The Omaha morning bee., 1922-11-09
VICTORY CT
REPUBLICAN
IS AMAZING
Bryan Vote in Similar Ratio
to That Of Scnator.I1Icct-
4. o. p. Has Edge
in State.
Congressmen Split Even


The steadlIy mounting plurality %
X u, Howell republican United States
scnntor elect 10 succeed senator q. 81.
Iiitchcock. defeated deinocnt reached
proportions nothing short of amazing
ns returns Of Tuesdny's election jn
NebrnHh1 ncared completion last
night
In 1853 precincts, Howell had 20G,
lIi votes against 1877 1853 poilcd by
Hitchcock llowell's lead Of Cg 900
appeared likely 10 stretch into IS 900
by the time The remaining 10 pre-.
cIDcts are heard from. This ls three
times grcater tbun the lwld Of any
other senatorial candldato In the
states history.
Plurality Mounting.
Al during the day IIowcllg plural
ny mounted Hitchcock's lend of
3 900 IN Douglas county-uhcre he
had hoped for from 10000 to $1,000
wne q mere drop IN the bucket com.
Jared with his disastrous losses IN
county after county out state Ind.
cations were that he carried not half
u dozen counties. Howcll's lead In
Iancnsfer alone was nearly twice that
Of Hitchcock in Douglas.
Az Howell's plurality waved great.
or, so did that VI Charles w Bryan,
democratic governor The two
totals--tbe one sending republican
10. an "a. .tI h. aft
democrat IN the statehouse--rnoyed
upward In strikIngly coincident
parallel.
in 1,753 precincts. Bryan had 1877.
4G1 votes. against l51 ,096 for Charles
". Randall. his republican opponent.
At this rate Bryap's final plurality
was estimated at over $4,000.
state Offfces Divided.
With these two winning such ur.
usual victories, the rest Of the state
offices fell betwIxt and between, with
the lions share going to the repub.
licans.
Democrats won three seats in con.
gress, formerly held by republicans,
congressman w y. Andrews in the
Fifth district fell In defeat before
former Governor Shallenberger, demo.
crat. and Edgar Howard, the Colum
bus democratic editor. administered
similar treatment TO Congressman r
II. Evans, republican seeking re.elee
tion' in the Third district. Former
Governor Morehead, democrat. defeat
ed Walter Anderson In the First dis
trict.
Congressman Mclaughlin, repub
lican was reelected in the Fourth dis.
trlct. while the Second and the Sixth
districts added Judge w. G. Sears
and Bob" Simmons. respectively, to
make the republican congressional
trio. r. II. Thorpe and A. II. Humph
rev, both republicans, won seats in the
First ana sixth districts. respectively,
10 fiji vacancies until March 4.
Legislature Split.
The legislature appeared to lie a
split. with republicans certain OF con-
troll IN the senate and the lawer
house In 6cubt. odds favoring a slight
majority for the democrats,
Fifteen state senators are known 10
be republican and four democratic.
with IA unreported. Thirty-one repre-.
sentatlves are republicans, 20 are dem.
ocrats. with two progressiyes and one
listed az republiean-de democrat progres
slve, 40 unreported
ON the state ticket below governor.
every republican was elected safe
Crawford Kennedy for secretary OF
state Kennedy was defeated By
Charles w Pool. former holder Of this
office AMI one'tlme democratic nom-
inee for congress in the Sixth dis
triet.
Charles A. Randall, republican
candidate for state railway commits.
sioner. pilrd up the largest plurality
ot any candidate on the state ticket.
leadlng Fred e. Ayres, democrat, by
a ratio ~ 90 ., IAN swanson, re-
publican. seeking re reeiecgion as land
commissioner, dld almoat as well
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