The Holly chieftain., 1922-11-16

of his party in Indiana. night get am
bilious and offer himself, His fol-
lowers, as well as those Of Senator
New, are accused of having knitted
Beveridge at the polls, and the charge
seems to be true, as Republican con.
gresSmen were elected in nine of the
thirteen Indiana districts.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
just managed to weather the storm.
His plurality over Castor was about
S,0O0-a fourth of what 1t was in
1916. w. N. Ferris, who defeated
Senator Townsend in Michigan, an
nounces that his first effort when he
gets to Washington will be to unseat
Senator Newberry
Irrespective of partisan feeling,
there will be widespread regret over
the defeat of Senators kellogg of
Minnesota and Poindexter of Wash
ington, for both have proved them
selves able, honest and Industrious
servants of the people The same
may be said for Hitchcock of Nebras-
ka. Senator James A. Reed of Mis-
souri,, who was repudiated by his
party two years ago. goes back for
third term with majority of $4,000.
Shortly before the election former
President Wilson wrote a letter say
ing that If Reed were returned to the
senate he would "of course be there
man without party"
EOES of prohibition were consider
the election. lllinoisans voted two to
one for amendment of the volsteae
act to permit beer and light wines !;
California defeated the proposed state
enforcement law; Massachusetts re-
jected proposal to harmonize the
state prohibition law with the federal
enforcement act Governor Edwards
Of New Jersey, "wettest of the VETS"
was elected senator; New York Dem
ocrats won on a platform with light
wine and beer plank; and In Mime
sofa Congressman Volstead, author of
the enforcement act, was defeated.
The vets believe they have gained at
least 30 and maybe 90 votes In the
house.
On the other hand. the drys won a
test vote In Ohio by 100000 and their
leaders Insist they will still control
congress While Volstead was retired,
the man who beat him, Rev. o. j.
kvale. Independent, says he is "drier
than Volstead." However, volstead
VIII normally be succeeded as chair
man of the judiciary committee by
Graham of Pennsylvania, who Is de-
cidedly liberal in the matter of pro-
hibition.
1t was sad day for the once weak
er sex. OF all the woman Candidates
for seats in the senate and house,
only one was elected, and her term
Will end on March next. She is Mrs.
Winnifred Mason Huck, who will fill
out the unexpired term Of her father,
the late Congressman-at-Large VIII
liam e. Mason of Illinois. Moreover,
as Representative Alice NJ. Robert
son Of Oklahoma was defeated by
mere man. there will not be one wom-
an in the Sixty-eighth congress.
DRESIDENT HARDING still hopes
to have the ship subsidy bill
passed by this congress and therefore
has called an extra session to begin
November 20. The measure Is almost
certain to encounter stubborn oppo-
sition In the senate, and many lead
ers of both parties believe 1t cannot
get through.
M USTAPHA KEMAL PASHA and
Iva the Turkish national assembly
are not satisfied with the victories
they have already won and are threat
ening to stir up lot more trouble in
the Near East. The sultans ministry
having resigned. Rafet Pasha, nation
alist governor of Constantinople, as
sumed power there, and the allied
high commission accepted the new
regime. But about the same time the
Angora government demanded that
the allied troops be removed from the
city at once. stating that its occupa-
ton by foreign soldiery was lncon-
sistent with Turkish Independence.
The nationalists also announced that
foreign warships could not enter the
straits without permission and then
only one at time, and that
only one vessel of each nation should
be stationed at Constantinople.
These demands were firmly rejected
by the allied high commission, the
French agreeing with the British that
no such concessions should be made
and that the allies must retain mill