Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-11-04
REPUBLICANS LEAD
BY TEN IN SENATE
Expected House Majority
Will Reach One Hum
dred
CLARK is DEFEATED
ReilpnS From Oklahoma Show Hard
ing in Lcad-Democrats Maintain
Lead an Tennessee.

/ Nov York. Nov. i.-The crest OF
! he Ec2ro' 'caA election wave, beth
| pres ;icr.; al and congressional con
! ,inu,d r:s:m- last night as beGated re-
GrH> f'..tr"ed in.
i Amu"- new Democratic casualties
! we're ,lcfe..T Of representative Champ
Clark ii Missouri. former speaker
/ and present Democratic leader in the
! House: election If Repu't!:can con-
grc.Sman frGm Texas; reelection, CT
| Republican senator from Missouri,
! and sudden jump Of Senator Hard
! :ny r:o The lead IN Oklahoma. An
ether hor,lcr State, Tennessee, hung
~ rarrow margin, but with the
| Democrats leading.
\ R"pr!!!;cail Senate majority OF
! ,haG. ten ~ compared VITA hut two
| i; prc:cr,, and House majority Of
,rauri 100. as again forsy-odd. were
| ,;hcr forecasts of the overwhelming
maj"ri;icS.
Wa ahou; eight States. still in the
| ;aEi:f isl IN presidential and sena-
'or;al contests, the huge ma ajorities
assured Senator Harding and Gov.
Corli,I~" Of at least 24i elcctoraI
.o;"s. w:;h Gov. Cox certain only of
| i27 and All f,rm the solid South.
| :nclndin. kcr;ucky. the Republicans
.oIay added Idaho, Maryland and
! South Dakota - their string. on the
'acc # large maj"rit:eS, and Of the
'ema:r'n" States the Republicans
were .cpQrtcl lcal;n@ III Oklahoma,
! tr;Znr:!. Missouri. Montana. Nevada
| ir"i North Dakota Democratic mar
rms in New Mexico and Tennessee
! ycrc reported.
Among Republican senators elected
! IN hard contests were Lenroot. OF
Wisconsin. who was opposed vigor-
,u<lv rs Senator La F"1ette. SpeH-
.rr, rr Missouri. who defeated Breckin
~i,E~r Long. former Assistant Secre-
! .ary of State. and Jones, Of wash
'r~ton, Srnatc commerce committee
.ha:rmar. Senator Phcian. Calfor-
! r!a. was defeated hy Samuel VI. Short
.id-c. Republican. ard Senator Smith
Democrat. Maryland. veteran. los:
o c. f.. Weller. Republican. Senator
Nugrrt. Democrat. Idaho. was defeat
d hy former Gov. Cooling.
Srrltor Harding. a: Marion, sS-
banged tc,cgram> of con%ratIlation,
md Planned his Southern vacation
Amonr his messages was hrief one
,f ccr~ratu'aiion from Gov. Cox.
tnoth"r presidential candidate. Farley
lr. Christensen. of the Farn,er-l.abor
! rar;y. :srtcl - statement declaring
hat. the election spelled elimination
f tac Democratic party. He predicted
= rcut or IN" Republicans by his or
wanization in 1924.
Wiz, naiori;icS piIiny UP in wha-
J Democratic leaders SAID was
solemn referendum upon the league
If nations. President Wilson with
held arv comment Bainhridge Colby,
Secretary Of State. expressed h'<ar-
continent Scaator Johnson. of ta.l-
r,rn:a. ending "irrcconclah!e. stated
I'm. the election meant the eni o.
no rnaruc and another. Senator Rsed.
| Democrat. Missouri. declared that tire
r;-ht upon Inc league issue was
..r:r:r mistake" and had split tha
/ Democratic party.
Dcfra. &C Former Speaker Clark
I was one Of the election surprises. he
has served in tn" IIrus" continuously
.ircn 1897 as one Of the Democratic
.;a,var;;;. and received a majority OF
votes for the presidential nomin"tion
=, Ra!;:mor" when President W'S7n
was chosen. He probably will be sue
rccdcd aS minority loader by Reofs-
sentative Kitchin. Democrat. North
C,aro;na. Representative C!ark's 'h-
tor was 7. W. TIukrcide. who has been
I active in the Missouri Republican or
"anization.
1hc Republicans broke into the
| <o,il Democratic congressional dele-
~, Ion from Texas through the de-
feat Of Representative Pee. Of San
Antonio. relative Of Postmaster
Gcnerag R,rleson. Another Demo
1 cratic veteran, Representative Holm
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