Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1922-11-11

Washington are JuDllanI. Lie! eidiht |
165 wet votes in the next house, and
express conviction that wise polltl-
clans who have taken middle Srouil''
will swing to the wet column. Mr..
Wheeler. spokesman for the drys, Is
willing to admit all of the claims OF
the vets, but they still are far from
a majority, and have not enough votes
to amend the Volstead act IL either
house of congress.
In all except three of the strongly
contested states the Democrats elected
their candidates for United States
senator. such prominent leaders as
Senator Calder Of New York, Freling-
| huysen of New Jersey, Townsend of
| Michigan. Kellogg of Minnesota, and
| Poindexter of Washington falling be
| fore the Democratic landslide.
New Hampshire Democratic.
| Ordinarily rock-ribbed RepuL lican
state, New Hampshire elected Dem
! ocratic governor. A number of state
! legislatures went Democratic and
Democratic county and municipal OIL
GERS were swept into power through
out the nation.
Republicans put over Senator Lodge
| in Massachusetts by margin OF $40.
In Ohio, where the Republicans con-
centrated their fire in order to make
showing liz the Presidents home
state Representative FesS, Republican,
won over Senator Atlee POmerene, but
Carmi Thompson, Republican candi-
date for governor and close personal
friend of the President, went down to
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 a political jinx since
he took the oath of Office. Senator
New of Indiana was the first to fall
He went down in a primary. His sue
, cessful opponent, former Senator
| Reveridge, has how been defeated by
, former Governor Ralston by major
| ity of $1,000.
Presidents Friends Lose.
1 Senators Frelinghuysen Of New Jer
!. ! sey and Kellogg of Minnesota, goiilhi
! companions Of the President, sue
cumhed to the wave. Senator Du Pom
2 of Delaware, i'll whom the PreSiden
: places great confidence, also was
+. victim, and Senator POiniexter 0
3 Washington, high in the confidence
1 the President is another loser.
3 Senator Hale Of Maine, alone of a.
/ the President circle, was able to pu
] through, lie having been elected i
1 September.
! There is a remote possibility that tn
/ Democrats may control the heXt hous'
= but no chance that they will lead in tn
;. senate. Late changes in the lineu
5 of the New York and Pennsylvanl
/ delegations in the house for the ne1
congress could wipe out the slend'
plurality of six votes which Tie IL
uubli,aIis now seem to have. III
{? Democrats are not claiming the ne'
:. house-neither are the Republican
10 Both declare the race for control
:. so close that it may not be determine
81 for several Gays.
=. West Also Democratic.
IA When returns showing Democrat
victories began to come in, 1t w;
- thought for while that the DeIti
cratic landslide had been confined to Il
X eastern states, but later reports fro
es states west Of the Mississippi NAL
O. if appear that the Democratic triuml
IS there has been almost as complete
IL i'll the East.
1g Republicans had counted strong
i'll on carrying Utah, Wyoming. Monta
Ii and New Mexico, but carried none
to them. although Republican headqu'
al ters still claim the election of the
candidate III Utah on the strength
Ia q telegram from Senator Reed SmC
it saving that Ernest Bambes ger, Repl
ig, lican, had won.
on About the only state where the L
ty- publicans lived up to expectations "
ill Nebraska, where r. b. howell, a c;
didate Of decidedly advanced ide
was an easy victor over Senator I
to bert Nj. Hitchcock, who led the NJ
la TO BUT the Versailles treaty throu
on the senate.
Xt, Smith w. Brookhart, Republic
an candidate in Iowa, even more ran
for than Howell, was easily elected desf
ich the eleventh hour attempts to
the complish the election of his Democl
tic ic opponent, Clyde l.. Herring.
Senator James A. Reed, Denoci
had it easy in Missouri, despite
of disaffection of thousands of VIII
re- Democrats who openly supported
by r brewster, his Republican oppont
.wo Gains Are Surprising.
There was no Disgusting the t
Ca that the administration was rart1cul
Du ly hard hit by the elections. WI
Try Democratic gains in the house
ogg been anticipated and discounted IN
Jew vance, none of the politicians here
lex prepared for the nearly clean SWEEP
in the contested districts Neither ha'
sev- been anticipated that the Democ1
era would gain in the senate. The Rel
leans were confident of 1nereas
their majority there.
sem The only registration of the
the plete surprise of the election vol
ate safed by the politicians is that
Dis- people had made up their minds
5 Of ago as to how they would vote
tee. the apathy with which they viewed
lent campaign merely resulted from t
Wet predetermination to vote the DE
aims cratic ticket no matter what the a
rity mertS We're.
any About the only balm the Rel