Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-11-15

Washington. Nov. S.-The Demo
cratic party made serious lnroads into
the unprecedented advantage won b
the Republicans two years ago.
The huge Republican majority Of
1Gs IN the present house Of represent
atlVes was practically wiped out and
complete returns may show that the
Democrats won control Of that body.
The latest returns showed the two
parties almost evenly matched in the
numbers % members u the house
each hal elected.
The present Republican majority or
- In the senate was reduced Go 10
on the face % the incoming returns.
Seven @. o. p. Entries Lose.
Tie Republicans lost seven seats In
the senate through the defeat Of the
following Republican candidates:
Albert ]. Beyeridge. Indiana.
Senator Joseph l. France. Maryland.
Senator Frank b. Keil0gg. Mime
sofa.
senator Joseph S. Frellnghuysen.
New Jersey.
Senator william NJ. Calder. New
York.
LINN J. FrazieraNorth Dakota.
Senator Howard Sutherland. weA
Virginia
Tie Dricocrats lost three senate
seats through the defeat Of the follow
lowing candidates:
senator Gilbert y. Hitchcock. Ne
brasku.
senator Atlee Pomerene. Ohio.
Senator William II. King, Utah.
Poindexter Runs Behind.
Another Republican senator who
may have been defeated Is Miles
P0inde1ter q Washington. who was
running behind his Democratic oppO-
nsnt. c. c. Din. In the latest returns.
senator T. Coleman du Pont of Del
aware. Republican. had only a slim
lead over Thomas =. Bayard. Demo
Crat.
Republican reverses were the fea-
ture 81 the congressional contests in
Illinois. The Democrats gained six
seats In the lower house through the
defeat q Representatives Sproul. Cor
man. Shaw. Brooks AMI Wheeler. and
% State Treasurer Miller. who was
candidate 60 succeed Representative
Rodenberg Ia the East 81. Louis dis
trict.
All Women Candidates Lose.
Nearly all 81 the women candidates
for congress were defeated. In addi-
tiOn TO Mrs. Oleson in Minnesota, Miss
Alice Robertson. the only woman IN
the present congress. was defeated I'm
Oklahoma.
Representative Nolstead, author OF
the prohibition enforcement law. was
running behind In the latest Minnesota
returns. and may have been defeated.
In the face Of Republican bolt or
ganlaed By the conservative elements
81 the party. Smith W. BrOokhart. Re
publican. was elected senator IN Iowa
by a tremendous plurality over Clyde
l. Herring. Democrat. The congresslon-
al districts were carried overwhelming
~ by the Republicans.
The swing back 20 the Democrats I'm
New York state amounted 20 a land
slide that swept Al Smith back into
the governors chair with an estimated
plurality over Governor Miller. Repub-
licsn. 81 approximately 10000. The
Smith victory has probably carried
with u the entire state ticket.
Copeland for Senate.
Dr. Royal : Copeland. the distin-
gulshed physician aud writer. has been
elected 10 the United States senate
from the Empire state by tremendous
plurality over United States Senator
Calder. close friend VI President Hard
ing.
Other states IN which the Harding
candidates for the senate appear 90
have been defeated are New Jersey.
Indiana and Maryland
Governor Edward I. Edwards. run
ming on n wet platform. piled up a big
lead over Senator Frelinghuysen. Presi-
dent Harding's close friend and golf
partner. Late returns indicate that Ed.
wards may have n 5000 lead.
Feyeridge WIS defeated by former
Governor samuel NJ. Ralston by about
10.0O0. One-third 81 the state has ~
ported. including nany ~ the rural
districts where Beveridgc had counted
on biz leads. ans II the present ratio
e maintained Ralston will nose out
the writer ~ John Marshalrs blog.
raphy.
France Loses 70 Bruce.
United States senator JOSEPH I
France has been defeated IN Maryland
by William Cahell Bruce by about 10.
CO...
Ohio. which appeared on the face
81 the early returns 10 have joined the
Democratic procession. developed n
neck-and-ncck race between senator