The Washington herald., 1920-11-04
BOTH HOUSES
HUGELY P,
Republicans May Have Ma
jority of IS in Senate
House Nearly Stampeded.

4NluAhb Oh the HdIuluB wave over
! the country, the Republicans have
I obtained a majority of twelve pos
sibly fifteen. in the United States
Senate, while the House of Repre-
sentatives election was little short
of stampede. according to state
ments made by the Republican Con-
OCCASIONAL Committee here yester-
day. Estimates of the Republican
majority in the Lower House run
all the way from So to ll5.
Republicans hold every seat oc-
cupied by them in the present Sem
ate and maintain their entire party
organization of the Upper House
intact.
Same Committee Heads.
Wesley Jones. author of the Jones
shipping bilE was returned and will
continue to act as chairman Of the
Committee on Commerce. Boies
| Fenrose will remain head OF the
important Committee on Finance.
Albert b. Cummins, of Iowa, II is
I understood, will again head the
Committee on Interstate Commerce,
as will James WadswOrth. of New
York. the Committee on Military
4 Affairs.
James F. Watson. Of Indiana, and
Reed Smoot Of Utah, whose election
was regarded as pToblematical, are
both back and will play important
parts in the steering committee
which will handle the entire Re
publican legislative program.
Four Democrats Unseated.
Four Democratic Senators, up for
reel. .,.T--Aark Smith. OF AriZO-
ma; Phelan, of California; John F.
Nugent. of Idaho, and John Walter
Smith. of Maryland-have been un-
seated.
In three States where doubt re-
, mains because OF incomplete re-
turns, the seats of Democratic Sem
ators are threatened. They are.
Beckham of Kentucky. Henderson
, of Nevada and Chamberlain of Ore
gon. Three other Democrats who
will be missing are: Gore of Okla
homa, defeated at the primaries:
Johnson of South Dakota and Gay
of Louisiana, who failed to seek
reelection.
q In addition. Senator Charles S
Thomas retiros in favor of a Re
publican in Colorado. He refused
to seek reelection on the Demo
cratic league of nations platform
and his race as an Independent re-
suited in a triumph for Samuel d
Nicholson, Republican. a millionaire
mining man.
Some New C. o. +. Faces.
Other new Republican faces in
the Senate will be: Ralph II. Cam
eron, of Arizona, former Represen-
tative, who has apparently beaten
Senator Mark Smith; Samuel Short
ridTe Of California, a league ire
concilable who was backed by SEN
alor johnson; +. r.. Gooding. for
mer governor of Idaho, triumphant
over Senator Nugent after losing to
him six years ago: w. B. Mckinley
of Illinois, succeeding Lawrence y
sherman, who did not seek re-elec-
ton; o. E. Weller of Maryland
winner over Senator Smith; DR.. E
F. Ladd, OF North Dakota, college
professor, backed by Nonpartisan
Leaguers; Frank B. Willis of Ohio,
succeeding Senator Harding. and
Peter NorbeCk of South Dakota, re-
tiring governor.
Three StilI Have Chance.
The Republican entries who still
have a chance 40 oust Democratic
Senators on returns yet to be re-
ported are Richard B. Ernst, in
Kentucky; Robert Stanf1eld, in Ore
gon, and Tasker H. Oddie, in Ne
vada, where he formerly served as
governor.
New Democratic faces in the SEN
ate will be:
! Representative Thomas F. Hehin,
present member of the House who
was elected to fill vacancy caused
by the death of Senator Bankhead,
of Alabama; T. H. Caraway, who
defeated Senator Kirby in the Dem
ocratic primary in Arkansas: Tom
Watson, one-time Presidential nam
inee of the Populists, who defeated
Senator Hoke Smith in the Georgia
primaries; Edwin Broussard. elect
ed to Louisiana seat from which
Senator Gay retired.
G. o. p. Gains "a In House.
In the House elections the Demo-
Gratis claim to have ousted five Re-
publicans-one in Connecticut, two
in New York, one in Kentucky and
one in Maryland. At the same time
Republicans have put forth definite
! figures showingt election of Repre-
sentatives to thirty-two seats, which
would provide net gain Of twenty
seven and a Republican majority
around 100 in the House.
Some of the outstanding results
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