrats for the last two
years and prior to that Speaker Of the
House for eight years. Henry T.
Rainey, ranking Democratic member of
the House Ways and Means Committee.
was another casualty.
For the first time the Republicans
broke into Texas, defeating Repre-
sentative Carlos Bee, a relative Of
Postmaster General Burleson. Incl
dentally Bee was elected to the House
after the retirement of Representative
James H. Slayden. very popular "old
school, Southern gentleman. Slayden
was denounced by President Wilson.
and, regarding himself as out of SYM
pathy with his party. withdrew. where
upon Burleson obtained the nomna-
ton Of his relative There has been
great deal OF iecling In Texas ever
since, but it was not thought it would
90 to the point of eecting a Republi-
can to. the House of Representatives.
Meyer London, Socialist, was elected
from the 18th District, in New York
City, over Henry Goldfogle, Democrat,
despite the combination of both Demo
Gratis and Republicans behind Gold
fogle. London has served several
terms in the House, but was defeated
oy Goldfogle two years ago. Victor
Berger having been defeated in Mil
waukee, London is the only Socialist
eleeted this year. There is no Socialist
IN the House at present Berger was
elected two years ago and later in a
special election, but each time the
House refused to seat him because of
MS utterances on the war
tt,-a h.
torlal election were the defeats OF Sen
ator John Walter Smith, Of MARYLAND
and Senator Geor"e +. Chambe rlain. of
Oregon. Both ran way ahead Of their
tickets, but the Harding sweep was too
strong Smiths election was thought
to have been clnched By the candidacy
of negro, Ashbie Hawkins, bu6 the
negroes in the state cave Hawkins an
absurdly small vote, instead of the l0.-
600 to $4,000 which had been expected.
They followed the advice of The Afro
American. and did not waste their
ballots"
Smith ran way ahead of Cox, but the
anti Adm nistration tide carried him
down.
Defeat of Chamberlain
The defeat OF Senator Chamberlain
VIII be a sever. blow, not only to his
coIeagueS on the Democratic side, but
70 the Republicans as we'll. 1t is prob
ably the easiest part of the entire
election blow to President Wilson. 1t
was Cham berlain who denounced the
Var Department for its breakdown
early in this eountry's participation in
the war and whose declaration that the
department had almost ceased to
function" brought such a bitter de-
runciation from the President
This resentment. was increased by
the necessity of making changes in the
depaysmens along the very lines de-
y r-ssN