Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-08
DEMOCRATS WIN THREE
G. O. P. PLACES IN
CONGRESS
MRS. HUCK WINNER
WOMAN CANDIDATE FOR CON-
GRESS-AT-LARGE CARRIES
STATE OVER OPPONENT -cook
COUNTY SHIFTS TO DEMOCRATS.

Chicago, Nov. S.--Illinois repubi-
cans, on the face of incomplete re-
turns, have carried their state tick
ct but lost at least three and per.
haps five seats in congress,
The voters OF the state emphat.
ically approved of the $55,O00,OOO for
the soldiers bonus Mw and the re-
turn of light wine and beer, both by
tremendous majorities which in the
case OF the bonus referendum will
exceed 100000 votes, while the beer
and wine proposal is not far behind
Congressman John J. German in
the sixth Chicago district apparently
has been defeated by James e. Buck
ley, democrat Congressman Guy
Shaw has on the face OF incomplete
returns apparently lost to Henry r.
Rainey, democrat. whom he defeated
in the Harding landslide two years
ago. ]. e. Major, democrat, is ap-
parently the winner in the first or
Springfield district. over Congress
man Loren r.. wheeler.
The seats of three more republi.
cans are in doubt. They are Elliott
Sproul in the third; +. r. Brooks, in
the twenty-third, and Thomas s. Will
liarns, in the twenty-fourth, In the
twenty.second Edward E. Miller, re-
publican candidate to succeed Con
gressman William A. Rodenbergh, re-
tired, is running behind Edward f.
Campbell, democrat.
Mrs. Huck a Victor.
The two republican candidates for
congress at.large were victorious
Mrs. Winnifred Mason Huck, candi-
date for the vacancy for congress-at'
large caused by the death of her faith
er, the late William f. Mason, also
was winner for the republicans.
While the downstate has on the
face of present returns elected the
republican state ticket the party lost
everything in Cook county except pos
sibly sheriff and one or two minor of
fees.
Democrats Sweep Cook Co.
With the exception of Peter Hoff
man, republican candidate for sher
If, the party ticket bearing the en-
dorsement of Mayor William Hale
Thompson, is running from 10000 to
$1,000 votes behind the democrats
Hoffman Is ahead Of his opponent and
is generally conceded the election as
his strong country territory had not
been heard from.
The defeat of the Thompson organ
izatlon was emphasized by the poor
showing made by County Judge Frank
S. Righeimer, running for reelection
The full weight of the mayors power
was thrown behind him, but without
success. The next legislature appar-
emily will ba safely republican in both
houses with Governor Len Small con-
trolling more than enough senate
seats to prevent any possibility OF
impeachment proceedings based on
his indictment and trial for alleged
misuse of state funds while state
treasurer. He was acquitted by
jury at Waukegan last June, but is
still facing civil suits to recover in
terest alleged to be due the state.
Four of the twenty-five congress-
ional districts in Illinois were in
doubt still early today as election
returns struggled in. The democrats
retained the three seats they held i'll
the 57th congress and gained at least
two more through the defeat OF Con-
gressman Shaw in the twentieth, and
Congressman Wheeler in the twenty
first. Congressman Shaw was de-
feated by Henry T. Rainey, former
veteran democrat of the Illinois dele
CATION, who lost to Shaw in the land
slide of 1920.
Democrats are leading in three of
the four doubtful districts. In the
third the fonty-three missing pre-
cincts were in territory outside the
city of Chicago, where Congressman
Sproul, republican. was expected to
pick up in his race with Crane, the
democrat. The vote in 200 out of the
243 precincts was: Crane, 37,241;
Sproul, 34.341.
Miller Running Behind.
state Treasurer, Edward +. Miller,
republican candidate to succeed Con-
gressman VIM. A. Rodenbergh in the
twenty-second district was trailing
more than 5000 votes behind Bruce
A. Campbell democrat with los pre-
cincts out of 254 reported, The vote
was Campbell, 14,T6S; Miller. LASS.
Returns from the two other doubt
full districts follow:
Twenty.third-Sl precincts out of
237, Brooks (R) 9,4S2: Arnold Cd
II ,902
Twenty-fourth--44 out of 1S9 pre-