Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-09

publican control OF the house
of representatives in the sixty
eighth congress was deter
mined finally by announce
ment of the election of r..
Scott Leavitt. second Montana
district, at 2:t4 a. IN. today,
giving the republicans the
necessary 21S for a majority.
At this hour the democrats
had 205, the socialists one.
farmer-labor one, and indie
pendents one, with nine d-a-
tricts still unreportcd.
New York, Nov. s (by the Asso-
ciated Press Control of the next
house continued in doubt with the
republicans leading, 209 to 1893. on
returns received up to . o'clock
tonight, a full day after the polls
closed yesterday.
The 26 remaining districts, scat
tered throughout the country. held
the key to the necessary 2lS ma
iority, with the prospects that the
. final result might not be known
until tomorrow and with a half
dozen votes the margin, The re-
publicans held the senate, but by
a reduction of a half dozen votes.
Republican Casualties.
Republican casualties which
broke the first returns yesterday
defeating Governor Miller and
Senator Calder OF New York, con-
tinued with somewhat lessened
force today as returns dribbled in.
They told of further republican
losses in the senate and house and
governors and state legislatures,
although the belated congression-
al results We're somewhat more
Favorable to the republicans.
Among the additional republican
stalwarts who went down to defeat
definitely today on additional re-
turns were Senator kellogg of Min
nesota, defeated by DR.. Hedrik
Shipstead, farmer-laborite; Sena-
tor Sutherland of West Virginia,
land Senator Townsend of Michhl-
gan, the latter losing to former
Governor Woodbridge n. Ferris,
the first democratic senator to be
elected from Michigan in 40 years.
Also definitely defeated by Senator
!. Kendrick, democrat. was Repre-
sentative Mondell of Wyoming, re-
publican floor leader, who aspired
70 the senate.
Delay IN tho house tesblts, be-
cause or the keen contest, has not
been paralleled since 1916. A
number of missing districts are in
far western states. In others re-
ceived today, the early ANNOUNCED
unnnta Ware p11noad Tho dapoo
Gratis continued their gains, to-
tallng bt seats at latest figures,
principally from New York, Ohio,
missouri, New Jersey, and Okla
honla. As against this democratic
sweep, the republicans failed to
upset a single sitting democrat.
Lodges Plurality.
senator Lodge Of Massachusetts,,
IL finaliy turned out, had a plu-
rality OF S,425 over his democratic
opponent, colonel Castor, instead
or the meager 1.945 reported early
ton OF figures in the Associated
Press tabulation, Senator Lodges
plurality was shown as being re-
duced to 1,940 and other news
distributing agencies in some man
ner arrived at the same figures.
Loss OF control of the senate by
the republicans was not threatened
although they suffered a net loss
OF six. Eight republican senator's
,Were defeated but this the party
,countered by defeating two demo-
cratic senator's, Hitchcock of Ne
Draska and Pomerene of Ohio.
The republicans had carried II and
the democrats 19 Of the 35 sena-
torial contests. OF the five still in
the balance. democrats were lead
ing IN all--Montana, Utah, New
Mexico, west Virginia and Wash
lngton.
~ Washington Race Close.
IN me latter, the race between
senator PolhaeXter, republican and
cioSe that 1t was thought an Off
car count would be needed to fix
the outcome
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