Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-10
c. 0,P. STILL HOLDS
GRIP ON CONGRESS,
HOUSE II, SENATE 10
Final Returns Show Republl-
cans in the Majority in Both
Branches.
PENNA. DEMOCRAT SHIFTS

I}y Aasociatod Press to Every Evening.
washington. Nov. 1O.-There will be
20 more Republicans than Democrats
in the next House of Representatives.
and If more Republicans than Demo-
Gratis in the new Senate, unless re-
suits indicated by practically complete
returns are overthrOwn.
In the House, the Republlcan ma
jority over the combined Democratic
and scattering vote will he II, while
In the Senate Il will he TO-
| In the present Congress the Re
| publlcans have n House plurality Of
! I6G uves tho Democrats and ma
| lority OF lG5 over all, In the Senate
the Republican majority over the
Democrats is "a. with no scattering
votes.
The line-up of the new House, here
tofore listed as including 225 Re
| publcana and 207 Democrats. was
changed To 226 Republicans and 2AG
| Democrats. today through change
m technical party afIliation by one Of
the successful candidates in Tuesdays
election. Representative Guy r.
Campbell, Of the seth Pennsylvania
district, who in the past two cam
paiFns has run as q Republican
Democrat but who had been carried
heretofore on the official House mem
bership roll as a Democrat requested
The House clerk 10 list him hereafter
as A Republican The request was
complied with. making the party
division of the new Congress rs com
pared with the present division as
follows:
Present Congress--senate: Ropubli-
cans. 60: Democrats, 80; total, 9G.
House: Republicans, 296; Demo
Gratis. 1870; Socialists, /; vacancies. x,
total. 435.
New Congreas--Senate Republi-
cans. 80: Democrats. AZ: Farmer-Ia'
bor I. Total 90
House. Republicans, 22G; Demo
Gratis. zoe; Socialists. /. Independent
]. Farmer Labor. /. total, 435.
In addition 70 these changes. all o
which become effective after the six
tv-eeventh Congress expires on Marc
next. there viii be some immediat
shifts in tho totals through the hH
ing Of vacancies at Tuesdays election
There we're eight vacancies in tn
r present House. due to deaths and res
p igntiona. and the unofficial return
!, show that of these eight seats I'll
Republicans captured six--the eixt
q California. Illinois-at-large, the sir
teeuth Maes8chusetts. tho first an
. sixth Nebraska and the eleventh Penn
sylvania--whle DeVoCrauc nominee
, won in the third north Carolina an
:. seventh Tennessee There were no M
eets in tho result. although the seat r
, former Representative Reavis, Reput
. | licau. first Nebraska district, went
r. ~. Thorpe. Rep, for the remainde
e the present term, while John ]
Morehead. Democrat. will represeT
y ;he district in the next Congress.
Filling Cf the vacancies viii max
y the House line mp Mt the start of tn
, forthcoming special session on NOven
Der 20, 3O2 Republicans. 132 Democrat
and one Socialist.
The official tabulation. Il appcarc
) today, might give Senator du Pom
/ Republican. Delaware. seat in n
J. Senate until next March 4. regardle.
n uf tho outcome of his contest wit
Thomas T.. Bayard. Democrat. for n
term beginning March 4. II Bayard
Is seated for the unexpired term the II,
10 publican majority would be cut 70 .