Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-10
c. O.P. WILL De
IN CONTROL Of
CONGRESS BY A
NARROW MARGIN
Majority of 1866 in House Is
SIaShed to 10; Senate
Majority Cut in TwOr Lat
est Figures Show,
STATEMENT ISSUED
BY CHAIRMAN ADAMS
Retention of the Lead Is
'Very Gratifying" IS De-
cIaration of National
Committee Chief.

Chicago, Nov. "a continuation
Of republican control in congress
but with majority of 1G5 in the
house slashed to Is and a senate
majority cut in two, was assured
tonight by practically complete but
unofficial reports from last Tues
days elections. While the repub-
licans retained only seven above a
house majority of 21S and five
above a senate majority of forty
eight, they still have in the next
congress a plurality of Is over the
democrats in the house and of II
over the democrats in the senate.
Tight races and belated returns
left the exact majorities in doubt
for two days, but returns from the
Third Kansas, the last district to
report in the congressional race.
apparently assuring the election of
W, II. Sproul. increased the repub-
lican majority in the lower house
from six to seven.
While the republicans retained
an actual majority Of only seven
each in the house and in the SEN
ate, they will have in the next con-
gress a plurality of Is in the house
and IL in the senate over the dem
ocrats.
Personnel of House.
with the Kansas district in the
republican fold, t SiXty-eighth
house of representatives will be
composed OF 225 republicans, 2O7
democrats, one socialist, one
farmer-l labor, and one independ-
ent.
In the senatorial contests, late
returns, which indicated the cleo
ton of Lynn j. Frazier, recalled
nom partisan league governor, in
North Dakota, and the victory of
Clarence C. Hill, democrat, in
washington. did not change the
general complexion Of the upper
house.
These returns forecast that the
next senate would have So repub-
licans, a loss of seven, AZ demo-
Gratis, and one farmer-labor sena-
tor from Minnesota.
The closeness of the battle in
the Kansas district was shown by
the count in sol out of 302 pre-
cincts in the district, which gave
Sproul $4,000 and his democratic
opponent, Charles Stevens, 37,O45.
Returns from the one missing
Kansas precinct were not expected
to be available until the official
county canvass tomorrow, but as
this precinct has been normally
republican, 1t was not expected to
change the result.
In the Washington senatorial
race, returns from 2,304 precincts
out of 2,446 in the state gave Din
t27,597 and Miles IoindeXter, re-
publican incumbent, 123,217.
Victory of Frazier.
The victory of Frazier in North
Dakota was conceded late today
by T. G.. Nelson, state secretary OF
the Independent Voters associa-
ton, which supported j. f. T.
O'Connor, F'razier's opponent,
Frazier ran on the republican
ticket.
Retention of republican majori-
ties in both the senate and house
was declared to be very crafty
ing' in a statement issued by John
7. Adams, chairman of the repub-
lican national committee. Mr..
Adams attributed the outcome of
the election to unrest following the
war, an unusual prominence of To-
cal issues over national issues, the
use Of flake issues to befog the gem
eral situation and a tendency OF a
large class of people to vote for q
change in off years"
"Discontent rocking for sacri-
flee" was the way Governor Fl. j.
Allen of Kansas has analyzed the
election results. He added that
Kansas showed a stronger repub-
lican vote than most of the repub-
lican states.