The Washington herald., 1922-11-08

Senator Mcclellan. Democrat.
Republican reverses were the fea-
lures Of the Congressional contest
in Illinois. Representatives Nj.
chaelson and German. both Repub-
iicans. were apparently defeated In
the Cook County districts, while the
fate of Martin B. Madden. Repub-
lican. chairman of the House appro-
priations committee. was in doubt.
Representative shaw. Republican.
appeared to have been defeated In
the Twentieth district by former
Representative Henry T. Rainey.
Democrat
Burton X. wheeler. Democrat, had
the edge on Carl Riddick. Republic
can. In the, Senatorial contest in
Montana.
]. w. Davis, Democrat. was well
in the lead of w. Y. Morgan, Repub-
lican. in the Kansas gubernatorial
race.
lows Elects Brookhart.
In the face of a Republican bolt
organized by the conservative ele-
ments of the party. Smith W. Brook
hart, Republican. was elected Sem
ator in Iowa by a tremendous plu-
rality over Clyde l.. Herring. Demo-
crat. The Congressional districts
were carried overwhelmingly by the
Republicans.
Brookhart was opposed by the
Republican boilers as a radical.
They endeavored to divide the Re-
publican party In the interest Of
the election of Herring. but appar-
emily only a comparatively small
proportion of the party followed
them into the Democratic camp.
The farmers. predominantlyN Re-
publicans in Iowa. were largely for
Brookhart and were responsible for
his nomination. 1t Is also evident
that Brookhart received an enorm-
Gus vote In industrial centers.
There was a sensational falling off
in the Republican vote in Pennsyl-
vania. but Senators Reed and Pepper,
appointed to the Penrose and Knox
vacancies were leading their Demo-
cratic opponents by an apparently
safe distance in the latest returna
lie IcHSllNdHid ucickdtiOn tH6
House will be Republican by large
majority, although the Democrats
captured a number Of districts con-
sidered normally Republican.
The vote in Pennsylvania, how
ever. comes pretty close to putting
the Democratic party back on the
map in that State. Their greatest
increase was In the Western districts
and had 1t not been for Philadelphia
and other populous Republican
strongholds. Senators Pepper and
Reed might have gone to defeat
The same may be said in regard to
the gubernatorial contests which ap-
pears to have been won by Clifford
Pinchot, Republican. over John A.
McSparran, led the Democratic slate
in the balloting.
LaFollette Easy Winner.
Wisconsin handed Senator LaFol-
lette another term of office On a sill
yer platter. He won before he began
to fight. The Democratic party was
blotted out officially. having failed
to poll enough votes in its own pri-
mary to get on the election ticket.
Mrs. Jessie Jack Hooper. the Demo-
cratic nominee for Senator. was
compelled to run as an independent.
On the Pacific Coast the Republi-
cans had things pretty much their
own way, Senator, Poindexter win
ming his reelection in Washington
easily. while Senator Hiram John
son, rolled up a large plurality in
California, despite considerable Re-
publican dissatisfaction in the
Southern part of the State.
In Nevada Senator Pittman and in
Arizona Senator Ashurst. both DEM
| ocrats, were returned for another
term by pluralities that appeared to
be safe, according to the early re-
turns.
RecIaims Fourth Tennessee.
Among the districts reclaimed by
the Democrats in the South is the
fourth Tennessee, reported for years
by Cordell Hull, now Democratic
national chairman.
For the reverses they suffered in
the balloting the Republicans were
not unprepared. 1t was inevitable
that after the Harding landslide in
1920. which swept nearly 100 Demo-
cratic congressional districts into
the Republican columns. the Jeffer-
sonians would recover much, IL not
all. of the lost gronud this year.
In addition the Republicans had
to contend with a marked reaction
against the Harding administration
and the Republican Congress due
largely to the stress of hard times
and the rail and coal strikes.