Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-04
REPUBLICANS SURE
Of F2OSENATELEAD
AND 128|NH HOUSE
Woman Comes to Lower
Body From Oklahoma.
Many New Changes.

The republicans have majority of
twenty in the Senate and more than
12S in the House for the Sixty-sev-
enth Congress-, on positive returns al
ready confirmed. and with a number
of doubtful districts yet to be heard
from.
The general republican landslide
has given the party leaders what they
asked for in their appeal to the voters
complete control Of the govern
ments policies in the executive and
legislative branches.
In the House the republicans lost
dve seats to the democrats and gained
forty-nine from the democrats, one
Prohtbitionist and the seat which the
Victor Berger, socialist. to occupy.
The democrats lest forty-nine to the
republicans and one to Meyer London,
socialist. and gained five from the re-
publicans.
Mo.den II Re-Eleetea.
Representative Frank w. Mondell.
House leader. IL reelected, against
three opponents. the returns today
show. Champ Clark. however. who
has served thirteen terms in the
House. who II ow:dssAecratioslssdAF
and was Speaker for 6ix yeaIS, an1
Who, had a clear majority for twen-
ty-ntne ballots In the Baltimore con-
when Wilson was 'i,rst nominated. Wa
The defeat Of Champ Clark inesns,
probably, that Representative. Claude
Kitchin Of North CAfolfna. Who u
now fanking democrat ON the ways
House leader while Clark wss Hpeak-
er, will be the minority ,leader In the
new Congress-. Mr.. Kitchins has been
reelected.
Again a woman comes to the House.
Miss Alice N Robertson, republican, was
elected In the second Oklahoma district,
defeating W. w. Hastings. democrat.
This is the second woman to sit In Com
gress, Miss Jeanette Rankin from Mon
tana having served In the war. Con-
gress.' ~
For the first time in history Ohio win
have . complete republican congress
sional delegation as result OF Tues
days election. Returns yesterday show
ed election Of tWenty-one republican
congressman and tabulation Of the third
district today showed that Roy Fitz-
gerald, republican. had defeated w. q.
Pickerel. his democratic opponent. MAX
ing the entire delegation republican.
Many Shifts In Ohio.
Ohio Wed with New York. New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania In making num-
Der Of shifts from democratic to repub-
send back solid republican delegations
Of eleven men each. There were a num-
Der of bitter fights in Wisconsin, pre-
eminently the contest Of former Repre-
sentative William H. Stafford, republi-
can, noted pariiamentarian. against
Victor Berger, socialist, and Stafford
won, thus saving the House another
tedious task Of refusing to seat Berger.
Former Representative Henry Allen
Cooper was reelected in the first Wfs-
consin district.
An Interesting little campaign Incl
sylvania district, where Milton w.
Shreve, q republican member, comes
back under q different party label. He
is now +independent prohibition" hay-
ing defeated both his republican and
democratic contestants. Representative
Carlos Bee of Texas, brother-in-iav OF
Postmaster General Burleson. lost his
seat to his republican opponent.
Representative Royal johnson OF
South Dakota, republican. who is the
leading advocate Of legislation foI
the world war veterans in the House
of fathering a bill authorizing the
use of a site in Washington for the
erection Of the million-dollar me.
mortal clubhouse that the knights
OF Columbus have offered to the
American Legion. Is also reelected
Socialist Comes Back.
Although Berger was defeated. the
House will again have q socfaiigi
member, Meyer London from tn
twelfth New York district. Mr.. Lon,
don was formerly a member and
served in the sixty-nfth Congress.
me elimination Of seventy-five
maries and the many changes in tn,
election will make big alteration
in the personnel of important com.
mittees. The greatest interest cen.
ters in the organization Of the new
appropriations committee, which may
tees which have heretofore had an.
propriating authority, thus makine
still further vacancies to be flIIed
Representative Andrew J. VoIstead
Of Minnesota, father Of the prohibi.
tion enforcement law. win probabiy
committee. Other chairmen re-eiect.
ed are: Good. appropriations: Fori.
ney. ways and means; Campbell. rules
Butler. naval AFFAIR: Kahn. miiitsrs
attairs; MaHss. District Of Columbia;
migration: Campbell. Indian affaiTs'
Bland, industrial arts and exn~s;.
tions; Rodenberg. flood control: Tow.
ner. insular affairs: Gould, library
| fee: Kiess. printing; Langley. public
| buildings and grounds; Sinnott. pnb,
lie lands: Lehlbach. reform in IN
| civil service; Little. revision of ths
| laws: Focht, war claims. and Mann
woman suffrage.
| Winslow to Replace Eseh.
The defeat of Representative Each
| of Wisconsin in the primaries mean
that Representative Samuel WinsloW
| of Massachusetts will become chair.
man of the committee on Interstate