Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-09
NV Bascom Timmonsl


WASHINGTON. Nov. S.-As returns
today showed Democrats and Repub.
leans tied az 2l5 members each in tho
House ~ Representatives. Democrats
began TO talk OF electing n Democratic
speaker and the name q Congressman
John y. Garner OF Texas was most
frequently mentioned. While the tie
Is not expected to exist when complete
returns are in the result is expected
90 show the House 80 close that II the
I Independents 20 % the Democrats
rather than 10 the Republicans Demo.
cratic speaker win be elected.
Besides Garner the Democrats men.
TONED for speaker were Garrett IL Ten.
ncssco now acting minority leader, ana
l,ainey 81 Illinois and Huh or Tonnes.
see. Hainoy and Hull engulfed In tho
8epuhlluan landslide two years ago
came hack triumphantly in the Demo
cratic earthquake Of Tuesday. Garner,
BE- elected will h. the first speaker OF
The House ever o. come from Texas. He
is beginning his ninth term and. led
The fight on the Fordney McCumber
tariff. enactment OF which is declared
responsible FOR the Republican defeat.
House Race Close.
NJ WYORk. Nov. S.-Control OF the
next House continued IN doubt with the
Republicans leading 2o9 10 iss on re-
turns received mp 20 o'clock tonight, a
Fun day after the polls closed yester-
day The 26 remaining districts scat.
tered throughout the country. held the
key % the necessary 2lS majority with
the prospect that the final result might
uot ho known until tomorrow and with
u half dozen votes the margin
The Republicans held the Senate but
lv reduction of "a half dozen votes.
Republican casualties which broke with
the first returns yesterday defeating
Governor Miller and senator Calder OF
Ncw York continued with somewhat
l,ssencd force today as returns drib.
blcd in. They told of further Repub-
lioan losses On the senate and House.
aud governors and state legislators.
although the bolated congressional re.
suits were somewhat more favorable
Oh he Republicans.
Delay iu the House result because Of
thc keen contest has not been paralleled
since 1916. 4 number of missing dis.
tricts are In hr western states. In
others received today the early an
nouucoments were changed. The Dem.
ocuts continued their gains. totalling
% seats at latest figures, principally
from New York Ohio. Missouri. New
Jersey and Oklahoma. As against this
Democratic sweep the Republicans. fail.
Oh to unsc8t q single sitting Democrat.
senator Lodgo of Massachusetts. Il
finally turned out had plurality OF
S4a1 over his Democratic opponent,
colonel CASTOR. Instead OF the meagre
95 reported carly IN the day. Through
"a irauspositiou of figures the Associated
Press tahulaton of senator Lodges
plurality was shown as being reduced
.to 1915 and other news Distributing
agencies In some manner arrived at tho
same figures.
Loss 81 control of the Senate by the
Republicans WAS not threatened. ai-
though they suffered net loss of six.
Eight Rcpubl can senators were, de.
fcatcd but the PARTY countered by de.
fc1ting two Democratic senator's, Hitch.
cock ~ Nebraska and Pomerene, OF
Ohio Two Republicans had carried IL
and Democrats r. and the Farmer-lahor
party one 81 the 81 Senatorial contests.
OF fhc five st.ll in the balance Demo-
Gratis were leading in all-Montnna.
Utah. New Mexico. West Virginia. and
Washington. In the latter the race
between senator Poindcxtcr. Republican
and former representative DIN was 10
close that n was thought an official
count would be needed Co fix tho out.
come. Another recount forecast vap
In Texas where Repuhlicans Announced
they would contest the election, Of
Earle r. Mayfield. Democrat. who had
Ku Kiux Khan Endorsement. hut shIs
would be based on claim % d~fcotivs .
nomination rather than n question -
the count u votes. A