Little Falls herald., 1922-11-10
DEMOCRATS WIN
MANY VICTORIES R E J
CUT DOWN REPUBLICAN aMAJoR:
1TY IN SENATE AND MAY : =, Z,
CONTROL. HOUSE I .t4ts

can majorities piled up in the Hard
ing landslide of two years ago, werl
l knocked right and left in yesterday!
elections.
The Republican majorities in thu
House, were sharply reduced, but Re
publican managers declared they weult
/ not be wiped out. ,|.>' -
, Until belated returns from the Mid
die West and West began tricklin&
T in today, the Democrats actually were
/ leading in the poll of votes for the
House. The 11th Michigan district
for the Republicans tied the two par
ties at 17S each in the race toward
|; the necessary 218 majority and it be
came plain that the deciding votes
were yet to come from the West an6
Middle West.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Repub
lican administration leader in the
Senate squeezed through in Massachu
setts with a plurality of 1915 votes in
nearly million votes cast, and friends
of Colonel CASTOR, his Democratic op
ponent, were talking of asking for a
recount.
In Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey
New York, Mississippi and West Vir.
i ginia, Democratic senators replacing ng
Republicans had either been conceded
or was indicated on the face Of the re-
turns
i The Republicans had an assured SEN
atorial victory to their credit, however,
in Nebraska, whore R. B. Howell dis
placed Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock,
Democratic leader, and prospects of
another in Ohio, although today's re-
turns showed Senator Pomerene, Demo
crat, cutting down the lead of his
Republican opponent, Representative
Fess. Not a single Rernh'i"an gain in
the House of Re7"H~~~'' 80 had ap-
! peared today to c.'.,+ inst the in
roads the Democrats made in every
state. Various causes, ranging from
prohibition to tariff were being
brought forward as responsible for the
results.
! Representative Andrew j. Volstead,
republican chairman of the house iu-
dietary committee and author of the
celebrated prohibition enforcement
law bearing his name was beaten in
the seventh Minnesota district by the
Rev. O. J. Kvale, running as an indie
pendent and who proclaimed himself
! "Dryer than Mr.. Volstead.'
Volstead was the first of the inde-
pendent chairman of house committees
to be beaten in the democratic tide.
Representative Graham republican of
Pennsylvania, is in line to succeed to
the chairman Of the judiciary commit
tee
In Indiana former Governor Ralston,
! Democrat, was running ahead of for
mer Senator Albert J. Beveridge and
thus threatened to remove from the
, Republican field one who had been
counted on as an aspirant for the Re-
publican Presidential nomination in
: 1924, in case President Harding should
decline it. sss:aahtt tt
In Iowa, Colonel Smith BrooEhart
won through to victory on the Repub-
lican ticket, although he was openly
frowned upon by some OF the Republi-
can leaders and the platform of the
state convention repudiated many O.
the so-called "radical' principles fo.
which he declared On the other hand,
Senator France, Republican of Mary
! land, charged with radical tendency,
was beaten by the Democratic candi-
date, William C;lbel Bruce, prominent
Baltimore lawyer.
In Michigan Senator Townsend, who
had a fight on his hands over the New
berry issue, was running behind, while
in Minnesota, where first returns ia
vored Senator Frank B. Kellogg, one
Of the Republican war horses and a
close friend Of the President, late re-
j turns showed him running second to
Henrik Shipstead, who ran on the Far
mer- Labor ticket. Mrs. Anna D. OLE
sen, the Democratic nominee, ran
third.
Senator Reed, Democrat Of Mis-
souri, was leading his Re
publican opponent on the returns
early today and seemed assured Of re-
election. In Montana, Burton K.
Wheeler, the Democratic candidate was
running ahead of his Republican op-
ponent, Carl Riddick, for the seat Of
Senator Myers, Democrat. =: ~ '.!||
In North Dakota, where the Non
partisan League was great factor, j..
F. T. O'Connor, Democrat, was leading
former Governor Frazier, who had the
Republican nomination, lost in the pri-
maries by Senator McCumber, another
Republican veteran. "
In Ohio, Representative Fess, Repub-
lican, was running close race with
the leading Senator Pomerene, Demo
crat, who had been counted possi-
bility for the Democratic Presidential
nomination in the event of his success
this year. ~
Labor votes, it was said, were cast
against Senator Pomerene because of
his stand on the railroad question.
Pennsylvania, going Republican as
usual, sent Clifford Pinchot to the gov:
ernor's chair with Republican admin
istration and reelected Senators Pep
per and Reed, the latter for both a
short and long term. Senator Gerry,
Democrat, Rhode Island, beat the for
mer Republican governor, R. Living.
Democratic nomination is equivalent
to an election. Erie B. Mayfeld won
the election to Senste.sf Support of
Mayfeld by the Ku Klux Klan was an
issue. Senator Poindexter Of Washing
ton, Republican, had a fight on his
hands. sssss2-
In West Virginia, the Democratic
senatorial candidate, M. NJ. Neely, was
leading Senator Sutherland, Republi-
can incumbent. Wisconsin returned
Senator LaFollette to the Senate with
large plurality. In Wyoming, where
Representative Mondell, Republican.
leader ia the House of Representa-