The Tomahawk., 1924-11-13
REPUBLICANS WILL
RULE IN CONGRESS
Working Majority Prevails
in Both Branches.
Landslide Assures Administra-
iton Of Support on All
Vital Legislation.

The nremingly never ending stream
OF returns" from every nook and cor
ner of the country has subsidized and
the greatest presidential election the
country has ever known now IS his
tory. That President Calvin Coolidge
was accorded the support for which
his party battled throughout the cam
paign cannot be denied. The re-elect-
ed President has been given the sup
port that will mean so much to his all
ministratiOn, through the selection Of
members of the senate and house who
are Of his own party.
Several important items mark the
election Of President Coolidge as most
remarkable in such events. Among
them may be enumerated the generous
support that was given in the election
to the senate and house of members of
the Presidents party-a substantial
majority in both branches; what might
have proved thorn In the side of the
President and his llow-wOrkerS-th
LaFOllette faction-has been dispelled;
the election was not thrown into con-
gress as had been feared; approval Of
President Coolidge's course by approx
mately 1S,WO,0OO votes.
Deeply grateful for 1.-THE faith and
confidence" expressed by the people at
the polls, President Coolidge in state
ment of appreciation dedicated him
self anew to "the service Of all my
country and all of my cOuntrymen."
He wrote:
1T does not seem possible to me to
make an adequate expression concern
Ing the presidency of the United
States. No other honor equals this, no
other responsibility approaches this.
when 1t Is conferred by an over
whelming choice Of the people and
vote of the electoral college, these are
made all the greater.
IL can only express my simple
thanks to all those who have contrib
uted to this result and plainly acknowl-
edge that 1t has been brought to pass
through the work Of a Divine Provi.
dence, of which l am but one instru-
ment.
Such powers as I have l dedicate
to the service of all my countrymen.
In the performance of the duties Of
my Office / could not ask for anything
more than the sympathetic cOnsidera-
ton which my follow Americans have
always bestowed upon me.
II have no appeal except to the
common sense Of all the people. have
made no pledge except to serve them.
I have no object except to promote
their welfare"
The lineup of the next congress pre-
sents a situation that will further
stress the support President Coolidge
will have during the next four years
With Senator LaFOllette so badly
weakened that he will be of no dan
ger to the interests of the party in
control; with the defeat of Senator
Mangus Johnson Of Minnesota, repre-
senting the Farmer-LabOr party. In
fact. the senate situation Is better
from a Republican standpoint than
any OF the administration leaders had
hoped for.
Causes Of the Landslide.
Causes for landslide In presl-
Dental election always are discussed,
after the smoke of the battle has
cleared. The platforms adopted at the
national conventions of the three par
ties are we'll known. The fact that
LaFollette carried only his own state
WISCONSIN. and that Davis could con-
troll only the so-called Solid South,
and not all of that, showed the
strength of President Coolidge. 1t Is
contended that the principal causes,
aside from the preference Of the ma
jority Of the voters for the present ad-