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primary causes IOr the bcAl" ''"'N ]
sweep, in the opinion of high admins
tration officials and directing heads or Al
the Republican national committee.
But the wet victory was not sufficient
to upset dry control of congress. wet
leaders concede that despite wet gains
the drys will have an ample majority gal
in both houses next congress on any tie
prohibition issue. OPP
While government officials and men, Dr.
bers of the Republican national com AMI
mittee will not be quoted representa- het
tive men among them point to the wet hes
vote, as the most decisive showing. In exc
the words of one Of the highest officials t1o
and ablest politicians in the RepuD- inc
lean party: "The returns show a vote AM
not for anything, but against some
thing. and that something was the Vol MOI
stead act" on
Representatives Of the vets in rec
Washington are jubilant. They claim ten
1855 wet votes in the next house, and pos
express conviction that wise politi- IN
clans who have taken middle ground an
will swing to the wet column. Mr.. nu
Uhoolor sncl,osn,an for the drys. is got
willing to admit all. of the claims OF us
the vets. but they still are far from .ee
a majority, and have not enough votes W.
to amend the Volstead act in either s'u
house of congress. Nv
In all except three of the strongly
contested states the Democrats elected
their candidates for United States .o.
senator, such prominent leaders as -
Senator Calder Of New York. Freling- ,,,o
huysen Of New Jersey, Townsend Of
Michigan, Kellogg Of Minnesota. and 60,
Poindexter of Washington falling be- 10,
fore the Democratic landslide. .
Ordinarily a rock-ribbed Republican do,
state, New Hampshire elected Dem .
ocratic governor. A number of state 10
legislatures went Democratic and bic
Democratic county and municipal off, ov.
GERS were swept into power through
out the nation.
Republicans put over Senator Lodge I
in Massachusetts by margin of S,425. to
In Ohio, where the Republicans con- On
centrated their fire in order to make &c
showing in the Presidents home mic
state Representative Fess Republican,
won over Senator Atlee Pomerene. but
Carmi Thompson, Republican candi- ID
date for governor and close personal
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defeat. Senator La Toilette carried '"'
Wisconsin by the largest plurality he =
ever had before.
This completes the list of the Presi-
dents friends who seemingly have
been pursued by political jnx since -
he took the oath Of Office. Senator IF
New of Indiana was the first to fall.
He went down in primary. His Sue So
cessful opponent, former Senator
Beverage, has now been defeated by
former Governor Ralston by a MAJOR
ity of $1,000.
Presidents Friends Lose. yo
Senators Frelinghuysen of New Jer. so
sey and Kellogg of Minnesota, golfing
companions of the President, sue sol
cumbed to the wave. Senator Du Pont ly
of Delaware, in whom the President
places great confidence. also was lol
victim, and Senator Poindexter Of do
Washington, high In the confidence of KIN
the President, Is another loser.
Senator Hale Of Maine, alone of all GU
the President circle, was able to pull H,
through, he having been elected in di!
September.
There is a remote possibility that the tu
Democrats may control the next house, We
but no chance that they will lead in the
senate. Late changes in the lineup OF
Of the New York and Pennsylvania
delegations in the house for the next
congress could wipe out the slender
plurality of six votes which the Re-
publicans now seem to have. The &C.
Democrats are not claiming the next no
house neither are the Republicans ch
<1,1 F1~ ic,I
so close that it may not be determined w
for several days. WI
West Also Democratic.
When returns showing Democratic me
victories began to come in. it was ee
thought for while that the Demo- 'ne
cratic landslide had been confined to the oI
eastern States but later reports from III
states west of the Mississippi make W.
it appear that the Democratic triumph
there has been almost as complete as
in the East.
Republicans had counted strongly
on carrying Utah, Wyoming, Montana
and New Mexico, but carried none of
them, although Republican headquar-
ters still claim the election of their
candidate in Utah on the strength, Of
q telegram from Senator Reed SmOot
SAYING that Ernest Bamberger, Repub-
lican, had won.
About the only state where the Re-
publicans lived up to expectations was
Nebraska, where r. B. How ell, a cam
didate Of decidedly advanced ideas,
was an easy victor over Senator Gil
bert NJ Hitchcock, who led the fight
to put the Versailles treaty through
the senate.
Smith w RrOOkhart Republican