Licking Valley courier., 1922-11-16

HdJOrlty, ana nave NOT enough VOLeS
to amend the Volstead act In 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, Frellng-
huysen Of New Jersey, Townsend of
Michigan, Kellogg of Minnesota, and
Poindexter Of Washington falling be-
fore the Democratic landslide.
New Hampshire Democratic.
Ordinarily a rock-ribbed Republican
state, New Hampshire elected Dem
ocratlc governor. A number Of state
legislatures went Democratic and
Democratic county and municipal Off
GERS were swept into power through
out the nation.
Republicans put over Senator Lodge
in Massachusetts, by margin of s,425.
In Ohio, where the Republicans con-
centrated their fire in order to make
a showing in the Presidents home
state Representative. Fess, Republican,
won over Senator Atlen Pomerene, but
Carml 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 Presl-
dents friends who seemingly have
been pursued by a political jlnx since
he took the oath of office. Senator
New Of Indiana was the first to fall.
He went down In primary. His sue
cessful opponent, former Senator
Beverldge, has now been defeated by
former Governor Ralston by a major
ity Of 27,000.
Presidents Friends Lose.
Senators Frellnghuysen Of New Jer-
sey and Kellogg of Minnesota, golfng
companions of the President, sue
cumbed to the wave. Senator Du Pont
of Delaware, in whom the President
places great confidence, also was
victim, and Senator Poindexter of
Washington. high In the confidence Of
the President, is another loser.
Senator Hale Of Maine. alone Of all
the President circle, was able to pull
through, he having been elected In
September.
There is a remote possibility that the
Democrats may control the next house,
but no chance that they will lead in the
senate Late changes in the lineup
of the New York and Pennsylvania
delegations In the house for the next
congress could wipe out the slender
plurality of six votes which the Re-
publlcans now seem to have. The
Democrats are not claiming the next
house-neither are the Republicans.
Both declare the race for control Is
so close that 1t may not be determined
for several days.
West Also Democratic.
When returns showing Democratic
victories began to come In, 1t vas
thought for while that the Demo-
cratic landslide had been confined to the
eastern states, but later reports from
states west of the Mississippi make
1t appear that the Democratic triumph
there has been almost as complete as
In the East.
Republicans had counted strongly
on carrying Utah, Wyoming, Montana
and New Mexico, but carried none OF
them, although Republican headquar
ters still claim the election OF their
candidate in Utah on the strength OF
a telegram from Senator Reed Smoot
saying that Ernest Bamberger, Repub
lican, had won.
About the only state where the Re
publicans lived up to expectations was
Nebraska, where r. B. Howell, can
, didate Of decidedly advanced ideas
was an easy victor over Senator Gil
bert NJ. Hitchcock, who led the fgh
TO put the Versailles treaty through
4 the senate.
r Smith W. Brookhart, Republican
candidate In Iowa, even more radlca
> than Howell, was easily elected despit,
? the eleventh hour attempts to &C
, compllsh the election of his Democrat
ic opponent, Clyde L. Herring.
Z Gains Are Surprising.
II There was no disgusting the fac
y that the administration was particular
0 ly hard hit by the elections, Will,
Democratic gains In the house ha'
: been anticipated and discounted In ad
u vance, none of the politicians here wa
= prepared for the nearly clean sweep Il
g the contested districts. Neither had |
v been anticipated that the Democrat
: would gain in the senate. The Repuh
n llcans were confident Of increasing
= their majority there.
l. The only registration of the com
plete surprise Of the election voucl
safed by the politicians Is that tn
+ people had made up their minds Ion
9 ago as to how they would vote an
C the apathy with which they viewed tn
$ campaign merely resulted from thel
4 predetermination TO vote the Demo
cratic ticket no matter what the argl
i ments were,
I About the only balm the Repul
S licans could get out OF the electlo
y was that they defeated two, of tn
y strongest Democrats IN the state an
nation in Pomerene of Ohio an
l. Hitchcock of Nebraska Both had bee
d regarded ms possibilities for the Den
l. ocratlc nomination for president.