The Omaha morning bee., 1922-11-09
Control of
Next House
Dou btfuI.
Republicans Leading by Small
Majorilyon Face Of Latest
Returns-Renaining Dis.
iricis Hold Key.
Senate Is Republican

NeH York, Nov 81 l3y a. p)-
Control ~ the next house continued II
doubt. with the republicans lending
200 10 1gS. On returns received up e
. tonight. full day after the poll,
ciosed
The 70 remaining districts, scat
tered 'thtouRhout Tie country held
the key 10 the necessary 2ts majority
with the prospect that the llnal re-
tiflt might not bo known untll Thurs
day and VIII hnlf dozen votes the
margin. The republicans held the
sennte but by reduction Of . half
dozen votes.
l.opubllcnn cnsunltes which broke
with the 0rft returns, defeating Gov
ernor Miller and senator Calder Of
New York. continued with somewhat
lossened force today NJ returns drib'
bled in Further republican losses in
the aenntc ard house and governors
and state legislatures were shown al
though the belated congressionol re.
suits were somewhat more favorable
lc thr rcUuDl ciIlH,
q. o. r. Sia!wars Beaten.
Among tho republican stalwarts
who ~ent down 10 defeat definitely on
additional returns were Senators Kel'
lrGg Of Mlnnesota. beaten by Dr.
Hendrlck Shpstcad. fntmerlaborite;
senator Sutherland Of West Virginia,
ca..l.. ,r,utugnnd ~ MirhfuuD
the lattef losing to former Governor
Woodbridge y. Ferris. The first demo
cratic senator 10 be elected from
NJ chlgHn in 70 years. Also definitely
defeated by Senator KendricB, demo
erat, was Representative Mondel OF
Wyoming. republican floor lender, VII"
aspred 10 the senate.
Delay IN the house resulted becatise
Of tho keen contests which have not
been parallclled since 1916. a mum
bor Of missing districts are In far
western states. In others received To-
day, the early announcements were
changed. The democrats continued
their gains. totalling 81 seats al latest
figures, principally from New york,
Ohio, Missouri, New Jersey and Okla
homa. Az against this democratic
sweep, the republicans failed to up
set a single sitting democrat
Lodge Increases Lead.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, u
finally turned out, has a piurality OF
s.A25 over his democratic opponent
col. Castor. instead of the meagre
1.9a5 reported early IN the day
Through a transportation Of figures IN
The Associated Press tabulation, SEN
ntor Lodges plurality was shown as
being reduced to 1,945 and other news
distributing agencies in rome manner
arrived at the same figures,
Loss Of control Of the senate By the
republicans WaH not threatened az
trough they suffered n net loss OF six
Elrht iNpul lean senators were &c
/ atcd ty ibis party countered by de-
Iastag 4 moerat!c, sanators. illtch.
eek of Nebre5l,a end Pomerane q
ohio Gha repuh cars had carried II
ana democrats ~ OF the 55 senatorial
contests
Democrats Leading.
OF ii, five stll Ia the balance
Acmocrnjs were leading IN all-Mon'
TINA. Utah, New Mexico West VIZ
eiuia End Washington In the latter
Jha race hetwe u senator Poind9Ster'
republican, and former Representa-
live Din + close that II i thought an
official count would te needed 70 hN
the outcome
Another recount forecast was N
Texas where republicans announced
,neV would contest the election oi
Earle i. Mayfield, democrat who had
ISu klux Khan endorsement but this
would bc based on a claim Of defee
t.vs nomination rather than question
os the count u Votes.