Evening star., 1923-10-07
REPUBLICANS TO RETAIN i
MAJORITY IN CONGRESS
Filling Of Vacancies Not to Materiall,
Change Situation-Progressives
to Have Great Power.
by G. GOULD LINCOLN.

by G. GOULD LINCOLN.
,t(NNcE the;election OF the Sixty
Eighth Congress a year ago
4 sthe Congress which meets for
-. = the first time December 3-six-
teen members of the, new House have
died or resigned and three senators
have died. Seven Of the vacancies
SO created in the House already have
been filled at. special elections. and
two OF the senatorial vacancies.
There remain nine vacancies in the
will be balioted for. next month,
creating certain amount Of national
interest in the contests.
But, even with these vacancies still,
to be filled, 1t is possible to predict
what the political complexion Of the
Senate and House will be when the
session opens in December. AS things
publicans, 43 democrats. Q farnaer-la-
bor1tes and vacancy; the House has
222 republicans. 2o1 democrats.
farmer-laborite. 1 independent,S1 So
cialist and 9 vacancies. -.
How Bodies VIII Line Up.
The vacancy in the Senator's caused
by the death 81 Senator Dillingham; Of
Vermont. It is a foregone conclusion
that 1t will be filed by a republican.
making the final standing Of the Senate
81 republicans, 43 democrats and
farmer-laborftes.
The vacancies In the House are In
the eleventh. sixteenth, twenty
fourth and thirty-second districts. of
New York. the fourth Illinois, the
sixth Arkansas. the second North
Carolina the second Vermont and
the seventh Kentucky. Almost to, a
certainty: 6 of these seats Will be won
by democrats and by republicans.
That being the case. the House will
have 225 republicans, 207 democrats.
l farmer-laborite. / socialist and /
Independent when 1t meets.
In other words. the apparent re-
publican majority In the Senate will
be 6; in the House It will be. Is.
say apparent because some OF the
members listed. as republicans can
scarcely be expected to line UP with
the administration on all the ques-
tions that come up.
The three senator's who died were
Nicholson of Colorado. Nelson Of Min
nesota and Dillingham; Of Vermont, all
republicans. The Colorado vacancy
has been filled by the appointment of
a democrat, Alya b. Adams by the
governor of the state; the Minnesota
vacancy has been filled by the election
Of that redoubtable farmet.1aborite,
Magnus johnson. Tho Vermont va
fcancy Is still to be filled.
: Those Taksa From Hssse.
Tho members of the House elected
to thernew Congress who have died
and their successors SO far chosen
are: John I. Nolan. fifth California,
republican, succeeded by. Mae e.
| Nolan. republican,; Samuel. Marx,
nineteenth New York democrat, sue
ceeded by Sol. Bloom, democrat;
James r.. Mann. second. Illinois. re-
publican. succeeded by Morton D.
Hull, republican,; Henry e.. Osborne,
tenth California, republican, succeed.
ed by John D. Fredericks, republican;
John r. Tyson, second Alabama, DEM
ocrat. succeeded by Lister Hill. demo-
crat;;J. NJ. c. Smith. third Michigan
republican. succeeded. by Arthur b
Williams. republican.
Those who died but whose succes.
sors are still to be chosen are w.
Bourke Cochran. sixteen New York
democrat; Daniel }. Riordan. eleventh
New York. democrat: John W. Raj
ney. fourth Illinois. democrat; l. e.
Swayer.' sixth Arkansas. democrat;
Claude Kitchin., second North Caro-
lima. democrat; Luther ". Mott, thtr-
ty-second New York, republican;
James c. Cantrill, seventh Kentucky,
democrat; James v. Ganly, twenty
fourth New York, democrat.
Horace NJ Towner, eighth Iowa, re-
signed to become governor of Porto
Rico. His successor Is Hiram K.
Evans, republican. Stanley Webster,
NTH Warrington. republican. re-
signed to 60, on tho bench. and his
successor. recently elected, is Judge
Sam b. Hill. democrat Porter II.
Dale. second Vermont, resigned to
enter the race for senator. to succeed
the late Senator Dillingham; and his
successor Is still to be elected.
Busy times are ahead for the re-
publican and democratic whips" in